It's Comic-con and Disney/Marvel is announcing film after film to support their comic lineup and delight their fans so Warner Brothers/DC counters with the team up of all team ups, Superman/Batman. Here is a list of some thought that popped into my head after reading this announcement.

1. This announment reeks of desperation. A film like this should arrive organically. It took well over a decade before Warner Brothers could approve a -script and choose a director for a Superman movie. That long process ended with Bryan Singers Superman Returns; a film that could generously be described as imperfect. David S. Goyer is now tasked with coming up with a -script for a film intended to be released in two years. It has to be set in the realistic Christopher Nolan universe featuring a God teaming up with a man. Oh yeah, have fun with that Goyer.

2. This film cannot use the Nolan Batman. Nolan's trilogy began with the origin of Batman and ended with his retirement. In The Dark Knight Returns Batman had been absent for seven years and nobody mentions that time he teamed up with an ultra powerful alien to save the planet so they can't have it set prior to Dark Knight Rises. They could have Batman come out of retirement ala Frank Millers Dark Knight Returns but is the hobbled old Batman really the one Warner Brothers wants to go with for the JLA movie? Unlikely.

3. This film must use the Nolan Batman. It's far too recent for fans to simply forget Nolan's take on Batman. Christian Bale played a more human Batman than the uber competent comic book hero. Bale's Batman was not going to be doing things like building giant spy satellites like Omac or taking down killer robots with his batarang. This makes him real but even less useful to someone like Superman. My take on Nolan's Batman is that his Raison d'être is crime in Gotham City. I don't even see him going "on patrol" as in the comics. He comes out when needed for the biggest criminals. If Nolan's Batman was sitting in his Batcave and the events of Man of Steel came up on his monitor I imagine him sitting that fight out completely. He would accurately gauge it as out of his league and not relevant to his own struggle.

4. World's Finest Comics started publishing in Spring 1941 but it wasn't until July 1954 that Superman and Batman actually appeared in a story together. Those stories were generally light hearted so the idea of Batman assisting Superman was more of a fun pairing than a serious partnership. If you read the comics Batman generally wasn't a great help. Man of Steel introduced a more fully powered Superman with Super speed and the power to hit like a hundred locomotives. Batman on the other hand is watered down and lacks the comic hero's super intellect and detective skills. Those latter skills are about the only ones that could assist Superman.

5. Anyone who thinks Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Batman is out of their mind. There is no way Warner Brothers will allow anyone but Bruce Wayne to put on the cowl and having Gordon-Levitt play Bruce Wayne would be highly confusing because fans think he's Robin. In fact having Christian Bale play Batman would be confusing since he would almost assuredly have to be an alternate Batman to the one in the trilogy. Gordon-Levitt also doesn't have the physicality to play opposite Henry Cavill unless he's capable of bulking up big time.

6. I happened to have loved Man of Steel. Now Superman will have to split screen time with another character who will almost assuredly have to have at least some kind of limited origin story. Maybe they could make the film a two parter but Warner Brothers seems intent on getting the JLA film out ASAP and that would put the second part in 2016 at the earliest.

I have more thoughts but the post has gotten somewhat long winded. I'd love to hear others opinions.

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