^ I'm sorry I didn't mean to take it as you were counterarguing, I was just explaining what I was doing a bit more (I don't think I'm making much sense either - it's too late and I still have six more hours until I can go to sleep).
^ That's why I included him, briefly, in my entry on how I would do it. But, as I said, I'd limit him as the main bad guy until the third film or so. I would probably go this route (I made up the titles just for the hell of it):
Superman: The Man of Steel
Main: Morgan Edge
Secondary: LiveWire, Sivana
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow
Main: Toyman
Secondary: Metallo, Riot
Superman: Last Son
Main: Lex Luthor
Secondary: Bizarro, Cyborg
^ That's why I included him, briefly, in my entry on how I would do it. But, as I said, I'd limit him as the main bad guy until the third film or so. I would probably go this route (I made up the titles just for the hell of it):
Superman: The Man of Steel
Main: Morgan Edge
Secondary: LiveWire, Sivana
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow
Main: Toyman
Secondary: Metallo, Riot
Superman: Last Son
Main: Lex Luthor
Secondary: Bizarro, Cyborg
Lex Luthor, Zod & Braniac would work too as main for the third one.
S.
I edited your post so as to not quote the entirety of it and create a reading hassle.Here's what I would do, personally at least....
Superman is not uncool...writers, directors & producers at the top ruin everything.
It's true they don't seem to be giving the blame due to the talent behind the camera (egad, Superman VI had problems a helluva lot bigger than Clark Kent - no brand name could save that movie), but they're also right on the money.
Look at the heroes in modern superhero films and action films that have done well. If they're not dark and brooding, and don't have angst or any other gritty elements, then they're wiseasses who crack jokes. Even Superman's traditional jokes are a tad lame, in an innocous Boy Scout sort of way.
I like the guy - far more then I care for any of Marvel's line-up, to be blunt - but I don't think he's terribly sellable right about now.
I'd stop using the camp Lex Luthor that Donner created and make him the cold ruthless corporate mastermind that Byrne began and Timm/Dini/Burnett perfected.
Actually it's Clark Kent that has a cameo in the Green Lantern film not Superman...we'll have to see if DC Entertainment keeps this cameo in and who they cast as Clark or if they choose not to film it.
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