Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Lets talk about Villains

    Superhero movies at their core are the same as all other movies. It doesn't matter how awesome the hero is or how great a cast the movie might have it is all worthless without a villain or conflict to match. And with a movie with as many great heroes as the JL movie will have finding a conflict to be their equal is going to prove difficult. The Avengers movie did a great job by having the conflict be the discord amongst  themselves and when they got all their personal business worked out the baddies didn't stand a chance. No emotional conflict is good and all and I'm sure we're going to see that in the JL movie but at the end of the day someone has to get punched in the face and that is where things are going to get tricky. 
   The Justice League movie is already going to have to deal with people calling it a copycat movie (myself included) so they'e going to want to do as much as possible. Avengers has already done aliens and will soon do Thanos. There goes the White Martians and Darksied as possible JL villians if they want to distinguish themselves from the marvel movies. So who can they kick/pow/zap that won't be totally lame? I see two possibilities. The first is to use the yellow lanterns. The yellow lanterns are usually reserved for the Green Lantern but as the Avengers movie showed us it is possible to elevate a villain usually reserved to one character (loki-thor) and expand him into a universal threat. One Lantern is already one of the most powerful beings in the universe. No take an army of them motivated by fear and it is possible to see why it would take a whole team of superheroes to fight them. Unfortunately this is probably going to be reserved for the Green Lantern 2 movie but we can see why it would work.
    Another possibility I would like to see is Superman as the villain. The Avengers again did a great job (wow seems like the avengers might be a good movie) of making The Hulk seem terrifying even to other superheroes and immortals. The Hulk could have very easily been a believable villain for that movie and it would have taken all the other heroes combined strength to wield him in. But The Hulk is all rage so his character motivations would not have been very deep. The writers for the JL movie could come up with all sorts of powerful motivations for why Superman all of sudden wants to conquer the universe. Perhaps it is in an attempt to bring back Krypton, maybe he is being manipulated, who knows but if done right it could be very intriguing and possibly moving. Besides who doesn't want to see Supes and Batman get into it? 
    Who else could be a villian? Sound off your ideas in the comments below.

Justice League Movie is going to happen sooner or later

     If there is anything we know about Hollywood it is that the movie industry is full of copycats. Amid a sea of sequels and facsimiles of movie's it takes a lot for a film company to take a risk. Marvel/Disney took that risk and made one of the most critically acclaimed and successful movie franchises of all time. To take a lesser known character like Iron Man and from that create something this incredible frankly deserves your awe and applause. Yes you hardcore DC fan in the back wearing an Aquaman shirt I am talking to you. And you bet your ass that the good people at Warner Bros have taken notice as well and a Justice League movie will soon follow suite.
    But how far down the rabbit hole is DC/WB willing to go? The Green Lantern was produced after Marvel started making their movies yet it followed the same predictable and boring trend that the superhero movies of the 90's and early 00's. Ryan Reynolds was not to blame (surprisingly*) but instead the flick was ruined by lack of story and over reliance on effects. If this is a prediction of what future JLA movies are going to be than a lot of us are going to be very very disappointed. DC needs to copy all of what makes the Marvel movies so great and not just the concept.  DC was once the undisputed champion of comics until Marvel started making Spiderman and X-men comics that were not just about powers and villains but instead focus on the humanity of their characters. They gave them character flaws and made them relatable to the public. It stopped being about superman and became about everyman. And Marvel did it again with their Avenger movies and DC must once again copy Marvel and do the same with their movies.
     No I am a die hard DC fan. I have Justice League boxers on as I type this so this bashing of DC is because I love them. I would like nothing more than to see a Justice League movie stomp all over an Avengers movie. But that won't happen until DC and WB get their act in gear. a Justice League movie is coming. The question is will it be worth it?

     This site is going to do its best to keep you informed on all the rumors, news, and speculation surrounding this movie. Along the way I will be posting my own ideas about what the movie should be like and some of your ideas as well.

     *JLA does not endorse Ryan Reynolds or any of his other movies. All Ryan Reynolds movies are to be watched at your own risk