Kevin Smith
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OK. With the recent news on the GL film and DC/WB's plans regarding the comic book movies, it seems like they might be trying the Marvel Movie Method. 
But wait - the Nolan/Singer worlds are uncompatible, as I've explained before
and it is unlikely that we will see those respective versions of Superman and Batman join forces in a World's Finest or JLA film. So, I present my suggestion -
Set up the following films in the same universe, bridge them together so that they will lead into a JLA film:
the possible Superman reboot
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan, origin)
The Flash (Barry Allen, origin)
Wonder Woman (origin)
World's Finest (Superman and Batman teamup film with new versions of Superman and Batman completely unrelated to Nolan/Singer's versions)
then do a JLA film I say.
Everyone's happy that way! We have individual films that lead into a JLA film with both Batman and Superman in it that's completely unrelated/doesn't interfere with the Nolan version of Batman. Bickety bam! Whattaya think?
But wait - the Nolan/Singer worlds are uncompatible, as I've explained before
Only if A - Routh was older and B - both Bale and Routh were playing completely different versions of their respective characters, as in not the Singer and Nolan versions.
Guys, it just would not, could not, should not, and does not make any damned sense. Let's start with the obvious:
Routh is nearly 6 years younger than Bale and looks it. Batman and Superman are supposed to be the same age! If anything, Superman should be a couple months older, but a 30 something Batman with a 20 something Superman is complete ********. If there were different actors who were being cast like that, people would be flipping out! Bad casting.
Nolan's Batman does not work with the more sci fi and fantasy oriented JLA universe. Picture yourself watching The Dark Knight and then suddenly Superman or GL shows up. You'd be like "WTF?!". The JLA Batman needs to be one that's conducive to the rest of the DC Universe, now that doesn't mean "jokey" or "campy" as some *******s would put it, but he needs to be the DC Comics Batman, not the "Punisher" Batman of the Nolan films. Not only that but Nolan's Batman hasn't really been Batman that long, I'd say he's been Batman for 16 months maximum, while Singer's Superman must have been at the Superman career for at least 6 years, yet Singer's Superman is played by an actor who is nearly 6 years younger than the actor playing Nolan's Batman. Face the facts, folks, it just don't make sense. So even waiting till the Nolan series is finished, as some naive people have suggested, does not solve this problem.
Perhaps Routh's Superman and a different Batman would work, but even that still seems unlikely to me.
And, again, the Nolan Universe and the Singer Universe were not set up in conjunction with each other from the start, this isn't Iron Man and the Hulk here, people. You're trying to apply the Marvel Movie Method's casting to films that weren't meant to be intertwined in the first place. Had DC/WB been smarter about things, they could have had a game plan with the Batman and Superman franchises (along with the other DC heroes) set up in the same universe from the very start leading into a JLA film (Marvel Movie Method), but since they didn't set them up that way there is no way in hell that Nolan's Batman and Singer's Superman would fit into a JLA film. You guys have got the pieces from the Marvel puzzle trying to fit into the DC puzzle; they don't belong. Instead, DC/WB should work with what they've niavley set up and do a JLA film with a completely seperate Superman and Batman. Look, it's not like the lesser well known Iron Man, this isn't the first time an audience has been exposed to the characters, this is Superman and Batman - the first 2 superheroes ever, they're extremely iconic and recognizable, everybody and their grandparents is familiar with them in some form, they've been played by numerous actors hardly years apart since the forties, as long as they're good choices, nobody will care that they're recasted except for impetuous, small minded fanboys trolling the internet, who will piss and moan until they see the trailers.
So since you asked, recasting with GOOD choices is the logical, reasonable, and wise thing to do, dealing with how the folks at WB/DC decided to do their films in the first place.
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=308968&page=3
Guys, it just would not, could not, should not, and does not make any damned sense. Let's start with the obvious:
Routh is nearly 6 years younger than Bale and looks it. Batman and Superman are supposed to be the same age! If anything, Superman should be a couple months older, but a 30 something Batman with a 20 something Superman is complete ********. If there were different actors who were being cast like that, people would be flipping out! Bad casting.
Nolan's Batman does not work with the more sci fi and fantasy oriented JLA universe. Picture yourself watching The Dark Knight and then suddenly Superman or GL shows up. You'd be like "WTF?!". The JLA Batman needs to be one that's conducive to the rest of the DC Universe, now that doesn't mean "jokey" or "campy" as some *******s would put it, but he needs to be the DC Comics Batman, not the "Punisher" Batman of the Nolan films. Not only that but Nolan's Batman hasn't really been Batman that long, I'd say he's been Batman for 16 months maximum, while Singer's Superman must have been at the Superman career for at least 6 years, yet Singer's Superman is played by an actor who is nearly 6 years younger than the actor playing Nolan's Batman. Face the facts, folks, it just don't make sense. So even waiting till the Nolan series is finished, as some naive people have suggested, does not solve this problem.
Perhaps Routh's Superman and a different Batman would work, but even that still seems unlikely to me.
And, again, the Nolan Universe and the Singer Universe were not set up in conjunction with each other from the start, this isn't Iron Man and the Hulk here, people. You're trying to apply the Marvel Movie Method's casting to films that weren't meant to be intertwined in the first place. Had DC/WB been smarter about things, they could have had a game plan with the Batman and Superman franchises (along with the other DC heroes) set up in the same universe from the very start leading into a JLA film (Marvel Movie Method), but since they didn't set them up that way there is no way in hell that Nolan's Batman and Singer's Superman would fit into a JLA film. You guys have got the pieces from the Marvel puzzle trying to fit into the DC puzzle; they don't belong. Instead, DC/WB should work with what they've niavley set up and do a JLA film with a completely seperate Superman and Batman. Look, it's not like the lesser well known Iron Man, this isn't the first time an audience has been exposed to the characters, this is Superman and Batman - the first 2 superheroes ever, they're extremely iconic and recognizable, everybody and their grandparents is familiar with them in some form, they've been played by numerous actors hardly years apart since the forties, as long as they're good choices, nobody will care that they're recasted except for impetuous, small minded fanboys trolling the internet, who will piss and moan until they see the trailers.
So since you asked, recasting with GOOD choices is the logical, reasonable, and wise thing to do, dealing with how the folks at WB/DC decided to do their films in the first place.
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=308968&page=3
Set up the following films in the same universe, bridge them together so that they will lead into a JLA film:
the possible Superman reboot
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan, origin)
The Flash (Barry Allen, origin)
Wonder Woman (origin)
World's Finest (Superman and Batman teamup film with new versions of Superman and Batman completely unrelated to Nolan/Singer's versions)
then do a JLA film I say.
Everyone's happy that way! We have individual films that lead into a JLA film with both Batman and Superman in it that's completely unrelated/doesn't interfere with the Nolan version of Batman. Bickety bam! Whattaya think?
