Yeah, like everyone says, Marvel is doing much better in the cinemas.
DC's Flash and Arrow are getting better all the time, so is Agents of Shield but it had a really slow start.
Animated movies - DC, no question
I haven't played any comic based games
I actually haven't read any new comics for a few years, so I can't comment
Depends on your preference IMO. Comics are mostly 50/50 for me right now, but marvel did take away Thor's ongoing, so they can pretty much suck my balls on that front.
DC destroys in animation, Marvel should be absolutely ashamed of their current animation efforts.
DC has a lot to prove on the movie front, but I think MoS is better than every MCU film except Avengers and Cap 2. I know that's the minority opinion, but I'm not too hot on most of Marvel's films.
Yes.
In the court of public opinion, Marvel is thrashing DC to bits. DC does, however, have better animation, comics, and live action TV shows.
The problem is that Marvel has been doing so well with the masses via their cinematic universe that people are willing to give them more leeway. Plus, they have a ton of mobile games that have been coming out - while lower in quality than DC's offerings (the Arkham games being the pinnacle of that) - that are getting adopted quicker and being loved. Marvel is essentially marketing to the masses - and winning.
Not only that, but Marvel is, IMO, about to destroy the TV live action section with their Defenders line up. Arrow and Flash are both great and doing extremely well, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say Netflix + Marvel is going to up the ante. Not only that, but Marvel has the competitive advantage in that everything is unified in one story universe that makes sense. DC, for whatever reason, decided that none of their movies are connected to their TV shows, and Arrow/Flash are essentially left to make their own shared universe, with no backing from the movies to get more people to watch the shows or vice versa.
Marvel seems to be going for a popcorn feel with movies and a gritty take on the TV properties, where DC is doing the exact opposite (epic/gritty movies, with slightly cheesier TV offerings - Flash for all it's greatness definitely has a cheese factor).
All in all, Marvel is doing better in the one thing that matters most (aside from generating great stories): Marketing. And my guess is that the House of Mouse is behind that.
Originally posted by Damborgson
You didn't like Thor 2?
Thor is pretty much my favorite character in all of creative fiction. But, that said, his movies suck. The entire affair just reeks of not trying to be offensive. I can't stand the fact that they make the Asgardians aliens instead of gods, and worse yet, they take every opportunity to remind the viewers of this just to be sure they don't offend some goober in Eastern Texas. I straight up almost barfed when Natalie Portman was correcting Freyja (or whoever that was) on the fuctionality of that Asgardian device. Seriously, phuck that.
Make a movie that's true to Thor's character, with all of the mythology in tact, stop trying to appease the Bible Belt and make a movie for real fans.