Warner Premiere has done some really great adaptations of the DC Superheroes over the past few years. Their treatment of New Frontiers and Batman: Year One immediately come to mind. Then again, DC had a bit of the upperhand on Marvel in the 1990's. They were releasing the Batman Animated Series while Marvel was trying to pass off terribly animated versions of both Spider-Man and The X-Men.
However, that cannot really be said anymore since Marvel has for the most part caught up with DC in both the animation and big-budget movie game. Aside, from Superhero Squad. In the case of the Summer Blockbusters, Marvel may have very well surpassed DC with hits like Iron Man, the Avengers and the recent Emo-mazing Spider-Man movie.
Although DC has had tremendous success with the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy, movies like Green Lantern and the previous Brandon Routh Superman endeavor proved to be less than successful. However, their hoping to have success by hitting the reboot buttom on the next Superman movie sans Routh. Which was something they should have done in the first place instead of just making a continuation of the Christopher Reeves movies.
Time will tell.
With that said, I still feel DC has one up on Marvel at least as far as animated films are concerned. And the trailer for their upcoming (and I'm sure highly anticipated) animated movie based on Frank Miller's classic Dark Knight Returns looks like it's going to be another good one for them. After watching the trailer, I can't wait to check it out. Check it out for yourself below:
