DC Extended Universe (POST NO SPOILERS HERE!)

[Bossace]

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/sup...an-of-steel-2/

Very cool that Henry Cavill is still eager and dedicated to the hero that he wants to tell more stories and show more of Clark. This is the kinda of thing that shows you nailed a casting. Also pretty cool that he can joke about the mustache!

https://screenrant.com/man-steel-seq...perman-future/

Then we have it showing that the Superman arc was originally supposed to be a 5 movie arc. Which I could see how that would have turned out to be quite honest.

[capNthor]

Not to mention the irony, given that Thanos is a Darkseid ripoff, not vice-versa. WB is responsible for the Bizarro world we live in, where DC has to follow Marvel with characters they created first.

They got the Namor ripoff into a film first, so there’s that.

[Johnny]

They got the Namor ripoff into a film first, so there’s that.

That's a good point, but the public has known about Aquaman for 40+ years. Whether people think/thought Aquaman was a joke, they know who he is, they didn't just find out about him when Momoa was cast. Nobody had a clue who Thanos was before 2012.

[Soubhagya]

After watching Infinity War, i am convinced that Darkseid not being used in Justice League was better. They put so much focus on Thanos that he is among the best comic book villains in film imo. The heroes were not the focus here. Rather, Thanos was. For the first JL film, they would have focused more on the heroes. And Darkseid would just have been another Steppenwolf. Instead of 'Mother' he would probably be saying 'Anti-Life Equation'.

Thanos may be a CG villain, but his character was so fleshed out that Darkseid would have looked like a cartoon in comparison. There's hope that they may try something better in the future or does not appear. Steppenwolf was barely a character. Darkseid would have been like that. Only a bit more threatening.

[Confuzzled]

What Soubhagya said. And without getting too spoiler-y, just want to say MCU altered Thanos's personality and motivations enough to make him sufficiently different from Darkseid.

Also, the other New Gods can and should be the strength of Darkseid's impact. Thanos's Black Order in Infinity War left much to be desired, whereas the various Apokoliptan generals, lieutenants and Furies can be well-fleshed in their own right, especially as New Gods will be its own franchise.

There's plenty of room to give Mister Miracle/Big Barda/Orion far more pathos than Gamora and Nebula too (which Marvel has been sloppy about in previous films).

[Confuzzled]

They got the Namor ripoff into a film first, so there’s that.

On a smaller scale, they also got their own Enchantress on screen prior (who debuted in comics a couple of years later than Marvel's Enchantress), which whether you love or hate her portrayal in the film, has had an adverse impact on Marvel's usage of its own Enchantress.

And most crucially, they managed to make Wonder Woman the first successful female led superhero film, which is the biggest way they affected Marvel.

[El_Gato]

You might need to say that again.

Also where were all these Blade & GOTG fans that demanded movies? No one cared who was on the screen as long as the films were GOOD.

No one asked who Static, Jessica Jones, the cast of Legends of Tomorrow, Cloak & Dagger, Runaways and many more who folks had no idea who they were. For many all it matter was the product WATCHABLE?


Remember we are talking about making a film to get EVERYONE in theaters not just the echo chamber of hate or comic nerds. There are folks who don't read the comics but like characters.

You do a movie version of say Blackest Night and revise it to include Cartoon Justice League Unlimited (some of them), Titans, Young Justice kids & Green Lantern CORPS (not just Hal).

Show me the person who DARES take issue with or ask why should I care about- them?

We are talking Superman, Batman, WW, John Stewart, Hal, Kyle, Guy, Tim, Jaime Reyes, Wally, Barry, Static, Hawkgirl, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Aquaman, Vixen, Arrow, Nightwing, Cass, Conner, Bart, Speedy, Artemis, Aqualad, Meggan, Manhunter, Sinestro, Black Lightning and lets toss in Harley. I just gave you everyone that has appeared in cartoons of some form.

Fanboyism alone will deter complaints. Unless the script stinks.

I'd pay big money to see a well built up event film with those characters! It'd be insane! But totally worth it! I truly hope DC gets their act together because Infinity War was really good!

[Charlus]

No more Henry Cavill, please, forget him. He seems like a great guy, but is a terrible actor and a terrible Superman. Let him go.

[SiegePerilous02]

No more Henry Cavill, please, forget him. He seems like a great guy, but is a terrible actor and a terrible Superman. Let him go.

Nah, JL showed he can play the type of Superman the majority of audience's want/expect, but hasn't been allowed to for whatever reason. The fact that he was one of the few well liked things from that movie, along with WW, shows that a GOOD Superman movie with him has a shot. The fact that things beyond his and the character's control screwed it up is not fair to him or Superman.

[BlackClaw]

Man after seeing Infinity War I’m even more pissed off at the DCEU for not having its **** together.

[Korath]

Hopefully, D.C. will make a great use of Black Adam in the future. He has everything to be as memorable as Thanos, in his way, being so complex, evil but yet so understandable that he too, could be awesome. And the Rock would be the perfect Black Adam, so D.C. better uses him well...

[Baggie_Saiyan]

I think they need to scrap the DCEU in the sense of wanting things to connect, and just concentrate on making good films ala WW and let things fall and connect into place naturally. They're not catching Marvel up at all now no way, seeing the scale of IW and it's success and the poor BO performance of JL, no point trying now. I'd rather see separate stories being told that may occasionally bleed into one another.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

What Soubhagya said. And without getting too spoiler-y, just want to say MCU altered Thanos's personality and motivations enough to make him sufficiently different from Darkseid.

Also, the other New Gods can and should be the strength of Darkseid's impact. Thanos's Black Order in Infinity War left much to be desired, whereas the various Apokoliptan generals, lieutenants and Furies can be well-fleshed in their own right, especially as New Gods will be its own franchise.

There's plenty of room to give Mister Miracle/Big Barda/Orion far more pathos than Gamora and Nebula too (which Marvel has been sloppy about in previous films).

They and the rest of the team on Earth subplot felt like a generic MCU movie inside IW, they had way too much screen time.

[Last Son of Krypton]

Zack Snyder wishes a happy birthday to Gal Gadot posting a pic from his cut of JL...

[Lightning Rider]

The teases hurt so good. Wonder what she's doing?