Batman Reboot/JLA the movie Speculation

Energizer Bunny said:
Justice League is one heck of a risk since only 2 of the characters have been proven to work on film in any kind of successful way.
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hmm well with superman in there, why do you need anyone else at all?
In case the population get themselves kryptonite weapons?


-edit ooh missed that last post, superman is a all brawn dumbass quarterback then, so he needs someone to work it out for him, okay batman then
batman and superman, and no one else needed
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
hmm well with superman in there, why do you need anyone else at all?
In case the population get themselves kryptonite weapons?


-edit ooh missed that last post, superman is a all brawn dumbass quarterback then, so he needs someone to work it out for him, okay batman then
batman and superman, and no one else needed
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The only real "detection" he did in the last few films was when Lucius Fox gave him access to the mobile phone radar thing.

So all you really need is Superman and Morgan Freeman's laptop.
 
jimbob27 said:
The only real "detection" he did in the last few films was when Lucius Fox gave him access to the mobile phone radar thing.

So all you really need is Superman and Morgan Freeman's laptop.
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Nolans version of Batman was different to others. Just because Christopher Nolan made Batman more centralized around being brawn doesn't mean Batman as a character is dumb. In the cartoon series he was one of/the smartest characters in the Justice League, and Batman in a way represents the moral base as he is incorruptible.
 
Superman + Wonderwoman + GL + The Flash, not so sure about the idea of Batman...

I just don't think there should be another one so soon :( A bit like I don't necessarily approve of the new spiderman so soon :(

Really would love a Flash film. God knows who would play the parts though... It's a bit hard to beat RDJ as Ironman... Mind you the side cast to Batman, if they could get some of them back it would have promise...

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It will be interesting to see the Flash with all the new-fangled cgi doohickery. The JLA always was a bit of a problem with Supes aboard - which is why there are many, many JLA stories where he's not present at all.

There's also a lot of redundancy. WW is obviously Superman with boobs and the Martian Manhunter is a green Superman with a weakness to fire rather than kryptonite.

The Hawks (...man and ...woman) are just two ordinary people with wings (and a strange fixation with medieval weaponry).

Black Canary - just some woman who's rather good at martial arts who was "suped up" by being given an ultrasonic scream.

Elongated Man - your standard stretchy rubber man. Arguably the world's second greatest detective. To make up for his rubbish power, I guess.

Hmm, getting a bit desperate now...

Cyborg. Basically have man half machine. Token black guy. Has a gun that fires ...white noise. On the current JLA roster but will always be a Titan to me.

Booster Gold. Er, janitor from the 25th century who relies on advanced gadgetry and a vague memory of future history for his super-ness.

Aquaman. Can swim really, really well. Telepathic control over sea creatures. Basically your angsty underwater Superman.

Green Arrow - now him I like: Pretty much Robin Hood in an urban environment. Totally silly but fun. Also a commie.

I've veered widely from the original subject, i.e. the proposed movie, but the JLA is a subject close to my heart. As long as the movie has the big S, WW, GL and Bats, anyone else will be a bonus. Flash - give him a shot.
 
I don't see JLA working well in movie form at all. It would possibly work without Batman and focus more on the people with powers but with Batman it would not work. How can you have on screen Batman who is limited to his gadgets fight along side Superman who as you know is an alien with massive powers.

It would not work, well I don't think so anyway. Without Batman I think they could do it but don't think it would work with him.
 
Neutralmilk said:
I don't see JLA working well in movie form at all. It would possibly work without Batman and focus more on the people with powers but with Batman it would not work. How can you have on screen Batman who is limited to his gadgets fight along side Superman who as you know is an alien with massive powers.

It would not work, well I don't think so anyway. Without Batman I think they could do it but don't think it would work with him.
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How can you have a woman and man with no powers fighting alongside a man in a flying mechanical laser suit, a superhuman, a Norse god and a Super strong killing machine?

The reason this won't work is not because of the difference in power, it won't work because the characters aren't as well known or as relevant now (and the only relatable one to the modern generation would not fit in the way he is known) and they won't get anyone as good as Joss Whedon to do it (which is there own fault, probably should have let him do Wonder Woman eh?)
 
Neutralmilk said:
I don't see JLA working well in movie form at all. It would possibly work without Batman and focus more on the people with powers but with Batman it would not work. How can you have on screen Batman who is limited to his gadgets fight along side Superman who as you know is an alien with massive powers.

It would not work, well I don't think so anyway. Without Batman I think they could do it but don't think it would work with him.
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They've managed it for 30 plus years in the comics so I really don't see why not.

Remember, it would be a very different Batman from Nolan's.

Plus the DC Universe Online cinematic trailers show that JLA could work very well indeed:


 
A Batman movie reboot may not arrive until 2017 at the earliest, according to a report.

Batman on Film cites an alleged source close to Warner Bros claiming that the studio is planning to leave a five-year gap between The Dark Knight Rises and the hero's next solo outing.

Warner Bros is expected to introduce its next on-screen incarnation of the Caped Crusader in 2015's Justice League, which has been tipped to serve as a launch vehicle for a slate of solo movies.

Several actors have already been linked to the role of Batman in both Justice League and the proposed reboot, including Lone Ranger star Armie Hammer and Dark Knight Rises actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Man of Steel star Henry Cavill has been tipped to reprise his role as Superman in Justice League should Zack Snyder's blockbuster prove a success, but no official casting details have been confirmed.
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Really cant see how this JLA film is going to work, The Avenger's worked because of the build up in the other films the way this report is reading is that there'll be the Superman film this year and then all the characters will be introduced together 2 years later :/
 
Shamikebab said:
This will not work. I just can't see a Justice League movie ever working. Too many of the characters are not know at all by most people and the ones that are just don't fit into each other's worlds the same way the Marvel ones do.
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That's not true, the general public really had no clue on the backstory of Batman and just had Burtons "vision" to go by past experience, they certainly had no knowledge of Thor and Iron Man Hulk etc...on the whole people don't or are not really into Comics that much.
 
I watched DKR for the first time last night and for the most part enjoyed it. Is that it for him as Batman then? I don't mind a reboot and new actors but don't need another reboot against the joker.
 
Weebull said:
The trouble with reboots is that it automatically implies the need for yet another origin story. For the popular characters, this is completely unnecessary, as we know them by heart by now. Batman's parents were killed, Superman comes from another planet, Spiderman got bitten by a spider. Blah blah blah. Add on the scenes where our hero decides to become his super incarnation, and the obligatory training montages, and that's a good hour and a half of any new film spent covering the same old ground.

What's wrong with doing things like the old Batman films did? I don't mean being godawful, but the Schumacher films essentially had no connection to the Burton ones (or each other, really). But there wasn't the need to explain things again.

If he's being debuted in the JLA film, then I guess that's (hopefully) the way they're going. Here's Batman, his name is really Bruce Wayne, you know the drill. Job done.
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I liked the way it was handled in the incredible hulk. Rather than retread old ground, just show a montage of the origin story during the credits. Was a neat introduction, everyone knew what was happening and set the scene for the opening sequences.
 
Personally, rather than see a reboot eg origin story as these have been done to death with the more popular characters why not just tap into a well recognised story arc from the comic/graphic novel world if a series of movies is planned.

Now I admit I don't know all the characters and their various back stories but I know enough to just go with what the story teller is trying to portay and anything that is missing I always have google.

I guess this really comes down to those that understand and have grown up reading the comics versus those that haven't a clue but think it may be a good movie to go and see as they have seen others like the avengers.

In some respects I see why marvel did what they did as a way to introduce the characters to the masses but not overburden the viewer with long draw out back stories for the lesser characters of hawkeye,black widow and even nick fury. They pretty much gave us a snapshot of why they were there and that was it and even more surprising to me was jsut ditching the edward norton "hulk" and introducing a new actor as the hulk, so as to prepare a series of movies with him following after the avengers.

I'm not as familiar with the DC universe as the marvel one but why not start with JLA and then spawn any potential origin/trilogy/series of movies for the characters they decide have enough depth to warrant such attention.

I know nothing about the new superman movie but I guess this will be going back to probably the realms of the original superman which I guess everyman and his dog knows his back story. What I would prefer is probably doing something like the death of superman series and then following the various story arc's that spawned from that. Although that may be a bit too far fetched for the casual viewer, I guess I am going off topic here.

I am sure batman has had a number of good story arcs that could be used as part of the new series of films, lets just hope it isn't just a rehash of the same old storyline with new actors.

Either way it will be interesting to see what happens and I guess we will potentially get the flavour of what DC wants to do with the new superman movie.
 
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