9 Reasons DC TV Shows Are Better Than The Movies

Ok, maybe this one is a little unfair, given that simply by nature films have only a couple of hours to deliver, and TV shows have around 20. But it's the use of the allotted time that sets the films and TV shows apart, not just that the small screen has more of it.

Batman v Superman is 2 1/2 hours, and 3 if you get the Ultimate Edition, which is incredibly long for a movie, and in that time it's not only supposed to tell a compelling story about Batman fighting Superman (y'know, the actual title), but then divert into setting up the Justice League (thanks to that pesky subtitle). It becomes overstuffed and progressions to the next point are forced. The same problems happen with Suicide Squad, which has pacing issues (a blight of many films this year, actually). Wonder Woman fares better, but falls down to the third act CGI problems that plague so many superhero movies.

On TV, they have too much time to tell the stories if anything. There's often a fair bit of filler in these shows, but it's still better than what we're getting over the course of the movies: things can be setup and teased, characters can develop, plots are given room to breathe.

In the movie universe, a character is in one movie, and then we wait another couple of years before seeing them again, whereas they're on TV every week. It's an advantage, but one the TV shows are making the most of when it comes to spinning their stories, while the films can feel bloated, rushed, and dull.