Thread:Mesektet/@comment-3581997-20160615160106/@comment-3581997-20180204182416

Justice League was based on Batman V Superman, which was based on Superman, which was based on The Dark Knight, each one of those because the chart said that is what audience wanted. Superman was intimating The Dark Knight, but then when they made him versus the actual Batman both needed to be based on The Dark Knight, so you had Batman vs Batman. And then thy based their franchise on that before they got the reviews and found out it was a box-office bomb. So, to review, you had a Chart movie, based on a Chart movie, based on a Chart movie, meant to spin-off a Chart franchise. ... Things went awry. All cinema is an illusion but it is a basic rule that you never want to see the man behind the curtain, and when a studio has more creative control than the writer or director and need to exercise that control for four movies in a row, that man-behind-the-curtain becomes painfully obvious. Like I said, in general don't trust trend chasers.

Marvel spins, hype into engagement and back into hype so frequently playing on the same psychology it is almost disgusting, but since they are the trend setters, for them "The Chart" says give this or that artistic goof-ball complete creative control, just make sure every movie ends with a what amounts to a "Next time on Marvel CU". It's still a system but it isn't chasing trends, it is making them.