I know that this topic is talked about often, If you dislike/disagree with what I have so say then, fine but please don't read/comment this blog especially if you have something negative to say. In this blog I wanted to write about my thoughts for the new JLA movie announced for release in 2015. Some people seem to think that this Justice League movie is being rushed. How is a movie 3 years away being rushed??? I also wanted to mention how everyone thinks Marvel Studios way of making a team movie is the best way to go. Well, it's a good way but the point of this blog is to say it's NOT the only way to do it. I'm sure everyone knows this already but if you don't & your actually reading this then maybe you just might get some clarification. Believe it or not, ALOT of the comments I've seen on youtube videos & comic book related sites talking about the JL movie often suggest that Marvel knows how to setup a team movie & DC doesn't. Granted, marvel knows how to make a team gathering movie. NO ONES DENYING THAT. My point is, Marvel's approach isn't the only way to build a team movie. Now, I will give you examples of great detail why I congratulate WB/DC for not taking the Marvel Studios route. Think about it, Do you really need to setup the key players when they've pretty much already been announced or known to the world already? Take Superman & Batman, who doesn't know who they are! A Superman & Batman movie would be enough for a full price ticket admission but to add 4 other super heroes? I know I'm sold.

Hal Jordan's had a movie sure, it wasn't great but we all know what Green Lanterns do & what their powers are. Wonder Woman is a female icon who already had a TV show, regardless if it was in the 70's it was still done correctly. Also, when someone mentions female superheroes, how do you not bring up Wonder Woman? Ok, so we won't know all about her origin. Or at least this generation won't, but so what? When she first appears on screen in the movie a key part of her dialogue will be "My name is Diana, I was raised on Themyscira or you may know it better as Paradise Island, it's an island full of female warriors & I was chosen to act as a representative liaison to the USA" Which can be said about all other characters as well as Aquaman's Born human on land/king of Atlantis etc. I don't mean to compare, because this isn't meant to be a Marvel vs DC flame war but in the Avengers. What do you really know about Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Agent Coulson or Black Widow? Ok, so we knew there SHIELD agents, they have been in BRIEFLY introduced in another movies. But how did these characters get to where they are now? Widow & Hawkeye's past was brought up in Iron Man 2 & briefly in The Avengers. & Nick Fury is just like Wonder Woman or Flash, he was in that cheesy 90's movie that today's generation still might not know about BUT can find out in a heart beat with an internet connection & if you don't have an internet connection, you can go to a library or ask someone. Point is you can get informed, If you don't get informed you can find out when they first appear on screen. Besides, if people can be ok all those characters in the Avengers who didn't have an origin movie who says key Justice League members need an introduction?

Yes, so how they became The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman & Martian Manhunter isn't known. It would be nice to get to know about The Flash, Aquaman & Wonder Woman at least, but who knows it's 3 years from now! Aquaman could still get a movie, Flash has a script, Wonder Woman most likely also will get a movie or a new TV show & Martian Manhunter should get a movie but his origin can be told in the JL movie about how he became the Martian Manhunter, how he was the last survivor of Mars, how he came to Earth & he will be the one to bring them altogether through his telepathy to hopefully fight Darkseid.

But this is all apart of DC's plan & honestly, in today's technological world, full of access to any information that you can find with the tip of your finger on the internet through smartphones, tablets etc. were you can not only read up about Wonder Woman's origin but Barry Allen's, Aquaman's & Martian Manhunter's origins as well. I swear though, JL in 2015 to me it feels like MCU's Phase 2. So who knows this could still very likely be Phase 1 were just not going to call it that or any other name like that. Especially now, after the Avengers in Iron Man 3, Thor: TDW & Cap: TWS. The connected universe has literally been disconnected like I knew it would. When talking about Phase 1 it seems that bringing them altogether was Kevin Feige's biggest goal & most proudest achievement. Often because when this subject is brought up, it's the one thing he talks about when talking about the Avengers, (We've all seen his video interviews) now he just brings up some BS about how they can stand back up & go in their own directions, now that they were all apart & but why can't they cameo at least to show that there's still a connection in different movies?

The only reason why Black Widow has a cameo in Cap 2 is because to possibly set up a relationship with Bucky & or Steve & because SHIELD plays a similar role it did like in the Avengers. Why can't Fury have a cameo in Iron Man 3 like he did in Iron Man 2? Is Fury on Helicarrier probation? Did Sam Jackson's nine picture deal expire? He's had cameos in 5 movies. I don't see how that's apart of a 9 picture deal when only one of them was actual role & 4 others were strictly cheap conveniently placed cameos (after each individual movie's filming has been wrapped.) He's honestly the luckiest actor in the world, make 3 huge paychecks most of us couldn't make even 1 in our entire lifetimes from less than 1 page of dialogue for a cameo in 3 roles? He's got 4 movies left & as every comic book geek knows there not making a SHIELD movie, yet a TV show (which makes me wonder if Fury will be director or not) also, not counting Nick Fury's origin movie, why can't help he, Maria Hill or someone else cameo in IM3? Someone please answer that question!

Maybe, I've gotten ahead of myself but, the point I'm making is, do you see what happens with Phase 2? It just basically reset after the point was Phase 1's point was made. After we can prove that we can get them altogether, we can now go back to a disconnected, stand alone MCU. WB/DC just skipped a step. DC's "Phase 1" was all the past's previous movies, TV shows, nostalgia, internet research & relying on other media. But going back to what I originally stated in the first paragraph, Marvel's way of bringing together a team by setting up for different movies is good, it's certainly not a bad way of putting them altogether for a team movie. Forgiving certain exceptions that go unanswered like Hawkeye's background before SHIELD? & more. Total mysteries. However, I commend WB/DC for going a different route, I commend them for not following in Marvel Studio's footsteps. Whether or not most fans want them too, I'm glad they don't bow to peer pressure & go their own way. I can respect that, that takes balls & honestly who can't appreciate someone who stands up for themselves & doesn't cave to any pressure. So commend & respect them instead of saying how gay/stupid WB/DC is for not following Marvel's movie making process/footsteps.

DON'T get me wrong, I love the Avengers comics. I in no way prefer DC over Marvel, I like them both 50/50. So one company is up in movies & the other isn't... for now. Everyone seems to forget that up until 2008 Marvel & DC's hollywood movie category was pretty much tied. However, I'm just proving a point, I know it looks like I'm bashing Marvel Studios. Honestly, though I don't mean anything by & If it sounds like I'm bashing marvel, I'm not I don't mean to say anything bad about Marvel. I do mean to bash Kevin Feige, Ok, so he crafted Marvel to be a respectable movie making franchise but if he didn't some other jackass would have & they would have done it without sacrificing key Avengers members essential to the Avengers origin. I just can't stand that guy, Not because I'm jealous (well, to be honest who wouldn't be jealous of all that money he's made) but because he's a greedy person who only cares for himself, & cuts what may seem like small corners but are in fact big corners wherever he wants, but fills the gap by pretending to care for what the audience wants only to make him money, BSing the audience & fans, strictly for profit & his own personal gain. To me it seems anyway. If you read my previous blogs you might understand why I'd think that. (If your actually still reading this I commend you for getting to the end & having the brainpower to actually read what I have to say instead of just being an immature idiot & TLDR'd it.)