Well folks, as we approach the epic conclusion to an awesome comic book movie trilogy in Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, I can't help but think about the future of DC comics and what films Warner Bros. has up their sleeves. There's the reboot of Superman titled "Man of Steel" which I'm actually not to skeptical about, mostly due to my ground level standards I have for anything other than Superman comics because there hasn't been a half way decent stand alone Superman anything since the awesome 90s cartoons. There's been talks of a Green Lantern sequel, as if we need yet another notch on the comic book movie wall of not so great films right next to George Clooney's bat nipples. Lastly, there's the rumor of a Justice League movie. This could possibly be the worst idea I've heard concerning comic book movies, tied with giving Deadpool laser vision and protruding swords from his arms in Wolverine Origins. So without further bashing, lets break all of this down and discover why there really shouldn't be a Justice League movie at this current point in time.
My first point brings us to the not so awesome reboot of the DC universe. The new 52 reboot has done nothing but suffer and wallow in a pit of horrible writing and cancellations. The Superman comics are on their third writer, the only thing I've even heard about the Wonder Woman comics is "It's got good art!", and there are so many effin' Batman comics and spin offs that even trying to find continuity between all this would be a nightmare. With that said, lets say they do decide to go through with a Justice League movie. Chances are they are going to use the film as a means to attract attention towards their failing comic reboot, and in order to do that they would have to adapt a story line from said comic reboot to the big screen. Lets do some math here, what do you get when you take a faltering comic book reboot, subtract a story line from said comic book reboot, and then add in every comic book nerds most despised concept (creative licensing woo!)? Give up? You got a recipe... for disaster!
O.K. so I may be jumping to conclusions here. They really don't have to adapt any kind of story line from the comics, they could just create('ive licensing woo!) their own conflict and origin for the team. That will work right? Right?! Nope! There is absolutely no way, with the train wreck of a movie track record they have, that Warner Bros. can pull off anything in the least bit original or creative for that matter regarding any kind of comic book character or group of characters. "But Ninja, Warner Bros. Isn't responsible for writing the script! That's all on the writer and director!" yeah well Warner Bros. hires these so called writers and directors, so I'm gonna be a jerk and place the blame on them, and out of their entire comic book filmography there were only two people that didn't screw up, Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan. Considering that neither of those people will have any involvement in a Justice League movie, I think it's pretty safe to assume the direction of this film.
Now onto the final nail in the proverbial "coffin" that Warner Bros. is building around themselves. this is something that has really got under my skin and makes me truly wonder how W.B. could even conceive a Justice League movie. Now lets say I'm entirely wrong in all of the previous points I've just brought up. Lets say not only do they find the next "Shakespeare" in film, but by some grace of god, the writing on the comic book side of things becomes top notch and they have an awesome story full of action, romance, comedy, and everything else under the sun. Lets say everything is perfect. I still have one question. How in the hell are you going to be able to fit the Justice League on film?! Kind of a dumb and confusing question I know, and you're probably thinking "Just look at the Avengers you moron!", so lets do just that! In my opinion there was one huge factor that was solely responsible for turning The Avengers into a juggernaut, continuity. The idea of taking all these Marvel film and not only creating character attachment but also connecting them to each other with the little end credit clips that we have all come to enjoy was probably the single smartest move made by Marvel. Not only did it provide the whole "cliff hanger" effect and made us instantly think "Man I cant wait to see what happens next!", but it did an excellent job in setting up the atmosphere and creating a helluva conflict that truly captured the audiences' attention. Marvel did such a perfect job in not only creating the antagonist for the film but they also convinced us that he was a big enough threat that it was going to take more than just the individuals themselves, so it provided us with the reasoning behind The Avengers. That's how The Avengers did what it did and raked in billions of dollars. If you don't believe so just take a look at a perfect example of stuffing a bunch of characters in a movie without continuity, Spiderman 3. I wont even bother getting into that monstrosity so lets focus back on this monstrosity to be!
It took 4 years worth of films, character development, and planning to make The Avengers successful. Does Warner Bros. honestly think they can recreate that kind of success by just throwing the Justice League at us? "But Ninja, they've been planning the Justice League movie for years now!" yeah but the difference is that there is absolutely nothing to show for it. There is absolutely no character development, no continuity, no main antagonist, hell, there is no evidence in any DC movie that these super heroes even exist in the same universe. For Christs' sake as of right now there are absolutely no heroes in the DC film universe! Batman is done. The Dark Knight Rises is the very last we will see of the current Bruce Wayne so after that there's no Batman, There's no Wonder Woman, as of right now there's no Superman, no Flash, no Martian Manhunter, no Aquaman(thank god), the only super hero we have right now is the Green Lantern if he even survives the cut, which i doubt it will.
So let me get this straight, you guys have no established characters on film, and with that no established villians, a horrible filmography, a failing comic reboot, and you are seriously touting a Justice League movie thinking that you're going to get anyone excited enough to pay attention? Well you got me paying attention, but not because I'm excited. I'm actually kind of offended that you guys even have the balls to put the idea of this movie out there. With all the crap falling apart around you and your only ace in the hole about to be played next week, I would figure that you would direct your time and resources towards i dunno maybe finding competent writers that aren't going to make whores out of your characters, and not ruin a character to the point of cancellation (Green Arrow), at the very least you could spend some effin' time in creating the on film personas of the Justice League before mashing them together. Who cares if the individual films suck, which they most likely will. I would rather see the culmination of your crappy super hero films than to just see a film that cannot and will not make sense of anything that would transpire in said film. If you did that at least it would show that you actually tried.
In conclusion, I'm pretty sure the assumption of me being a straight up DC hater is embedded deep in your minds by now, but in all honesty that's not true. I'm actually a fan of DC. Superman:Under the Red Sun is one of my all time favorite comic arcs. Deathstroke is one of my favorite characters(he took out the entire Justice League in the Identity Crisis arc! holy crap!) and I will honestly tell anyone that DC makes better animated films than Marvel. This rant doesn't come from someone who hates DC, not at all. It comes from a fan of comic books who wants to see some of his favorite characters come to life on the silver screen, not some bullshit halfway excuse of a film attempting to ride on the coat tails of an actual solid film. Who knows, maybe I'm dead wrong here, nothing I've stated above should be taken seriously. After all, this is just a ninjas opinion!