Casting the DC Universe

[Changeling]

Bruce Wayne's son. He is the current Robin, and the Robin in my avvy

 

[cin0]

I think the new superman movies should be a little more like Lois & Clark and a little less like like back when christopher reeves was playin the character. Aint no way you can do a successful justice league when we not clark almost throughout the hole movie clark was boring in superman returns. They need to clark do more investigating thats his job. If they switched the cast up to be more like lois and clark it would be better to set up for a justice league movie, they justice league mortals is set up is already horrible.

Thomas Ian nicholas as Jimmy olsen

Krista Allen as Cat Grant

 

[MadVillainy]

i think new Superman stories shouldn't try to be anything like Reeves version or Lois and Clark

and those casting choices are pretty bad

 

[cin0]

i think new Superman stories shouldn't try to be anything like Reeves version or Lois and Clark

and those casting choices are pretty bad

How are my choices bad

 

[MadVillainy]

Jimmy is a youthful guy. Nicholas hasnt been youthful since American Pie. He hasnt even done anything good since then anyways. There is a reason why hes the only main cast member who doesnt seem to be getting any decent work. NOt even that interesting of an actor

Allen is not that good and not that interesting of an actress

 

[cin0]

Jimmy is a youthful guy. Nicholas hasnt been youthful since American Pie. He hasnt even done anything good since then anyways. There is a reason why hes the only main cast member who doesnt seem to be getting any decent work. NOt even that interesting of an actor

Allen is not that good and not that interesting of an actress

You dont get it though, Nicholas isn't that old at all and he still looks younger than brandon routh and both nicholas and allen have had experience playin characters like cat and jimmy were when they were in lois and clark. The point is they're suposed to be different than the way they were portrayed in lois and clark.

 

[MadVillainy]

But Nicholas and Allen are pretty weak actors
and we shouldnt be casting jsut because someone reminds ppl of roles played by an old Superman tv show.

PPl need to respect but let go of old Superman TV shows

 

[Dog Brother #1]

Part of the reason that people keep going back to the movies, tv shows, cartoons, ect., is that those are some of the few times that the Superman franchise was done well. Unfortunately, depite the fact that Supes & co. are some of the most recognizable characters in the entire world, the stories in the comics, especially of the last 20 years, have been fairly underwhelming. Not much has ben added or explored in the superverse since maybe the Byrne run. Lack of a variety of good source stories makes people yearn to see the same version of Superman over & over. Spider-man has the same problems.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Part of the reason that people keep going back to the movies, tv shows, cartoons, ect., is that those are some of the few times that the Superman franchise was done well. Unfortunately, depite the fact that Supes & co. are some of the most recognizable characters in the entire world, the stories in the comics, especially of the last 20 years, have been fairly underwhelming. Not much has ben added or explored in the superverse since maybe the Byrne run. Lack of a variety of good source stories makes people yearn to see the same version of Superman over & over. Spider-man has the same problems.

Please, let's not talk about what's happened to Spider-man. Please :facepalm

Clone Saga, The Other, Brand New Day. He's been literally and figuratively through hell.

 

[DawnWarrior]

Part of the reason that people keep going back to the movies, tv shows, cartoons, ect., is that those are some of the few times that the Superman franchise was done well. Unfortunately, depite the fact that Supes & co. are some of the most recognizable characters in the entire world, the stories in the comics, especially of the last 20 years, have been fairly underwhelming. Not much has ben added or explored in the superverse since maybe the Byrne run. Lack of a variety of good source stories makes people yearn to see the same version of Superman over & over. Spider-man has the same problems.

Matter of opinion and taste. I happen to think that the introduction of Doomsday was a high point in the 90's, and I think that the Superman books were pretty strong before Infinite Crisis (I looooooooooved Ivan Reis's stuff in Action Comics) and even stronger after, and some good, new stuff is being explored in World of New Krypton. The post-OYL storyline, Up Up and Away was eerily similar to Returns (Superman returning after a long absence, Lex stealing the Krystals), and I feel like Returns would have been even better if it had included more stuff from that story (Lex creating the Krystaline battlesuit, Supes calling Lex on his failure to improve the earth in Supes' absence like he always bragged he would) (Of course, that would have been impossible anyway, since the story was published a the same time the movie came out). My 2 cents.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Matter of opinion and taste. I happen to think that the introduction of Doomsday was a high point in the 90's, and I think that the Superman books were pretty strong before Infinite Crisis (I looooooooooved Ivan Reis's stuff in Action Comics) and even stronger after, and some good, new stuff is being explored in World of New Krypton. The post-OYL storyline, Up Up and Away was eerily similar to Returns (Superman returning after a long absence, Lex stealing the Krystals), and I feel like Returns would have been even better if it had included more stuff from that story (Lex creating the Krystaline battlesuit, Supes calling Lex on his failure to improve the earth in Supes' absence like he always bragged he would) (Of course, that would have been impossible anyway, since the story was published a the same time the movie came out). My 2 cents.

Some of those ideas would've definitely made Returns have a better and stronger storyline, especially the latter.

 

[Dog Brother #1]

I would have loved to see a Supes vs Battlesuit Lex fight. And I agree about the Doomsday/Death of Supes assessment as well. But it reminds me of how Batman said the last time he inspired people was when he died. And some of the new stuff (Brainiac. New Kryton) is fairly good as well, but on the whole I feel Superman comics have failed to live up to their potential. There aren't as many quality Superman stories of late as some other heroes, like Batman or Green Lantern.

 

[cin0]

But Nicholas and Allen are pretty weak actors
and we shouldnt be casting jsut because someone reminds ppl of roles played by an old Superman tv show.

PPl need to respect but let go of old Superman TV shows

Naw neighther one of them are weak actors they both just got type cast and what happens when they do too many of the roles back to back. U right about lettin go of an old tv show but i wasnt sayin that it should be done like lois&clark i was sayin the characters were written better and they give clark enough shine he just another character in the way and they might as well add another female instead of just the same boring cast, u feel me?

 

[04nbod]

Seems as if Adam Hughes was inspired by Annie Leibovitz Vanity Fair 2004 cover. More of her famous covers can be found here...
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-4iiZWRU7dKj1NQaMpsGFYjrMeQ--?cq=1&p=35
or
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/22960721.html

Ladies in the pic...
APRIL 2004: “SEND IN THE GOWNS” Julianne Moore, Jennifer Connelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Aniston, Kirsten Dunst, Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, Hilary Swank, Alison Lohman, Scarlett Johansson, and Maggie Gyllenhaal

There was a contest online for the men of the DCU

http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/05/16/men-of-the-dcu-contest-all-entries/

 

[OwlBoy]

Beth Riesgraf (Parker from Leverage) for Harley Quinn

 

[tyler-durden]

Alison Lohman as Harley Quinn

 

[cin0]

Brian cox as Oswald Cobblepot/ Penguin

 

[Donnie Darko]

to me, Cox is too tough looking to be Penguin. I feel like Penguin should be more prim and proper looking, but with an evil streak.

 

[Jordacar]

Beth Riesgraf (Parker from Leverage) for Harley Quinn

Reisgraf does have a great psycho-acrobat vibe on that show. Throw in a full-on sociopathic killer's instinct and lovesick fawning over Mr. J, and you've got Harley to a T.

 

[cin0]

to me, Cox is too tough looking to be Penguin. I feel like Penguin should be more prim and proper looking, but with an evil streak.

Yeah u right, but i still think he could make a good penguin though.

 

[sabetoonth]

i see cox more as thorton

 

[Jordacar]

Thorton who?

 

[tyler-durden]

Toby Jones would be a good penguin or Ventriliquist

 

[sabetoonth]

Thorton who?

my bad, im meant thorne, rupert, got confused cuz its been a while since ive heard the name

 

[Lane & Kent]

If Christian Bale does not return as Batman in Batman 3 my pick for Bruce in the next Bat-flick is Joshua Jackson.