Which Superman villains would like to see in the first installment of Superman 3.0?

[Nightwing1983]

Well, I definitely want the villain to be Brainiac. I mean, I think that if they have to retell the origin--linear or not--then they have to have an epic story to which they have to tie it. As big a fan as I am of Superman: the Movie, it does kinda trail off at the hour-or-so mark. Most superhero films have at-least a half-assed way of incorporating the villain into the hero's origin and since Superman's origin has already been told, they need to approach it by-way-of "his origin and some bad guy is not enough."

One thing I think they should look at is Roy Thomas' Superman: War of the Worlds. While I don't think--in any way, shape or form--that the movie should be like that, it at-least incorporates Superman's origin into another story--a well-known one at that. Imagine if Brainiac wanted to conquer Earth, and Kal-El was the only one who could stop him, but people were uncertain of whether or not he had ties to Brainac. And since there've been versions of him where Brainiac is from Krypton and versions where he isn't, it could keep even hardcore fans in suspense provided they keep a lid on it.

 

[Webhead2006]

i still do hope we do get some origin stuff told, cause like i said in other threads it would be a total waste to be rebooting the character and not to learn of how or way things are the way they are in this film series compared to past live action/animated tales, now we can do that with brainaic if we are going krypton background origin for him or still from space angle with him. Then we can at least get tidbits about krypton. Then i still hope we get to see this superman career start off.

 

[Nightwing1983]

i still do hope we do get some origin stuff told, cause like i said in other threads it would be a total waste to be rebooting the character and not to learn of how or way things are the way they are in this film series compared to past live action/animated tales, now we can do that with brainaic if we are going krypton background origin for him or still from space angle with him. Then we can at least get tidbits about krypton. Then i still hope we get to see this superman career start off.

Well, it depends on the story they want to tell. I'm sometimes accused of being anti-reboot, which I'm not; but I started to get tired of people badmouthing the first film. I wasn't mad at that film, I was mad at Superman Returns, which some people have called a reboot in its own way. I wanted a reboot because I didn't think Superman's life story should resemble Aerosmith: Behind the Music.

On the other hand, I get what you're saying: if they're gonna reboot him, why not do it completely? That's why I'm so adamant about Brainiac is that he's versitile enough to work for the various approaches they might be taking on the character. Essentially a sequel? Exciting new villain. Complete and utter reboot? Ties into the character's origin nicely.

 

[GreenKToo]

Brainiac would be great. If they wanted to avoid telling the origin in the opening, he would be a great way to show bits and pieces of it in flashbacks.
He could either be from Krypton and he knows first hand the story about it, or he could be from somewhere else entirely but he had encountered Krypton in his many travels.

 

[Webhead2006]

totally like i said it would just be a plain waste of this film if we dont get to see krypton or at least some origin of clark's sv life and what made him choose to become a superhero and all that. As for brainiac he would be the best villain we could go with to at least get some krypton stuff within the film and all that. I just do really hope we will get a solid villain this time, and a good story that has what we fans are looking for.

 

[NotFadeAway]

Braniac or Eradicator.

I also think that starting with this film, one of the trailers should always been villian centric. Maybe not for theaters, but atleast for television. Open the trailer featuring Braniac as this evil technological being on his way to Earth, show all of his abilities, gadgets, his ship. Play up how screwed humanity is and then.......Insert Superman. This could help hook people afraid of another boring Superman movie.

 

[NotFadeAway]

Lex Luthor for sure !!!

Lex, at MOST, should have a cameo appearence. Rest the character up for the sequel ala Begins with Joker. Just have Lois ***** about Lex and LexCorp while seeing signs all over Metropolis claiming to be the city Lex Luthor built, and mention that he is starting a political campaign.

Then you can have him in every film, just not the first one back.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Brainiac shouldn't be from Krypton, but have vast knowledge about it. As he and his race were rivals with the Kryptonians.

 

[TheWatcher]

The first movie-Brainiac,Lex Luthor(supporting).
The second movie-Zod,Metallo,Lex Luthor
Luthor turns the scarred Corben into Metallo to kill all of the Kryptonians.
The third movie-Darkseid,Lex Luthor as a supporting chacter again.

 

[Webhead2006]

well with lex if we are seeing him in business man role finally i think should be there, at least a small supporting role, with brainiac being the big bad of the film. So then in second film we expand more on lex.

 

[GreenKToo]

Braniac or Eradicator.

I also think that starting with this film, one of the trailers should always been villian centric. Maybe not for theaters, but atleast for television. Open the trailer featuring Braniac as this evil technological being on his way to Earth, show all of his abilities, gadgets, his ship. Play up how screwed humanity is and then.......Insert Superman. This could help hook people afraid of another boring Superman movie.

Yup, yup. Agree 110%. IMo the villain should be shown in the teasers and trailers even more than Superman.
They Gotta make folks go ''hmmm, I gotta check this out.''

 

[Webhead2006]

totally they should be pimped more.

 

[Nightwing1983]

They Gotta make folks go ''hmmm, I gotta check this out.''

Such is the point of a trailer.

 

[General_Obol]

Yup, yup. Agree 110%. IMo the villain should be shown in the teasers and trailers even more than Superman.
They Gotta make folks go ''hmmm, I gotta check this out.''

Or they could just show a badass fight scene. One of the biggest problems I had with Superman Returns is that it had too much Lex and not enough Superman. I don't know if I could be excited about a Superman movie that is advertised as villain-oriented.

 

[Dude101]

In the first film. Metallo, Parasite, and General Lane Who becomes the Shaggy Man. So its basically Superman fighting the Hulk.

 

[Nightwing1983]

Or they could just show a badass fight scene. One of the biggest problems I had with Superman Returns is that it had too much Lex and not enough Superman. I don't know if I could be excited about a Superman movie that is advertised as villain-oriented.

I think that it's too early to decide what should be in the trailer from some sort of marketing perspective since the movie hasn't even really been written yet.

If anything, the question is what would WE want to see in the trailer? I'd say, it'd be cool if it could tease the audience subtly, y'know, seem to be about something else, then identify someone like, "Mr Kent..." or "Mr Lane..." kinda like with the BB and SR trailers.

Whether or not the villain should be in the trailer more than Supes depends on what his role is in the film, how cool he looks, and how proud WB are about the new actor in the roll.

 

[Webhead2006]

well they better do alot better in the marketing for this next film then what SR got.

 

[Webhead2006]

well they better do alot better in the marketing for this next film then what SR got.

 

[Abraham]

 

[Mr. Earle]

Wtf is that goblin thing?

 

[Abraham]

Parasite as he was portrayed in the SR videogame

 

[The Joker]

*Bump*

 

[Mr. Earle]

Damn, i'd love to see a reference to the iconic 40 cakes joke. Just a hint would be enough, but i doubt they'd do it. Especially if Nolan is heavily involved in the production.



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[\S/uperman]

Judging from poll same answer pops up.

Brainiac, Lex, Metallo

There ya go

 

[rede123]

It is too early for Brainiac to appear, Lex of course would appear in all the future superman movies, the 1st movie should have him as the villain, but the middle of the film Metallo should be created, the 2nd movie should have Bizarro and the Parasite as the villains, the 3rd would have general zod and his followers, the 4th and 5th should be shot back-to-back with Darkseid as the villain from the 4th and Brainiac appearing during the 4th but becoming the main villain in the 5th, the 4th and 5th should also have the superman red/superman blue story arc as it´s principal story, wth him becoming completely weak and with a double personality in the 4th, in which in the end he and Darkseid become traped in the artic in the end of the 4th and the 5th would have the 2 supermen´s trying to fight Brainiac in that conditions.
The 6th could be the entire Doomsday arc, with superman dieing in the end.