{"id":7716,"date":"2017-08-17T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=7716"},"modified":"2021-07-30T22:32:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T22:32:12","slug":"characters-have-to-come-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/characters-have-to-come-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Characters Have To Come First"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Thinkpiece Thursday<\/h3>\n<p>This week I am busy in Copenhagen so I offer an excellent essay by Patrick H Willems. \u00a0His video discusses the character problems in the latest batch of DC films.<\/p>\n<p>This essay was released before\u00a0<em>Wonder Woman<\/em>, which has come some way to fixing what Willems talks about. With\u00a0<em>Justice League<\/em> right around the corner, audiences will be anticipating Wonder Woman&#8217;s return. \u00a0There is lots of work to be done in the franchise to make the two returning characters and two brand-new characters add and not detract from the sequel.<\/p>\n<p>My own take on <a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/the-dark-knight-rises\/\"><em>Batman: The Dark Knight Rises<\/em><\/a> can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/the-dark-knight-rises\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The DCEU&#039;s Character Problem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FXpiRzumrVY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockbusters need to set up Characters, instead of Sequels! 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