Let's Talk January: The Upcoming Superbat Movie!

[mithen]

mishagirl asked about my opinions about the upcoming "Superman versus Batman" (I believe it's been stated that is not the title) movie. I haven't said much about it, mostly because my thoughts are so very conflicted, but I shall try to tease them out a bit here

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[navaan]

In short: great (if slightly inexplicable in the case of Affleck) cast, nervous about the tone and direction, happy it's being made at all. :)

That's pretty much how I feel about it, too. :)

The fact that they keep stressing a Milleresque feeling to the project makes me uneasy, but I can take a fair amount of punchy-punchy and growling in the middle as long as it ends with at least respect between the two.

TheY've really gone out of their way to stress that the tone will be like the Millerverse and that's so far the thing I hate most about the project. I think it would have bee a better idea to go a different direction, because the Nolan-verse is also still fresh in moviegoers minds and I think a different tone might have helped setting them apart a bit for non-comic-fans. But we'll see.

I have terribly mixed feelings about Diana being in it, although I think the casting of Gal Gadot looks excellent. I hate the idea of her being overshadowed by Clark and Bruce, and I dread seeing people ragging on Clark and Bruce's characters if they are allowed to shove her to the side, more or less.

I dread that as well. They have announced this project and marketed it as this Superman vs Batman thing and the news of Diana being in it made me uneasy for that reason. Diana deserves much better and the casting does look amazing. But my greatest fear is that they will go with a romantic angle or even try to get the new comics romance into the movies. The first movie established Lois/Clark and I like it that way... *sigh* (And please not another round of shoehorned in love triangle...)

[mithen]

I think it would have bee a better idea to go a different direction, because the Nolan-verse is also still fresh in moviegoers minds and I think a different tone might have helped setting them apart a bit for non-comic-fans. But we'll see.

Sooooooo agreed! With such similar tones and directing styles, it's going to be jarring to see someone other than Bale in the role, I think...

Please, please, please let them at least keep a romance out of it. If there MUST be one, I'd rather it were Bruce/Diana rather than some tangled-up triangle. But really, I would SO rather Diana get to be her own character and stand on her own, I feel it would be doing her such a grave disservice.