Warner Brothers disinclined to re-launch 'Superman' movie, but no problem making 'Lobo' film?

Wow.....This was.....unexpected.

...ARE YOU &*@$!! KIDDING ME?!
They'd rather do Lobo than Superman?!
Don't they realize what they have to loose?!

AWESOME.

Disaster

Hey, stranger people have directed superhero adaptions. Look at Kenny Brannagh and Thor. And lets face it, in my opinion so don't go mental and want to hurt me, the majority of comic-book characters are hardly well known to the non-comic reading masses. Lobo has the potential to be an interesting movie if it gets made. Once more, give it a chance.

I think it could rock. But who will play Lobo? Hmmm.

I would watch this before another superman movie. lets be real, what superman movie was actually that good.

Just read on wikipedia... the gist of the movie goes like this "seven foot tall blue skinned superhuman who rides a pimped out motocycle lands on Earth to catch a bunch of fugitives. He teams up with a human teenaged girl to... I had to stop reading at that point. All together now... what the f-
 
I retract my earlier comment about giving this movie a go. A pg-13 movie about Lobo teaming up with a goddam human teenage girl is not a good idea. Its like having a small child in an Indiana Jones movie... or a Mummy sequel... or those whiny little gits in the War of the Worlds. Children belong in movies about children. And no doubt this teenage girl will be all spunky and rebellious because apparently the general public find such traits endearing in kids. Damn you Guy Ritchie. I guess having Madonna sucking all your lifeforce from you over the years has destroyed you
 

Huh. Jeez. Didn;t see that coming.

It is a little ironic that Guy Richie would do a Lobo movie after saying he wouldn't. But since when is Lobo a superhero :) I thoroughly enjoy Guy Richie movies, Snatch was epicly awesome and so was RocknRolla. Not to mention Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, which Babs already did. I think he can do Lobo justice up on the big screen that many directors couldn't.
 
Don't forgot this December Sherlock Holmes will be out and I am sure it will be another win for Guy.

FOR THE WIN!!! Guy Ritchie is one of my favorite movie-makers, "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock" being two of my all-time favorites, period. Lobo is a character made for movies like Guy has made famous, throw-in some zany sci-fi (hopefully kept to a minimum for storytelling's sake), mix with some off-the-wall violent fugitives that Lobo hunts, and of course the jailbait teenage girl tagging along, we've got a successful movie.
 
However, and this is a big however, doing a PG-13 rated Lobo film could really hurt it, but I suppose they're letting quite a bit slip these days, especially if it's a major studio's movie.
 
The thing is, which will make me nervous until I actually see a good one, Warner/DC hasn't made a good comic movie outside of Batman. Stick-up for "Superman Returns" all you want, any serious fan of the character or someone who isn't purposefully making excuses for a terrible piece of garbage-film will agree it was awful. Now we've suddenly got "Deadman", "Plastic Man", "Green Lantern", and now "Lobo" getting the green-light, with producers and directors up the wazoo. I understand their desperation to clone the success of "Iron Man" (taking a lower-tier character and creating cinema gold), but I really feel they need to pace themselves a bit more and focus on creating ONE new franchise rather than five or six at the same time. Patience and a good forward-plan, like Marvel's with their "Iron Man" leading into the other Avengers solo movies ultimately leading to the mash-up "Avengers", could only help. Flooding the streets of Hollywood will only lead to the trend that is comic book movies fade faster and faster away...
 
But yeah, the fact they can't make a single decent Superman flick amoungst all this is really, really sad. I feel bad for the actual fans of the character, I mean, I really don't like Supes unless he's part of a team...but I understand his importance and the reason why he's got so many fans, things that Warner Bros. apparently can't or won't get.

" I would watch this before another superman movie. lets be real, what superman movie was actually that good. "

" @5ive said:

" I would watch this before another superman movie. lets be real, what superman movie was actually that good. "

"

I would like if Mickey Rourke played Lobo

YES!

"Oh, and remember when Guy Richie said he wanted to steer clear of superhero movies? Oh, the irony. "

" @Babs said:

"Oh, and remember when Guy Richie said he wanted to steer clear of superhero movies? Oh, the irony. "

Lobo is a superhero now? I thought he was a mercenary. "

" ...ARE YOU &*@$!! KIDDING ME?! They'd rather do Lobo than Superman?! Don't they realize what they have to loose?! "

" Does he appear in Superhero comic books?   Okay then. "

" @Babs said:

" Does he appear in Superhero comic books?   Okay then. "

That doesn't answer my question, but thanks for the 'tude. "

" @Babs said:

" Does he appear in Superhero comic books?   Okay then. "

That doesn't answer my question, but thanks for the 'tude. "

Lobo appeared in the Superman Animated Series not Batman TAS

" Lobo appeared in the Superman Animated Series not Batman TAS "

" You served me some first cutie, just returning the favor. "

" @Babs said:

" You served me some first cutie, just returning the favor. "

   Don't let my reputation fool you, it was a genuine question. I'm not that familiar with the character.      "

I guess if they did everything they could to market this AWAY from being a Superhero movie, which wouldn't be that hard, it would probably work a lot better. Don't try to make Lobo sympathetic, because he's not. Work all the human touchy-feely stuff in with the teenage girl sidekick, and have Lobo kill people and crack wise. "Based on The DC Comics Character" is all that needs to be seen, as far as any comic book-related material. 
 
Just the fact that any day now, I swear it, Hollywood will be tired of superheroes. Characters like Lobo will stand a better chance of surviving on their own without the label.

" @ARMIV said:

" ...ARE YOU &*@$!! KIDDING ME?! They'd rather do Lobo than Superman?! Don't they realize what they have to loose?! "

How many superman films have flopped? "

So is he a hero in the comics, or still just a merc? His page lists him as having superhero team affiliations, but it doesn't really elaborate on his more recent history, or his connections to said teams. Just ambiguous stuff about 52.

This could be good have to keep an eye on this one.

" @Terry Handson X 30 said:

" @ARMIV said:

" ...ARE YOU &*@$!! KIDDING ME?! They'd rather do Lobo than Superman?! Don't they realize what they have to loose?! "

How many superman films have flopped? "

It's not about the flopping though I must say it is a decent number. What gets me is the fact that DC/Warner Bros. could loose Superman if they don't make a movie, and they're not doing anything about it! "

" So is he a hero in the comics, or still just a merc? His page lists him as having superhero team affiliations, but it doesn't really elaborate on his more recent history, or his connections to said teams. Just ambiguous stuff about 52. "

" I haven't seen any Guy Richie movie but why Lobo? There's Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Nightwing...  I guess it depends on how the writer interprets Lobo "

" I'm not an expert, but I know he has appeared in Batman as well as Superman. He's also been a staple in the animated cartoons, and I believe he did a stint as a "good guy." "

" So is he a hero in the comics, or still just a merc? His page lists him as having superhero team affiliations, but it doesn't really elaborate on his more recent history, or his connections to said teams. Just ambiguous stuff about 52. "

" He's still a merc I don't ever remember him doing anything "hero" worthy. "

" @geraldthesloth said:

" He's still a merc I don't ever remember him doing anything "hero" worthy. "

Interesting. Is he neutral with Superman at this point, or what? It also lists Guy Gardner as being his friend, which seems kind of an unlikely friendship to me. "

Someone get Sly Stallone to direct, and cast himself as Old Man Lobo.

" Superman and him are still neutral..Guy Gardner has teamed up with him before, that's the reason I see him under the list of friends. "

" @geraldthesloth said: 

" Superman and him are still neutral..Guy Gardner has teamed up with him before, that's the reason I see him under the list of friends. "

Thanks for clearing that up. (Did you notice that Babs called me "cutie"? Hope people don't get too jealous.) "

Does this strike anyone else as kind of twisted. They are willing to do a Lobo movie but not a Superman movie? Yeah, they screwed up the Superman flick, but just rework it the way Batman got.
 
You brought up a very good point about the lawsuit. That hadn't come to mind.

"I detected sarcasm, ugly :p "

to early to say anything. need more info before i have feelings about this.
i wouldnt say they skipped out on Superman, the made Superman Returns,
regardless of those who didnt like it, and it has just as much rumor or more as
this for a sequel or reboot.

" @Liam Bradley said:

" @5ive said:

" I would watch this before another superman movie. lets be real, what superman movie was actually that good. "

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The first two "Superman" movies from the 70's/80's. I understand if you don't like them because maybe they're a bit dated and possibly before your time, but for those of us that were kids when those came out, PURE AWESOME. And if you enjoyed them back then, they usually hold-up enough to watch them now, especially The Phantom Zone Criminals.   "KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!!" "