Athanasius
Active Member
Just my 2 cents,
I was incredibly excited about this right up until all the other JLA heroes being introduced. I like the Trinity being in there, every single person on the planet knows Batman's backstory and Superman just got his own movie, so I think if it was just Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, you could spend a decent amount of time introducing Wonder Woman and then still have plenty of time to get your action on.
But as it stands, we've got those three plus Aquaman and Cyborg, and none of these heroes have ever had their own movie (except the two titular characters obviously) which means they need to be introduced. It's the same mistake the Spider-Man movies have made, trying to cram to many characters into a movie and making a mess (except in Spider-Man movies it's always too many bad guys instead of too many heroes).
I'm thinking the only way to pull this off is to treat it as though they have already each had their own solo movie, and follow this up with solo movies for each character so that we retrospectively have the backstories sorted out.
I just feel like DC is starting way behind Marvel. I don't like comparing them but they're trying to compete against Marvel in a game that Marvel has already been playing for years.
I'm sure this all sounds pessimistic, and it is undeniably negative, but I am actually really excited about this movie and I think Ben Afleck and Gal Gadot are gonna be great. I love the batsuit design, and the batmobile looks amazing, and I love it that they've taken a lot of inspiration from Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns. I remain very optimistic about this movie, I just feel like they're rushing things and trying to fit too much into one movie.
We'll see though I suppose.
I was incredibly excited about this right up until all the other JLA heroes being introduced. I like the Trinity being in there, every single person on the planet knows Batman's backstory and Superman just got his own movie, so I think if it was just Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, you could spend a decent amount of time introducing Wonder Woman and then still have plenty of time to get your action on.
But as it stands, we've got those three plus Aquaman and Cyborg, and none of these heroes have ever had their own movie (except the two titular characters obviously) which means they need to be introduced. It's the same mistake the Spider-Man movies have made, trying to cram to many characters into a movie and making a mess (except in Spider-Man movies it's always too many bad guys instead of too many heroes).
I'm thinking the only way to pull this off is to treat it as though they have already each had their own solo movie, and follow this up with solo movies for each character so that we retrospectively have the backstories sorted out.
I just feel like DC is starting way behind Marvel. I don't like comparing them but they're trying to compete against Marvel in a game that Marvel has already been playing for years.
I'm sure this all sounds pessimistic, and it is undeniably negative, but I am actually really excited about this movie and I think Ben Afleck and Gal Gadot are gonna be great. I love the batsuit design, and the batmobile looks amazing, and I love it that they've taken a lot of inspiration from Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns. I remain very optimistic about this movie, I just feel like they're rushing things and trying to fit too much into one movie.
We'll see though I suppose.
