y2cave
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I agree - once a director and/or producer is properly attached to this, then we'll have an idea of how this will pan out. Right now, it still sounds like execs spitballing to the media to try and generate a buzz prematurely.
The last thing DC want to do is try and copy Marvel's business model. Marvel have done a great job flooding the market with efficient, crowd-pleasing actioners of their big name brands. It helps that throughout the process, they've had one voice guiding traffic (first Avi Arad, now Kevin Feige), making sure the whole run has consistency. He's also managed to ensure that each film had a team that was ideal for the tone they wanted. For me, unless Bruce Timm gets directly involved with a JL film, I'll be less interested. I think he's the guy they need at the wheel, even just in a co-producer capacity, to make sure JL is done justice on the big screen.
Let's be honest - nobody wants to see a JL full of also-rans and 'young stars.' We want the classics done well. I agree with the earlier poster, in that DC's big names are arguably so iconic that a series of origin movies is unnecessary. We already know the main points in the big three's backstories because they're so engrained in popular culture. And anyway, a good writer/director combo would be able to convey the characters and backstories of each pretty quickly with a well-constructed opening credits sequence - think of the titles to Spider-man 2, which gave viewers a quick recap of everything that had gone before in a matter of minutes.
Of the options suggested for what to bring the team together, I'd go with a 'thing' rather than an 'army.' A re-skinned Avengers would be cynical and pointless, and the big dumb actioner was perfect for Marvel's painfully hip image (nuff said). Of course, a big ruck or two wouldn't be unwelcome, but the JL were always better at saving people than beating bad guys up (and I don't care what Kevin Smith thinks - if Superman punched anyone on the jaw, he'd kill them). I'd prefer a disaster movie, maybe with an environmental catastrophe engineered accidentally or deliberately by a tweener antagonist. For all Superman Returns' faults, I thought the Saving Metropolis sequence was excellent, with the hero saving people just in the nick of time.
For the JL team itself, like I said, I'd want the classics. The iconic line-up for me will always be Bruce Timm's JL team, as that was what relit my fandom - Supes, Bats, Wonder Woman, GL, Flash, and Martian Manhunter. Strangely, as he wasn't really that big a deal, I got totally switched off when the rumour came out that Manhunter wasn't going to be a part of it (and if Nolan is on board, I can't see him being included). Sure, Batman is an outsider, but Manhunter really was a stranger in a strange land, looking for a new home and someone to connect with after the death of everything he knew. He's like elements of Batman and Superman all rolled up into one. His psychic powers also give him a watcher-like quality which could aid in that ever-problematic backstory-telling.
Continuity from previous films is a new phenomenon brought on by the marvel model, and I really am not fussed about it. I think I'd prefer a separate story because it gives the filmmakers more options. For instance, I like the idea of JL being set years in the future, pitting an aging Batman, holed up in his orbiting station, almost entirely reliant on gadgets, versus a frustratingly eternally youthful Superman, as well as younger heroes with increasingly fantastical powers. I think it'd make for a different story and a more interesting one, without sacrificing the core of the characters we know.
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