@xybernauts Ok, you got some good points there, and even though i do agree with you on the most part, i'm gonna try to reply to some of the stuff you said (even if i agree with it, so i'm gonna be arguing something that i agree with, go figure that out xD), and besides, i really didn't took that much time to explain my self on the last post, so i'm gonna try to flesh out my ideas as clear as possible, sorry if it's still somewhat convoluted.
So, the Cyborg thing, i've read Justice League New52 and yeah, i do find him as a useful and overall a good character that does help the flow of the stories that they're telling, but is he really vital for the story?, from what i've read if you grab Cyborg and replace him with another character the changes would be minimal, at least from what i've read, have in mind that i haven't read all the issues, it's not that i have a big issue with the title or anything it's just that i haven't had the time to catch up. And i guess that you could make the same argument with other characters, but every other character on the team has such distinct personalities and prominent roles that they make the story for me, i just don't feel that with Cyborg. But the thing is that they blew the original seven roster and they decided that they needed a minority character to add, there isn't anything wrong with that, as i said, just look at how they put in Stewart and Hawkgirl in the JL cartoon roster, and it's safe to say that it turned out great, but that doesn't change the fact that it allways remind me that writers just feel like they need to "have a black guy just there to be the black guy", then again, i'm really sorry on how i'm putting this since it's never nice to touch such a sensitive matter, and even less if the only way that you can make your point is by being this harsh, but it's just a fact of current media, and as i said before, i'm totally down for character diversity, but here comes pretty much the thing that restrained me on my first post; i was too much of a fanboy.
But c'mon, you can't blame me for it, the first thing that a fanboy thinks when they hear "JLA movie" is the big seven (at least in my case, probably along a whole bunch of other people), it's like a Hal Jordan fan after hearing that Kyle Rayner was gonna be the main character in a GL movie, maybe the movie will be a lot better with Rayner instead of Jordan, but the HJ fanboy will never stop to prefer Jordan over Rayner, pretty much the concept of fanboy, and that isn't a bad thing, since it's the way that a lot of people think, a lot of people when they come in to see the JLA movie will want to see the big seven, and there's come another factor into the mix, what people wants to see in the JL roster, and obviously this will be heavily influenced by the different incarnations of the JLA throughout the different forms of media that it has partaken, in other words, they're probably gonna make the roster similar to the Super Friends, and that's where your argument backs up Cyborg, but in my opinion, people are most familiar with the original seven, even if they have never touch a comic book in their entire life, i really don't know how to explain it, but still, the general public is familiar with all of the characters, except for Martian Manhunter, and that's probably why he is the character most likely to be replaced (and a major factor on why Cyborg was chosen for the New 52 imo). But the reason why MM is such a first choice for me is that he fits so well in the plot, one thing that i said in my last post is that i'm a guy that (in most cases) likes that every character has a reason to be there, and the JL movie has a liberty that the Avengers didn't have, it's gonna be the introductory movie, the only character that HAS to be in it is Superman, they could pretty much come up with a totally different roster if they want to, but thing is that the plot will most likely go as an alien invasion, and J'onn is perfect for something like that (because, y'know, he's an alien). I mean, he could bring so much insight to what's going on, being that he's the character that will be the most related to what's going on, along side GL.
And with the Falcon and Black Panther thing i really didn't make a strong point, but to my defense, Black Widow and Hawkeye did had a place there, being related to S.H.I.E.L.D. and all that, so it didn't felt as "forced" as with it would've felt if they introduced Falcon or Black Panther or any other character really (unless, then again, if him or she is really related to S.H.I.E.L.D.).
And don't worry, it didn't felt emo or negative at all, you just wanted to give a different perspective of the situation and you did it really well, especially considering that most people tend to accompany their arguments with insults.
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