Why Batman v. Superman is a Good Idea. (and a call-to-action).

Why Batman v. Superman is a Good Idea (in Theory).

So the latest trailer for Dawn of Justice landed this week and we got a look at some pretty sweet things: Doomsday, more Lex Luthor, fun exchanges between Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, also Wonder Woman looks like she kicks butt. All fun stuff, and maybe it revealed a bit too much about the movie. We know now that Batman and Superman will fight a bit, but then they'll be friends. But this post is not even about the trailer, (though it may reference it to further my point). That point being, that this movie is doing something that comic book movies haven't done yet: give us a movie without an origin. Batman, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman just turn up in this movie, with no origins. Lets talk about that.

 Here's why this is cool. It's never happened in the movies before. Think about your favorite stand alone comic books, they did not include the origin of the title hero, (Unless it's Batman: Year One). I'm saying that in this movie, we will be dropped into a universe that has all of it's heroes well established. Joker is running about, Aquaman has been King of the ocean and Wonder Woman looks as if she's been doing this for a while already. Robin has been killed. Even Batman has faded into urban obscurity. We know everyone's origin already, Batman got his parents killed, Superman is the last son of Krypton, Aquaman is half human, half Atlantean, Wonder Woman is an Amazon, now make a movie. In a sense it's easier than making an origin story we have to sit through (again) and we can cut to the good stories in the DC universe.

Why watch this movie? Let me put it this way, if I had to choose between this movie and Captain America: Civil War, I would choose Dawn of Justice. We have never seen Batman and Superman on screen in live action before. These are the two most recognizable superheroes in the history of comic books. The fact that they are in a movie together should have audiences already in the seats of the theatre. Granted, I cannot wait for Civil War , but we already know the characters in Civil War, and if you chose to miss it you would find out enough about what happened through context in the other Marvel movies. But Dawn of Justice is new, it's never been done before and it's kicking off an entire expansive universe for us to enjoy. All you Marvel Supremacists out there are saying, "But it's too late to do a movie like this." "Marvel already has a monopoly on comic book movies." "DC's TV shows are better than this movie."

To that I say, Shutup!!! Quit criticizing everything that isn't Marvel. So what if Marvel is killing it in the movies? DC sells more original comic book stories, has better animated movies, and more great TV shows than Marvel does, but that doesn't make DC fans hate Marvel, (at least I'd hope not)! And it's not like Marvel has never had a bad movie, (2003's Daredevil, Fan4stic, Hulk). All I'm saying is that this is a great time to be a fan of comic books altogether as a whole. Coexist people! You will miss out on so much other good content if you live such a close minded life of hating one. Loving one doesn't mean hating the other, that's what this blog is all about. So let's optimistically look forward to every comic book movie that is put out, be it DC, Marvel, or even an Image comic movie, (even though Spawn wasn't the best). Let the comic book movies and superheroes come, we'll be waiting, ready for something good.