The Critic Games

I’m not going to lie, Christoper Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy is fantastic. In fact, The Dark Knight could possibly be my favorite movie of all time. I recently found out of DC’s plans to make a Justice League movie in the next few years or so. I was super excited because you this would mean more Batman, Alfred, and his countless villains, right? But sadly, no, Christopher Nolan has declared that Christian Bale’s portrayal of Batman is done for good. This was a huge disappointment to me because those movies are absolutely outstanding. However there is still hope for this Justice League movie. It was recently announced that another Superman reboot directed by Zack Snyder, director of Watchmen, was in the making. Oh and another important detail is that this movie is produced by CHRISTOPHER NOLAN. This is huge considering that there was a statement released stating that this Superman reboot is the first step into the Justice League movie. (Not counting that Green Lantern movie I am still trying to forget) This means that perhaps the Nolan-Batman universe might intertwine with this universe after all. At the end of the Dark Knight Rises when Blake, or Robin as we find out his real name is, inherits the Bat-cave, it could be mean that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will portray the Dark Knight in the Justice League film. I mean he would be a gritty, Dark Knight-esque Robin, but nonetheless I would be happy to know how he is getting along cleaning up the streets of Gotham. Oh and I mustn’t forget that there are talks of a Flash movie, and a Wonder Woman movie to set it up more. Wait, where have I seen this before? A bunch of individually made superhero movies leading up to one big collaboration? Thats right, The Avengers! It looks like D.C. is a little jealous of Marvel and is looking to travel the same path. Lets take every one of our popular superheroes and put them into separate movies, then into one big one. Sounds like a good plan, right? The only question is what superheroes will D.C. include? The only one that has been completely and utterly confirmed is Superman, but what about the rest? I am going to guess Flash and Wonder woman will be in there, but there has to be more, right? I’m not going to say that Ryan Reynold’s Green Lantern is going to be a part of this franchise after a huge flop like the one they experienced, but there still is a great chance it will happen. Batman is a real wildcard in this situation because Christopher Nolan was determined to have a realistic feel in the Dark Knight Trilogy. But now you are taking a realistic superhero and putting him in a team where the heroes have lasers shooting from their eyes. I’m not sure how they would do this, so I’m going to say Batman being in these films is up in the air. Next we come to a couple of misfits, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter. The problem with Aquaman is that, well let’s be honest, he is useless unless he is constantly five feet from the ocean. I think maybe it would be cool if he could control all water around him, or there could be a scene at an ocean where he helps, but other than that Aquaman would be a little  boring in this movie. Next we come to Martian Manhunter. Most of you have never heard of him or seen him so here is a picture:

A little strange, right? Basically he is a green martian stranded on earth with dozens of powers who is a regular member of the Justice League. The reason he might be a bad idea is: one, many have never heard of him, and two, he is a little bit over the top. I can see these points being an issue, yet I still feel like he should be in there. Well now that you know the scoop on these upcoming movies, I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the Batman movies.