[Galvantula]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

People need to clam down for the R rated Batman v Superman director's cut. If they had done this to the theater release I'd agree that it would be stupid, but it's just for home video only.

I've been following DC since I was a wee lad and I see this issue two ways.

Dan Didio cannot run a company, pure and simple. His obsession with making things as dark and depressing has cost the company money and in a age where comics will never make the green they made years it makes no business sense to keep him where he is now. So while having a R- Rated Superman movie seems like an insult do keep in mind the MCU, for better or worse has changed how comics are written these days.

DC only has Batman as their biggest name, unlike Marvel who has a good chuck of characters the general public knows about. To put in simply Didio isn't fit for his position and the R-rated cut is yet another highlight on his questionable practices.

On the other hand making super hero movies with ratings that aren't PG-13 do drum up more business and henceforth more money and as every corp will tell you...

Also while it's highly doubtful Superman will become an overly dark and grim setting it's important to remember the character's over 75 years old at this point. Sometimes it's good to stray off the beaten path and see where it takes the audience. Also having two cuts of BvS may end up a good thing in the long run, although I will concede with Paladin and state that Zack Snyder's needlessy grey vision isn't going to fly as well since the MCU has proven that yes; people like color and not feeling like human garbage all the time.