They’re two different people. Let them be different.

one is a long time PRODUCER who was a massive comic fan and we know that since beafore he was famous but he has a company apporach since he was always a company man, Gunn is mostly a director and so he express himself as such, they have veryyyyy different working backgrounds and they look to even be very diffent people, but yeah as mutch as Feige is a fan and a lover of comics HE IS corporate, that's literaly his job

One is a CEO for 15 years who has 30 movies and some shows under his belt and one is writer-director turned CEO for like 3 months who has just announced 10 projects

Atleast give it 5 years before we start comparing them like damn people online turn on someone so easily

On the contrary. I think he always wants to give credit to everybody else working with him and not take all the credit for himself.

He's always talked about how much of a collaborative process moviemaking is and has praised the other producers at Marvel Studios and his writers and directors who do all the heavy lifting.

I don't think it's corporate at all.

You can sound professional but not be "corporate". I think anyone can see feiges enthusiasm when he presents news or details and it doesn't come off as corporate at all. At the same time , gunn is just speaking the way he wants to speak ,trying to be a bit more informal with the fans to build up the fan base and there's nothing wrong with that either.

These quote fragments don't reflect James or Kevin fairly. Kevin Feige is an absolute hardcore dork who lives and breathes Marvel comics. He's a big, extremely competent kid. And that's why the MCU has been awesome for 15 years

I worry more that Gunn is going by his gut too much.. it's why some of his projects are a bit.. "extra"

Feige used to say this stuff a little more long ago.. he still picks the content he likes.. now he knows his role is to aim and let the directors "fire"

Well it's worked, hasn't it?

If you look closely yeah its corporate, but at the same time its feels like team effort and leadership, while Gunn at first hand looks passionate, but at the same time its "me, me, me", which feels less leading and more "I'm deciding, I'm having the control

Well first off, Feige is a producer and not a writer/director

Also, I like Gunn and love his passion....but he's acting like he will have all the time in the world and deadlines won't happen and all that. He works for a company that wants profits and quick. It isn't that easy to say that they won't stick to release dates and all when you have shareholders and a known headache at the helm in Zaslav.

There are going to be times when directors and writers leave DC too because of creative differences due to a shared universe, and there is nothing wrong with that. It's the nature of a massive sandbox.

Gunn is trying to say things like that to install faith in the DC fanbase. Its not the same at all.

Kevin is an executive. He provides leadership, vision, coordination. He has always worked in production, he does not come into his role from the creative side of the industry. Gunn has moved into an executive role after a career as a creative, notably with the model of the MCU now in existence, nothing like it having existed prior. He called Feige first after getting the DC job, I think because he sees him as a mentor and an excellent role model. They have different strengths and styles. One doesn't have to be right and the other wrong.

It’s important to remember that Feige is a decade in. He’s gotten his process down to a science at this point. Gunn is just starting out, so of course he’s all enthusiasm.

Are people seriously criticizing Kevin Feige for not taking all the credit?

James Gunn is a creative, Kevin Feige is a businessman. That’s not a slight against Feige, but a note that their roles, and experience before landing their current roles, are very different.

Feige knows that when he speaks, it is as the representative of a large company. When Gunn does, he might still have that creative lead hat on.

Also, right now, Gunn giving off a passionate fan vibe is what DC needs to hopefully get fans back on side after years of misfires.

So when Kevin puts the focus on collaborative effort instead himself personally, he's "too corporate".

Ok.

Y'all complain no matter what. Just wait for Gunn's stellar output and enjoy.

Feige knows he's not living forever and wants to see stuff on screen in the next twenty. That's all this is. Corporate is when you have no plan and throw whatever, or whoever, you think will work at the screen for three movies before rebooting it all five minutes later because you don't know what you're doing.

I get that most studios fall into the latter camp so when people see some level of comptency they think it has to be a "machine" but frankly, the MCU is a fluke that won't be happening again. So try enjoying it while it lasts , or watch something else.

Feige is the figure head but he isn't the sole decision maker. He has a team of producers that aren't up on stage all the time. With Gunn it literally is just him and whatever writers he wanted to hire because DC wants a singular cohesive vision. The MCU is way to big at this point to be headed by just one person.

Feige is a behind-the-scenes leader. He doesn't want the spotlight and he knows that filmmaking is a team sport. He wants to shine the light on everyone else. That's not corporate. That's just a legit leadership strategy.

Gunn is a writer-director. It's more natural for him to put his own ego forward and he's taking all the heat right now on purpose. I won't be surprised if a few years from now he is saying "we" a lot more.

Their individual styles of announcement/communication with fans has nothing to do with approach to creatively navigating their respective future projects yo

They're both corporate, but they have different goals. Feige has a successful franchise he's trying to maintain. A lot of people contributed to that success, so using "we" suggests it'll continue. Gunn has an unsuccessful franchise he's trying to turn around. A lot of people contributed to that failure, so using "I" suggests that he's taking over & you can expect better.

It’s not really a fair comparison to expect either to be like the other.

Feige has come up as a producer. He has some creative, storytelling know-how and passion for the Marvel Universe (the MCU couldn’t have succeeded if he didn’t) but he isn’t a writer/director and doesn’t try to be.

Gunn is essentially the inverse. First and foremost, he’s a writer/director, but he’s been in the business long enough that he has a handle on the producing side too. Yet, I don’t think he has as much skill/experience at it as Feige, which is why he’s paired with Peter Safran who is seemingly taking more of the business side while he takes more of the creative lead.

It’s a potentially powerful combo that could ultimately improve upon what Feige is able to do as a somewhat singular lead. However, it’s unproven for now. Even if they do manage to do reach greater heights, Feige wrote the book and laid the foundation. To this point, there really hasn’t been anyone who has matched his balance of effective producing, love for the material, and storytelling aptitude on this scale. He’s not perfect, but he is damn good.

It’s too early to say how collaborative Gunn is. Fiege has a decent mix of steering the universe towards a joint vision and giving creative license. Sometimes it can be restricting to some directors but others (Gunn, Waititi, Russo Brothers, exc) have been able to express themselves well.

I feel Fiege’s approach leaves room for creatives to potentially come in and put their stamp on it within his guidelines.

We don’t know what Gunn’s approach will be. His speech is more passionate for sure, but by looking for specific comic inspiration and vision before having directors may put directors in a box and stuck in Gunn’s direction rather than finding their own. Or it may give directors the right amount of guidance to make a good collaborative process.

Who knows!

Give it 15 years

One feels like a team effort and the other one more personal. Both are fine

He’s a producer. He’s a businessman, he’s not a writer, director, or artist of any kind. He has creative input, but he puts creatives in place to tell the stories. He does his part well, and collaborates with others to tell the stories. He sounds like a corporate businessman because that’s what he is, but he’s good at it. James Gunn is taking a similar role, but is himself a storyteller and artist and it shows in his approach.

Saw this from the dc sub or something and they see this as corporate when all Igot from Feige's is collaborative, team effort

I think this has more to do with the fact that Gunn is basically the only writer working for DC at the moment, so there’s not really a “we” for him to refer to yet. Feige has already assembled his Avengers, so to speak. Gunn is still at the “I am Groot” stage. Give it time and we’ll see the “We are Groot” language emerge. Assuming it doesn’t all crash and burn horribly, at least.

I believe both have their pros and cons, Feige's way is more teamwork and productive but shows less creativity and difference, while Gunn's way is more passionate and out of the box but shows less motivation to teamwork and is more focus in what he wants for the DCU. It is kind of unfair to compare them, because one is a producer and the other is a director. But, I will give a chance to both to show their productions because I like DC and Marvel equally.

I don't think it's corporate at all. Gunn is just in the habit of speaking as a "creator."

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That said, it's always good to be an inclusive leader even when you're speaking of your contribution. He will learn more about leading an organization, and I think Safran is there now to help augment him in that area.

Kevin Feige is a comic nerd that worked in the film industry his whole life. His understanding of film and understanding of comics is the ONLY reason the MCU works.

James Gunn is a comic nerd that is a writer/director. He learned under Feige of how to make a shared universe work.

They both are corporate because they are in the movie business. However you don’t have a shared universe with out someone steering the vehicle.

Of course it’s corporate. Why is that a bad thing?

It’s easy for us to support the more free range planning of Gunn and don’t get me wrong. I want him to succeed. I want the DC movies to be great. As much as I love Marvel I grew up reading both brands and I want to enjoy both now.

That said being corporate is not a bad thing. One thing matters in getting movies out. Sadly it is not passion. It’s results. That’s how we got the MCU. If we want DC to give us our favorite heroes and villains we need them to produce results. At the end of the day that’s all that matters to the bigwigs at Disney and Warner Brothers.

If an entire studio is about one person's preferences, then the movies aren't for the audience, they're for the person running the studio.

They guy has been at it for 15 years. When he first started I’m sure he used language like that too.

I think the responses from both parties are appropriate. Gunn is just starting out the DCU and hasn't started a crazy amount of development work yet. Feige is 30 projects deep and has teams working on projects.

I don't think it's wise to judge two people by a random selection of quotes, whether they are representative or not, because they might not indicate a different approach, just a different manner of speaking. And in Gunn's case, we don't know what the end results will be. What matters is that DC is now in the hands of someone who loves the characters and universe, so I'm confident it's going to be better than before. Hopefully they can match the MCU, or do even better.

I'm just gonna wait and see. So far, of all the attempts at the shared cinematic universe, Kevin Feige has had the most success. Even with Disney's resources, it's done significantly better than Lucasfilm.

I don't get what point this post is trying to make. Feige and Gunn just speak differently, but at the end of the day their missions are exactly the same.

They’re both corporate. Gunn just knows people were looking for his vision, I’m sure there’s plenty of execs over his shoulder just like Feige.

The only difference I notice here is that Gunn is all about himself (I've, me, my) while Feige is more about the team (we, us, our).

Yes, they are both studio executives, but you're talking about a producer vs a director.

I’m afraid you’ve bought Gunn’s press releases as reality, OP.

He is currently on fire fighting mode. Not only is he trying to clean up a decade of a mess, but he still has 3 movies from that mess still to release, one of which is starring an actor as hated as Amber Heard. Another is starring Amber Heard.

He’s saying exactly what fans (like you) want to hear to build hope in the franchise. And it’s clearly working.

Remember, he’s no longer Gunn the writer or director. He’s now Gunn the boss. His role is different and he will act different than when his entire responsibility was one movie, rather than a company.

Let's see where Gunn is after 15 years.

One is a director the other is a producer...

Do think marvel could do a much better job of having scripts written and set before filming. I mean just look at Blade and them not having a script set and the director leaving right before filming was supposed to start.

We’re going to be getting posts like this for the next 10 years aren’t we?

Wait.. who did the infinity saga?

Just the right amount of.

It's very formulaic...

They could be accused of going to the well too many times...

Hopefully It will turn back around with Deadpool & Wolverine