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Random Wonder Woman reveal Scene:
On an Aircraft Carrier, which bombards Themyscira with missiles and weapons fire, Wonder Woman lassos General Phil Darnell, who is obviously in league with Ares. "Where is Ares?" She demands. "Right in front of you." The general smiles and then uppercuts Wonder Woman into the nearest jet as the taller, armored shadowed form of Ares fades in around him.
Justice League Trilogy
A Justice League movie in three parts, all filmed at once, LOTR style. The first film the league routes the White Martians, and the formation of the League. While Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern Stewart and Flash are the main members, Batman is a main character in the movie and is later convinced to join the league, Martian Manhunter, a prisoner of the White Martians, coordinates them telepathically and also shows up bodily, while Aquaman is also featured in the last battle scene as a captive of the Martians' underwater attacks. Zatanna, Green Arrow and Black Canary, the Hawks, Lantern Jordan, along with Aquaman, are also asked to join but decline due to previous commitments, or cutting disinterest. White Martians employ things like Starro as technology and Despero as an attack dog. These are "mighty conquerors, enslaved by a stronger race." Barry Allen is the Flash in this film, and he dies. After the final battle, the White Martian survivors report back to Darkseid, and are incinerated. Scenes from JLA:NWO are involved heavily here, there is a hint of Tower of Babel as well the latest Starro adventure. This film is called "Secret Origins"
The second film "The Anti-Life Equation" has Lex Luthor uniting villains, expanding his power base, and attempting to double cross his new co-conspirator Darkseid. As the two co-villains race to capture/locate the Anti-Life Equation, the League, now consisting of the "movie Big 7" (Stewart and West), plus Hal, Zatanna, Hawkgirl, Green Arrow and Black Canary. Other heroes cameo. Here the League suffers a political and social meltdown until the new darker edgier superman is revealed to be a traitor and clone called Bizzarro. The rescued Superman we see is the moral and social core of the league. The League routes the villains and Superman appeals to Lex and convinces him not to hand the human race over to death in exchange for power. Lex gives the Anti-Life equation to Superman, the only person he trusts, who in turn gives it to Batman, the only person he trusts.
The third film, the final in the trilogy, "The Final Crisis" chronicles the final invasion of Apokolips after Lex Luthor betrays Darksied, who kills Bruce and Lex. All out international, interplanetary War, disaster movie, cameo a veritable 'League' of heroes, the Justice Society, Teen Titans, Suicide Squad, Doom Patrol, Green Lantern Corps defending Oa, villains joining in defending their planet from annihilation. Bruce returns from the nether reaches of time and space with the power of the Anti-Life Equation, which he then hands to Superman, the only person he trusts. Finally we return to the Big 5. Clark. Bruce. Diana. Wally. Stewart. On Apokolips. Fighting with all their might, it comes down to each sacrificing themselves in turn to give Superman a shot at taking on Darkseid, who utterly whips his behind until Superman, inspired by Wally's tactical use of speed, possessing John's ring, Diana's lasso and Batman's belt and master plan to defeat Darkseid takes the tyrant down a peg, unleashing everything he has, all his heart and gusto at the man monster, and staggers the man who takes his earth shattering punches without flinching. Darkseid, though weakened, emerges victorious, and claims and immediately uses the anti-life equation, only to find out it has been reversed by Batman, reviving the 5 leagers who escape Apokolips as it is destroyed, and restored to New Eden.
Post-TKDR Movie Triology
The Fourth film in this Bat series would be called "Gotham City" and begin with the death of the Graysons, as this trilogy would, more or less, use Robin as an introduction to the universe. The first film would take an intellectual detective route, with Edward Nashton and his partner Kathy Kane as FBI Agents assigned to hunt down Batman. Nashton goes rogue with his "Riddler" mousetrap, the first element of which is the circus homicide, which ties into the punchline of the film. Rich Grayson, a witness, is not safe in the police department, and has a mad on for the new crime boss, Zucco. Meanwhile, Pamela Isley acts as a love interest until Riddler persona destroys her home, at which point, she concocts a poisonous plan to send Gotham back to Eden, make it a No Man's Land. Grayson, reportedly missing from the police department after Batman foils the murder attempt there, helps Batman solve some of Riddlers more juvenille-slanted riddles, and Batman focuses the boy's anger into martial arts, and the other training. Batman and Riddler battle for intellectual superiority, nothing less. Eventually Grayson discovers the mansion, and that Batman is the famous Bruce Wayne. This inspires him to go charging after Zucco. On the way, he saves Batman by being Batman's eyes in the sky in a larger than life puzzle, and Batman in turn saves him from being killed by thugs, and from killing Zucco. They face down Poison Ivy together, and Batman uses Robin as an example of the hope that grows in Gotham City. It ends Dark Victory-like, with Robin meeting eyes with Barbara Gordon, and Bruce and Richard end up as high profile Big Brother/Big Sister program partners, while Richard lives at the orphanage run by Leslie Thompkins.
The second film "Dynamic Duo" has Robin, now 15, still training, and expected to become the next Batman. There is a bounty of epic proportions out on Batman, thanks to someone called the Black Mask, and the people who respond are people like Bane, Deadshot, Lady Shiva, the Ventriloquist (a "mute" mob hitman with a puppet (often in suitcase) in his off hand), and Killer Moth. These characters are not terribly in depth, but consummate professionals, with a bit of color in them to make them stand out. It's clear they've worked against each other before on lesser targets. The Batman family becomes clearer with Rich, Lucious, Alfred, Gordon. There is also the costume party early in the film where Barbara dresses up as Batgirl, manages to kill Killer Moth, but is shot by Deadshot. Later in the movie "Oracle" tips Batman off, and he confronts the girl, working from a GCPD computer later... about a job. This creates a conflict between Batman and Robin, which is exacerbated by Grayson's obvious giftedness for all things Batman. This movie, on the whole, is about legacy, destiny and future, which is Black Mask's point, that the crime family continues on, while Batman eventually ends. This movie ends when Grayson is proclaimed the next Batman, and sworn in, and made partner.
The third film "Batman vs Robin" starts with Robin, now 18, and Batman having a difference of opinions. Robin, who is notably faster and more tech-savvy than Batman feels he is an equal at this point. Robin believes more people are needed, Batman believes no one else can be trusted, and that too many people already know. Robin has friends, Batman does not. When Talia arrives, with the League at her back and a new "Ra's Al Ghul" puppet before her, Batman strives for control of the league as a tool, using his uberness to sway Talia where her father could not be swayed, while Robin recruits all the Batman-inspired copy-cats he can find. Huntress. Assassin Batgirl. Azrael. Oracle. Jason Todd, who steals the wheels of the Robin-made Batmobile, and little Tim Drake, who devises Robin's identity. This movie is about truth and trust, and it aims to leave the viewers divided on the correctness of Batman or Robin's approach. Grayson becomes Nightwing, and gives the Robin guise to his own sidekick, Jason Todd, who is summarily killed by the league. Both Batman and Grayson are now responsible for his death. Batman confronts Talia, who retaliates with her pregnancy, the mad-with-rage Nightwing aims to take her down. Batman defends his biological son against his adopted one. Batman wins, and with Robin defeated and Talia on his side, he withdraws the league from their seige of the city.
Alternately, Robin Begins
The first film can lose the Zucco aspects, and the training of the Graysons and a separate film called "Robin Begins" could be made, starring Robin with Batman as a shadowy overseer, whose point of view we are not privy to. The villains would be Mad Hatter, kidnapper of 13 year old Robin's girlfriend/crush Alice via those headphones with super-suggestion powers, all for a child prostitution ring (see Dark Victory, I think) and Killer Croc would be Zucco's tool, and a former employee of the Haley Circus. Mad Hatter would use a cop to try and kill Grayson, the witness that links Councilman Zucco to the crime world, and Robin would be taken to the Batcave for safekeeping, train, battle Killer Croc Blockbuster-vs-Nightwing style mid-movie and then at the end, suit up in a black body suit with his red vest, his birthday gift from his parents on the day they died, and his R-shaped shuriken on it, and go rescue his girl and kill Zucco, which Batman talks him out of. The most fun/difficult thing with this film would be 'Robin vision' where he get to see Robin's upside down twisting view as he bounces from bad guy to bad guy, breaking in faces and arms and such.
Final/climactic scenes from a never-will-be-made John Stewart GL movie
Ringless, John Stewart barrels down the road in Guy Gardner's hot rod, floating in the air, he sees the sonic-powered Sonar, wearing John's ring around his neck. John sees the churned ground makes a great ramp, and revs up, soaring into the air at his opponent, who simply floats out of the way of the car's trajectory, to John's slow motion dismay. We hear the charging-up sound of Sonar's powers as the car passes right before the villain in the air, John puts up his hands in defense as the car is blasted in to smithereens, and John's body ragdolls through the air, first off a building, and the skids across the ground. John's body falls limply while Sonar cackles. Then he looks down at his neck. No ring. We cut to John whose hand opens to reveal that he grabbed the ring at the last second. His eyes, open, full of green light, he floats to a standing position and the Ring telekinetically moves from his palm to his hand, as his uniform returns. The two battle clashing a few times as John gets some great hits in. It mentioned low power before he lost it, now it screams "5% remaining... 4% remaining"
Soon, John is out of power and runs into Alan Scotts antique shop looking for that odd lantern the man had mentioned. He begins trying to recite what Scott had told him. "In lightest day... no, brightest day, in darkest... no that's Batman... Blackest night! In brightest day in blackest night, no evil... evil... shall escape me... my sight!" He looks up and there is a green glow under the rubble, outside Sonar taunts, getting ever closer. Sonar notices the support structures. He pushes through junk and antiques, digging for the lantern in the trashed store. "... let those who worship evil... evil's might, beware my power-" just as John lays eyes on the lantern, Sonar unleashes a cutting shockwave, ripping through the whole building, crumbling it all down onto John's head...
There is quiet for a moment as Sonar dusts his hands and then turns to walk away. Things start lighting up in green, the building is rebuilt by green energy, fortified by green supports and out of the beautiful front entrance walks John Stewart, in full GL uniform, holding a Green Lantern Power Battery in his non-ring hand. "... Green Lantern's Light." He finishes. Sonar attacks, and he uses a forcefield looking just like the sound nullifying walls he proposed for the Ferris Airfield buildings in the early part of the movie. He then sets the battery down, rushes Sonar and flies him straight up into the upper atmosphere, where his sound powers have less effect, Sonar gets his last words in, but John uses the information his girlfriend got on Sonar before he killed her to talk Sonar down into a crying mess, and tells him to live, instead of die. Returning to the ground John gives Sonar to the authorities and rebuilds the city block where the fight took place. Then Hal, Katma Tui and Kilowogg finally show up, to take him to Oa for training. End movie.
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