The movie's only crowded if it's a bad script. Avengers wasn't crowded, and it advanced the story for each character to varying degrees and set up plot points for IM3, Thor the Dark World and probably the forthcoming Cap movie.
Characters like the ones that have been mentioned can be set up without giving a detailed origin. All that has to be said about Nightwing is that he's Robin grown up. For Flash, he's fast. For WW, she's a powerful Amazon. Audiences are only as dumb as they are treated. The audience didn't need to see a flashback of the first time Clint Barton picked up a bow and arrow in the Avengers to get the fact that he is a great marksman.
Now can the Goyer/Snyder/Affleck triumvirate pull off a strory/script in this genre as effective as Whedon's for Avengers? That's yet to be seen.
Plus much of this is rumor. There was a page from a script introducing Flash floating around the Internet recently that was guessed to be from Superman/Batman that was actually from an old Flash script by Goyer and Geoff Johns that was scrapped when Green Lantern tanked. So Who knows if Flash is even in it?
The exotic, athletic brunette that's being cast right now could just as easily be Talia or Selena Kyle as Wonder Woman.
It does seem this film is being used to jump start a DC FilmU in quick fashion. It is a riskier choice than Marvel's slow path, using Nick Fury, Shield and mid credit scenes to link the films. But Marvel did the Pioneer work for the WB. The box office take for the Avengers proves there's an appetite for this type of film, so fear is the only thing that would hold the WB back from a multi-hero film. A More direct MOS sequel or Superman solo film could still be produced after this.
Also, a Flash TV series is reportedly in the works for 2014 and is being introduced on the Green Arrow show this season. It would likely not be filmed until Superman/Batman is in post production. If WB's TV heroes and film heroes are going to cross pollinate as has been suggested, Flash would already be introduced to the public if the character is even in the film.
Characters like the ones that have been mentioned can be set up without giving a detailed origin. All that has to be said about Nightwing is that he's Robin grown up. For Flash, he's fast. For WW, she's a powerful Amazon. Audiences are only as dumb as they are treated. The audience didn't need to see a flashback of the first time Clint Barton picked up a bow and arrow in the Avengers to get the fact that he is a great marksman.
Now can the Goyer/Snyder/Affleck triumvirate pull off a strory/script in this genre as effective as Whedon's for Avengers? That's yet to be seen.
Plus much of this is rumor. There was a page from a script introducing Flash floating around the Internet recently that was guessed to be from Superman/Batman that was actually from an old Flash script by Goyer and Geoff Johns that was scrapped when Green Lantern tanked. So Who knows if Flash is even in it?
The exotic, athletic brunette that's being cast right now could just as easily be Talia or Selena Kyle as Wonder Woman.
It does seem this film is being used to jump start a DC FilmU in quick fashion. It is a riskier choice than Marvel's slow path, using Nick Fury, Shield and mid credit scenes to link the films. But Marvel did the Pioneer work for the WB. The box office take for the Avengers proves there's an appetite for this type of film, so fear is the only thing that would hold the WB back from a multi-hero film. A More direct MOS sequel or Superman solo film could still be produced after this.
Also, a Flash TV series is reportedly in the works for 2014 and is being introduced on the Green Arrow show this season. It would likely not be filmed until Superman/Batman is in post production. If WB's TV heroes and film heroes are going to cross pollinate as has been suggested, Flash would already be introduced to the public if the character is even in the film.
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