Could ''The New Frontier'' work as the first JLA movie?

[protocida]

What do you think? Could ''The New Frontier'' work as a Justice League introdutory movie?

 

[Gmanofsteel]

I enjoyed TNF, but it is too dated.

 

[Webhead2006]

Someone made a post about this already awhile ago.

 

[Antrax255]

It would not fit at all too much backstory is needed.

 

[GreenLantern1]

The Justice League should not be fighting some big monster that has dinosaurs coming out of it. Way too lame and ridiculous.

 

[darkseid26]

only if you update it and take out extra stuff and stuff that will make people go WTF, (like the big monster with dinosaurs coming out, mentioned above)

 

[Kevin Smith]

Well, I'll say yes, but I would make some major adjustments to it that peole who were expecting to see the exact story or even the dvd would be pissed. And this isn't something that I'd want to see, but I think it could work only if they did it a certain way, that's why I voted 'Yes".

I think that it has a lot of the right elements that would work in a JLA film, it has Superman, batman, and WW but they don't hog the spotlight, and it gives some background on the Flash, it shows GL's and MM's origins, and at the end of the story the JLA has all but been assembled.

But what I'd do would be be very different for a number of reasons, namely -

It would be in contemporary times

The League would face an other alien threat, probably the white martians (tying into Jonn's origin) instead of "dinosaur island" (the Center)

the League would be formed by the end of the film; it would be a JLA origin story

The Flash's origin would be glanced over briefly

But having said all that, the story I'm telling there ^, is hardly the New Frontier at all, it just bares similarities to it.

Ultimately, I would want the individual characters (sans maybe the Martian Manhunter) to be exlpored in their own films, like the GL origin, there is so much of it that would have to be gutted out in order to have him go from Hal to GL by the end of the film, it would be so much better to explore it in depth and completely in a solo GL film instead of rusihing thru it for the sake of an ensemble film, know what I mean? I don't think I would do any character's origin in a JLA film, if anything they would acknowledge them briefly either verbally or narating a quick flashback.

As I've said before tho - I don't want JLA to be an origin film. Why in the hell do we have to sit thru a ***damn origin that takes up a three hour movie when it can be explained in 2 sentences? 7 heroes unite to save world from aliens, build clubhouse in space - bickety bam - the JLA is born, get the hell on with the story.

 

[Nathan]

I think the Animated Justice League 3 parter pilot would be more suited for a live action Movie.

 

[batman strikes]

I would like to see certain scenes from New Frontier but updated. Like Batman showing up at Martian Manhunters apartment. But the story would be similar to what Kevin Smith posted with having the White Martians as the JLA's first threat. I would have them officially form the team at the end of the movie even though they have been working together throughout the movie.

 

[Nightwing1977]

I think the Animated Justice League 3 parter pilot would be more suited for a live action Movie.

I concur. New Frontier just seem too silly for a live-action film. I just prefer the basic JL story like the first season of the JL's toon as Nathan mention here.