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This is the feeling I get when reading all the DC bashing: Marvel fans (Apple) eat, sleep, and breath Marvel and will follow them no matter what. I'm not defending what I've seen from DC, but I also think the Marvel fan boys are a little obsessed with bashing for the sake of bashing.
I'm not sure I would say that people are bashing it for the sake of bashing. I think. It's more that Marvel, at least since Iron Man, has shown that it can consistently produce good to great movies on a regular basis. DC on the other hand still has the stink of Batman and Robin and, while they did have the great stand-alone Nolan Batman trilogy, they also had a mediocre to bad Superman reboot, followed by yet another mediocre Superman reboot that is supposed to somehow launch a cinematic universe to compete with the MCU.
Now we are getting images from BvS and Suicide Squad that, to me at least, harken back to the Batman and Robin era of DC movies and you think people are bashing them for the sake of bashing? I loved Batman and Superman as a kid far more than anything Marvel put out and yet all I can think about when seeing that cast photo from Suicide Squad is that Arnold would fit in perfectly next to that embarrassingly bad Killer Croc yelling "Freeeeeeze".
People are judging an unfinished product. As an artist, I know I hate it when people judge my work before it's complete. But the director brought it on himself by releasing images early. I will personally try to wait before passing judgement, but I haven't been blown away with what I've seen yet either.
I'm an artist and designer as well, and just like that director should know you only get one chance to make a first impression with your work. I don't show something before it's ready to be seen because you can't take that moment back. He had complete control over that and did not get me excited about seeing more.
Marvel has done an amazing job giving us bits and pieces of their films leading into an amazing final product. As a huge Batman fan I'd love to see these films be outstanding, but DC is not inspiring confidence.