Now before I begin I would just like to say this is my final editorial about the Justice League movie. I really have no more viewpoints or opinions on a movie that nothing has really been confirmed. All we're had about the movie is endless rumors. I’m tired of reading people’s editorials because most people say the same thing on how this DC Movie Universe should be. Some people have similar ideas, some people say “just do what Marvel did”, some people just not saying anything that interested me. I am getting tired of people who say that a Justice League movie could never work because they are probably the same people that say that probably said
The Avengers wouldn’t work. I am excited about the fact that we may be getting a Justice League movie. Here are 6 things that need to happen for the Justice League movie to be great. Let’s get started.
1. Make Batman The Main Character In The Promotion, But Make Superman The Leader In The Movie
If you watch the promotions and look at the posters to
The Avengers, you notice something. It shows more about Iron Man then any other character. On the poster where you see all of the Avengers, who do you see in the middle and take up the most in the poster? Iron Man. When you see the actors in
The Avengers, who is the first actor that name is listed? Robert Downey Jr. In the movie who is the leader? Captain America. My point is thanks to the success of Iron Man’s movies, he was the most recognizable Avenger before the movie. Since Iron Man had the most success, when they marketed and promoted
The Avengers, they wanted to show Iron Man the most but once the film began. Once you finished watching it felt more like it was Captain America’s story and it shows he was the leader. Batman is DC’s biggest superhero. Sure Superman is big but when it comes to movies, he’s been out of the game for too long and hasn’t had the success Batman has. Batman will have just have came off the success of
The Dark Knight Rises. Sure the Batman is in Justice League movie isn’t the same as in Rises, but the fact the last movie people have seen that feature Batman was a success will drive in people. In the story it’s very important to show Superman is the leader of the Justice League. Like Cap, Superman has always been the leader of their team. It’s important to show that.
2. A Villain That Superman Can’t Take Down But The Justice League Can
This is very important. People think why would Superman need help? He’s Superman, he can do anything. When it comes to the Justice League, Superman is the most powerful member. Having a villain that could take down Superman shows how even Superman needs help sometimes. Since you have to have a villain that could take down Superman but the Justice League you need to think who could this villain be? Lex Luthor isn’t a good villain because he might not be in the
Man of Steel and it wouldn’t make sense to introduce a villain that is more of a Superman villain than a Justice League villain in the Justice League. The same can be said for Brainiac. Lobo has been rumored to be featured but Superman can handle Lobo by himself. The safest choice to go with would be Darkseid. He is a villain that could take down Superman. He is also a villain that has an army. The one thing I love about Darkseid in the Justice League more than Loki in the Avengers is that Darkseid isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. Loki wasn’t a physical threat like how Darkseid could be. Darkseid is a great villain also because most people know him. It’s not like your having a huge villain threat that all fanboys know of but people outside of comics don’t know of.
3. Have Zack Snyder Direct It
I’ve seen numerous rumors and opinions people have on who should direct the Justice League. Some people say Peter Jackson should but should Peter Jackson really direct it? I’m not disrespecting him but he’s focus now on the Hobbit trilogy and we need a director who would focus their time on the Justice League and getting it right. Jackson also hasn’t directed a superhero movie. People say Guillermo Del Toro. I wouldn’t mind Del Toro but he has so many projects he wants to be a part of. He has so many projects he has publicly stated he wants to be a part of and it’s the same reason as with Jackson, whoever directs Justice League needs to focus on the Justice League. Also Del Toro has said he wants to try to make
Hellboy 3 and as a Hellboy fan I really want to see that happen soon. We need a director who has time on their hands and knows the comics. Zack Snyder is that man. Snyder already made a film similar to Justice League with
Watchmen. The Watchmen is a group of superheroes that teamed up (reminds of a certain team?). Also like Justice League, Watchmen was a movie in development hell for many years and it wasn’t until Zack that get got made. Another thing with Zack is he loves and knows comics. He has directed many comic book movies including
300,
Watchmen,
Sucker Punch and the upcoming
Man of Steel. Zack has also stated one day he wants to make a live action film adaption of
The Dark Knight Returns one day. He even got Frank Miller ok to one day direct it. The man knows comics. Zack is the best choice for this. WB’s may not listen to or have a lot of people who know comics to work on them with films but Zack is one that they will listen to. Zack should direct this.
4. Have Producers Involve That Know Comics
You need people involve to create this universe. If Justice League fails, the DC Universe fails. We can have a Flash or a Green Lantern solo movie fail but you can’t have a Justice League movie fail. You can’t rebuilt and go on after that. You need to have producers around who can create the universe and create a Justice League movie that won’t fail. I know Geoff Johns produced
Green Lantern and seems to be the one who will produce other character but my problem with him is what makes him fit to create this universe? Just because he knows the characters and wrote comics about them make him fit to create this universe? That’s bull in my mind. He hasn’t done anything to give us confidence in him. I’ve said it before there are 2 men who need to be a part of creating this universe and they are Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. Way before an Avengers film was even thought of, Dini and Timm created a DC Animated Universe. Dini and Timm were a part of
Batman: The Animated Series,
Batman Beyond,
Superman: The Animated Series,
Justice League,
The Zeta Project,
Justice League: Unlimited and
Static Shock. Dini and Timm have won Emmy’s for
Batman: The Animated Series,
Batman Beyond, and
The Batman & Superman Movie: World’s Finest. Their work is unrivaled. Dini and Timm are perfect for a position to create a DC Movie Universe.
5. Don’t Go For The Big Name Action Stars
The thing that Marvel did well is that when they casted the characters, they didn’t go for the big name star. When Downey was casted as Iron Man, a lot of people doubted Downey mainly because of his past. People said that casting Downey as Iron Man would be like casting Charlie Sheen as Superman. When he was casted, Downey wasn’t a big time movie star. After the success of Iron Man, Downey was on top of the world. He was highly praised for his role and loved by fans. He also got some bigger roles in movies like
Tropic Thunder and
Sherlock Holmes. Downey did star off a big time name but he won it. Chris Evans isn’t a big time name either. All most people know him for is Johnny Storm AKA the Human Torch in the
Fantastic Four series. People doubted him as Captain America but he was praised and loved for his role. I couldn’t tell you a movie Chris Hemsworth was in before Thor (just found out he was in Star Trek as Captain Kirk’s dad, thank you Wikipedia). Chris was great as Thor. I could keep going on but the thing is most people didn’t know a lot of these actors before their movies. The only actor everyone knows that was in the Avengers would be Samuel L. Jackson. The point is you don’t need the big time action star to play these characters in the Justice League. Henry Cavil isn’t really well known and he’s Superman. Try the same thing with other characters especially Wonder Woman because with Wonder Woman you have to cast a beautiful woman who at the same time can kick your ass. You can’t just look at her looks and say “That’s Wonder Woman”. I have no idea who should play Wonder Woman. If you asked me may 8-10 years ago I would say Angelina Jolie because she is beautiful and she was in a lot of action movies. If it was up to me for some castings of other characters, the ones I think that would fit are Gerald Butler as Batman, Seann William Scott as Flash, and Common as Green Lantern.
6. Have Fun With It And Be Serious With It
The thing the Avengers did well is that there were times were they were dead serious and then times were they cracked jokes and had fun with it. You need that in the Justice League. The Justice League movie doesn’t need to be dark. The only real member of the Justice League that is dark is Batman. You don’t need to make it dark because of one character. None of these characters besides him are dark. You also have to keep the script simple. Don’t do any Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott brain puzzling, mind blowing story. You don’t need to have a complex story. A threat arrives on Earth that wants to destroy the Earth, heroes’ team up, beat the threat, and decide to form a League together. It doesn’t have to be complicated. Try to keep it so kids could understand as well as an adult. People think if it’s simple it will suck but that’s not the case. There is a saying my high school teacher told my class. Keep it simple, stupid. It means to just make things simple and don’t try to overcomplicate things that will confuse people. This could be said about how to approach the Justice League movie.
So that is my final 2 cents about what the Justice League should include. What are your thoughts and opinions about it? Have a good day. Peace.