TheMovieman

I assume Doomsday is CGI and will be played by some stunt coordinator or something. Also, regards to the crowed cast, people like Gal Gadot (though she might have more involvement), Jason Momoa, Laurence Fishburne, Holly Hunter, Diane Lane, Jeremy Irons, Ray Fisher and maybe even Amy Adams (whose role probably will be defending Superman in the news), will be such small roles and in a few cases, more like credited cameos.

RocShemp

Snyder had said since day one that he wanted Doomsday. This news is no surprise. And I'm sure he'll only appear during the last 20 minutes of the movie (with perhaps a few veiled shots throughout the earlier portions to established he was made by Luthor in one of his labs). So you needn't worry about him adding to the overcrowding since he'll just be an over glorified henchman.

Big Boy Laroux

He'll end up like Bane in Batman and Robin

TheMovieman

And to be fair, what else can he be unless they go the "Smallville" route which I don't think anyone wants...

fumanstan

But I don't want him as a henchman

TheMovieman

But what else can he be? I actually like the "character" but he is limited.

DaveyJoe

With a talented actor they can flesh out the character and make him more three dimensional, I suggest Elijah Wood.

fujishig

Better to give him a cameo and save him for a future movie, if they really think there will be other Superman movies. Ties things together, gives some anticipation to it, and it works better for a Death of Superman if there's an already established Justice League instead of shoehorning him into this. Also that's how the comics did it.

But yeah, I'm sure they'll just throw him in this movie when they could have easily used Parasite, Metallo, or even Bizarro in that role.

fumanstan

A weapon of mass destruction rampaging through the city and "kills" Superman Just saying I hope he isn't just some Luthor creation that is sent in for a fight, dispatched, and the heroes carry on.

TheMovieman

In that case, you'll probably be very disappointed. I don't have any insight or read any leaked script or anything, but I suspect he'll be created from Zod's DNA or something through LexCorp.

Shazam

This will be a hot mess.

fumanstan

I know, hence the sad face earlier

TheMovieman

IDK, I guess I'm one of the few who is actually thinking otherwise. The potential is there based on the teaser and bringing us a subject not really touched upon in other superhero movies (that is how the real world would react to a Superman).

Mike86

Personally I think throwing all those characters into a film regardless of how small or large their parts are is unnecessary. It just feels like there's going to be a lot going on and the film is going to wind up feeling crowded. Especially given that this is the first time seeing Batman and Superman on film together and that should be enough of a draw itself to not need to throw in so many other things to draw attention.

TheMovieman

Well, we just don't know where they'll be. Outside of WW, I'm assuming Momoa and Fisher are cameos in a mid/end credits scene setting up for JL. Also, you can't have Batman without Alfred and Superman without Lois Lane or Ma Kent (might as well utilize Diane Lane who I thought was good in MOS). That said, probably don't need Fishburne however, but I suspect he's only going to be in it for a couple of scenes anyway.

I haven't paid attention, but do we have the same complaints for Captain America: Civil War? I know there are a ton of big characters in there and that doesn't include possibly having Spider-Man in there as well.

Mike86

The difference with Civil War is clear if you ask me. Marvel's films are established and are at a point where they can do this and pull it off successfully (they already have twice). As much as the film is labeled a Captain America film it seems fairly clear that it's essential an Avengers film at this point.

This is DC's second film and first approach at something like this. I think it's a pretty big gamble throwing in so much stuff this early on with so little established.

fumanstan

With the cast announcement the other week, people were complaining about Civil War just being Avengers 2.5.

Mike86

I didn't really notice complaining too much. Just people pointing out that the film will likely be more of an Avengers film than a Captain America one. In fairness the film could probably really be re-named but I don't think it really matters.

Josh-da-man

Makes me even more positive that they're cramming as many characters in this as they can in order to see which ones audiences respond to, and then start building their 'universe' from there.

Hokeyboy

Doomsday confirmed to be a Kryptonian radiation cloud that takes the humanoid form of a Metropolis EMT.



I really can't let that go...

Solid Snake

It sounds stupid but how stupid was it in the show? I couldn't tolerate Smallville in any form.

RocShemp

Prequel George Lucas could have done a better job.

Solid Snake

whoa. That bad?

Hokeyboy

Don't softball it. Tell him the truth dadgummit!!

TheMovieman

Well, I don't think they're cramming especially with supporting characters (a fair number already established in MOS) and like I said, outside of Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Cyborg (and maybe The Flash though nothing confirmed) will likely be some kind of post credit scene.

There are only a few important characters: Batman (from what I've seen does get some sort of origin), Superman (already established), Wonder Woman (doubtful will get an origin with feature film being made), Lex Luthor (hates Superman, nuff said)... and I think that's it. Everyone else is a supporting player in some cases already introduced or doesn't need any background (like Alfred and the US Senator played by Holly Hunter).

But clearly I'm alone on that, there are other things to be concerned about than how many supporting actors are in this: while I liked MOS, the writing was particularly bad in some cases where I'm hoping Chris Terrio can spruce up or remove any damage done by Goyer.

It was pretty bad made worse by the lame final "battle".