Because realistically an evil Batman would be laughably easy to deal with in a world of superheroes compared to an evil Supes.

I just find them boring. I know they are new, but Rebirth has done nothing to make me go, "Wow, I am so glad I am not reading about Hal or Kyle!"

Kyle is my favorite, but Geoff Johns proved why Hal is THE Green Lantern.

If you see new characters as this, then quite frankly, you're looking at it wrong. Hal and Kyle are the most popular Lanterns, correct? Showing us new characters could give them unique developments and personalities than would otherwise be out of character. If you tried making a Batman story in which he kills people with guns and acts more comical, you'd be better off making a different character. Fanbases ARE entitled little brats at times.

Considering the amount of times they've given him bullshit "I can beat everyone" plans, technically an evil Batman is worst than Supes, since Supes won't make it personal the way he takes you out, but Bats has your weaknesses cataloged with notes on how to make it hurt more.

I agree, but it would help if Simon and Jessica weren't squabbling like little kids for the first few issues. Not a good first impression if you haven't read them elsewhere.

I'm not too much of a comic gal, but I was solely talking about Kain's "I'm so happy I'm not seeing a different story" perspective. If the first impressions are bad, that's either your taste or bad writing. Judging by this site, I'd like to compare DC to KR. Drive wasn't well-received here until it turned out to be a much more mature show than the early half would make you think. Drive left bad first impressions but improved. When a new main character is introduced, I say judge them by multiple issues/episodes, then look at their developments

And, honestly, it would be a much more interesting Batman vs. Superman story.

Usually, those stories are about Batman needing to overcome a physically superior foe (Superman), and the only reason he's able to win is because something is always causing Superman to hold back (typically his humanity and/or his friendship with Batman, if it exists in that timeline). We're supposed to side with Batman because he's on the right side.

We never see it from Superman's perspective where he's the guy in the right. If something were to cause Batman to turn evil, and Superman was the guy who needed to stop him, Clark would be fighting his best friend and trying desperately to get him to see the light again. Batman, meanwhile, would be utterly convinced that he's in the right and would go to any means necessary to stop Superman. That's one of the differences between them--in battle, Superman has to hold back, but Batman has to overcome.

I just think it's nice to have a Muslim superhero (even if I have some problems with the way Simon's been characterized in the past). If that isn't enough for you, that's fine--it's your prerogative. But comics rarely cater themselves towards me, so I take what scraps I can get.

I've only read the New 52 stuff, Blackest Night/Brightest Day, and the original Green Lantern: Rebirth, but Johns writing of Hal seems more concerned with making Hal look awesome rather than having Hal actually be awesome.

That's why I said "realistically" as in not drinking the Bat-God kool-aid.

Seriously Superman,Wonder Woman,Flash and Shazam alone could take him out just by being able to move faster than he can blink and Clark,Barry and Diana know his secret identity and even if he goes into hiding with the entire Justice League after him he wouldn't last long.

I just can't see an evil Batman on his own as a credible threat to guys that can move faster than light speed and destroy planets just by sneezing.

I don't care what someoen's race or religion is when it comes to the writing of the characters/comics, I care about the stories they are involved in. I just don't find the writing of Simon (or Jessica) to be all that great.


I disagree as Johns has given us the best Green Lantern material since the 70s, if not ever. He gave Hal a personality and made him to be the lantern my dad and people his age made him out to be when Kyle took over (who was my first GL).

Like I just said, I just don't find them well written enough to really care about them. Take in Justicle League right now. Their first mission and their rings fail on them.

Well, he does have a habit of having a bigger army of orphan sidekicks at his disposal. An evil Batman could just a youth corrupting, child soldier using jackass who hides behind his multiple brightly colored distractions while going about whatever evil plan he has cooked up.

Think of the Robins acting like Varys' little birds from Game of Thrones, but with a Court of Owls assassination flavor added in.

You couldn't have said it any better. Hal can never be replaced as the Green Lantern of Sector 2814.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Justi...ole-94797.html

So yeah, a Justice League Dark live action movie is supposedly in the works now.

Isn't Dark already getting an animated movie? With Constantine having his voice actor from the tv show

There's been one in the works for quite a while, now. I think I mentioned it on this thread once a few years back.

Well, I care about it simply because when it's included, I think it's cool. And when it's written well (e.g. Ms. Marvel), my enjoyment of the comic increases because the stories have a greater sense of veracity. It feels like a reflection of my world if my world had superheroes.

I will grant you that Johns defined Hal for the modern age. And his Green Lantern work was undeniably successful and influential. But I think he relies to much on nostalgia in his work. It works for Superman, but not so much for the Flash or Green Lantern.

Hal's been defeated by a paper bag. More than once. At least a Power Ring failure is somewhat dignified.

Kind of. Batman is getting an animated movie that features the JL Dark team in it. However, he is holding their hand the entire time to cross the street.

Because no one can exist or do things without Batman supervising them. Sometimes I feel like slapping DC with an iron gauntlet. Like an avatar of DC in all it's DC-ness.

So basically I want to slap Batman.

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So if Jon becomes Superman and Damien becomes Batman in the future we should have a comic book where a geriatric Superman and Batman go on a bucket list trip together.

Even if this was just a oneshot I really want to see this become a real comic.

So golfing on a Thanagarian moon, selfish time-travel trips, seeing who can handle alien liquor better?

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king arthur wake up in year of 3000

You know it. :lolol

We just got confirmation on the Batfleck movie's villain.
MOTHERFUCKING DEATHSTROKE AND NOT LETO'S JOKER! YESSSSS

Oh, oh hell yes. Now if they can just get a certain actor to play him...

I saw the video post, but where did the confirmation come from? Some places are reporting it's for Justice League, not Batman. It all seems to be speculation, though, since Affleck hasn't posted a follow-up to the video, at least that I've seen.

A quick google search showed me only Batman reports, not to mention Affleck IS directing the Batman movie iirc

Which has a ways to go before it begins production, since Justice League is filming right now. It's speculative, at best, at the moment. I think calling it confirmed is jumping the gun a bit, since no one has anything but guesses at the moment.

Ron Perlman please! He is always the perfect choice for the role in my opinion.

And the next hero jumping to the small screen is... Black Lightning!

http://deadline.com/2016/09/black-li...il-1201815368/

I'm cool with that~

The rumors are true, Joe Manganiello will be playing Deathstroke in the Batman movie.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/8/128...roke-dc-comics

Deathstroke? Why him?

If these rumors are right then it actually makes sense why Deathstroke appears in the movie. But take these rumors with a grain of salt. Interesting that they managed to get Deathstroke's actor right.
http://bgr.com/2016/09/01/dc-extende...mors-spoilers/

Because people are tired of Joker, Jared Leto's Joker was godawful, Deathstroke is popular and because Deathstroke would be rather unique with the fight scenes

But Deathstroke is not really a Batman villain, he's a Titans villain.

How about doing Clayface? Oh wait, nope, can't do him, that would mean making it feel like a comic book and WB doesn't want that.

Okay then, what about Black Mask, Rupert Thorn, Scarface, and Penguin in a crime war? Nah, that would be too sophisticated and thought provoking.

Then there's Firefly, Man-Bat, Anarky, Mad Hatter, Professor Pyg, Onomatopeia, Sportsmaster, etc.

But yeah, I guess if they want to play it safe, Deathstroke makes the obvious choice.

Batman and Arrow have been stealing Deathstroke from Nightwing and Aresenal for quite a while now.

Clayface is a mook, he's not big enough to have a plot centered around solely him.

Firefly would have to be a double feature, Man-Bat would be too sympathetic and ignorant move-goers would just compare him to the Lizard, Pyg I could do without, Onomatopeia is an Arrow villain, so why would Bruce steal from the guy that literally rips him off in style anyway?

Sportmaster was only made cool in Young Justice, and then they were really pushing it.

Anarky could work, but DC would like run the risk of the mouthier fanbase just prefer him to Batman, and they can't have that.

Mad Hatter they could only put in if they have the mature skill and the balls to handle a creepy, slightly rapey villain like him. Because if and when they fuck that up it's going to be a shitstorm they can't recover from.

Meanwhile Arrow used Deathstroke and people LOVED it, not to mention Deathstroke got lots of popularity in the Arkham games
Like previously stated, Clayface is not main villain material, not to mention it'd have an unnecessary amount of CGI in the fight scenes
Too many characters to introduce in a single movie, meaning it'd be a clusterfuck
Out of the examples I know, Mad Hatter's the only one who's got potential as a main villain as Firefly's a mere arsonist and Man-Bat's just kinda there
Deathstroke's also got lots of potential for a stealth fight with Batman, not to mention Batsy would probably go after a serial killer who sees it as his job than other loonies

I honestly think Firefly could work as a main villain. He's fucking iron man with a flame thrower.
They just have to change him from a mook who has the same mindset as Flame Hyenard.

Honestly I'd say Deathstroke is sort of a more of a general 'DC comics' bad guy than a specific member of a rogue's gallery, at least in recent years. Plus, he's a mercenary, having him be hired to go after Bats is pretty dang easy to justify.

Plus, if the rumors posted up above are true, we'll be getting way more bad guys than just him. So, maybe calm down a bit until we know more about the movie than "It's a Batman movie and Slade is in it."

I wanted Ron Perlman for Deathstroke in the movie, but I guess WB wants someone who is younger to appeal to kids and teens. I mean Ron Perlman does the voice and he can act too. Slade is like in his 50's or 60's from what I can remember, so it can work.