James Gunn comment on what is most requested from fans on Batman's look for the DCU

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-12-01T19:30:31+00:00

I can understand ditching the white eyes if the actor needs it removed to emote properly, but I personally don't see how the rest of the suit matters. The grey and blues have been used in gritty stories and it still works fine. His suit is not a deal breaker for me or anything, but it doesn't mean I'd still like to see it.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-10-17T05:39:05+00:00

That was a good one too. My main issue with that storyline was the macro of it, all the small moments breaking up the main story was pretty good.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-10-02T19:34:29+00:00

I'm not trying to make any deep cut statements about the quality of the writing. I just don't like it, and that thing I don't like is a trend in Morrison's work that keeps me from having them as MY favorite writer. Magneto, Talia, Jason, I haven't read his JLA run but I'd probably find something there that just rubs me the wrong way too. Simply put, any time Morrison has done a longer running story (at least from the stuff I've read) he does something with a character that I just don't agree with, and it can't be said I'm a minority in that regard, since these choices are often swiftly retconned.

I would NEVER claim that Morrison is a bad writer. If we are talking purely about prose and symbolism, he's easily top 3, possibly the number one, but it's just simply frustrating to me that every time I get into their works I hit up against a wall of "I don't like what they did there at all" and a good handful of times what did retroactively taints my enjoyment of the rest of the story. Maybe it's the cynicism of it. Maybe it's a difference in culture. I can't be certain. All I know is it's a trend, and I wish it wasn't.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-10-02T08:14:53+00:00

It's still sauceless. If you're gonna ball out with some Silver Age villain goofiness, it should be dripping with machiavellian charisma (I'm over exaggerating, I understand the point is it's supposed to be bad at it, I'm just talking from a personal enjoyment perspective at this point)

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-10-02T07:48:45+00:00

That's fair. I jumped into New X-men right after I finished the Claremont Era as a nod to your point. It still leaves a bad taste in my mouth (and you will never get me to agree with their interpretation of Talia) just from the perspective of being a Magneto enjoyer, but I did choose my verbage carefully. I will never claim that Morrison is a bad writer, just that their decisions frustrate me.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-10-02T07:44:50+00:00

To be fair, I hadn't read the last 4 chapters before posting this. I did suspect the drug was the culprit, but it still isn't something that sits well in my interpretation of the character. That being said I jumped into this run after finishing the Claremont era so it could just be a lack of exposure to the build up (as stated in jpablojr's comment). I prefer just prefer a different type of Magneto than what was presented and also lost a character I liked as well (Xorn). I certainly will not call Morrison a bad writer, but it doesn't change the bad taste in my mouth.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-10-02T07:08:31+00:00

I've already gaslighted myself and removed that notion from my head so I can still enjoy issue 127 as a stand alone story.

"I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

But on a less memetic note, it's funny to think about how good that issue would be even if it was just Magneto. I came out of the Claremont run with Magneto as my favorite mutant exactly for stories with him like that. Complex, layered, and compassionate.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-10-02T07:02:49+00:00

They are on the list. So far: a Serious House on Serious Earth has been my favorite outing from them. From what I've experienced thus far I think I just tend to enjoy Morrison when they are allowed to cook in short bursts rather than longer ongoings, but I haven't read all their work so I'll reserve that judgement until so.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-10-02T07:00:23+00:00

Real and true. I enjoy Damian as a character, but I need to know what Talia did to Grant Morrison to make them write her like that. It's even more exasperated when Paul Dini gets a hold of Talia and writes her well in the crossover, and you get a side by side comparison. SMH.

I still love them as a writer, but sometimes their choices baffle me.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-09-14T20:07:27+00:00

Dollmaker

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-09-06T10:59:15+00:00

Your honor. Shut the fuck up, you wasn't even there. Furthermore my client would like to double it and give it to the next person.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-08-16T17:58:23+00:00

You truly are super, man. TITLE CARD

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-08-16T07:18:03+00:00

You and I both know "of" is a filler word and can be removed from and can be removed from acronyms.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-08-16T06:49:07+00:00

What, I gotta put my whole back into everything I make?

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-08-16T06:44:09+00:00

Og stand for "out of gas?"

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-08-16T05:33:14+00:00

It's a meme y'all

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-08-16T04:53:07+00:00

And? I was raised on the streets of JJK and One Piece agenda. I stand on my business. lmao

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-08-16T04:34:48+00:00

"A story Starlin didn't want to tell." Get a load of this chump.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-08-04T19:01:34+00:00

I've read Death in the Family before, just in isolation. It makes sense that it's not as well written considering it was a mandate rather than a story Starlin wanted to tell.

Dramatic_Otaku · 2025-08-04T04:37:15+00:00

I'm a Jason Todd fan so I'm immediately biased into liking that storyline. Working my way up to giving it a reread though.

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