MARK MILLAR: PORQUÉ EL DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE NO FUNCIONA

Mark Millar, uno de los guionistas que quedan de los antes, ha intentado explicar porqué el DC Extended Universe no ha terminado de cuajar cinematográficamente.
Millar recientemente ha criticado la aparición de Thanos y Steppenwolf en Avengers y Justice League achacando que son un abuso de CGI, efectos especiales.
Mark Millar, guionista que ha trabajado para Marvel Comics y DC Comics ha fichado para la cadena televisiva streaming Netflix, en el que se presentará probablemente sus obras más personales del Millarworld.

Para Yahoo Movies ha dicho lo siguiente sobre el Marvel Cinematic Universe, según él superhéroes ya pasados de moda.

"Absolutely. These Marvel characters have been around for over twenty years and I think people are already getting a little itchy for something new. I mean what Iron Man are we on now? Everyone is starting to look a little saggy. I think the time is right for something new, we’ve got this incredible machine behind us and we’ve got 20 franchises just sitting there. We’re ready to get going."

Sobre los superhéroes de DC Comics, directamente los fulmina diciendo que ya no funcionan como iconos para la nueva audiencia ya que no son cinematicos.

"I think it’s really simple the characters aren’t cinematic and I say this as a massive DC fan who much prefers their characters to Marvel’s. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are some of my favourites but I think these characters, with the exception of Batman, they aren’t based around their secret identity they are based around their super power. Whereas the Marvel characters tend to be based around the personality of Matt Murdock or Peter Parker or the individual X-Men, it’s all about the character. DC, outside of Batman, is not about the character. With Batman, you can understand him and you can worry about him but someone like Green Lantern, he has this ring that allows him to create 3D physical manifestations and green plasma with the thoughts in his head but he’s allergic to the colour yellow! 
How do you make a movie with that? In 1952 that made perfect sense but now the audience have no idea what that’s all about. People will slam me for this but I think the evidence is there. We’ve seen great directors, great writers and great actors, tonnes of money thrown at them, but these films aren’t working. I think they are all too far away from when they were created. Something feels a little old about them, kids look at these characters and they don’t feel that cool. Even Superman, I love Superman, but he belongs to an America that doesn’t exist anymore. He represents 20th Century America and I think he peaked then."

Está barriendo para su casa, el Millarworld. Algo muy típico en guionistas de este tipo, ya ocurrió con Alan Moore. Pero, Mark Millar continua escribiendo superhéroes.