Wrote by Joss (Buffy/Firefly) back in 2009 when his Wonder Woman script wasn't green lit by DC, he explained why Marvel's characters do better in movies
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JOSS WHEDON says Warner Bros is struggling to get many DC Comics heroes on to the big screen because they are too mythological and god-like to connect to audiences.
Whedon (pictured right), creator of TV hits Buffy, Angel and Firefly and the new series Dollhouse, spoke to Maxim about his involvement with superhero projects.He wrote the Astonishing X-Men comics until last year and also penned a Wonder Woman screenplay, which was shelved.Asked by Maxim why DC Comics was having a hard time turning its superheroes into movies, he said:
"Because, with that one big exception (Batman), DC's heroes are from a different era. They're from the era when they were creating gods."And the thing that made [rival publisher] Marvel Comics extraordinary was that they created people.
Their characters didn't living in mythical cities, they lived in New York. They absolutely were a part of the world. Peter Parker's character (Spider-Man) was a tortured adolescent. .
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