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We've got the Trinity appearing in the same film in Batman/Superman, and a DCCU seems inevitable. So, how do you see your favorite characters being introduced to wider audiences in live-action format?
(I'd include TV show ideas here to. Something like Arrow might be the only real chance for some characters to get a shot at the big time.)
CAPTAIN ATOM- Air Force pilot under suspicion of murdering his fellow officer. In the DCCU, the technology that is used to experiment on him is Kryptonian tech from the World Engine; US forces managed to procure some of the nanites and the energy system from the rubble. He's one of over a hundred volunteers (he joins because he'll never see his family again anyway) but the ony survivor, and he remains the US Government's specific insurance policy against Superman, albeit one also used as a hero as well. Has the character's classic look.
* In TV land, one in the same continuity as Arrow, Nathaniel Adam is injected with a Mirakuru derivative and swallows a specialized radioactive isotope. He looks completely human most of the time, but has a higher body temperature and occaisionally heats up enough that his hair burns away. His powers are restricted but growing throuout a season of TV on the Suicide Squad, going from energy absorption and some enhanced strength and durability to the classic power set.
POWERGIRL, CIR-El, BIZARRO, SUPERBOY- All three are clones of Kryptonian DNA, with the Karen and Cir-El being the first generation, likely created by Brainiac from Clark's Matrix encoded DNA. Originally blank slates identified only as Matrix 1 and 2, the ladies are captured and brainwashed by Luthor, who's own B-Zero program is working on indoctrination techniques and methods but inferior cloning for such creatures. While Bizarro inevitably decays, Kar-En and Cir-El serve as Luthor's replacements for Hope and Mercy, but are eventually freed from their brainwashing when befriended by Jimmy Olsen and Kara Kent. Superboy is the ultimate product of Luthor's research. A hybrid with other powers derived from gruesome experiments at Cadmus Labs, he takes longer to "cook," but Luthor tricks Superman into thinking he's freed him before he could be indoctrinated, and Superboy's sleeper program is hidden until Luthor's ready for his final move.
TALIA AL GHUL- In either movie and TV land, the youngest and formerly lost daughter of Ra's Al Ghul, and the first real love of a young Bruce Wayne's life. Mixes elements of Andrea Beaumont from BTAS with her more recent characterizations. Unlike her older brother and sister (sickly Dusan and headstrong Nyssa), Talia was born and raised by her mother when Ra's and her were separated under tragic circumstances. Living in refugee camps in Kasnia, the young Talia befriended and fell in love with Bruce Wayne, then learning tracking skills from Henri Ducard. The feeling was mutual, but after the murder of her mother, Talia became desperate to find her father to avenge her death and left a heartbroken Bruce. Years later, she finds Bruce in Gotham and they renew their courtship for a startling amount of time. However, like Beaumont, Talia is torn between genuine love for her beloved and her loyalty to her father. Bruce deduces her connection to Ra's and confronts her. They part on bitter but understanding terms, and years later, after serving her father and growing disenchanted with his goals and methods, she splits off to revenge herself on her mother's killers in Kasnia, starting the Leviathan Organization. Bruce becomes aware that they have a son in Damian Wayne, who Talia entrusts in his care, but inevitably mother and father collide, and Damian must choose a side.
MANHUNTER- mostly a TV idea. Basically, take some of the Big Boss/Solid Snake themes from Metal Gear Solid, but replace Big Boss with Paul "Manhunter" Kirk, OSS officer from WWII, who was captured and experimented on by the Japanese Military. Injected with An early form of Mirakuru, Kirk entered a coma, but his regenerating abilities kept his body young. The Council successfully stole his body after the A-Bomb was dropped, and, unable to replicate the Mirakuru, instead used the Super-Baby Method to raise a small squad of commandos named the Headhunters with different aliases and training. Kate Spencer manages to recruit Mark Shaw, one of the children, to work undercover against the Council, while she also manages to hire Kirk's regular direct descendant, Kirk DePaul, to track down and steal back the original Manhunter's body. Receiving a blood transfusion from Shaw, she survives the process and the three find themselves in a desperate battle for survival. It's Manhunters versus Headhunters in the ultimate question of who is the most dangerous game.
(I'd include TV show ideas here to. Something like Arrow might be the only real chance for some characters to get a shot at the big time.)
CAPTAIN ATOM- Air Force pilot under suspicion of murdering his fellow officer. In the DCCU, the technology that is used to experiment on him is Kryptonian tech from the World Engine; US forces managed to procure some of the nanites and the energy system from the rubble. He's one of over a hundred volunteers (he joins because he'll never see his family again anyway) but the ony survivor, and he remains the US Government's specific insurance policy against Superman, albeit one also used as a hero as well. Has the character's classic look.
* In TV land, one in the same continuity as Arrow, Nathaniel Adam is injected with a Mirakuru derivative and swallows a specialized radioactive isotope. He looks completely human most of the time, but has a higher body temperature and occaisionally heats up enough that his hair burns away. His powers are restricted but growing throuout a season of TV on the Suicide Squad, going from energy absorption and some enhanced strength and durability to the classic power set.
POWERGIRL, CIR-El, BIZARRO, SUPERBOY- All three are clones of Kryptonian DNA, with the Karen and Cir-El being the first generation, likely created by Brainiac from Clark's Matrix encoded DNA. Originally blank slates identified only as Matrix 1 and 2, the ladies are captured and brainwashed by Luthor, who's own B-Zero program is working on indoctrination techniques and methods but inferior cloning for such creatures. While Bizarro inevitably decays, Kar-En and Cir-El serve as Luthor's replacements for Hope and Mercy, but are eventually freed from their brainwashing when befriended by Jimmy Olsen and Kara Kent. Superboy is the ultimate product of Luthor's research. A hybrid with other powers derived from gruesome experiments at Cadmus Labs, he takes longer to "cook," but Luthor tricks Superman into thinking he's freed him before he could be indoctrinated, and Superboy's sleeper program is hidden until Luthor's ready for his final move.
TALIA AL GHUL- In either movie and TV land, the youngest and formerly lost daughter of Ra's Al Ghul, and the first real love of a young Bruce Wayne's life. Mixes elements of Andrea Beaumont from BTAS with her more recent characterizations. Unlike her older brother and sister (sickly Dusan and headstrong Nyssa), Talia was born and raised by her mother when Ra's and her were separated under tragic circumstances. Living in refugee camps in Kasnia, the young Talia befriended and fell in love with Bruce Wayne, then learning tracking skills from Henri Ducard. The feeling was mutual, but after the murder of her mother, Talia became desperate to find her father to avenge her death and left a heartbroken Bruce. Years later, she finds Bruce in Gotham and they renew their courtship for a startling amount of time. However, like Beaumont, Talia is torn between genuine love for her beloved and her loyalty to her father. Bruce deduces her connection to Ra's and confronts her. They part on bitter but understanding terms, and years later, after serving her father and growing disenchanted with his goals and methods, she splits off to revenge herself on her mother's killers in Kasnia, starting the Leviathan Organization. Bruce becomes aware that they have a son in Damian Wayne, who Talia entrusts in his care, but inevitably mother and father collide, and Damian must choose a side.
MANHUNTER- mostly a TV idea. Basically, take some of the Big Boss/Solid Snake themes from Metal Gear Solid, but replace Big Boss with Paul "Manhunter" Kirk, OSS officer from WWII, who was captured and experimented on by the Japanese Military. Injected with An early form of Mirakuru, Kirk entered a coma, but his regenerating abilities kept his body young. The Council successfully stole his body after the A-Bomb was dropped, and, unable to replicate the Mirakuru, instead used the Super-Baby Method to raise a small squad of commandos named the Headhunters with different aliases and training. Kate Spencer manages to recruit Mark Shaw, one of the children, to work undercover against the Council, while she also manages to hire Kirk's regular direct descendant, Kirk DePaul, to track down and steal back the original Manhunter's body. Receiving a blood transfusion from Shaw, she survives the process and the three find themselves in a desperate battle for survival. It's Manhunters versus Headhunters in the ultimate question of who is the most dangerous game.
