Heads Up Hollywood

Tang En said lightly: "Because of job-hopping."

"Job-hopping?"

Kevin Feige was taken aback.

Alan Fine said: "That's right, it was because of job-hopping. At the end of the 1970s, Warner launched the first real superhero movie "Superman" in history, which became popular all over the United States. At the same time, it suppressed the heroes of DC comics, and even Batman was not spared."

Kevin Feige reacted immediately, "So... DC Comics dug Frank Miller over and put him in charge of the 'Batman' series?"

Alan Fine nodded heavily.

Nina Jacobson was a little dissatisfied, "With so many cartoonists in Marvel, just one less Frank Miller can make 'Daredevil' collapse?"

Alan Fine glanced at her, thinking that it should be a gentleman, a good man should not fight with a woman.

At this time, Jonathan Nolan seemed to suddenly wake up, and he almost exclaimed, "Because of the Dark Knight!"

"dark Knight?"

"That's right, the boss told me early on that I was going to shoot Daredevil, so I've been researching this character for more than half a year, and the one hurdle I can't get past is the 'Dark Knight'!" Jonathan Nolan's face was a little dignified.

Until now, even a layman like Grant Hill understood, "The most classic set of comic series in the history of 'Batman', "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns"!"

Stan Lee looked a little indifferent and mocking, "Yeah, this series has changed the superman-like heroic attitude of 'Batman' in the past, and treated the characters as anti-heroes, telling about the evil and cruelty of society, and the ordinary characters. The background is full of the doomsday complex of the post-industrial age and the black fatalism of the work.”

The corner of Tang En's mouth hooked, and he also showed a bit of a sneer, "So, "The Dark Knight" is just a series of 'Batman', and it is a series full of logical loopholes. Other versions of Batman will not stick to it." Follow the bottom line of 'don't kill'."

Stan Lee's face was touched, and he glanced at Tang En. He was surprised to find that he and the young boss had so much in common, and he said in the same way: "That's right, Batman...or Bruce Wayne Not killing people is just Frank Miller's wishful thinking, and his so-called reasons for not killing people can't stand up to scrutiny at all."

Having said that, all the people who don't know the inside story are confused and don't know what they are talking about.

Only a few old guys from Marvel can understand the deep meaning of these words.

Joe Quesada said: "The explanation given by Frank Miller is that Bruce Wayne's parents died tragically when he was a teenager, and he experienced psychological trauma, which caused him not to kill people. But anyone who has a little understanding of psychology understands that when he was a teenager Psychological trauma, to a greater extent, will evolve into psychological abnormalities in adulthood, rather than a strong sense of justice."

Brian Bendis said: "Bruce Wayne said on the surface that he didn't kill people, but in fact, when his son Damian Wayne killed people, he chose to forgive; when his master was dying, He didn't help; in the court of owls incident, when he found out that his enemies were zombies, he chose to kill them on the grounds that they were all lifeless. How absurd is that? Killing, killing!"

Alan Fine shrugged and said: "There is no way to do this. The non-killing concept that Frank Miller instilled in 'Batman' in the "Dark Knight" series is very absurd. Wait for other DC cartoonists When taking over this series, it is inevitable that there will be a strong collision of values, resulting in ironic jokes and logical loopholes."

Kevin Feige is proficient in Marvel comics. Hearing these old Marvel guys satirizing his peers, he was the first to react to Gulai. He stood up in shock, widened his eyes, and said incredulously: "I understand. Yes! The real Dark Knight is actually Daredevil!"

Tang En smiled with relief.

Sure enough, it was Kevin Fitch, the candidate for the next president of Marvel, who he hand-picked, with a quick mind and quick response.

Jonathan Nolan has been researching "Daredevil" for half a year in order to rewrite the script, and he also has enough knowledge of the superhero "Daredevil", and it suddenly dawned on him!

"Yes, it's Daredevil! Because he is a lawyer, he defends the bottom line of the law with practical actions every day; he firmly believes that the law is the ultimate means of punishing crime; he believes that except for juries and God, no one has Qualified to judge other people's lives!"

Jonathan Nolan's words were like enlightenment, and everyone present suddenly realized.

It turned out that the comic series "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" that made "Batman" surpass Spiderman and Superman in one fell swoop and become the most popular superhero in the United States. The original version was "Daredevil"!

Because of the solicitation of DC Comics and the job-hopping of cartoonist Frank Miller, the idea that should have belonged to Daredevil was forcefully imposed on Batman.

Naturally, there will be various logical flaws.

Daredevil is only active at night because he is blind, he has super senses, and he can better use his superpowers to fight criminals in the dark.

But why is Batman only active at night? His superpowers come from technological transformation, and there is no difference between day and night.

In fact, before Frank Miller, Batman was often active in the daytime, and together with many heroes such as Superman, he saved the crisis. This is not a really dark heroic role.

Nina Jacobson was a little annoyed, and said angrily, "Did you just let DC Comics and Frank Miller go like this? Didn't they sue them for copyright infringement?"

Bill McNick shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's difficult. The concept of this kind of copyright plagiarism mainly lies in expression or thought. If you use the same expression method, even if you express different ideas, it can be considered plagiarism; but if you use different The way of expression, expressing the same thoughts, never constitutes plagiarism. Thought is the first standard of freedom.”

Daredevil and Batman are different superheroes with different plot content, even if they express the same "Dark Knight" idea, it does not constitute infringement.

Unless the court can conclude that the plot concept of the "Dark Knight" series, Frank Miller has already sprouted when he was working for Marvel Entertainment.

But how difficult is it to prove this?

Alan Fine sighed, "At that time...we were also very angry, but what can we do? DC Comics was at its peak back then, and the movie "Batman" caused a huge sensation when it was released. The situation... Even more exaggerated than last year's "Spider-Man"! In the late 1980s, Marvel just fell into an economic crisis, and even if they wanted to sue, they couldn't afford enough legal fees."

Andrew O'Hare frowned, "Could this be the end of the matter? Laymen like us may not understand it, but people in the comics industry may be able to see that the "Dark Knight" series is a copy of Daredevil." Copyright!"

Joe Quesada smiled bitterly, "It's not easy to say this kind of thing. Marvel has Deadpool, DC has Death Knell; Marvel has "X-Men", DC has "Fate Patrol"; Cats, DC has Catwoman; Marvel has Vision, DC has Red Whirlwind; Marvel has Bullseye, DC has Deadshot; Marvel has Thanos, DC has Darkseid... the similarity of these comic characters, Both are far greater than Daredevil and Spiderman, and the copyright lawsuits between the two comic companies have never stopped in the past half a century."

Everyone in the room curled their lips again and again.

There are a lot of articles in the world, and the Marvel world is the same.

Especially for these comic characters, most of them appeared in DC comics first, and then Marvel imitated them... In terms of plagiarism, Marvel is obviously better.

As the CEO of Marvel Entertainment, Alan Vaughan found that everyone present had weird expressions, coughed lightly, and tried his best to save face, "Actually, DC Comics has already conceded defeat in the "Dark Knight" matter. At that time Marvel's capital chain collapsed and was on the verge of bankruptcy. In order to increase sales, it joined forces with DC Comics to create a series of 'Marvel-DC' superhero melee comics. DC Comics made concessions in terms of share. And Frank Miller Also compromised, returned to Marvel, and created a series of short comics "Daredevil: The Fearless", but the influence has not been as good as before."

After hearing this, everyone rolled their eyes.

"The rest of the matter is beyond the scope of today's discussion. We just need to clarify a concept now." Tang En frowned, looked around, swung his big hand violently, and said in a sonorous tone, "Daredevil...is the real one." dark Knight!"