Without a doubt, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a milestone in the history of comics, a pinnacle that cannot be surpassed!

The New Haven Chronicle commented: "The Dark Knight Returns is undoubtedly a work of genius, a serious work from a painter who takes comics seriously. ”

"Rolling Stone" magazine commented: "A turning point in Batman's history, a classic that changed the American comic book industry." ”

Best-selling author Stephen King: "Perhaps the finest comic art work ever published......"

Crime writer Mitch Spearland: "It's an ambitious, gripping crime ...... Batman, gentlemen!"

This set of comics not only brought "Batman" back to the top and became the most beloved comic superhero in the United States, but even rewrote most of the pattern of DC Comics.

For example, Batman completes the obsession change from hero to anti-hero, completely blackened, and has no last resort to beat Superman...... This provided a lot of material for the later "DC Universe".

In particular, Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy, adapted from this, is like this set of comics, directly canonized as a god.

Now, Donn has changed the landscape of the comic book market, Marvel Entertainment is a subsidiary of Downe Pictures, and Spider-Man has also become the pioneer of the "Avengers" series.

He doesn't mind building on that and making bigger changes to make Marvel Studios ...... Completely monopolize the superhero market!

"In the comic book circle, Batman has stolen the glory that originally belonged to Daredevil and has become a household name 'master', which is an irrevocable past. Don paused and snorted lightly, "But in the film industry, Daredevil must be allowed to regain his original glory, and we must control the future!"

This passage is very infectious, and the old guys of Marvel Entertainment are all touched.

Back then, Marvel was on the verge of bankruptcy, allowing DC to successfully dig up comic book artist Frank Miller, which was a problem for all Marvel veterans.

Now Don's words undoubtedly show his attitude, he wants to fight back for the past Marvel!

Of course, what is more important is the development of Marvel Studios, as well as Marvel's pattern in the superhero movie market.

Bill McNick said cautiously: "This must be careful, the situation is completely different, the copyright of "The Dark Knight" belongs to the DC Comics ......"

Don waved his hand and said with a smile: "Bill, you misunderstood, Daredevil is Daredevil, Batman is Batman, of course we can't learn from the story of "The Dark Knight", we have to adapt our own story." Of course, thought is unanimous, thought is human freedom, right?"

Bill McNick couldn't help but laugh, shaking his head and laughing.

Christopher Nolan was silent for a long time, and then suddenly spoke, "In addition to thought, there is also style!"

Don's eyes lit up, and he praised: "That's right, style!"

Nina Jacobson has also discussed this issue with Donn many times, and explained warmly: "We all know that the "Spider-Man" series is just the beginning, and we want to create a complete "Avengers"! This large series of movies must be unified in style, witty, humorous, simple and straightforward plot, entertaining the audience, and pure popcorn movies. ”

"Spider-Man is like this, and the same is true of Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man in the future. It's going to be a dozen...... Or even dozens of films. But if you persist in this way, it will inevitably have boring and monotonous shortcomings, which will bring aesthetic fatigue to the audience. Therefore, in the production process of the big series of 'Avengers', we mixed many different types of manga movies to reconcile the audience's taste. ”

"Spider-Man 2 is scheduled for the summer of 2002, and we're talking about a new film project, Ant-Man, which is expected to be released in 2003. In order to avoid the word-of-mouth drawbacks brought by movies of the same style, we need to mix in a completely different style of Marvel movie between the two, which is "Daredevil"!"

The founders of the "Avengers" are Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and Wasp.

In the previous life, Marvel Studios did not join Ant-Man and The Wasp in the early stage, but chose the more influential and well-known Captain America and Black Widow in order to open the market faster.

Now it's completely different, the "Avengers" series is led by the sensational "Spider-Man", and there is no worry about influence at all.

It's better to be responsible for comic book fans, or it's better to be closer to the original comic book.

Grant Hill hesitated and said, "Anyway, the style of Daredevil and Batman...... It should be similar to Warner, it is impossible to return to the gothic style of the 90s, and when Marvel's superhero movies tend to be sunny, witty, and funny, Warner is likely to avoid its edge and choose a dark, serious, and deep style. ”

Andrew O'Hare shook his head and said, "Not necessarily! Dark movies have never been the mainstream of the commercial market. Warner's reboot of the "Batman" series must be a big production with heavy investment, and they may not dare to take such a big risk. ”

Nina Jacobson laughed, "Warners don't dare to take risks, but we dare! ”

"The advantage of time?"

Kevin Feige explained with a smile: "Our "Daredevil" is already in preparation, even if it takes a long time to rewrite the script, especially the series script, within this year, the movie can start filming, and it can be released smoothly in May 2003." But Warner is different, "Batman" is dead in the nineties after all, and Warner must make full market considerations. If it was released in the summer of 2003, it would have been difficult for them to achieve excellence in production. ”

Tang En waved his hand and said, "Those are all external factors, it doesn't matter, he is too strong, and the breeze is ...... Well, I mean, as long as the quality of our films is good enough, we don't need to be afraid of any opponents at all! Nina's definition of the tone of the 'Avengers' series just now is not comprehensive, and I will add one more thing. ”

"The definition of saving the world by the Avengers is pragmatism and realism. The common trait of heroes is that in addition to special abilities, they are just ordinary people. Not only do they have to save people, but they also have to use scientific methods that don't make the world worse, and they have to go home and live an ordinary life. ”

"Such a hero is natural and simple, modern and close to the people, and the identity of a hero who has been 'worshipped' in the traditional sense has successfully transitioned into a cute and charming decent character who is 'loved'. ”

Looking at everyone's nods of approval, Don continued: "But the definition of the 'Daredevil' series, we have to differentiate. His definition of saving the world is pure in the absolute sense, and it can be said that it is true heroism, of course, this is not the same as the comics, and it needs to be adapted reasonably. ”

"Daredevil has feelings, even if you don't understand me, dislike me or even kill me, I want to save it, silently, secretly, for no reason, without hesitation. Therefore, Daredevil needs to have the tragic temperament of a Greek epic. Daredevil is noble, but not a good guy in the simple sense that can be seen everywhere around him, he is a good guy in the pure sense. ”

Andrew O'Hare quickly understood and explained: "The 'Avengers' series follows the style of family carnival, that is, the prevailing secular values, which is the confrontation between good and evil. And the 'Daredevil' series goes through a deeper value discussion, depicting a true heroic temperament with an epic sense. ”

"That's the idea!"

Donn's idea is clear, since Nolan's "Dark Knight" series has become a god at its peak, it has become the biggest weapon for DC Comics fans to ridicule Marvel fans.

So now it's very simple, Don directly transformed the "Dark Knight" trilogy, replaced "Batman" with "Daredevil", and came to a model transformation from the inside to the outside to create an alternative "Daredevil" series.

And compared to Warner, Don has a more natural advantage.

Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy made Warner make a lot of money, and also raised Batman to the height of "god" in one fell swoop.

But after the trilogy, trouble came.

How did the mythical Batman return to the world?

The Batman in the subsequent "Batman v Superman" and "Justice League" is stupid, clumsy, incompetent, and simple, even if it is a true fan of DC, he can't help but scold.

The "Dark Knight" trilogy, although it brought great success, caused irreparable damage to the establishment of the "DC Universe".

This is a major drawback that Warner cannot avoid.

But in Donn's case, it's not a problem at all.

The Daredevil trilogy is a god, and it doesn't matter, then let Daredevil continue to rise high and become an epic hero in everyone's minds.

There's no need to step down from the altar and gag with some other messy heroes, using your own image to attract fans to buy tickets.

A superhero who is promoted to "godhead" will play a far greater role in Marvel than that little ticket revenue.

This is an image endorsement for the entire hero group of Marvel!

Without the emergence of the same type of script with depth, darkness and philosophy, Don would never have put "Daredevil" on the screen again.

Just put it on the shelf and enjoy the glory.

Anyway, the Avengers don't need Daredevil to join at all, and the Defenders ...... Forget it, if this alliance doesn't have Daredevil, it can't even go on a small screen, and there is no need to develop it at all.

The TV series version of "Daredevil" developed by Netflix has a good reputation and is well filmed, similar to Nolan's version of the "Dark Knight" trilogy, but unfortunately, the pattern is still too small, and it does not show the tragic sense of glory of "bearing the righteousness of the world to me".

Like other Marvel movie series, good and evil are at war, black and white are clear, and a small number of gray areas are not discussed deeply enough, often using religion to simply resolve them.

You know, the gray area is where the magic of complex human nature comes in!

Don won't miss it.