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Cyborg Cast for Man of Steel Sequel

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This guy was recently in the news as being one of the finalists for the one of the leads in Star Wars Episode VII.

Either JJ passed and Snyder swooped him up, or Snyder snaked him out from under Abrams.

I'm betting the former.

If it wasn't guaranteed the follow up to World's Finest was Justice League, it's pretty much set in stone, now.
 
What we could have.

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I always thought it was weird that the first movie in a superhero series can get away with a very simple, one-villain cast (or in this case, one hero). Then the sequels have to escalate that, can't just have one villain! Name a superhero sequel that kept it super simple, I know there's got to be one.
 
strobogo said:
I'd love for Batman to not get an origin story and just exist in the world. Everyone knows the origin story. It'd been done in every medium. Everyone knows it. People who have never read a comic know Batman's origin story.
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Didn't stop them from doing Superman's again.
 
Why is every casting announcement with this movie met with derision and claims the movie is bloated and awful? It's not like it's a requirement that every character get an equal share of screen time.

Christ just wait for it to come out before judging how it handles its characters.
 
I think people claiming that this sequel needs 5 setup films are forgetting that two of Avengers' set-up movies were just Iron Man's alone. Batman doesn't exactly need an origin story again and Superman's movie directly preceded this.

Hawkeye didn't exactly need 100 minutes of explaining, and Black Widow's fascinating yarn didn't really require her own feature either.

I'm not saying this film is going to be aces around, but keep in mind that we don't really need origin films every other summer either.
 
OneEyedKing said:
Why is every casting announcement with this movie met with derision and claims the movie is bloated and awful? It's not like it's a requirement that every character get an equal share of screen time.

Christ just wait for it to come out before judging how it handles its characters.
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1. Comic book fans.
2. It's the internet.

KalBalboa said:
I think people claiming that this sequel needs 5 setup films are forgetting that two of Avengers' set-up movies were just Iron Man's alone. Batman doesn't exactly need an origin story again and Superman's movie directly preceded this.

Hawkeye didn't exactly need 100 minutes of explaining, and Black Widow's fascinating yarn didn't really require her own feature either.

I'm not saying this film is going to be aces around, but keep in mind that we don't really need origin films every other summer either.
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If I'm being honest I'm sick of seeing origin films.
I'd rather just get a proper comic book film.
 
Since introducing 6-8 characters in a 20 minute cartoon pilot worked fine, there is no theoretical reason why you can't have 5 or 6 in a feature length film. You don't actually need an origin story especially for the famous ones. What was hawkeye's origin in mcu again? Oh right, nobody gives a shit.
 
mattiewheels said:
I always thought it was weird that the first movie in a superhero series can get away with a very simple, one-villain cast (or in this case, one hero). Then the sequels have to escalate that, can't just have one villain! Name a superhero sequel that kept it super simple, I know there's got to be one.
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Spiderman 2?

It's only Spidey and Ock
 
OneEyedKing said:
Why is every casting announcement with this movie met with derision and claims the movie is bloated and awful? It's not like it's a requirement that every character get an equal share of screen time.

Christ just wait for it to come out before judging how it handles its characters.
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Same exact same thing happens with the ASM films. The instant, blind negativity is starting to get annoying, GAF.
 
KalBalboa said:
I think people claiming that this sequel needs 5 setup films are forgetting that two of Avengers' set-up movies were just Iron Man's alone. Batman doesn't exactly need an origin story again and Superman's movie directly preceded this.

Hawkeye didn't exactly need 100 minutes of explaining, and Black Widow's fascinating yarn didn't really require her own feature either.

I'm not saying this film is going to be aces around, but keep in mind that we don't really need origin films every other summer either.
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A LOT of people dont know Cyborg or Wonder Woman's origins.
 
mattiewheels said:
I always thought it was weird that the first movie in a superhero series can get away with a very simple, one-villain cast (or in this case, one hero). Then the sequels have to escalate that, can't just have one villain! Name a superhero sequel that kept it super simple, I know there's got to be one.
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Spider-Man 2. Only villain was Doc Ock.
 
No. Stop it. Stop putting more people in this movie.

I wanted Superman vs. Batman, an intimate picture dealing with them and MAYBE one or two of their extended cast.
 
You probably won't even see him as Cyborg. I bet he'll be the guy that eventually becomes Cyborg, but they've got to get the actor on lockdown for that eventuality.
 
Why can't I just have a sequel to Man of Steel. Who gives a shit about second stringers like Wonder Woman and Cyborg. The only thing I have ever even seen him on is as a shitty beat em up character on Injustice for 360.
 
Lashley said:
A LOT of people dont know Cyborg or Wonder Woman's origins.
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And a Cyborg origin film wouldn't hold a film on its own

Has the dude even done a standalone comic? I don't know any of his villains.

Being the result of an event fromthis film works.

Much like his new 52 origins.

Again, he doesn't need 2 hours, but can give him a decent origin in 10 mins if done properly.
 
OneEyedKing said:
Why is every casting announcement with this movie met with derision and claims the movie is bloated and awful? It's not like it's a requirement that every character get an equal share of screen time.

Christ just wait for it to come out before judging how it handles its characters.
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If it were just a cute cameo it would be silently put in the film for fans to discern and enjoy. Mahvel sure as hell don't announce every comic related minor.

It seems like heavy handed universe building. Studio execs probably watched Watchmen and are just throwing characters at Snyder. "He can probably do it". I don't see it working for characters that don't simply serve a role in a single story. You need time to develop them, and these casting announcements don't seem indicative of that direction.
 
Indrid Cold1 said:
Why can't I just have a sequel to Man of Steel. Who gives a shit about second stringers like Wonder Woman and Cyborg. The only thing I have ever even seen him on is as a shitty beat em up character on Injustice for 360.
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WB is probably pressuring them to set up as many characters as they can.
 
One thing WB/DC needs to get done before announcing these new superheros is timing. They need to hurry the f up. They're crawling while Disney/Marvel is sprinting yelling, "On your left".
 
you can't come into a batman vs superman thread without the "it's going to suck" posts

damn.
 
Pop said:
One thing WB/DC needs to get done before announcing these new superheros is timing. They need to hurry the f up. They're crawling while Disney/Marvel is sprinting yelling, "On your left".
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Do they even have a Kevin Fiege type of guy in charge of unifying their cinematic universe?
 
EightBitNate said:
WB is probably pressuring them to set up as many characters as they can.
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It's entirely possible Snyder's doing it on his own. I mean, he's got the keys.

Both Marvel and WB fans seem to envision all the creative decisions coming solely from the brain trusts in the boardroom, and completely discount whatever creative decisions could be coming from the writer/director/producers.

What's even more interesting is that as the Marvel successes have gone on, the credit seems to go like this.

An idea works: It's the executives
An idea stumbles: It's the creatives.

It's a complete inversion of the typical perception with regards to almost any other creative endeavor.
 
Indrid Cold1 said:
Why can't I just have a sequel to Man of Steel. Who gives a shit about second stringers like Wonder Woman and Cyborg. The only thing I have ever even seen him on is as a shitty beat em up character on Injustice for 360.
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Wonder Woman is not a second stringer.

BobbyRoberts said:
It's entirely possible Snyder's doing it on his own. I mean, he's got the keys.

Both Marvel and WB fans seem to envision all the creative decisions coming solely from the brain trusts in the boardroom, and completely discount whatever creative decisions could be coming from the writer/director/producers.

What's even more interesting is that as the Marvel successes have gone on, the credit seems to go like this.

An idea works: It's the executives
An idea stumbles: It's the creatives.

It's a complete inversion of the typical perception with regards to almost any other creative endeavor.
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This isn't all that true. Joss Whedon, Shane Black and the Russos have been given a lot of credit for Avengers, Iron Man 3 and Cap 2, respectively, even by Marvel themselves. Feige didn't rush to secure the Russos to do Cap 3 because he thought Cap 2's success was all the execs' doing.
 
ThoseDeafMutes said:
Since introducing 6-8 characters in a 20 minute cartoon pilot worked fine, there is no theoretical reason why you can't have 5 or 6 in a feature length film. You don't actually need an origin story especially for the famous ones. What was hawkeye's origin in mcu again? Oh right, nobody gives a shit.
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Seriously. I get that the MCU formula has been wildly successful but that's not the only way to do it.

Indrid Cold1 said:
Why can't I just have a sequel to Man of Steel. Who gives a shit about second stringers like Wonder Woman and Cyborg. The only thing I have ever even seen him on is as a shitty beat em up character on Injustice for 360.
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Wonder Woman is anything but a second stringer

Alienous said:
If it were just a cute cameo it would be silently put in the film for fans to discern and enjoy. Mahvel sure as hell don't announce every comic related minor.

It seems like heavy handed universe building. Studio execs probably watched Watchmen and are just throwing characters at Snyder. "He can probably do it". I don't see it working for characters that don't simply serve a role in a single story. You need time to develop them, and these casting announcements don't seem indicative of that direction.
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For all we know it is a cameo since the sources said it's a very small role. Besides, WB didn't announce this. Their announcements have press releases with quotes from Snyder etc. This was Variety announcing it with them explicitly saying, "Warner Bros. had no comment on this story." So it's not like the studio set this up as a huge piece of news.
 
Just call it Justice League Origins or something related to JL already cause damn. At this point, I'm expecting Aquaman casting news at SDCC.
 
Still trying to push Cyborg to be something he's not.

Just let him stay with the Titans, where he actually works.
 
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