So Martin Scorsese will be producing The Joker's origin story movie, which will be a part of the current DC cinematic universe (which they're just kind of winging it, at this point). Normally, I'd be thrilled, because Scorsese is the man. I watched The Wolf of Wall Street again not long ago, and that 3-hour movie still captivated me. Scorsese has always made gritty crime/dramas better than anyone else, but DC movies lately have all sucked the big one.
David Ayer was supposed to make Suicide Squad bad-ass. He had a great track record beforehand, and this movie comes along and shows you how much a producer actually knows. Nothing. They turned that movie into a piece of shit, and Robert Tapert turned Evil Dead season 2's finale into a nonsensical piece of shit. The Crow: City of Angels would have been a better movie if the Weinsteins didn't aim to rip-off the original film so much, and let the sequel stand on its own. They've had a reputation of fucking up movies, though. They also messed up Hellraiser 4 and probably plenty of other things.
These goddamn producers think they know everything, don't they? đĄ
It's like the scene in Ed Wood where the guy finances his movie, but only if they cast his son or whatever to play the lead. And also, it needs to end with a big explosion...
Here's a classic example of producer-rape that turned Stimpson J. Cat's epic cartoon into a shambling mess of incoherency when producer Ren Hoek demanded multiple changes, and removed 90% of the film:
