Summary
Casey Bloys, the HBO and MAX content CEO, stated howDCcan stand against Marvel. According to Bloys, DC’s advantage over Marvel lies in its storytelling approach.
In the wake of the secondDCreboot, Bloys comes out in defense of the past and future DC MAX series. This comes as Warner Bros. Discovery fails to meet the actors’ strike demands, whichpushedThe Penguinseries backto the Fall of 2024. However, rather than Bloys acknowledging the setbacks and failure of WBD to meet the reasonable requests of actors, the conversation is instead framed around Marvel.
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In the build-up toThe Marvels, the question fans and audiences are asking is if superhero fatigue has set in. Bloys doesn’t know if it’s “tentpole fatigue as much as it is a sameness of storytelling." Bloys said (viaDeadline), “The key, even within DC, is trying to tell different stories in different styles, to not attempt to do the same show over and over and over again.” He used James Gunn’sPeacemakeras an example, expressing that it is a “very different show tonally thanThe Penguin. So, there’s not a uniformity to the storytelling.” To no surprise, Bloys insinuated that he was referring to Marvel.
As good as their shows are, there’s probably been a lot of them. That’s one of the advantages we have at Warner Bros. is it’s not just one set of stories. There’s a lot of stories you can go to.
Bloys' comments on DC’s advantage over Marvel arrive after being called out byRolling Stoneand admitting to using fake bot accounts on social media to antagonize audiences that publicly criticize HBO shows. Previously, Bloys is believed by some to have used Rolling Stone to spread rumors about the Zack Snyder fanbase using bot tactics to helpZack Snyder’s Justice Leaguewin an Oscarfan vote.The Wrapreported on analytics supporting this claim, but The Academy disputed such allegations and stood by the results. DC fans are pointing their fingers at Bloys for the toxic discourse within the community.
Blanket statements that separate DC from Marvel are easy to suggest amid MCU criticisms, nor should it be forgotten that WB has thrown many of its DC directors under the bus to replicate the Marvel formula that Bloys now criticizes. WhilePeacemakeris sure to be tonally different fromThe Penguin, those two series don’t exist in the same connected universe, unlike the MCU series, andPeacemakeris still only one example compared to the various amounts of content that the MCU has produced. WBD has yet to prove itself after 10 years of what some fans perceive as self-sabotage that has now led toaudiences walking out ofAquaman 2test screeningsin the wake of continuous box office flops forDC.
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