THOR Burns DC, Says It’s No Competition For Marvel

By on Friday, September 20th, 2013

Those are some mighty words from Marvel’s Mightiest Avenger.

While hitting the press rounds on behalf of Rush, his latest silver screen endeavor, Chris Hemsworth briefly discussed the cinematic rivalry between Marvel and DC.  Thor Odinson said…

“We’re just winning aren’t we? That’s not really a rivalry.”

Well, that’s just haughty. True, but haughty.

Without drawing the ire of Marvel fanboys (a group to which I proudly belong), I have to pick a point with Hemsworth in this one instance. Sure, Kevin Feige and the boys at Marvel Studios have produced (and released) nearly a bakers dozen of superhero flicks including Hemsworth’s upcoming Thor: The Dark World, which will soon allow that studio to become the highest grossing franchise in history, but are they the best Marvel movies that could possibly be made?

Nah… I don’t think so. Thanks to Robert Downey Jr.’s first Iron Man flick, Marvel’s discovered that they can rely on humor and mediocre popcorn films for billion dollar paydays. I’m not saying I don’t enjoy these flicks, but they’re certainly not as ambitious as Watchmen, Road to Perdition, or even Spider-Man 2, which were all genre defying when they were released (the genre being comic book films).

So sure, DC’s simply can’t compete with the prolific nature of Marvel, but when comparing substance, neither comic company is a clear winner.

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  • TruGalt

    DC wins in Video Games, Comics, Animation (My God) and is now entering into movies big time. Marvel sounds a bit scared of the World’s Finest.

  • munashe

    No, even comparing substance, Marvel wins big time, sorry.

    Don’t be so out of touch that you think that some how the Marvel movies are not delivering the goods, they are, and it shows by the legions of new fans who just cant wait to see whatever Marvel brings out next.

    DC does seem to win in video games and animation. However Marvel, I think cares less about animation now that they are destroying at the box office. As far as Comics go, I am not sure of numbers, but I personally enjoy marvel comics way more then DC redundancy. The superior spider-man, all new x-men, uncanny x-men, etc.. are all leading the pack as far as comics go.

    Special mention however, goes out to Shazam, I have to say that the new 52s Shazam at the end of Justice League has been thoroughly enjoyable, that is a hugely under-rated character with some serious built in appeal. Give this guy his own comic, animation, game, and most importantly a movie, and he will destroy anything superman stars in.

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