People have been asking me what my thoughts are on the Batman/Superman
movie that was announced at Comicon.
And my thoughts are… Eh?
Then I heard that the heroes will be adversarial. And I
thought… Eh?

Either way, the fight doesn’t take long.

All that being said, I am glad that they’re doing the super
hero equivalent to a buddy cop movie instead of blatantly ripping off the
Avengers… to a point. Since the Avengers ripped off the Justice League in the
comics in the first place it’s nice to see the cycle finally end, but maybe DC
could’ve taken at least a look at Marvel’s book before starting on the next
project.
My biggest problem is Batman. Why do we need another
anything with Batman in it? Since 1989 there have been seven Batman films released
in theaters, eight if you count the animated Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. We’ve
also had six animated series in that time that featured Batman as a main
character, seven if you count Young Justice. That’s a lot of Batman!
If DC should copy anything from the Avengers it should be
their willingness to introduce the general public to some heroes they may not
be familiar with. How compelling would it be if Superman, while flying around
the world, landed on Themyscira and met Wonder Woman? In the comics they’re currently
going out, so it would be relevant, and I think a story about superman having
to choose between a near-immortal like himself and the vulnerable Lois would be
a far better story than yet another awkward bromace between the Dark Knight and
the Man of Steel.
So at the end of the day I put a weary thumbs up for a
Superman vs. Batman movie, with the hope that after this we can finally move
away from Gotham City and make the real hit movie: Superman meets the Harlem
Globetrotters.
-JOE
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