Re: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR - (May 4, 2018)
I don;t think they need a reboot. The characters are fine. They just need someone to oversee the films better. I thought Geoff Johns was supposed to be that guy?
And hell they can change them on a whim, look at Thor 1/2 vs Thor 3?
The problem is, even if Johns was the guy, he doesn't work in a vacuum. You've got to have support from management on down. And WB is a cluster**** when it comes to that. Look at their history with DC films. It's all over the place, but beyond the Nolan films, there has never been a clear direction or consistency. Even if the only direction is, "let the artists do their work," that would be something. Instead, it's a series of half-measures, bad decisions, good decisions undercut by insane ones, etc.
Wonder Woman was a kind of perfect storm for them, in that they hired the right people, and the suits had enough sense not to get too involved. With every other case past the Nolan films (and just about every one prior to that, with a couple of instances where you could argue otherwise), they've not been able to strike that balance.
So, Johns is great. But who is the director? Will the director at onset be the director at the end? Who is the cinematographer? What role are test screenings going to play? How much are the execs going to be reactive to whatever the last film did, or whatever Marvel is doing right now? Who is the editor? Etc.
Though it probably can't happen, if I were WB, I would go after a strong-willed, visionary type filmmaker like James Cameron, and just give him the wheel and hope for the best.
