why continue Batman at all? focus on a Superman, Wonder Woman, the Green Lantern and Flash love Bats but he needs a break give the others the lime light

@Nate I dont know what connections you have but I say still keep making the stories I make my own notes for JLA movies i’d like white martians, the Shaggy man and the Omacs and finally Darkseid for the finally

also I have ideas on how to make Aquaman work

@ Nate, The article said nothing about Nolan being involved in the JLA movie, just the Batman film(s) as a producer like he is with the upcoming Superman film.

I ma not excited for a Green Lantern, WW, or a FLash film and I am a big fan of the DCU. Marvel films will make more money than DC because the origins of most marvel characters are grounded in reality, or at least, as close to reality as fiction can get. DCU characters are all, for the most part, grounded from mythological deities. WW, Superman, Flash, Green Lantern and Spectre to name a few. One could point out that Thor, being in the Marvel U is an exception, but its really outright that Thor is a God among men and women. My point: Marvel will do better with it’s films than DC will. Even when a comic book is adapted to film we want to make it real and gritty and try to make it fit into our world as much as we can. It’s easier for the public to relate to characters that are grounded in reality. If DC can make it’s characters (in film ) grounded in reality and relatabe to the everyman (women) than they might do well. I believe Marvel has a better chance since it’s characters (thanks to Stan Lee) are ready for an adaptation right off the bat.

@ Ryan k. I dont think how believable the characters are really matters in in the theater compared to an ongoing comic dc characters are more well known Superman, Flash wonder Woman, and Batman have all had their own tv shows so more adults my known them second if its how relatable they are that depends on the writers

for Superman movie that got what I consider big actors to play Ma and Pa because they wanted to capitalize on that relationship parent and child and how that developed Clark if they let it, and develop Clark’s world and make it important like his job his relationship with Jimmy and Lois like in Batman Begins and the Dark Knight his relationship with Alfred and Lucius FoX and Wayne Enterprises mattered and I believe made that movie better for it. now Wonder Woman and Green Lantern don’t have to straight superhero movies they have more epic direction they could go in GL more of a star wars thing watching sinestro grow evil and Hal develop as a Lantern and Wonder Woman possible lord of the rings we’ve got the whole greek patheon to work with lies betrayel and the whole aspect that Diana is a trained warrior here on a mission of peace that can be explored how do you achieve peace?

its the focusing on emotion that can make these characters work in film and comics and with Nolan on Supes how they achive that. as for the Flash he should be more like Spider-man movie(not Iris kidnapped every film or at all for that matter hate damsel in distress to much) Barry gets into an accident at star labs gets his powers fights Grodd (first villian should totally be grodd!) turns out by the end of the film he’s growing older next Rogues war Captian Boomerang vs Captian Cold and finally Flash using the cosmic treadmill travels thru time to find a cure for his speed meet Max Murcury, Jay Garrick and Zoom

sorry off topic they have potential to be great as long as the emotion of each character is tapped and they aren’t the God like dieties DC comics has turn them into

Much as I liked BM:Begins and LOVED Dark Knight, I’d love to see someone go in a very different direction. I love lots of different takes on Batman and Nolan’s version has been wonderful. But let another artist have free reign to “paint their own picture.” Makes more sense than simply having someone else ape the style of previous director.

I have a hard time seeing a straight JLA movie with no films for set-up or anything. Even assuming everyone in the audience is fully aware of the origins of Batman, Superman, and perhaps, after the film this summer, Green Lantern (I withhold Wonder Woman because I think her origin is one that is in serious need of a film reinvention anyway), its hard to bring new actors in and say, hey, here’s the superheroes you know already, just accept and go with it (which, if you are doing a done-in-one JLA flick, is a necessity), there are still obligatory new characters who need to be introduced and have origins described (plus villains). This will either make the film clunky and awkward, with rushed origins and straight-hard-line-nerdy DC meta-science, or will leave the average movie-goer confused and angry, as they don’t understand what happened or why. These ideas must be approached simply and believably, with the more fantastic elements explained as plausibly as possible, or else it will fall flat on its face.

I don’t understand the concerns about JLA not being done right if it is not done w/solo films first as Marvel is doing w/Avengers. What Marvel is doing is FANTASTIC & I literally cannot wait for each film entry. The Avengers will be quite the fanboy dream come true. However it is simply ONE way of doing these films, not the only or even the best way. I give you the JL cartoon as an example. Within that continuity you had just Clark & Bruce that knew it other. Wally had appeared w/Clark in his series and I believe it was implied that they were aware of John. Diana, Shayera, & J’onn I believe were all introduced in that first episode of the JL animated run. For JLA in 2013(Ohhh I hope! The sooner the better!), Clark, Bruce, & Hal can be the Big Three w/Diana & Barry being introduced to moviegoing audiences. It would be good to have the Big Three(JLA’s real answer to Avengers’Thor, Steve, &Tony) meet each other for the first time with statements of hearing about them w/specific references to exploits in recent movies. There’s room for plenty of name dropping for future potential new members w/cameos and even after the credits teaser full fledged appearances of prospective members. Remember all the great background cameos in JLU? There’s no reason that approach can’t be used to great effect in a live action film. I also submit the X-Men movies as examples of the possibility of introducing multiple team members sans origins in an effective way. Also think about TV crossovers that have happened over the years(Marvel’s Avengers approach). But then there have been many TV spinoffs(DC’s projected partial approach). The key to all of this working is nothing new. Simply good writing and familiarity/respect for the characters( Geoff Johns, are you listening?), & quality casting, directing, special effects and everything else that goes into the making of quality movies. Marvel is doing great, & I’ve long suspected that DC could not allow that to continue w/o getting their own business together. JLA is the natural answer to the Avengers(and by right should’ve happened before). So all you haters & doubters, chill! JLA needs to happen ASAP. Any posters out there that agree w/ my premise that you don’t need solo films first, please respond.

The only reason i hope they do a JLA movie is that it would most likely mean that DC would sort out the JLA comic to fit with it thus returning it to the premiere , earth’s first line of defence, big 7, Morrison-esque superteam it’s meant to be. Not a team of second string knock-offs and talking gorillas as it currently is.

Ooh, can I try this too:

Sentry=Zeus/Jupiter=Superman
Namor=Poseidon/Neptune=Aquaman
Ghost Rider=Hades/Pluto=Spectre
Quicksilver=Hermes/Mercury=Flash
Thor=Thor

Wow! Your so right Marvel’s heroes are so grounded in reality and vaguely something else … I can’t … quite put … my finger … on.

i actually felt physical pain at some of the grammar shown on this page. jesus