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

"Job-hopping?"

Kevin Feige was stunned.

Alan Vane said: "That's right, it's because of job hopping. At the end of the seventies, Warner launched the first real superhero movie in history, "Superman", which swept the United States, not only crushing Marvel's superheroes, but also suppressing the heroes of DC Comics, even Batman. ”

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

Alan Vane nodded heavily.

Nina Jacobson was a little dissatisfied, "There are so many comic book artists in Marvel, and just one less Frank Miller can make 'Daredevil' collapse?"

Alan Vane glanced at her and felt that she should still be gentlemanly, and good men should not fight women.

At this time, Jonathan Nolan seemed to suddenly wake up, and came out of his voice, almost exclaiming, "Because of the Dark Knight!"

"The Dark Knight?"

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

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

Stan Lee looked a little indifferent and mocking, "Yes, this series has changed the superhuman heroic posture of 'Batman' in the past, and has treated the characters as anti-heroes, telling about the crime and cruelty of society, the ordinary background of the characters, and full of post-industrial apocalyptic complexes and the black fatalism of the work." ”

The corners of Don's mouth hooked, and he also showed a little sneer, "So, "The Dark Knight" is just a series of 'Batman', and it is a series full of logical loopholes. Other versions of Batman do not stick to the bottom line of 'not killing'. ”

Stan Lee's face was touched, and he glanced at Donn, surprised to find that he and the young boss had so much in common, and said in the same hatred: "That's right, Batman...... Or that Bruce Wayne doesn't kill people, it's 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, a group of people who don't know the inside story are confused and don't know what they are talking about.

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

Joe Quisada: "Frank Miller's explanation is that Bruce Wayne suffered the tragic death of his parents when he was a teenager and suffered psychological trauma that led him not to kill. However, anyone who knows a little bit about psychology understands that the psychological trauma of adolescence will evolve into a greater degree of psychological perversion in adulthood, rather than a strong sense of justice. ”

Brian Bendis said: "Bruce Wayne said on the surface that he didn't kill, but in fact, when his son Damian Wayne killed someone, he chose to forgive, when his master was dying, he didn't help, and in the Owl Court incident, when he found out that his enemies were zombies, he chose to go on a killing spree on the grounds that none of them were alive, how ridiculous is this? Kill, is kill!"

Alan Vane shrugged and said: "There is no way to do this, the concept of not killing people instilled in Frank Miller in the "Dark Knight" series is very ridiculous, and when other DC comic artists take over the series, it is inevitable that there will be a strong collision of values, resulting in ridiculous jokes and logical loopholes." ”

Kevin Feige is proficient in Marvel comics, listening to these old Marvel guys sarcastically mocking his peers, the first reaction is Gu Lai, he stood up in shock, his eyes widened, and he said incredulously: "I understand! The real Dark Knight is actually Daredevil!"

Don smiled with relief.

Sure enough, it was Kevin Feige, the next Marvel president he hand-picked, with a smart brain and a quick response.

Jonathan Nolan has been studying "Daredevil" for half a year in order to rewrite the script, and he also knows enough about the superhero "Daredevil", and he immediately realized!

"Yes, it's Daredevil! Because he's a lawyer, he defends the bottom line of the law every day, he firmly believes that the law is the ultimate means of punishing crimes, and he believes that no one is qualified to judge anyone's life except the jury and God!"

Jonathan Nolan's words were like an initiation, which made everyone present suddenly open.

It turned out that the comic book series "Batman: The Return of the Dark Knight", which made "Batman" surpass Spider-Man and Superman in one fell swoop and become the most popular superhero in the United States, was originally conceived as "Daredevil"!

Because of the attraction of DC Comics, cartoonist Frank Miller's job hopping led to the idea that should have belonged to Daredevil, which was forced on Batman.

This naturally leads to all sorts of logical flaws.

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

But why can Batman only be active at night? His superpower comes from technological transformation, which is not day or night at all.

In fact, before Frank Miller, Batman was often active during the day, working with Superman and many other heroes to rescue from danger, which is not really a dark heroic character.

Nina Jacobson was a little annoyed and said angrily: "Did you just let DC Comics and Frank Miller go?

Bill McNick shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's hard. Regarding the concept of this kind of copyright plagiarism, it is mainly about expression or thought. If the same expression is used, even if different ideas are expressed, it can be considered plagiarism, but if the same ideas are expressed in different ways, it will never constitute 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 idea of the "Dark Knight" series has been germinated by Frank Miller when he was working for Marvel Entertainment.

But how hard would it be to prove it?

Alan Vane sighed, "At that time...... We were also angry, but what could we do? At that time, DC Comics was at its peak, and the "Batman" movie caused a huge sensation as soon as it was released, and the situation was ...... In the late 80s, Marvel just fell into an economic crisis, and even if it wanted to sue, it couldn't get enough legal fees. ”

Andrew O'Haire frowned, "Is this the end of this matter? We laymen may not know about it, but people in the comic book industry can probably see that the "Dark Knight" series has copied the copyright of Daredevil!"

Joe Quesada smiled bitterly, "It's not easy to say that about this kind of thing. Marvel has Deadpool, DC has Deathstroke, Marvel has X-Men, DC has Destiny Patrol, Marvel has Black Cat, 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 book characters is far greater than that of Daredevil and Spider-Man, and the copyright lawsuit between the two comic book companies has not been interrupted for half a century. ”

Everyone in the audience pouted repeatedly.

There is a lot of article in the world, and the same is true in the Marvel industry.

Especially these comic book characters, most of them appeared in DC Comics first, and then Marvel imitated them...... When it comes to plagiarism, Marvel is clearly superior.

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

When everyone heard this, they rolled their eyes.

"The rest of the matter is beyond the scope of today's discussion. We only need to clarify one concept now. Don frowned, looked around, and waved his big hand violently, his tone sonorous, "Daredevil...... The real Dark Knight!"