In the beginning, there was a vision, a bold plan to turn DC comics and its characters into larger-than-life mythical heroes on film.

An operatic saga of gods amongst men, complete with darkness and hope, sacrifice

and death.

The monumental task of shaping this cinematic universe fell to visionary director Zachary

Edward Snyder. An ambitious, serialized arc began to build around their central hero, Superman.

But up, up high in the ranks of Warner Brothers Studios, a battle of ideals was raging,

a war that would ultimately shake the very foundation of what Snyder and his team were crafting.

The D.C DC extended universe.

A lot of the time, the drama in Hollywood extends beyond the screen.

From production budgets to box office earnings, Hollywood movies are a high-stakes business gamble.

On screen, the characters tell the story, but off-screen at the

box office and in critical reviews, the numbers tell the story. In this episode, we'll look at our

very human tendency to fixate on numbers. Why we often value hard numbers over words or graphs or other

equivalent representations of the

very same information, and what we should be aware of when we face a decision involving numbers,

numbers that might not tell the whole story.

I'm Dr. Katie Milkman, and this is Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab.

It's a show about the psychology and economics behind our decisions.

We bring you true and surprising stories about high-stakes choices, and then we examine how these

stories connect to the latest research in behavioral science.

We do it all to help you make better judgments and avoid costly mistakes. The idea was let's bring in these filmmakers who have their own unique takes on things and have their own vision and voice and give them these big budgets to make these huge blockbuster movies.

This is Stephen M. Colbert. Not to be confused with comedian and late night host, Stephen Colbert.

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