The No Chill DC Movie Conversation (Part 3 of 3)

It should be noted that I am a big DC fan. Even after the heavy (and deserved) criticism of the New 52 launch, I still read all the big books regularly, and enjoy a good number of them, even as comic fans have fled their flimsy story lines like affluent folks did the cities (if they come back, does that classify as gentrification?). Having said that, I’ve got plenty of thoughts on how they are shaping their movie universe, which has little to do with comic mythology and more to their method of moving making. Part 1, Part 2. What exactly is the DC Plan Anyway: The Weird and Intriguing More is More Approach in the DCU Marvel recently revealed that they have movies planned through 2028. Twenty-eight. That is 14 years from now for all you English Majors out there. Basically, Marvel has supposedly planned their movies to the degree that by the time my daughter is sixteen, she can see the current Black Panther Shuri as a super hero in her likeness. Or at least I can dream.

With such an elaborate projection, it would be easy to say that they are not only upping the ante on DCU movies in popularity, but also in volume. That may not be the case. There is SO MUCH DC coming. You ever go to Buco Di Beppo with just one friend and think you’re going to finish because you two could eat pasta till you burst, but 40 minutes later, you’re like, “My Gawd, this is so much pasta, I don’t know if I can eat it all…,” starting to get that feeling with everything coming for DC.

And it’s i…