Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-3974095-20130611233337/@comment-1038387-20130722181242

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LoveWaffle wrote: There's no easy way to put this, so I'll be blunt. She's a woman, and actions movies with a female main character tend not to do well, except for ones with strong, built-in audiences like The Hunger Games or Aliens. It doesn't help that every comic book movie with a female lead so far have all flopped hard (although, to be fair, they are all terrible and deserve to have flopped hard). I don't think Wonder Woman has that great of an audience to work in its favor, and even if she does, Warner Bros. would still be wary to give any significant budget to such a risky project.

It also doesn't help that any major storyline featuring Diana sucked big time (Amazons Attack is best left forgotten) and good stories are rare. Everyone can list good Superman stories. Everyone can list good Batman stories. Wonder Woman.... ehm... let me get back to you on that.

The mainstream is acquainted with Green Lantern, and the mainstream said "no thank you". If Green Lantern does end up in a Justice League movie, he'd be persona non grata. Remember the idiots who yelled "why did they make Green Lantern white" when the movie came out? The only thing it did was inform the audience there was more than one Lantern. As long as they don't use Kyle or Guy (or Ryan Reynolds), it should be fine. Oh, and they'd better give him a decent costume too.

And he'd stick out like a sore thumb. Man of Steel established a tone that more serious, less humorous. While there's nothing wrong with that, I can't imagine this red speedster tonally fitting in that universe. Given his look, the campiness of his rogues gallery, and general characterization, I don't think the flash would work in anything but an action- comedy.

The tone of MoS was so dark comic relief will not help it anything, I agree with that. Plus, another problem with Flash is he's wearing a unitard. Grown men should just not wear a unitard. They end up looking three sizes wider, which doesn't really fit with the sleak image of the Flash.

I can understand why WB would want a Justice League movie...actually, I can't because it is a terrible idea, and they're going about it entirely the wrong way.

Yes, yes it can't go well.. We've got two heroes who can carry a truckload of stories, one woman (meaning she can, but the writers can't), Green Lantern who's better off on his own, and a couple of characters (Flash, J'onn) who can't even carry their own movie.