You gotta remember... all of this stuff with the WB Executives happened like 4-5 years ago.
Back in 2017, Marvel was killing the box office back then.
BTW, 6 Superhero movies came out in 2017.
- Logan
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Wonder Woman
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Thor: Ragnarok
- and Justice League
These 6 films combined to make more than
$4 billion dollars in worldwide box office ticket sales.
And 2017 was Marvel Studios' biggest year in their entire 10 year history, up until to that point.
It was the first time the MCU made more than $2 billion dollars at the box office in a single year.
Btw, all of those movies you hate made a TON of money at the box office:
- Iron Man 2 made $623 Million
- Iron Man 3 made $1.2 Billion
- Avengers: Ultron made $1.4 Billion
- Black Panther made $1.3 Billion
- Thor Darkworld made $644 Million
- Captain Marvel made $1.1 Billion
- Ant-Man 1 made $519 Million
- Ant-Man 2 made $622 Million
- Spider-Man: Homecoming made $1.1 Billion
So the WB Executives were obsessed with 'the global box office money'... not 'how good' the movie is.
So they figure if they just 'copy / paste' certain aspects of Marvel movies (like brighter color palettes)..... they will make the same amount of Marvel money... or at least come close.
That's the whole problem, imo.