Superman (2025)

[The Dark Knight]

I guess that could work, though I know it's just Gunn wanting to put his own spin on a character most people have never heard of, and naturally, you can get away with it. However, I think Ultra and the Syndicate would have much more profound dramatic weight in the grand scheme of things, as unknown invaders from a alternate earth that are here to take over, rather than a defeated villain returning once again with a posse of his own. I don't know. The stakes seem higher with the former, than the latter...

I'm concerned about the villain choice of Ultraman. It could feel generic and samey from what we've already had with Zod and the evil Superman from III. I was hoping for someone radically different like Bizarro or Metallo. But I'l give it a chance. I have a suspicion it could be about providing commentary on the darker interpretations of Superman we've had in recent times like Injustice or Snyder's Knightmare timeline.

As to your other point, it is a shame that his tenure as Batman came to such an undignified end.

Way I see it, we'll always have B89 and BR. Even The Flash leaned heavily into homages ("I'm Batman", "let's get nuts", "how much do you weigh?", moon silhouette imagery etc), suggesting the most meaningful things from his tenure had already been said and done. Which helped make me accept I don't need anything else. I have his duology and the original Batman Beyond TV show, and I've been enjoying the latter a whole lot in recent times. It could look better visually, but I don't think a live action adaption could match it overall, anyway.