History WMG / ManOfSteel

* Though since it's now confirmed that the Kryptonians are [[BioAugmented designed genetically for their jobs,]] something similar may be on the table.

...and thus will show up in the ''Krypton'' TV series.

[[WMG: Pa Kent will die [[{{Film/Superman}} yet]] [[{{Series/Smallville}} again]].]]

* Kate Bosworth (23) was "too young" so they got the oldest Lois to date, Creator/AmyAdams (38). For reference, [[{{Film/Superman}} Margot Kidder]] was 30 and [[Series/LoisAndClark Teri Hatcher]] was 29. [[{{Series/Smallville}} Erica Durance]] was widely thought to look too old, but even she is only 32 by the end of the "prequel series". Unless you count [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse Dana Delany]], who would be 57 (!) in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'', but she is only voice acting.

** Fortunately, that's {{Jossed}}.

** This trooper still hopes Film/GreenLantern2011 is canon to ''Man of Steel'' (it had it's faults, but it wasn't THAT bad)

* To go in further detail, though: say that, for example, Bale's Batman existed during Clark's childhood/teenagehood, and that a wary papa Kent, in light of the Bat's vilification post-joker, told his adopted son that, maybe, superpowers may not have a place in this world; say that, a few years later, when Clark is doing his soul-searching, the Bat comes back to save Gotham, changing Clark�s point of view on the matter; say that, a few months or years later, the Man of Steel comes forth to save the Earth from Zod and co, redeeming the public�s opinion of superheroes in one fell swoop; and say that, some time later, Superman is contacted to form up the Justice League by a certain John Blake, who�s taken up the cowl after Wayne�s retirement from the front lines.

*** WB has the final word over DC, in the end, and [[Comicbook/{{New52}} I doubt they're too concerned with proper continuity]]. And it's easy enough to simply say that The Dark Knight Saga takes place before Man of Steel. It could also be argued that Green Lantern takes place after TDK, but before TDKR - Hal isn't superfast, and they'd probably surrounded Gotham with radar or something - so obviously he'd have trouble getting into the city. And regardless, even if he'd gotten in and started kicking ass, [[spoiler: Talia could have just detonated the bomb at the first sign of trouble]]

[[WMG:The film will be a [[DeconReconSwitch Decon Recon Switch]]]]

Zod and his ''[[BadassArmy army]]'' of [[PhysicalGod kryptonians]] are far TooPowerfulToLive. They would be dealt with at the end of ''Man of Steel'', leaving Kal-El as the true [[TitleDrop last son of Krypton]]. [[ExactWords No one said anything]] about [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} daughters]], though.

-->'''Michael Shannon''': He�s not a villain any more than any other General fighting to protect his people. He doesn�t like to just hurt people and steal diamonds; he�s focused on being successful at his job. [...] I think this [characterisation] is more ambiguous.

** ComicBook/BlackCanary is a WalkingTechbane last time I checked. Second person I thought of is Oracle but she is a redhead (mixed her up with the blonde [[{{ComicBook/Batgirl2009}} Stephanie]]).

* A young boy is watching a news report in an orphanage about Superman and looks on admiringly. He steps outside and a glowing figure with long hair appears and tells him he has been chosen for a great destiny. A light flashes and surrounds the boy, who has now [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} become an adult with a red outfit, a cape and lightning bolt on his chest]]. He shouts his trademark "Shazam!" before flying into the air.

*** Sadly, [[Comicbook/{{New52}} not anymore]]

* The U.S. Military is still wary of Superman but has formed an uneasy alliance with him. They also start tracking a signal being emitted in Canada where They dig up what looks like a spaceship which They bring back to a base. They start wondering if Superman was lying to Them and if this is the first part of an invasion. While the authorities are arguing, the ship opens up and we see [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} a young blonde girl dressed up with Superman's outfit inside]]. She asks "Where is Kal-El?" before the film ends.

* I got one, a young circus acrobat and his family just witnessed a recent flyby of Supes during their metropolis visit. The Acrobat looking at how majestically the alien moves, gets inspired to improve his acrobatics, [[{{Comicbook/Robin}} just as his family's troupe moves to Gotham City.]] Along the way he bumps into a mysterious [[{{Comicbook/Raven}} girl in a blue cloak who sheds a tear just from looking at the boy]] as if she emphatically knows what's gonna happen to him. Meanwhile in the Jungle a sick boy receives medicine. Everything goes fine until all of the sudden his skin [[Comicbook/DoomPatrol turns green.]] While in space, to settle a conflict a red haired golden skinned girl she escapes her captors and [[Comicbook/TeenTitans makes her way towards earth.]]

* Brainiac is probably the [[SupermanBrainiacAttacks most]] [[Series/{{Smallville}} often]] [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse used]] [[WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes Superman]] [[WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound foe]] in adaptations other than Lex Luthor, some of them are not on the big screen but still.

*** Smallville!Bizarro? Really? Why not just make him more like Match when he was in WesternAnimation/YoungJustice?

* [[Comicbook/OurWorldsAtWar Imperiex]]

Some of the ancient Kryptonians survived landing on Earth, and decided to live in seclusion, away from the dominant races of the planet. Some of them evolved to live underwater. Some of them (mostly female), established their own civilization on an island away from the rest of the world, and they had access to a genesis chamber so they didn't need men to reproduce. They each would have [[{{ClarkesThirdLaw}} sufficiently advanced technology]], [[Film/{{Thor}} which would be mistaken for magic by the ancient humans.]]

*** Yeah, but there's a difference. With Superman, I thought it was cool because it wasn't ''too'' different ([[Comicbook/{{New52}} at least he's not in armor]]) and looked more alien. With Supergirl, on the other hand, [[Tropers/AntMan my]] fanboy crush kinda gets in the way

* This doesn't happen in Batman v. Superman: DawnOfJustice, but that film is not going to be Luthor's only appearance in this universe.

** Confirmed! (Well, except for Luthor wanting to restore his own health. And the "incidents" Luthor frames Superman for take place in [[Bulungi Nairomi]] and Washington DC, not Gotham. And the DCEU's Batman is played like a fiddle by Luthor, genius or no genius.)

In ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', it was very much clear, especially in the second and third films, that the main theme was the conflict between Order and Chaos, specially LawfulGood vs. ChaoticEvil. In the upcoming Superman Trilogy, the conflict will be, instead, [[ChaoticGood be of a super powerful being not letting anything, not even governments, get in the way of justice and what is right]] battling against [[LawfulEvil individuals who wish to oppress anyone in their way for whatever reason]]. In the first movie, it would probably be General Zod, either having been released from an interdimensional prison long after Krypton blew up, or having long conquered all of Krypton and ruling it to the point where [[FateWorseThanDeath it may as well been better off blown up, spiritually speaking]], coming to Earth in order to conquer it and/or use it as a replacement planet for the Kryptonians.

If the above WMG of future villains is correct, the trend of ChaoticGood vs. LawfulEvil will be prevalent in the entire trilogy and may in fact be the main overreaching theme as well.

** Much of the conflict in Superman isn't Chaos vs. Order, it's straight Good Vs. Evil. Superman is definitely LawfulGood, in the early comics when he found out that several of his crime-busts had been let go because of improper arrest procedures he ''became an officially licensed deputy''. Superman always prefers to work inside the law, which is why he doesn't just throw Lex Luthor out a window or beat him to a pulp when he's not in a [[GiantMecha huge attack-mech]] or something; the only time he "doesn't let anything stand in his way" is when governmental or other "official" forces are defeating their own purpose either through [[ObstructiveBureaucracy needless complexity]] or [[CorruptPolitician corruption]]. If anything, Supes vs. Zod/Braniac/Darkseid would be '''[[LawfulGood LAWFUL]]''' [[LawfulGood Good]] vs. LawfulEvil.

Because this page needs more crackpot theories. But seriously, she voiced Power Girl in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies'' and even looked a fair bit like her ([[MostCommonSuperpower except]], [[BigBraToFill you know...]]). The bad thing is she is actually a year older than Henry Cavill now, but she looks young enough to pass as someone in her early twenties.

[[WMG: The final movie in the new series will introduce the ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}]]

* To elaborate: [[NotSoDifferent Scarecrow and Batman both rely on fear; Zod and Superman are both kryptonians with the same powers]]. Joker and Lex Luthor are their archnemesises, while Bane/Doomsday is the InvincibleVillain.

** This trooper still hopes Film/GreenLantern is canon to ''Man of Steel'' (it had it's faults, but it wasn't THAT bad)

* "[[Film/GreenLantern Disturbance detected in space sector 2814. Requesting backup.]]"

The perfect way to show how RealityEnsues.

* Lex Luthor is a LargeHam American businessman in public with a crowd, while in reality, he is an evil sociopath where people aren't seeing him like interacting with Superman. As shown in the third trailer, Lex Corp was featured with a [[{{Eagleland}} American flag]] front over it. This can lead to an idea that Luthor built his company using his American businessman gimmick. When Superman started to fly around [[MythologyGag the city that Luthor built]] and doing his hero stuff, Lex gets jealous and declares that [[RealitySubtext Superman is an illegal alien]] and leading to more RealityEnsues, but ending with [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments everyone declaring Superman isn't an alien and is from Earth]].

** This would make a lot of sense if he's learning what not to do from the collateral damage/destruction of the battle, and as sort of a RealityEnsues spin on the way smash-bang fight scenes in superhero movies (see: ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', for all they try to lampshade the consequences of that much destruction in a major city) would realistically be something to avoid as much as possible even for the less-experienced supers taking part in them.

*** With all the depressing RealityEnsues, I don't think they are going to take {{fanservice}} into account.

[[WMG:[[spoiler:Jonathan Kent's "[[TooDumbToLive stupid]]" death is meant to indirectly bring in more RealityEnsues]]]]

* Same thing, except with a woman saying "[[WonderWoman Now that is not something you see every day in Man's World]]".

* "[[GreenLantern Disturbance detected in space sector 2814. Requesting backup.]]"

* After the events of the movie, reports start coming in of heroes from all around the world including [[Franchise/{{Batman}} a masked man in Gotham]], [[ComicBook/TheFlash a man in red moving at incredible speeds]] and [[GreenLantern a flash of green light over Coast City]]. All of these are being watched by a shadowy figure who is looking through profiles on each of Them. He says "The time has come" and we see a man [[ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger dressed in a long cloak and a hat obscuring his face]]. There is a flash of light and he disappears.

[[WMG:This film and its eventual series is part of the [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Nolanverse]]]]

* {{Jossed}}. The [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Nolanverse]] was clearly stated to be closed within itself.

In ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'', it was very much clear, especially in the second and third films, that the main theme was the conflict between Order and Chaos, specially LawfulGood vs. ChaoticEvil. In the upcoming Superman Trilogy, the conflict will be, instead, [[ChaoticGood be of a super powerful being not letting anything, not even governments, get in the way of justice and what is right]] battling against [[LawfulEvil individuals who wish to oppress anyone in their way for whatever reason]]. In the first movie, it would probably be General Zod, either having been released from an interdimensional prison long after Krypton blew up, or having long conquered all of Krypton and ruling it to the point where [[FateWorseThanDeath it may as well been better off blown up, spiritually speaking]], coming to Earth in order to conquer it and/or use it as a replacement planet for the Kryptonians.

[[WMG: This film series will continue the FandomRivalry with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse after Film/TheDarkKnightSaga]]

* With ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' spread over 8 years, I'm more worried that 3 years would be a big rush for 3 Superman films and a Justice League film.

* Likely, it will follow ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' route and make the second film solidify his no-kill code. Except it will do it better, since it didn't have Supes kill someone for the sake of a one-liner. Maybe have Lex try to show people that this alien who has no place in their society is willing to play judge, jury and executioner, and try to turn the public against Supes. Hell, maybe even have Lex use kryptonite on Clark, sending him into a HeroicBSOD, wherein he will ''always'' put off killing for fear of an undiscovered alternative.

[[WMG: Kryptonite will appear in the ''Film/JusticeLeague'' movie.]]

** {{Jossed}}: [[CaptainObvious He's still Kryptonian.]]

* To go in further detail, though: say that, for example, Bale's Batman existed during Clark's childhood/teenagehood, and that a wary papa Kent, in light of the Bat�s vilification post-joker, told his adopted son that, maybe, superpowers may not have a place in this world; say that, a few years later, when Clark is doing his soul-searching, the Bat comes back to save Gotham, changing Clark�s point of view on the matter; say that, a few months or years later, the Man of Steel comes forth to save the Earth from Zod and co, redeeming the public�s opinion of superheroes in one fell swoop; and say that, some time later, Superman is contacted to form up the Justice League by a certain John Blake, who�s taken up the cowl after Wayne�s retirement from the front lines.