Justice League Movie Unlikely Due to "Bigger" Roster Than Marvel's
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Except Doc Samson. Poor Samson.The Bandit said:
I actually find Jones's comments funny because Marvel's stories about the Avengers are the ones that usually focus on the individual characters while the majority of the Justice League stuff I've read(admittedly rather small) seems to focus on must stop big bad right now. Except Infinite Crisis, but that was kind of the point of Infinite Crisis.
Too big? Try too one-dimensional and for the most part defined by their villains and not themselves (Batman mostly). To say the heroes themselves are bigger than Marvel's is the kind of thing I'd expect from the mouth of someone in his position but it doesn't make it a good excuse. It shows that the writers to this point haven't been up to snuff and the production companies don't want to pool the income they make on individual movies.
Besides, cartoon Justice Leagues movies have worked fine without it coming down to who gets more screentime. The biggest hurdle is finding something to occupy/defeat Superman. And, they'd have to show Batman on-screen working with someone else, because the Bale-Batman can't do that quite yet. Good way to do this? Robin.. (Or a live version of that excellent Superman/Batman cartoon movie where Joker and Luther teamed up so Superman and Batman kinda had to)
edit: Also, they could easily get away with not giving a lot of time to some of the well, not so great members. I mean, is there really a big calling to give Aquaman a major part of the plot?
Besides, cartoon Justice Leagues movies have worked fine without it coming down to who gets more screentime. The biggest hurdle is finding something to occupy/defeat Superman. And, they'd have to show Batman on-screen working with someone else, because the Bale-Batman can't do that quite yet. Good way to do this? Robin.. (Or a live version of that excellent Superman/Batman cartoon movie where Joker and Luther teamed up so Superman and Batman kinda had to)
edit: Also, they could easily get away with not giving a lot of time to some of the well, not so great members. I mean, is there really a big calling to give Aquaman a major part of the plot?
Considering that the Avengers looks like its going to be absolutely terrible, I'm glad that DC isn't going to follow the leader. DC's current focus seems to be making the best movie possible - that's it. They don't care about franchises or tying together a ridiculous universe of aliens, Viking Gods, and robots. They just take a script and make it the best movie they possibly can. Batman Begins and the Dark Knight weren't made with sequels in mind, and they're the best superhero movies EVER. Maybe Marvel can take a tip or two from DC.
I still can't believe it took 41 years for someone to put Spider-Man on the Avengers for the long term. Shame Brian Michael Bendis is the one writing. Huh? Oh, yes, the Justice League, I think they should have just gone along with the original plan and treated it as a completely separate movie. But maybe if we eventually have good movies made about Green Lantern, Superman (Returns doesn't count), Wonder Woman, and The Flash, we could just have a big ol' crossover and throw in Martian Manhunter.
It probably comes down to the fact that most live action DC films suck, Save about five (and there's a lot more than five).
I doubt anyone knows this fact more than the Big Brains of DC Comics.
I doubt anyone knows this fact more than the Big Brains of DC Comics.
I'm inclined to say that the Justice League is best left to animation rather than live-action Feature Films.
But a World's Finest movie? Now that would be awesome!
But a World's Finest movie? Now that would be awesome!
Let's be honest here, Marvel does the better live-action movies, DC does the better animated...everything. There's a good balance in that.
Seriously, the DCAU utterly stomps the existance out of every animated endeavor that Marvel's taken, but it's hard to argue that Marvel's live-action films are better than pretty much anything DC's thrown at 'em. True they weren't all good (despite what I think (and at times in spite of what I think), people just seem to hate Daredevil and Spider-Man 3) but hey, at least they didn't put out Catwoman.
Seriously, the DCAU utterly stomps the existance out of every animated endeavor that Marvel's taken, but it's hard to argue that Marvel's live-action films are better than pretty much anything DC's thrown at 'em. True they weren't all good (despite what I think (and at times in spite of what I think), people just seem to hate Daredevil and Spider-Man 3) but hey, at least they didn't put out Catwoman.
Honestly, because I don't think Batman fits into that universe to well, much less the one portrayed in the movies. What makes the Batman movies work imo is the fact that he is a human, fighting other humans, no special powers and shit along just crime and psychopaths. Mixing Superman into it makes batman a support character imo. And lets face it, Supermans a f**king pansy.Shoggoth2588 said:
And better than Marvel?!? Please...
Only DC comic I'd give that might be Watchmen.
The Avengers film will be terrible, but enjoyable non-the-less, much like ALL of Marvel's movies. (except Wolverine origins and in my opinion Elektra)BlueHighwind said:
PS: The only good films DC has ever made were Batman ones, and by good there I mean enjoyable. And those ones aren't even about a 'Superhero'.
(Woop, forgot Watchmen, which was an alright film. Could've been done better imo though, instead it focused on the spetacle/action which is what Marvel does too)
Heh, he actually on two official Avengers teams now regular avengers and NEW avengers (which isn't that new now). As well as being an X-man and leading X-force. Well I guess his secondary power is multi-tasking.PoliceBox63 said:
Not likely??? All the more reason to bring back the the cartoon. If you think the cartoon sucked, your just a silly billy.
If I had 60 billion dollars, I'd make the movie myself.
If I had 60 billion dollars, I'd make the movie myself.
That picture, looks like an episode of friends, if they all dressed up as Superheros....wastaz said:
A Justice League movie without Batman or Superman would by like an Avengers without Captain America. There wouldn't be much to it.
Hmm... a team of four different personalities... a team of a loner, a god, and eight interchangeable nobodies... a small team of clashing badasses... a clusterfuck of lackluster DC characters.
Why would they pass on a Justice League movie? I wonder....
Why would they pass on a Justice League movie? I wonder....