There are times one wonders what synergies truly exist between parent company Warner Bros and DC Entertainment. Normally, the studio cherry-picks properties it wants from its subsidiary and rarely does DC get something in return. However, as the company planned its mammoth villain-centric fall publishing plans, they managed to corral the studio into helping create and market the just released Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics. The 99-minute documentary features sound and fury but its significance is obscured.
Watching it, I kept wondering who this was being marketed to since casual fans of the movies, television shows, or video games lack the context to comprehend much of what the host of talking heads had to say. Even current readers of the New 52 might be confused by the various iterations of the villains as they have appeared through the years.
With Christopher Lee trying, and not entirely succeeding, at using...
Watching it, I kept wondering who this was being marketed to since casual fans of the movies, television shows, or video games lack the context to comprehend much of what the host of talking heads had to say. Even current readers of the New 52 might be confused by the various iterations of the villains as they have appeared through the years.
With Christopher Lee trying, and not entirely succeeding, at using...
- 11/4/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Sneak Peek a clip of footage from the new feature-length documentary "Necessary Evil: Super-Villians of DC Comics", available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, on a Blu-ray Combo Pack, October 25, 2013:
"..'Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics' explores the thin line between right and wrong, the nature of evil and how super-villains can reflect society’s dark side as well as our own personal fears. It also offers insight as to the reasons comic book fans are so fascinated by the very characters they hope to see defeated.
The film focuses on DC Comics’ most terrifying villains, including 'The Joker', 'Lex Luthor', 'Bane', 'Black Adam', 'Black Manta', 'Catwoman', 'Darkseid', 'Deathstroke', 'Doomsday', 'General Zod', 'Sinestro', the 'Suicide Squad' and a whole lot more.."
Actor Christopher Lee narrates as directors Richard Donner ("Superman"), Guillermo del Toro ("Pacific Rim") and Zack Snyder ("Man of Steel") plus Geoff Johns (Dce’s Chief Creative Officer) and other storytellers,...
"..'Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics' explores the thin line between right and wrong, the nature of evil and how super-villains can reflect society’s dark side as well as our own personal fears. It also offers insight as to the reasons comic book fans are so fascinated by the very characters they hope to see defeated.
The film focuses on DC Comics’ most terrifying villains, including 'The Joker', 'Lex Luthor', 'Bane', 'Black Adam', 'Black Manta', 'Catwoman', 'Darkseid', 'Deathstroke', 'Doomsday', 'General Zod', 'Sinestro', the 'Suicide Squad' and a whole lot more.."
Actor Christopher Lee narrates as directors Richard Donner ("Superman"), Guillermo del Toro ("Pacific Rim") and Zack Snyder ("Man of Steel") plus Geoff Johns (Dce’s Chief Creative Officer) and other storytellers,...
- 10/22/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Villains are incredibly interesting characters, regardless of the type of media they originate from. It's one of the reasons why actors love playing bad guy. One actor who knows a thing or two about playing a villain is Christopher Lee, who narrates the upcoming documentary Necessary Evil: Super-villains Of DC Comics. The documentary covers why fans love these evil characters, as well as how these villains have impacted the stories from the comics and how they mirror our own fears....
- 10/22/2013
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics explores the thin line between right and wrong, the nature of evil and how super-villains can reflect society's dark side as well as our own personal fears. It also offers insight as to the reasons comic book fans are so fascinated by the very characters they hope to see defeated. The film focuses on DC Comics' most terrifying villains, including The Joker, Lex Luthor, Bane, Black Adam, Black Manta, Catwoman, Darkseid, Deathstroke, Doomsday, General Zod, Sinestro, the Suicide Squad, and more. Christopher Lee, who has played the villain more times than almost any other actor, will provide his unique voice as narrator. The villains' infamous tales will be told by directors Richard Donner (Superman), Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim) and Zack Snyder (Man of Steel) as well as Geoff Johns (best-selling author and Dce's Chief Creative Officer) and other storytellers, creators and those...
- 10/21/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
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