A live-action Justice League movie is something comic book movie fans have wanted for years, and even more since the popularity of this genre exploded with Spiderman. So now that it is a possibility what would the world prefer a colorful light Batman Forever tone or the more realistic darker tone of The Dark Knight? Some would say look at Avengers and the success it garnered and how much people especially the kids loved it. The numbers show that family friendly entertainment is the way to go. So ask yourself is that the best way to present DC characters? Look at the facts that when it comes to Marvel characters they can stand the test of time because most of their characters were made to be more human than meta-human. So people easily relate to Spiderman, Ironman, and The Hulk but might not relate to the god like heroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Martian Man Hunter.
Family friendly entertainment has worked for Pixar and the WWE even though I think the attitude era is way better than the product now. With the direction DC has gone lately then it is only wise to go dark simply because you have more range and can bring out more emotions from your audience. Man of Steel went dark to a certain extent and it easily became the highest grossing film in the franchises history. So going dark is what the Justice League truly needs. Going dark with a plot like Darksied has Earth, the league captured(not including Batman and Martian Man Hunter, Superman dead and earth on the verge of becoming ash. So what better way to fill a 3 hour epic than showing the events leading to the worlds greatest heroes coming together and taking back the world they chose to give their life for even if there are those they sworn to protect fear and plot against them. But if you are too sensitive to the adult content you can always have it resemble the Justice League movie that came out in 1997 that nobody wants to talk about.
Everybody probably played Injustice: Gods among Us and the storyline in the game had a dark tone that if it was the first live action Justice League movie then it would have been a success. I know there will be a lot of people that will nit pick and find things wrong with it but in the end they would have to admit it was a success. This as a fan of DC really frustrates me because from the video games to their animated films who present great storylines, action, and drama makes you wonder why did Green Lantern bomb, no Wonder Woman movie, and Jonah Hex. I know they have the resources and the talent to come out with great movies but time and time again the gold mine they are sitting on just collects dust.
So in closing I just hope as a fan that Jonah Hex gets a R-rated reboot, The Question gets a thriller, a Darksied origin film, the ManHunter rises, Batman Beyond, Catwoman gets a second chance solo, Shazam gets heard, Lobo gets to hunt, The Huntress arrives, Nightwing takes flight, Hawkman and Hawkgirl introduces us to Thanagar, and maybe one day hell will freeze over to give us the biggest live action blockbuster of all-time DC VERSUS MARVEL.