DC cinematic universe general stuff

There’s also a revival in the rumour that Warner Bros. Picture could be sold to Universal in the near future (2 years). Which I think, would be the best outcome for DC Studios, if Christopher Nolan could be part of the decision making process for DC movies, the future would be bright!

Yeah I heard good things and plan on watching.

But as was said before, it had a lot going against it which is why there's no real surprise in its performance.

Ok I just discovered this thread .... superhero movies tend to be either one extreme or the other ... very good or very bad !! The recent decades' proliferation of superhero movies ... often focusing on weak ones ... has caused a lot of the very bad ...

For starters I will say I always liked Batman, Superman, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, Spiderman ... films like Superman I & II, Batman 1989, Batman Returns, all the Dark Knight films, all the Iron Man films, and at least 3 of the Spiderman films are excellent imv ... I used to think the worst Superman .. Quest for peace .. and Batman ... and Robin ... films were bad enough but they are not nearly as terrible as the stuff made with the lesser characters from the comics ... esp the DC ... the Marvel universe seems to be better as a whole but DC should have strictly stuck to Superman, Batman and Wonderwoman!! ...

I had the misfortune to see Shazam! and it was too silly ... a poor man's Superman spoof is what it comes across as with Superman replaced by a silly kid who can turn into a superhero .... then there was the Green Lantern an even less interesting superhero ... those Justice League films would have been grand if it was BM, SM and WW but no, they had to bring in those other ones into it and they ruined it ... I did not watch The Flash at all but would suspect it is more of the Shazam! type stuff ?? ...

On the other hand The Batman was brilliant ... up there among the best of the Batman films ... it also was a message about what DC should be doing ... DC have an identity crisis at present .... perhaps trying to copy Marvel but without the broad range of characters ... for me anyhow DC's Shazam! or the Green Lantern defo do not deserve a film of their own as they are poor to begin with ... not a patch on Superman or Batman ...

I agree with the strength of writing plus I would add the production and director ... I agree there are prob a lot of interesting DC characters but the films made with some of them were poor and others have not got a film .... I believe you are right that there are bad and very bad Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman films ... and some overrated ones ... Let's just take Superman as an example ....

Superman and Superman II were excellent in my view .... best watched though as a part 1 and part 2 of the same story or as one film broken into 2 ... the first a great origin story and the second a great action superhero flick with Superman doing what he does best ...

Superman III is my least favourite of all Superman films ... revisited it recently and thought it was v silly and comedic ... a lot of it was dated esp this computer gamey stuff in it !!

Superman IV the Quest for Peace is the one that usually gets slaughtered but it is better than III imv ... the main fault though is it is way too short at 80 something minutes ... but for a Golan Globus film it is not too bad ... they didn't manage to have Chuck Norris in it at the very least !!! The other main fault is the incomplete storylines ... like what happened Clark Kent and Lacy ??

Superman Returns is underrated ... it is better than III and IV and more akin to I and II ... in fact it is a sequel to I and II .... sadly there weren't more to follow it up ...

Man of Steel was good ... and should have given rise to a trilogy of Superman films akin to The Dark Knight Batman films ... sadly that was not to be and we had 2 messy films combining Superman with Batman, Wonder Woman and others ...

Both Batman v Superman and Justice League had some good scenes but descended into a certain silliness at least for me ... Superman has also appeared briefly in The Flash too ... but a straightforward set of Superman films are long overdue ...

Getting away from the better of the Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman productions Aquaman was one of the better efforts ... I preferred it a lot to Shazam! and the like ... Aquaman had a rather interesting backstory for the character and was more engaging than either Shazam or the Green Lantern for me ... perhaps Shazam the GL could have been done better and I'd have enjoyed it more ... they felt off for some reason though maybe Shazam is more a film strictly for kids?? .. I know Shazam! had rave reviews but the sequel didn't ...

Pity it's the 2017 Justice League and not the Snyder Cut

2025.

I like that casting, I know he can do goofy but could easily see him playing it somewhat seriously. Amazing how unmemorable Eisenberg's stint as Luthor is.

I do love Hoult (he's great in The Great!), but feel like they could have cast a bit older here? Him and the new Supes are practically the same age.

Isn't this Superman film meant to have loads of heroes?

‘Superman: Legacy’ Adds Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen and Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher

Fantastic casting there for Jimmy. Bit disappointed they went with Teschmacher instead of someone like Mercy from the animated series. I know she was created specifically for the show, but thought she was a great addition to the Superman universe as Lex's heavy/aide.