Chapter 317： epic heroism

There is no doubt that Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a milestone in the history of comics, an unsurpassed pinnacle!

"The New Haven Chronicle" commented: "The Dark Knight Returns is undoubtedly a work of genius, a serious work by a painter who takes comics seriously."

"Rolling Stone" magazine commented: "A turning point in the history of Batman, a classic that changed the American comics industry."

Bestselling author Stephen King: "Perhaps the best comic book art ever published..."

Crime writer Mitch Spillan: "This is an ambitious, gripping crime novel...Batman, pure man!"

This set of comics not only brought "Batman" back to the top, became the most beloved comic superhero in the United States, and even rewrote most of the pattern of DC comics.

For example, Batman completes the change of obsession from hero to anti-hero, completely blacks out, counts no last resort, hangs Superman... This provides a lot of material for the later "dc universe".

Especially the "Dark Knight" trilogy adapted by Nolan based on this, just like this set of comics, directly conferred gods.

Now, Dunn has changed the pattern of the comics market, Marvel Entertainment is a subsidiary of Dunn Pictures, and Spider-Man has become the pioneering work of the "Avengers" series.

He doesn't mind making bigger changes on this basis to let Marvel Studios... completely monopolize the superhero market!

"In the comics circle, Batman stole the glory that belonged to Daredevil and became a household name. This is an unchangeable past." Dunn paused and snorted, "But in the film circle, it is necessary to Let Daredevil regain his original glory, and we must control the future!"

This sentence is very contagious, and the old guys of Marvel Entertainment all feel it.

At that time, Marvel was on the verge of bankruptcy, allowing DC to successfully dig up the cartoonist Frank Miller. This is a heart disease of all Marvel old people.

Now Tang En's remarks undoubtedly show his attitude. He wants to fight back for the past Marvel!

Of course, what is more important is the development of Marvel Studios, as well as Marvel's pattern in the superhero movie market.

Bill McNick said cautiously: "You have to be careful, the situation is completely different, the copyright of "The Dark Knight" belongs to DC Comics..."

Dunn waved his hand and said with a smile: "Bill, you misunderstood, Daredevil is Daredevil, Batman is Batman, of course we can't learn from the story of "The Dark Knight", we have to adapt our own story. Of course, thinking It's consistent, thought is human freedom, right?"

Bill McNick couldn't help laughing, shaking his head and laughing.

Christopher Nolan was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "In addition to ideas, there is style!"

Tang En's eyes lit up and praised: "That's right, style!"

Nina Jacobson and Dunn have discussed this issue many times, and Wen Runruyu explained: "We all know that the "Spider-Man" series is just the beginning, we want to create a complete 'Avengers' Alliance'! This large series of movies must be unified in style, witty, humorous, simple and straightforward in plot, entertaining the audience, and it is a pure popcorn movie."

"This is the case with Spider-Man, and the future Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man will be the same. This will be a dozen...even dozens of films. But if you keep going like this, it will inevitably have the disadvantage of being boring and monotonous. , brings aesthetic fatigue to the audience. So we have to mix a variety of different types of comics in the production process of the 'Avengers' series to reconcile the audience's tastes."

"Spider-Man 2 is scheduled for the summer of 2002, and we are also discussing a new movie project, Ant-Man, which is expected to be released in 2003. In order to avoid the word-of-mouth drawbacks brought by the same style of film, we need to In the middle of the two, mixed into a Marvel movie with a completely different style, it is Daredevil!"

The founders of "Avengers" are Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and the Wasp.

In the previous life, Marvel Studios did not join Ant-Man and Wasp in the early stage, but chose the more influential and well-known Captain America and Black Widow in order to open the market faster.

Now it's completely different. The "Avengers" series is headed by the sensational "Spider-Man" and has no influence at all.

Responsible for comic fans, it is better to be closer to the original comics.

Grant Hill hesitantly said: "Anyway, Daredevil and Batman's styles...should be similar, and Warners can't go back to the gothic style of the 1990s, which tends to be sunny in Marvel's superhero movies. , witty, funny route, Warners will likely shy away from its edge, opting for a dark, serious, deep style."

Andrew O'Hare shook his head and said, "Not necessarily! Dark-style movies have never been the mainstream of the commercial market. Warner's restart of the "Batman" series must be a big production with heavy investment, and they may not dare to take such a big risk. "

Nina Jacobson laughed: "Warner dare not take risks, but we dare! Besides, even if they are willing to take risks, we still have the advantage of time."

"The advantage of time?"

Kevin Feige explained with a smile: "Our "Daredevil" is already in preparation, even if it takes a long time to rewrite the script, especially the series script, within this year, the film can also start shooting, in 2003 It can be released smoothly in May of 2003. But Warners is different. "Batman" was dead in the 1990s after all, and Warners must make full market considerations. If it is released in the summer of 2003, they will be in production. , it must be difficult to achieve excellence.”

Tang En waved his hand and said: "Those are all external factors, it doesn't matter, he is too powerful, Qingfeng... er, I mean, as long as our movie quality is good enough, we don't need to be afraid of any opponents at all! The tone of the League of Legends' series is not comprehensive, I'll add."

"The Avengers' definition of saving the world is pragmatism, realism. The commonality of heroes is that they are ordinary people except for their special abilities. They not only want to save people, but also use science that doesn't make the world worse. After saving, we have to go home and live the life of an ordinary person.”

"Such a hero is naturally simple, modern and close to the people. The hero who is 'worshiped' in the traditional sense has successfully turned into a cute and charming decent character who is 'loved'."

Looking at the nods recognized by everyone, Dunn continued: "But we have to differentiate the definition of the 'Daredevil' series. His definition of saving the world is absolute purity, which can be said to be true heroism. , Of course, this is not the same as the comics and needs to be adapted reasonably."

"Daredevil has feelings, even if you don't understand me, hate me or even kill me, I will save, silently, secretly, without reason, without turning back. Therefore, Daredevil needs to have a Greek epic. The tragic temperament. Daredevil is noble, but not a good person in the simple sense that can be seen everywhere, he is a good person in the pure sense."

Andrew O'Hare quickly understood and explained: "The 'Avengers' series takes the style of family fun, that is, the prevailing secular values, which is the confrontation between justice and evil. The 'Daragon' series goes deeper Layered value discussion, depicting true heroism with an epic feel."

"That's the idea!"

Dunn's idea is very clear. Since Nolan's "Dark Knight" series in his previous life has reached its peak, it has become the biggest weapon for DC comics fans to laugh at Marvel fans.

So now it's very simple, Dunn directly transformed the "Dark Knight" trilogy, replaced "Batman" with "Daredevil", and converted a model from the inside out to create an alternative "Daredevil" series.

And compared to Warner, Dunn has a more natural advantage.

Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy has made Warner a lot of money, and it has also brought Batman to the height of "God" in one fell swoop.

But after the trilogy, trouble came.

How does the already mythical Batman return to the world?

Subsequent "Batman v Superman", "Justice League" Batman ~ www.novelhall.com ~ stupid, clumsy, incompetent, simple, even the true fans of DC, can not help but scold.

The "Dark Knight" trilogy, of course, brought great success, but it caused irreparable damage to the establishment of the "DC Universe".

This is a major drawback that Warner cannot avoid.

But it's not a problem at all for Tang En.

Daredevil trilogy conferred a god? It doesn't matter, then let Daredevil continue to be high and become the epic hero in everyone's mind.

There is no need to go down the altar again, to gag with some other messed up heroes, and use your own image to attract fans to buy tickets.

A superhero who has been promoted to "Godhead" has a far greater effect on Marvel than that little ticket revenue.

This is an image endorsement for the entire hero group of Marvel!

If there is no depth, darkness, and philosophy of the same type of script, Dunn would never be able to put "Daredevil" on the screen again.

Just put it on the shelf and enjoy the glory.

Anyway, the Avengers don't need Daredevil at all, and the Defenders... Forget it, if this alliance doesn't have Daredevil, it can't even get on the small screen, and there is no need for development at all.

The TV drama version of "Daredevil" developed by Netflix has a good reputation and is well filmed. It is similar to Nolan's version of the "Dark Knight" trilogy. Unfortunately, the layout is still too small, and it does not show the kind of "negative". The world is righteous in my body.” The tragic and glorious sense of glory.

Just like other Marvel movie series, good and evil are at war, black and white, and a small amount of gray areas are not discussed deeply enough, and they are often simply resolved by religion.

You know, the gray area is where complex human nature is full of magic!

Dunn will not miss.

(Sanqi Chinese)