Robin91939 said:
IF there is a sequel there WILL be a famous superpowered villain. There is not a doubt in my mind. WB execs will simply go by the numbers. They will see that Lex isn't doing it anymore and that the demand, simply is: MORE ACTION. They will mandate Singer & co. to feature a superpowered villain, and, I feel, that if Singer is pointed in that direction, the sequel will be fantastic.
They PROVED they CAN do action. They proved that they can do DRAMA. Now they need to tip the balance towards action, and they'll have a big-time winner.
Rob, you're one of my favorite posters, and I'd love to have a superpowered villain next go round, but we have no reason to beleive the execs are thinking the same thing.
Regardless... Here's three villains I want to see:
Brainiac-- Kryptonian Origin. Tracking Kal-El, lends himself to themes of progress at the cost of values and the weight of the past versus the weight of the future. And he can control every electronic thing in the world at once. And he, based on tech, works well with Metallo.
Metallo-- It'd be a hard push to say Earth can make a robot that can stand up to Superman, but it's just about passable, especially if they have ANY Kryptonian tech. Cyborg him up and boom, you have a warrior that hates Superman. Great for exploring themes about "what is it to be Human."
Doomsday-- Kryptonian genetically engineered killing machine, bring him from space, pull him out of the Phantom Zone, do what you will, get a big grey Hellboy/Thing-style bodysuit. Have him be smart and talking til Superman wreaks havok on his head and let him be a screaming animalistic beast for the last fight... great for exploring themes... no... he's just good for raw building shattering, ground quaking, Superman hurling power...
Villains I'm almost sure I don't want to see:
Zod-- It's been done, and not too shabbily. Let it go.
Parasite-- The science is all wonky. The requirements for someones body to work like Rudy's does is a lot, and explaining it without him being built cell by cell is pretty rediculous...
Bizarro-- A dark clone thing... it can be done right, but with Bizarro, at least the one I like, it's a bit too silly to carry any kind of dark tone... and getting full grown clones within weeks is always a bit silly to me...
Darkseid-- I almost liked the idea where he was responsible for setting off Krypton's sun. Other than that, multiple alien races are a turn off to me. Darkseid's a great badass villain, but no one's ever explained his how or why (or even what beyond the anti-life equation) and a movie needs that.