The film really suffered from trying to do too much at once. It was trying to adapt First Flight, thr Rann-Thanagar War, and Emerald Twilight all once. Meaning nothing is well developed enough.
And it's not a good John Stewart story cause the movie basically lobbed off bits and pieces from Hal and Kyle onto John. So his entire thing there was cannibalized from other characters with nothing particular to him.
At least Justice League vs the Fatal Five gave Jessica Cruz a unique story there
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."The Tomorrowverse is the definition of biting off more than they can chew, swallowing everything too quickly, and then choking until it suffocates. DCAMU had issues such as Bat-centrism and adapting stories from the New 52, but I would take adapting the New 52's storylines over how the Tomorrowverse is cobbling together several stories in one movie and doing none of them justice.
I also question why they are a fan of twist villains as if this was Disney in the 2010s.
It's weird to think that even after years Sinsetro's best appearance in media is Green Lantern: First Flight. Either they adapt out his more interesting motivations or he never gets to be a bad guy (The film and Animated series).
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."Looking back the JSA film is weird.
Like they could have just had a straight JSA story set in WWII but they had to tack in stuff with the modern Flash, and the main bit about saving Superman from Brainiac.
As stated about the issues with the Tommoroverse, they can't keep it focused and simple.
And First Flight is still the best Green Lantern movie.
Edited by slimcoder on Aug 1st 2023 at 5:40:10 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Agreed. I really liked the JSA characters and I would love it if there was an entire movie, or better yet an animated show, about them and their adventures in World War 2. I actually didn't mind Superman's presence and liked his character arc but the movie was already too crowded and he didn't really add much. Barry was the weakest part of the movie and I thought that him getting over his commitment issues and proposing marriage to Iris just because Diana gave him her ring and said a speech about love and not wasting time was dumb.
Edited by StarformDCX on Aug 7th 2023 at 12:39:39 PM
The five best Superman writers are Dan Jurgens, Jeph Loeb, Geoff Johns, Kurt Busiek, and Peter J. Tomasi.Well tbf flash their kinda isn't much to compare to (and I like that film).
Though agree that death of superman and Jud As contract were superb.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."I still want a "Barry tries to stop the Rogues from doing robberies" movie! That said, Flashpoint Paradox stars a Barry with a personality I recognized from the comics it was adapting, the Flashpoint plot is executed the best it's ever been, the action scenes are spectacular despite the odd animation style, and the early scene at the museum does give us some of the stuff we've always wanted in a Flash movie. I also find the parts of the film about Barry's familial relationships pretty moving. And C. Thomas Howell simply is the Reverse Flash; the character's never been adapted better.
Edited by StarformDCX on Aug 7th 2023 at 2:53:54 PM
The five best Superman writers are Dan Jurgens, Jeph Loeb, Geoff Johns, Kurt Busiek, and Peter J. Tomasi.I just feel it's too soon to have a COIE adaptation. What made that one so big was 40+ years of history leading up to it.
The Protomen enhanced my life.Checking Elseworlds. Otherwise a lot of these would require multiple films to work like generations.
Surprised no one has done I, Joker yet. The premise is pretty fun and simple.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."An elseworld (as in alternate continuity story, not from that line) I want adapted is Superman Smashes the Klan. It has just the right amount of material to fit a 75 minutes movie without having to either cut or add too much and it's a great story with a gorgeous yet simple art style.
About the only issue with adapting the Elsworld stories is I don't see the movies trying to adapt their respective art-styles.
Like the Doom that Came to Gotham did receive flak for not trying to adapt Mignola's art and instead went for their more general house style like the Gotham by Gaslight film.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."I heard of rumors of a potential Kingdom Come animated movie being in the works, but it was scrapped once Gunn and Safran were put in at the heads of DC. Frankly, I feel like that one would've still faced the same problems COIE and Watchmen will face: the fact that the source material is WAY too big to fit into a two hour movie.
Although I've also heard that Watchmen and Crisis might be multi-parters. Any word if that's true?
Bruce Timm said in an interview back in 2018 or 2019 that the line doesn't have enough money to adapt Kingdom Come with an Alex Ross-esque art style and that therefore they weren't going to adapt it.
The five best Superman writers are Dan Jurgens, Jeph Loeb, Geoff Johns, Kurt Busiek, and Peter J. Tomasi.

The thing Is trying to adapt emerald twilight. Without previous film's was a terrible mistake. The film feels like they combined an entire trilogy into one package with weird flaws (like yes I know Oliver and Hal are besties and why it was hard to kill him. But That is rarely adapted outside the comics expect for injustice I think. Ruining what having to kill him is like)
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."