Is It Beginning to Look Like Justice League?

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First there was the announcement of Batman joining Superman in the Man of Steel sequel, though when they announced Batman would be played by Ben Affleck some howled. (Why? What's wrong with Affleck??)

What made me really howl is when they said Wonder Woman was going to be in it, then announce Gal Gadot nabbed the part. She's pretty, but my idea of a Wonder Woman would lie somewhere between a Denise Masino and an Alina Popa. Just saying....

Anyway, NOW there's rumor that Green Lantern too will be in the movie. Whaaaa? Is this going turn into Justice League?

Here's a link to one story:

http://movies.yahoo.com/video/green-lantern-joins-superman-vs-191015741.html

And here's a bunch of other rumors, press releases, and other batty stuff from IMDb

Batman vs. Superman (2015) - News
 
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Ugh I could rant endlessly about the Gal Gadot casting, while I'd love to see a female bodybuilder get the part (though I think Denise would actually be a little too big unless she's slimmed down the past couple years), at least get a woman with some real muscle and athleticism to her body like Demi Moore in G.I. Jane.

I think they're trying t play catchup with marvel, and are cramming as many characters i as they can, and using this as a chance to do a "reboot" of the entire DC movie-verse. I'm still curious to see if they're going to connect it to Arrow, especially now that the Flash just joined the show, or if that will be it's on little corner of the DCU like Smallville was.

Also, I terrified that they might draw most of their inspiration for the characters from New52, which would be terrible because DC seems to have been trying to systematically destroy anything good in their comics since the New52 reboot (with a handful of exceptions, but I think they may actually have a policy against well-written, non-sexist female characters at DC now).
 

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Ugh I could rant endlessly about the Gal Gadot casting, while I'd love to see a female bodybuilder get the part (though I think Denise would actually be a little too big unless she's slimmed down the past couple years), at least get a woman with some real muscle and athleticism to her body like Demi Moore in G.I. Jane.

I think they're trying t play catchup with marvel, and are cramming as many characters i as they can, and using this as a chance to do a "reboot" of the entire DC movie-verse. I'm still curious to see if they're going to connect it to Arrow, especially now that the Flash just joined the show, or if that will be it's on little corner of the DCU like Smallville was.

Also, I terrified that they might draw most of their inspiration for the characters from New52, which would be terrible because DC seems to have been trying to systematically destroy anything good in their comics since the New52 reboot (with a handful of exceptions, but I think they may actually have a policy against well-written, non-sexist female characters at DC now).

Yeah, both Denise and Alina are "beefier" than I recall the comics ever portraying WW, a quirk no doubt of a male dominated media that determines that super powered guys need the "guns" to show it, yet their female counterparts don't.

I agree that Marvel (Disney) seems to have done a much better job at continuity in their comics and in the films. Someone had the foresight to tie in all those movies of individual Avengers characters (and no doubt, contractually, the actors as well or at least most of them. I didn't miss either of the original actors who played the Hulk, as Ruffalo's version all but made you forget who else ever did).

As for DC (W.B. Time Warner), THEIR continuity SUCKS, big time and always has... a "continuity nightmare" - what with their many attempts at revising/rewriting their major characters, trying to bring 40's characters into the present, infinite "crises" on infinite earths (ad nauseum), and ridiculous imaginary "what if" stories, their characters MUST have been "super" - just to survive all of their writers' best efforts to destroy them.

And from what I've been hearing (I stopped actually buying comics back in the early 70's, but still have most of the 600 or so I amassed - they're in horrible shape, so not worth a dime) this so-called "New52" has only made matters worse.

As for "Arrow"...shhhhhhh...don't tell me about it!

When season ONE aired we hadn't seen any of it. Then one day found the entire "bit" on Netflix, and watched all twenty three episodes over the course of a week. This show was HOT!

Great acting! Great actors! Great action! The guy playing Arrow (Stephen Amell) looks like he can do half that stuff (and clearly he does some of his own stunts).

Add to that multiple plots, subplots, twists, and turns, and absolutely drop dead BEAUTIFUL women (ahhh...I guess the guys are hot too) plus a bevy of bad guys from the D.C. universe (it was fun looking up each of them - I'd not heard of most ... remember, I stopped reading the books long ago).

In short, for a character who was FAR from among my favorites, it was FULLY entertaining. Problem being, by the time we finished watching the whole shebang, season two was already underway and we'd missed several episodes. And CW doesn't have view on demand on our local cable TV provider. Bummer.

So we're waiting to watch all of season two when it comes to Netflix (or wherever). Good news? We won't have to watch a single commercial. :wink:
 
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Yeah, both Denise and Alina are "beefier" than I recall the comics ever portraying WW, a quirk no doubt of a male dominated media that determines that super powered guys need the "guns" to show it, yet their female counterparts don't.

I agree that Marvel (Disney) seems to have done a much better job at continuity in their comics and in the films. Someone had the foresight to tie in all those movies of individual Avengers characters (and no doubt, contractually, the actors as well or at least most of them. I didn't miss either of the original actors who played the Hulk, as Ruffalo's version all but made you forget who else ever did).

As for DC (W.B. Time Warner), THEIR continuity SUCKS, big time and always has... a "continuity nightmare" - what with their many attempts at revising/rewriting their major characters, trying to bring 40's characters into the present, infinite "crises" on infinite earths (ad nauseum), and ridiculous imaginary "what if" stories, their characters MUST have been "super" - just to survive all of their writers' best efforts to destroy them.

And from what I've been hearing (I stopped actually buying comics back in the early 70's, but still have most of the 600 or so I amassed - they're in horrible shape, so not worth a dime) this so-called "New52" has only made matters worse.

As for "Arrow"...shhhhhhh...don't tell me about it!

When season ONE aired we hadn't seen any of it. Then one day found the entire "bit" on Netflix, and watched all twenty three episodes over the course of a week. This show was HOT!

Great acting! Great actors! Great action! The guy playing Arrow (Stephen Amell) looks like he can do half that stuff (and clearly he does some of his own stunts).

Add to that multiple plots, subplots, twists, and turns, and absolutely drop dead BEAUTIFUL women (ahhh...I guess the guys are hot too) plus a bevy of bad guys from the D.C. universe (it was fun looking up each of them - I'd not heard of most ... remember, I stopped reading the books long ago).

In short, for a character who was FAR from among my favorites, it was FULLY entertaining. Problem being, by the time we finished watching the whole shebang, season two was already underway and we'd missed several episodes. And CW doesn't have view on demand on our local cable TV provider. Bummer.

So we're waiting to watch all of season two when it comes to Netflix (or wherever). Good news? We won't have to watch a single commercial. :wink:

I don't know what you mean by horrible shape but i'm guessing fair 1.0 or good 2.0 or even vg or 4.0. There's a very strong market for low grade comiics because they are affordable.

It depends what you have from the 60s. If you're talking a key comic then for example.
Incredible Hulk 1

good or 2.0 {low grade} $2000 / nm or 9.2 $105,000

You probably have some keys. For just an ordinary comic.

Action 350
good or 2.0 $6.00 / nm or 9.2 $110.00

Paul Pope submitted an transcript for kamandi the last boy on earth.
DC replied they are writing comics for 45 year olds. I think their vertigo books are for mature readers.
 

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In the o.p. I wrote about rumored characters to be in the Batman vs. Superman movie. Seems some of it was just that, rumors. Though the latest information includes Aquaman in the cast. See:

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - IMDb

The actual JLA movie is apparently in the preliminary stage too according to this speculative article:

Who Will Be In Zack Snyder's Justice League Of America Movie? - CINEMABLEND

As for Arrow Season 2, it was supposed to start up on Netflix sometime in mid Sept. but got bounced back to on or near the start date for Season 3. Which means I'll be missing the season 3 episodes while I catch up with TWO. Bummer

I've seen none of them yet, though I understand a Flash spinoff series is also supposed to start this October.

Here's more stuff on comix coming to film for those interested in such:

All the Latest 'Batman v Superman' Images You Need To See - ZergNet
 

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at SDCC they had a trailer but i couldnt find the leak any where. i also thought Gal was a bad choice for wonder woman at first but after seeing her, she looks great and gotten more muscles on her.

Still.... Marvel > D.C
 

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I think dc has 7 or so movies planned including a flash/green lantern team-up and a sandman movie.

Marvel has now another potential billion dollar franchise if they can do the guardians movies like the current one. That might not be easy.

But what i like is the announcemnt that archie tv series and movies are in the works.
If it happens. They just killed archie last month.

But seeing betty and veronica on screen would be a blast. Every other little girl would see the archie movies. And the big ones too. Maybe taylor swift can play betty.

Too bad disney doesn't do movies like snow white and bambi anymore. Too expensive i guess.

What would hollywood do without marvel , dc , star trek and star wars. The other stuff isn't doing very well i guess.
 

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Whaaaat? They killed Archie???? Is nothing sacred? :rolleyes:

Anyway, I got to see Arrow season 2 on Netflix (ran thru all 23 episodes rather quickly) and am now watching season 3. All in all, an excellent production.

Seems like while Marvel dominates the big screen BIG time, DC currently dominates TV, with Arrow, Constantine, the Flash, and Gotham (a very well worked series featuring a young Detective Jim Gordon and even younger incarnations of Bruce Wayne, Catwoman, and the Penguin, among others).

The Arrow series so far, has also included appearances by the Canary, Red Arrow (a.k.a. Speedy), Ray (not yet the Atom) Palmer, Felicity Smoak, and numerous DC villains and other supporting characters.

And between those series and upcoming projects, a dozen or more other characters are in the works.

Marvel's entry so far consists mainly of Agents of Shield, though I understand they too have about a half dozen other titles in the works, including Daredevil, which are projects slated mostly for Netflix.
 
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Whaaaat? They killed Archie???? Is nothing sacred? :rolleyes:

Anyway, I got to see Arrow season 2 on Netflix (ran thru all 23 episodes rather quickly) and am now watching season 3. All in all, an excellent production.

Seems like while Marvel dominates the big screen BIG time, DC currently dominates TV, with Arrow, Constantine, the Flash, and Gotham (a very well worked series featuring a young Detective Jim Gordon and even younger incarnations of Bruce Wayne, Catwoman, and the Penguin, among others).

The Arrow series so far, has also included appearances by the Canary, Red Arrow (a.k.a. Speedy), Ray (not yet the Atom) Palmer, Felicity Smoak, and numerous DC villains and other supporting characters.

And between those series and upcoming projects, a dozen or more other characters are in the works.

Marvel's entry so far consists mainly of Agents of Shield, though I understand they too have about a half dozen other titles in the works, including Daredevil, which are projects slated mostly for Netflix.

Gotta say, the flash isn't as bad as i thought it would be. Then again, i am a much bigger marvel fan. Though it is taking agents of shield a while to get my vote. On the upside...mockingbird. :biggrin1:
 

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Gotta say, the flash isn't as bad as i thought it would be. Then again, i am a much bigger marvel fan. Though it is taking agents of shield a while to get my vote. On the upside...mockingbird. :biggrin1:

Oh. So that's who the agent is who rescued Simmons last episode. Okay. (You'll have to remember most of my reading of them pretty much dwindled by the end of the Silver Age.)
 

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Oh. So that's who the agent is who rescued Simmons last episode. Okay. (You'll have to remember most of my reading of them pretty much dwindled by the end of the Silver Age.)

Ah understandable. I haven't really kept up either. Only be recently reading up in my ripe old age of [redacted].

Mockingbird (Marvel Comics) Some info. She was hella crazily kicking ass on the show.

I dunno for some reason gotham hasn't fully caught my attention yet but constantine seems really really interesting. I do have to check out arrow though.
 

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I don't think it'll be too much of a big deal since the avengers has already got a big lead.
Besides in all fairness, nobody really pays that much attention to justice league

It's been overly done in animation maybe. But it depends on how well it's done, and prequels of individuals members might build some interest.

So who knows whether they'll pay attention or not? Hell, some years ago I would've said the same of Superman or Batman.
 

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So.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Suicide Squad
Wonder Woman
Justice League Part One
The Flash
Aquaman
Shazam
Justice League Part Two
Cyborg
Green Lantern

Yeah looks like they're going all in.
 

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So.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Suicide Squad
Wonder Woman
Justice League Part One
The Flash
Aquaman
Shazam
Justice League Part Two
Cyborg
Green Lantern

Yeah looks like they're going all in.

Really? All I knew of was B vs S and Justice League. Didn't know of all the rest.