The Official Misc. Villians Reboot Thread

[fabman]

It may sound like that, but "let's wait for the sequel" is not what I'm talking about.

They gotta be real careful. I mean, if they're rebooting the franchise, I'm sure we're going to see Superman's first appearance in Metropolis, right?

The Daily Planet staff and Lex Luthor have to be introduced after Superman first appears in the flick, and I'm sure there's going to be some reaction by the people. Supervillain? OK. But make him fit into the storyline and let's not forget that the movie's about an alien first appearing on Earth and all sorts of "problems" that come with that.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Well, they should use the villains who fits best into the context and the story of the movie.

And for some reason a Supervillain can never fit in the context of the story...according to some people.

It may sound like that, but "let's wait for the sequel" is not what I'm talking about.

I'll take you at your word. But I like Superhero's to fight Supervillains so I think that it would be neat to not have endless Superman movies where he never fights a Supervillain. I think that it would be neat to finally see a Supervillain from the comics brought to the bigscreen. I want a good story, good acting and characters too but I don't see why that can't happen with Supervillain included.

 

[Nathan]

Well, they should use the villains who fits best into the context and the story of the movie.

Which, if you want goons with advanced weapons, we need a supplier. So IMO either Brainiac or someone from Apokolypse.

 

[dark_b]

of course the villain has to fit in.
the question is why would LL and some people firing at superman fit more?

 

[fabman]

Well, whether you like it or not, I'm pretty sure Lex Luthor will be in the flick anyway. He's always been very important in Superman's universe, as much as Lois Lane and the Kents.

 

[dark_b]

Well, whether you like it or not, I'm pretty sure Lex Luthor will be in the flick anyway. He's always been very important in Superman's universe, as much as Lois Lane and the Kents.

i dont think that LL was so much important. after all this years he was in every movie and now IMO its automatic : LL needs to be in the movie.

 

[Nathan]

Yeah, and you can have a good script with Lex and a Super villain.

 

[bunk]

They only have one shot at this. If the reboot fails, we won't be seeing Superman for a while. It could even dash hopes for a JL movie. They need to pull out all the stops for this one, that means a villain and massive fight scenes.

 

[8wid]

In one version of my SUPERMAN script, Corben worked for Intergang (it just makes sense). I would use Braniac to create Metallo, though (With Luthor's blessing). Let's face it, that's some high end technology, and I just don't see Luthor simply turning a man into a cyborg with Kryptonite when he has the Kryptonite. It just seems like a bit much. Now, an alien demigod robot who can manipulate technology? He might.

In my SUPERMAN 2 script, Braniac brings Kryptonite to everyone's attention when he arrives on Earth, and creates and uses Metallo as an "experiment" of sorts, to test Superman's limits and emotional stability. He also looses The Parasite on Metropolis.

The idea was that not only did Braniac want to collect specimens and knowledge, he wanted to leave parts of himself behind on Earth when he left. Hybrids, of a sort.

I love those ideas. It would an interesting idea to have Brainiac as the main villain in at least two films just like Joker was intended for TDK. First he creates Bizarro as a tool for analyzing Kryptonian DNA. Metallo is then forged as a killing weapon to eliminate Superman.

 

[fabman]

Yeah, and you can have a good script with Lex and a Super villain.

I know, let's just hope they make a good script with Lex and a supervillain.

@darkb: I think Lex is quite important. When you have Superman first appearing in Metropolis, I think that he's very important. He's there. Metropolis is practically his. Why sould you leave him out. He's a very interesting character when done right. Should he be in every Superman film? No. But he's important when Superman first appears. He kind of represents people's feelings about an alien trying to protect them. "Can we trust an alien or is he gonna kill us all?" - why would you have Superman just appear, fight a villain and that was it? In Richard Donner's flick he appears and everyone's just fine with it. As if it were a normal thing.

[EDIT] Making a JLA flick is a bad idea to me, but that's off topic.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I have no problem with a good version of Lex being in a reboot. I want to see a Hackmanless Lex in a movie so bring him on...and a Supervillain.

 

[Nathan]

They only have one shot at this. If the reboot fails, we won't be seeing Superman for a while. It could even dash hopes for a JL movie. They need to pull out all the stops for this one, that means a villain and massive fight scenes.

And we need some new characterizations. Lois with spunk, Clark not just being a bumbling *****e and Luthor not going after real-estate.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

And we need some new characterizations. Lois with spunk, Clark not just being a bumbling *****e and Luthor not going after real-estate.

 

[8wid]

Now, I could see Superman go up against something as vicious as the Cloverfield monster, if the backstory and action were made to be realistic. LexCorp creating a huge genetic weapon that can crush cities and grant Lex the advantage and power he desires, while also killing Superman.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

It's about a man who can fly and has all sorts of magical powers, I don't want the action to be realistic but to each his/her own.

 

[fabman]

I don't want it to be as stupid as Transformers, either...

 

[The Guard]

I had him as the main villain in 2, and then he's sort of revealed as the "big bad" behind Zod's escape from the Phantom Zone in SUPERMAN 3.

 

[Nathan]

And what makes you think that it could remotely steer into that territory?

 

[I Am The Knight]

It's not like a Supervillain's only purpose in the flick is to make Superman break a sweat. If used correctly, a supervillain can serve to explore another side of the main character's nature.

 

[bunk]

And we need some new characterizations. Lois with spunk, Clark not just being a bumbling *****e and Luthor not going after real-estate.

How do you want Clark portrayed then? Remember, he can't be Superman with a different get up, he really should act different too. I don't want the animated series version of Clark.

Now, I could see Superman go up against something as vicious as the Cloverfield monster, if the backstory and action were made to be realistic. LexCorp creating a huge genetic weapon that can crush cities and grant Lex the advantage and power he desires, while also killing Superman.

Superman fighting a huge monster would be soooo badass.

 

[fabman]

That doesn't have anything to do with the topic, but there were actually people on these boards who wanted Superman to be like Transformers, once that flick was released last year.

"Transformers was fun. Superman has to be like Transformers". I actually read that a lot on those boards...

 

[dark_b]

TF has stupid action?

 

[Nathan]

How do you want Clark portrayed then? Remember, he can't be Superman with a different get up, he really should act different too. I don't want the animated series version of Clark.

I actually like the animated version of Clark. I even like the version from the TV series "Lois & Clark". Clark isn't the different character, Superman is. He was raised as Clark Kent, a confident kid. Sure, he shouldn't make too much of a fuzz to not raise any suspicion, but he also shouldn't act like someone who can't tie his shoes.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I actually like the animated version of Clark. I even like the version from the TV series "Lois & Clark". Clark isn't the different character, Superman is. He was raised as Clark Kent, a confident kid. Sure, he shouldn't make too much of a fuzz to not raise any suspicion, but he also shouldn't act like someone who can't tie his shoes.

 

[fabman]

I actually like the animated version of Clark. I even like the version from the TV series "Lois & Clark". Clark isn't the different character, Superman is. He was raised as Clark Kent, a confident kid. Sure, he shouldn't make too much of a fuzz to not raise any suspicion, but he also shouldn't act like someone who can't tie his shoes.

Yup. Agreed.