It was inevitable. Justice League of America-the classic team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman which has been interpreted on the small screen in various incarnations-the Superfriends, Superman and Batman award winning WB cartoons, the Flash live action, and the just completed Justice League cartoon-will at last come to the big screen as a live action picture.
And...I think this is a bad idea.
Superman, or Batman or the Flash...by themselves might be enough for a movie and to suspend disbelief of a man in a suit dispensing justice but an entire film?
I'm a JLA fan, don't get me wrong, but you're talking about looking good on the screen and not ridiculous. You have Spider-man or Superman or Batman in their own film--their own world. They are surrounded by villains you have to hate and ordinary people who stare and gape in awe. A man in tights doesn't look so silly when set against that backdrop. But men in tights or for that matter-men and women in tights around a table will....if not properly handled...look like a Halloween part, even with icons like Superman or Batman.
I don't know who else will appear but I wished they'd have done a Wonder-Woman picture before they put her in a group one. They could have the actress reprise her role in the JLA movie. It is a given that neither Brandon Roth nor Christian Bale will play the superhero roles in this picture. They'll get unknowns. How will that affect the franchises of both of the separate properties?
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