Samuel L. Jackson's Deep Blue Sea character once said, “Nature is lethal but it doesn't hold a candle to man.” That quote came to mind when I heard the Nick Fury actor weighing in on Warner Bros' DC Comics movie adaptations.
Collider was chatting with the Marvel cinematic universe actor for his most recent gig in Tim Burton”s Miss Peregrine”s Home for Peculiar Children but briefly touched on the online animosity between DC and Marvel movie fans. Though he said he hasn't seen much of it with his own eyes he offered this as a possible reason: “Success breeds contempt.”
While Warner Bros. superhero films tend to do well at the box office, the majority of critics and fans seem to favor the Marvel films overall. (Cue commenters telling me they like DC movies more.) That's not to say there aren't critics and fans who love the DC's adaptations, Collider's interviewer actually told Jackson he thought Man of Steel was a “fantastic film” to which Jackson replied with an unbiased “Awesome.”
But speaking to the antagonistic outlook that leads to the either or debate, Collider rhetorically asked “Why can't DC and Marvel movies be good?” and Jackson retorted: “Isn't that a question that the people at DC asking themselves? [laughs] The Marvel people don't…I don't think the Marvel people are asking themselves that question.”
Unlike Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman and other Marvel folks who were specifically asked to comment on the issues of DC's films, Jackson wasn't. He just seemed to have a definite opinion on it already. It wasn't all negative though, also without prompting he told Collider he hopes Wonder Woman is good.
“Hopefully Wonder Woman will be great too, you know. Because a friend of mine trained her so yeah, I hope it's good,” he said. “I think there's room for everybody to exist out here and the fact that it's not working or doesn't work, or people want a specific thing I mean, that's what makes the movies the movies and what makes audiences audiences.”
But there was one more parting shot: “Hopefully they'll make one of those movies one of these days and it'll be as big as a Marvel movie.”