In what is probably a smart move from a financial perspective but disappointing from a fan boy's viewpoint,
Justice League of America (JLA) may be coming to the big screen as a motion capture CGI movie rather than a live-action flick.
Obviously, there are some issues with releasing a full, live-action
JLA movie:
- It will be expensive
- If JLA is to feature Batman and Superman, a live action film would probably require some consistency among actors, namely Christian Bale as Batman and Brandon Routh as Superman
- Wonder Woman and other properties are potential other franchises coming soon
But a "real life" motion capture in CGI also has its drawbacks:
- So far, this technology has produced creepy crap (The Polar Express) and just doesn't look that good
- Why shouldn't Justice League of America try to compete with X-Men?
- The visuals suck
Personally, I have some issues with
Justice League of America the movie anyway. It's not that I wouldn't have fun watching the movie, but here are some reasons why it won't be as good of a movie as fans think it could be:
- It will be compared to X-Men, a very good and very profitable franchise.
- Unlike X-Men, the superheroes who make up the team all have their independent comic books and stories. They are not a cohesive team because they were not designed to be on a team.
- For a movie, if all of the characters have separate costumes may cause a problem and will probably look cheesy.
- You can't give them all the same uniform like in X-Men, because you can't very well change Batman's costume or Superman's.
- Even as a CGI, won't there be some preference to have Christian Bale play Batman?
- For consistency's sake, let's through Brandon Routh into that argument, too.
- D.C. characters work better on their own.
- Batman was always a silly member of the JLA. Awesome character, but completely out of place.
- Justice League of America will likely be more sci-fi oriented than the more serious approaches the Batman and Superman franchises have been trying to establish.
- I'd rather see D.C. invest the movie in high quality individual superhero flicks than an extravaganza such as this.
I usually don't like to post rumors, but when the rumors give me an excuse to place a picture of a good looking woman like Teresa Palmer, I make any exception. Moviehole.net is suggesting that Palmer will play Wonder Woman in George Miller's Justice League of America, which begins to production shoots soon.
