....Because I Had to Talk About Man of Steel

So, I was contemplating how to properly resurrect this blog and a friend suggested I talk about the upcoming Superman film. I didn't want to add hype where there's already hype seeing as I'd be merely be a drop in the already considerable bucket that is Man of Steel. Then, I woke up this morning and saw this.....




....and had to get a post out before I proceed to faint from happiness. Now, I understand that trailers can be quite deceiving about the kind of film you're getting and have been known to disguise a bad movie (I'm looking at you, Jumper), but from the looks of it, this movie is giving me everything I needed out of a reboot.

1). James Marsden isn't in it.
2). Superman looks like he's actually going to punch a bad guy.
3). A look at Big Blue's view of humanity.
4). ZOD! (Yes, as in "Kneel Before...")
5). No hints of the stink Smallville left behind in it's wake.
6). James Marsden isn't in it.

Yeah, I'll camp out for this shit.

Justice League Movie: Outlook Not Good

For those of you who've asked me if I think there's going to be a Justice League movie anytime soon..... My Prediction: Maybe, but it won't happen anytime soon. Why, you ask?


-There's a big hole to dig themselves out of. Too many of DC's properties are tied with Warner Brothers in a way that leaves them just the indentured servants, working as consultants and whatnot.


-Even after they find a way out of that, they still have to start tying these characters together. Even if Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale wanted to do more Batman (which they don't), it's very unlikely that his gritty, semi-realistic style of storytelling would gel well enough that his Batman could exist in a larger superpowered community. Then again, Hawkeye exists in the Avengers, so you never know.


-The Superman franchise is still looking for forgivness. Don't get me wrong. I have complete faith in Zak Snyder's directing skills (despite wack ass Sucker Punch), but it's going to take a lot to get the taste of Superman Returns out of our mouths. You know...like maybe Superman could actually punch a bad guy at some point.


-Nobody really knows what the hell is happening with the Wonder Woman project. That makes three of your top characters that need a fresh reboot even though I don't think Batman and Superman need origin stories at this point. You would have to look far and wide for someone who doesn't know that Superman is from another planet and Batman's parents were killed when he was a kid.


-Even after you establish a contained cinematic universe for all these characters (I'd go with a Flash movie to start), it would take amnesia, an alien invasion and Oprah giving away coupons for massage parlor happy endings to make people forget that Green Lantern was easily one of the worse cinematic superhero experiences to occur in the past five years.

I'm not saying it won't ever happen, but it'll be five years at the very least!