Who Will be the Main Villain of the DCU?

[@NickHippo13]

To clarify, I’m talking about the Thanos level threat (JL3 or beyond). Like a lot of you, I also believe the centre will be the first JL movie villain

[@xNewSidx]

It would be so James Gunn to turn the Anti-Monitor into an actual character instead of just a plot device.

[@NickHippo13]

That’s the wording I was looking for! Anti-Monitor just feels like a plot device. And yeah it’d be interesting to see Gunn do that

[@DanialTarki]

That’ll take a while to get to.

[@TheCelticTiger32]

@@xNewSidx played by Micheal Rooker

[@windandcloudshadow158]

Then that wouldn't be Anti-Monitor.

[@TheCelticTiger32]

@@windandcloudshadow158 characters that haven’t really been definitely defined in the comics, are mailable enough to change in other media. Anti monitor is one of those cases. Just look at how they changed Star Lord for example

[@omarianderson4008]

I think with Kara being introduced I wouldn’t be surprised if brainiac is close by

[@danielloewen2857]

Fingers crossed

[@Young_Dab]

If we get Kara we at least should get an extended cameo of Lobo The Main Man!

[@stonalisa3729]

Isn't Woman of tomorow the story she gets a red ring?

[@Ddash97865]

I think the build up to Nekron and the Black Lanterns would be a very interesting twist and new direction for DC movies, but it would require Green Lantern and that side of DC to be a main focus. I think it would be amazing if done well, but I feel like you need a lot of heroes be dead to add to the weight of it. Gunn obviously has experience with space stories, so if Green Lantern is handled half as well as the Guardians of the Galaxy, I am sure it will be fantastic. Darkseid would be good but I don't think its a great idea after the Synderverse, we would definitely need a New Gods movie to set him up. I personally would love to see Brainiac as the first "big threat", but Nekron or Darkseid would be a great as the main villian for the DCU's conclusion, depending on the set up. Great video yet again!

[@NickHippo13]

@@Ddash97865 thanks for the comment! and yeah, I think Nekron would be awesome. As for brainiac, I’d rather him be Superman 2 villain or JL1 villain.

[@Ddash97865]

@@NickHippo13 Yeah I completely agree, when I planned a DCU a few years ago I used Brainiac as my first JL villian.

[@anubhavdassarma7230]

exactly There was a Loki before Thanos So for Darkseid, we need someone before him.

[@Abhinav-m4o]

Nekron are you insane? We haven't reached that much

[@omarslayz]

@@anubhavdassarma7230 Ares wouldn’t be too bad either

[@Darragh7]

I think Nekron and the Black Lanterns are definitely the most likely! James Gunn seems like he would like the idea of evil zombies as the main villains minions. I also think it could just be The Centre or some variation on him. Since The New Frontier is said to be a big inspiration on the DCU.

[@milkiassamuel780]

I actually have a pitch idea for a DCU adaption of Blackest Night as an epic conclusion to a Green Lantern film/TV show saga of projects where they build up to Blackest Night after multiple Green Lantern stories told in film similar to how it took the MCU 3 phases of movies to build up to Infinity War and Endgame. My pitch idea would include Kyle Rayner's Green Lantern as the main GL character alongside other GL's like John Stewart and Hal Jordan, where my story would establish Kyle as the best friend to Willaim Hand, who I would reimagine as this introverted, mentally challenged young adult who goes to the same art college as Kyle. The two would be really close friends as Kyle would treat Willaim with kindness and make him feel like a normal person. In contrast, Willaim, ever since he was born, has had mental problems that were deeply neglected and discouraged by his family, William even as a baby, he would hear the voice of Nekron whispering to him, but WIllaim would perceive them as just his own mental thoughts making him feel isolated and alone as hides his own suicidal tendencies thinking the world would be better if he was dead. Still, Kyle would be the one person to make Willaim happy in his life and see him as his true brother, compared to his actual brothers and sisters, shunning him as the black sheep of the Hand Family. My take on Blackest Night would be a two-part film epic event where William Hand begins to see and hear Nekron (The Entity of Emptiness) calling him to unleash the Blackest Night to allow Nekron and the Black Lantern Corps to rise, and as such, other Lantern Corps begin to sense the beginning of the end. The Guardians of Oa have feared this prophecy for aeons, believing that Willaim Hand must die to prevent Nekron's arrival, thus creating a moral conflict where Kyle refuses to let his best friend die even if it means the end of the world. Because of this act of defiance, the Guardians, in this desperate state of fear, tell every Green Lantern member to hunt down and eliminate Willaim Hand as Kyle Rayner attempts to defend him, even if when other Green Lanterns are opposed to killing this kid who doesn't understand what's happening, they have no choice. This would be a vast ticking clock story as Kyle hides with William, and they enter unexplored forbidden sectors of space that the Green Lantern Corps have not colonised yet, trying to save him. He would forever have John, Hal, and Kilowog by his side to help him. Still, even they are unsure of the situation they're forced into as they have moral discussions over trying to save this kid who even he believes should die to make sure the Blackest Night does not happen, despite how much Kyle isn't not willing to let his friend die. Furthermore, other Lantern Corps, like the Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns, plus Sinestro and the Yellow Lanterns, would be working together to hunt them as they both sensed the arrival of the Blackest Night. However, fortunately, The Blue Lanterns and Star Sapphires offer their help to protect Willaim and attempt to find a way to stop this end of the universe. Thus this would lead to this group ensemble to meet the Indigo Tribe for the first time as Abin Surr (Hal's predecessor) predicted this event to one day happen before his death so he created the Indigo Tribe built on Compassion to enlighten others, and it would be Kyle's compassion for his friend that would allow the Indigo Tribe to try and find a way to cut Nekron's manipulation and control over WIllaims mind to make sure he never becomes the Black Hand of Death. I dont want to give away too much of what happens in my pitch for this two-part saga conclusion, but I just wanted to share my idea for Blackest Night and how Id write it as this cinematic epic event. I have it all written down with some of my own ideas and themes and even have some of my own sketch and casting ideas.

[@Derp-rz1nn]

I think if gunn wanted to go down a zombie route a better idea could be the anti Life Equation. It’s this iconic big bad weapon, which sorta turns people into zombies

[@rebelpunk13]

It won’t be in the first chapter, maybe the 3rd chapter after enough heroes or villains die on screen

[@wilbsrt]

I liked how the villains like Vandal savage and the Light, (then we saw Darkseid and etc) was in young justice interacted with each other, I think that would better for world building for DCEU. I think it will be anti-monitor

[@e443productions9]

The Light would definitely be an amazing threat tbh

[@akilbrazier1421]

Vandal Savage would make a lot of sense and would be cool. Once they get to the conclusion of the universe they could make it to where he’s been manipulating things from the start and was behind every big villain of each phase (or chapter).

[@mayotango1317]

You mean the Secret Society of Supervillains?

[@wilbsrt]

@ yeah kinda, I think that would make the world building in DCEU a lot easier to understand.

[@mayotango1317]

@@wilbsrt No, Young Justice is a bad adaptation; to Marvel in style.

[@jaegerwhatifs4679]

I honestly want Gunn to pick interesting villains for Justice League movies. Ares could be a fun one. Maybe Eclipso. These are not picks for the overall DCU, just the main team up movies.

[@agrim_reaper]

Nekron and the Black Lanterns are a really good pick in my opinion. Building up the Lanterns and overall Emotional Spectrum will take a long time, and I think that each Chapter's theme could coincide with the Corps introduced in that period. I think that this Chapter's main themes will revolve around willpower and hope in a world of fear. With the title of "Gods and Monsters," you'd expect the core of this Chapter to be centered around the monsters of the world (metaphorical or physical) coming to light while superheroes (pantheons of modern mythology) rise above. Introducing the seeds for the Blue Lantern Corps and Sinestro Corps would be sick.

[@NickHippo13]

Very well said.

[@milkiassamuel780]

I personally would love to see an adaption of Blackest Night as the culmination of the DCU and I actually have a pitch for a Green Lantern film saga where it ends with a DCU adaption of Blackest Night as an epic conclusion to a Green Lantern film/TV show saga of projects where they build up to Blackest Night similar to how it took the MCU 3 phases of movies to build up to Infinity War and Endgame. My pitch idea would include Kyle Rayner's Green Lantern as the main GL character alongside other GL's like John Stewart and Hal Jordan, where my story would establish Kyle as the best friend to Willaim Hand, who I would reimagine as this introverted, mentally challenged young adult who goes to the same art college as Kyle. The two would be really close friends as Kyle would treat Willaim with kindness and make him feel like a normal person. In contrast, Willaim, ever since he was born, has had mental problems that were deeply neglected and discouraged by his family, William even as a baby, he would hear the voice of Nekron whispering to him, but WIllaim would perceive them as just his own mental thoughts making him feel isolated and alone as hides his own suicidal tendencies thinking the world would be better if he was dead. Still, Kyle would be the one person who makes Willaim happy in his life and sees him as his true brother, compared to his actual brothers and sisters, who shunning him as the black sheep of the Hand Family. My take on Blackest Night would be a two-part film epic event where William Hand begins to see and hear Nekron, aka The Entity of Emptiness, the utter and complete blackness that existed before the spark of creation, as Nekron would be calling William and psychologically torturing him to unleash the Blackest Night to allow Nekron and the Black Lantern Corps to rise, and as such, other Lantern Corps begin to sense the beginning of the end. The Guardians of Oa have feared this prophecy for aeons, believing that Willaim Hand must die to prevent Nekron's arrival, thus creating a moral conflict where Kyle refuses to let his best friend die even if it means the end of the world. Because of this act of defiance, the Guardians, in this desperate state of fear, tell every Green Lantern member to hunt down and eliminate Willaim Hand as Kyle Rayner attempts to defend him, even if when other Green Lanterns are opposed to killing this kid who doesn't understand what's happening, they have no choice. This would be race against time ticking clock story as Kyle desperately tries to hide with William, and they enter unexplored forbidden sectors of space that the Green Lantern Corps have not colonised yet, trying to save him for however long they have left. He would forever have John, Hal, and Kilowog by his side to help him. Still, even they are unsure of the situation they're forced into as they have moral discussions over trying to save this kid who even he believes should die to make sure the Blackest Night does not happen, despite how much Kyle isn't not willing to let his friend die. Furthermore, other Lantern Corps, like the Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns, plus Sinestro and the Yellow Lanterns, would be working together to hunt them as they both sensed the arrival of the Blackest Night. However, fortunately, The Blue Lanterns and Star Sapphires offer their help to protect Willaim and attempt to find a way to stop this end of the universe. Thus this would lead to this group ensemble to meet the Indigo Tribe for the first time as Abin Surr (Hal's predecessor) predicted this event to one day happen before his death so he created the Indigo Tribe built on Compassion to enlighten others, and it would be Kyle's compassion for his friend that would allow the Indigo Tribe to try and find a way to cut Nekron's manipulation and control over WIllaims mind to make sure he never becomes the Black Hand of Death. I dont want to give away too much of what happens in my pitch for this two-part saga conclusion, but I just wanted to share my idea for Blackest Night and how Id write it as this cinematic epic event. I have it all written down with some of my ideas and themes and even have some sketch and casting ideas.

[@bigroh]

I want to see Brainiac take a similar role to Loki in the MCU, starts off as a smaller villain in a Superman solo film before growing to a Justice League threat

[@peter-tx9kd]

fantastic idea tbh

[@nottheniffiskilla4428]

I think having the Legion of Doom, with Lex Luthor as the primary threat, would be a fascinating twist. It would break away from the usual formula of a single all-powerful antagonist, offering a fresh approach

[@NickHippo13]

I’m sorry if this video felt like a dip in quality, I recorded it on a time crunch before going on vacation over the weekend, which is why I sound a little tired. Let me know what I can do better!

[@prestigeblue6269]

Vid was great, informative and pacing was great imo, subscribed 👌🏾

[@prayagramraj117]

it was great

[@henryhello826]

Even at your lowest, the videos still great

[@AhkymBrizzy]

First time seeing one of your videos. Looks/sounds fine.

[@hungryalmighty7156]

Here’s the thing about the whole hal as parallax thing. I don’t mind it as long as hal goes on a redemption arc and becomes the hero that we know in the end

[@NickHippo13]

Hal as the Spectre would be awesome

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Your fandom is enjoyable, keep at this we need more fan driven content. Best wishes

[@NickHippo13]

Thank you!

[@MF_Alpha17]

I don't think there should be a main villain. Just let the universe grow and flesh out. And just do something special every 10 years. The best stories are the ones without a main villain. And not everything needs set up either. Another thing the best stories don't have

[@NickHippo13]

@@MF_Alpha17 I agree there doesn’t need to be a main villain, totally. I was just making a video on it because Gunn said we were gonna be clued it on “a big bad” in lanterns. I don’t think we should be setting up a major threat when the last universe bombed and we’re just starting the new one.

[@owenwestworld]

This is one of the reasons the MCU started to fail… it’s too connected to the point where you can’t have Spider-Man save NY by himself without someone saying “where were the avengers”

[@horrorgamestv6564]

James Gunn recently has confirmed that as of the now there is no big bad of the universe and he likes to view it more like Star Wars where there are different stories.

[@MF_Alpha17]

@@horrorgamestv6564 i know. thats frakin fantastic 🤗

[@danubeisreallypeculiarrive7944]

​@@NickHippo13Big bad in Lanterns. So... It's not going to be Necron and it's not going to be Anti-Monitor. Darkseid and his hellish planet are obvious, but good choice.

[@grizzlytalisman]

They definitely need to do Black Lantern Corps and give characters dying an actual reason

[@dcenthusiast]

Great video man! Nekron would be an awesome villain to see in Live Action. Honestly the entire Blackest Night storyline would be just epic!

[@milkiassamuel780]

I personally would love to see an adaption of Blackest Night as the culmination of the DCU and I actually have a pitch for a Green Lantern film saga where it ends with a DCU adaption of Blackest Night as an epic conclusion to the Lantern Corps storyline where they build up to Blackest Night similar to how it took the MCU 3 phases of movies to build up to Infinity War and Endgame. My pitch idea would include Kyle Rayner's Green Lantern as the main GL character alongside other GL's like John Stewart and Hal Jordan, where my story would establish Kyle as the best friend to Willaim Hand, who I would reimagine as this introverted, mentally challenged young adult who goes to the same art college as Kyle. The two would be really close friends as Kyle would treat Willaim with kindness and make him feel like a normal person. In contrast, Willaim, ever since he was born, has had mental problems that were deeply neglected and discouraged by his family, William even as a baby, he would hear the voice of Nekron whispering to him, but WIllaim would perceive them as just his own mental thoughts making him feel isolated and alone as hides his own suicidal tendencies thinking the world would be better if he was dead. Still, Kyle would be the one person who makes Willaim happy in his life and sees him as his true brother, compared to his actual brothers and sisters, who shunning him as the black sheep of the Hand Family. My take on Blackest Night would be a two-part film epic event where William Hand begins to see and hear Nekron (The Entity of Emptiness/ the utter blackness that existed before the spark of life), as Nekron whispers and psychologically calls Willaim to unleash the Blackest Night now to allow Nekron and the Black Lantern Corps to rise, and as such, other Lantern Corps begin to sense the cold shiver of death simultaneously as they fear the beginning of the end. The Guardians of Oa have feared this prophecy for aeons but carelessly neglected to acknowledge or warn others about it, they irrationally believe that Willaim Hand must die to prevent Nekron's arrival, thus creating a moral conflict where Kyle refuses to let his best friend die even if it means the end of the world, which would be an emotionally compelling way to ake the audience feel the weight and intensity of the stakes. Because of this act of defiance, the Guardians, in this desperate state of fear, tell every Green Lantern member to hunt down and eliminate Willaim Hand as Kyle Rayner attempts to defend him, even if when other Green Lanterns are opposed to killing this kid who doesn't understand what's happening, they have no choice. This would be race against time ticking clock story as Kyle desperately tries to hide with William, and they enter unexplored forbidden sectors of space that the Green Lantern Corps have not colonised yet, trying to save him for however long they have left. He would forever have John, Hal, and Kilowog by his side to help him. Still, even they are unsure of the situation they're forced into as they have moral discussions over trying to save this kid who even he believes should die to make sure the Blackest Night does not happen, despite how much Kyle isn't not willing to let his friend die. Furthermore, other Lantern Corps, like the Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns, plus Sinestro and the Yellow Lanterns, would be working together to hunt them as they both sensed the arrival of the Blackest Night. However, fortunately, The Blue Lanterns and Star Sapphires offer their help to protect Willaim and attempt to find a way to stop this end of the universe. Thus this would lead to this group ensemble to meet the Indigo Tribe for the first time as Abin Surr (Hal's predecessor) predicted this event to one day happen before his death so he created the Indigo Tribe built on Compassion to enlighten others, and it would be Kyle's compassion for his friend that would allow the Indigo Tribe to try and find a way to cut Nekron's manipulation and control over WIllaims mind to make sure he never becomes the Black Hand of Death. I dont want to give away too much of what happens in my pitch for this two-part saga conclusion, but I just wanted to share my idea for Blackest Night and how Id write it as this cinematic epic event. I have it all written down with some of my ideas and themes and even have some sketch and casting ideas.

[@DeSheaShavers]

It’s the Centre.

[@ezequielcanale]

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if we got a Batmah Who Laughs. It got quite popular and the design is visually appealing, good stuff for Hollywood. Maybe James Gunn didn't like the story, as most fans did, and opposes to it.

[@Loe_Jist]

I'd love to see BWL (and Barbatos) adapted to a mixed medium of TV, movies, and animated series. That'd be awesome. The key problem with adapting that storyline is how (mainstream TV and movie) audiences don't like when stories get too supernatural, too "god tier" powered, too otherworldly, and too multiverse driven. We see those devices used well in comic books, novels, anime, even some video games, but they're unfortunately never received well in mainstream TV and movies. HOWEVER... if they decide to adapt it down the road, they'll certainly have enough material to use for a number of movies and TV shows.

[@Brosati68]

Been loving the vids man! Excited to see the growth in the channel! It would be cool to see you give your recommendations for stories to read for the main DC characters in a video

[@darkur13]

The Crime Syndicate could a be a good “big bad”. Gives every hero a chance to shine against their evil counterparts and also a possible team up with the Legion of Doom. Or even a proper Legion of Doom plot where they almost succeed. Maybe stay out of the multiverse and just keep the big bad Earth based.

[@carterblake-x3b]

and tease the multiverse

[@sidoGold1980]

If we go with evil JL i would choose the NEW REICHSMEN?!^^ 🤔🙏

[@bliyro]

i wasn’t familiar with nekron but the way he was described makes me so excited for his possible appearance one day

[@juanjosegiraldo6986]

I think there won't be an only big bad, but a villain alliance for the JL or other crossover movies. Taking into account that villains usually have no incidence on cinematic universes, and that Gunn knows to coordinate multiple characters, I feel there will be a focus on the groups dynamics. For me, it could be the Legion of Doom with Luthor leading.

[@dk57nde23]

The YT algorithm is loving your videos rn because of the Gunn's Superman Excited to see your channel grow!

[@Walka_Vodka_]

Keep it up bro.. vids have been great and consistent.. me personally i’d do a dr ivo/ amazo big bad

[@NickHippo13]

I like it, it’s different. Also thank you!

[@cyb3rstudios]

This is a longshot but I could see Mongul as the big bad, with how suicide squad is loose cannon not only could they redeem Mongal they could introduce a more cosmic based villain easing us into the power scaling. Plus I just really like his story.

[@NickHippo13]

@@cyb3rstudios I want a Superman warworld movie based on the Phillip Kennedy Johnson arc from a couple years ago

[@kickbrosmasher5155]

Mongul is too much of a loser to be the main final threat

[@FragmentedWisp]

they must do the Tower of Babel storyline to break-up de League at some point, that would be awesome

[@NickHippo13]

Agreed. Legendary story.

[@redshot5403]

Justice league Doom is based off that, it’s one of my favs

[@ishaanbhattacharya9405]

It's my first time watching this guy and I've already watched every single video

[@NickHippo13]

Awesome lol, I appreciate you! Lmk what you think 🙏

[@FiestaTX17]

What I’d give for Green Lantern: Blackest Night to be adapted to the big screen. One of the best comics ever written in my opinion. What I feel like we could get is a Hal Jordan rebirth since I believe Parallax is being adapted in Lanterns. If Hal dies fighting off Parallax, we could bring him back as a younger actor since Hal is kinda needed for Nekron.

[@MF_Alpha17]

Here's where I think they could go with the Lantern Lore. I have no doubt we'll get at least 1 film, probably in chapter 2, but if Lanterns gets a season 2, it could get a higher budget and they could do more cosmic stuff. I think that would be a great idea since shows have more time than movies and there is a looot of stuff you can do with the Lanterns. But whether they do that or not, we could still get a Green Lantern film. The films will undoubtedly be more cosmic than the show, which ever way you go. So they could have the Lanterns show be about the earth green lantern, John, and have the film be about other characters

[@NickHippo13]

@@MF_Alpha17 I really want them to do movies tbh. Like you said, so much you can do with the lanterns. I feel like a terrestrial show for the lanterns is like having a land based show for Aquaman (not quite as dramatic, but still) to have them reach their full potential storytelling wise you gotta put them in space. I want my Sinestro core war movie

[@martialedits4335]

Is Lanterns confirmed as a multi season show? There's a possibility that it's just a limited series also with the creatives behind it such as Damon Lindelof they probably have a very focused and specific story they are trying to tell.

[@stonalisa3729]

@@martialedits4335 They won't confirm more seasons until they see how the audience reacts. I don't see it not getting popular. There is a large hunger for GL content

[@LiteralApe]

Good video, keep up the good work

[@Datadopamine24]

Bro love your videos keep doing the good job

[@FrostKenn20]

I hope James Gunn introduced some lesser unknown villains and make them famous.

[@sidoGold1980]

I know it won't happen but RED LION would be cool even if just smaller role or the NEW REICHSMEN?! 🤔🙏

[@bug5317]

Great Vid. First time watcher and new subscriber. I THINK, to get to Nekron we have to have Hal go evil/Paralax. Hal is also OLDER than the other Lanterns. I'm hoping the show introduces at least 2 other lantern corps then let the ending happen leading Hal into Paralax. I don't know if I want that to be the end of the show or a TEASER into the extended DCU. I would also like them to tease Brainiac. He is an outstanding character and can be a multi time threat maybe coming and being beaten and then going away only to come back later. ALL MOVIES STOP KILLING OFF GREAT VILLAINS!

[@e443productions9]

I’d go with maybe The Light, Trigon, and Derkseid. Black lanterns would be awesome too, but I’m just not sure about them setting a full final arc around the green lanterns

[@gabriela.alivodic9365]

Quality of this video is amazing. i would never guess that u have less then 500 subs

[@NickHippo13]

Much love!

[@sillysigmah]

Good takes and great video!

[@GodofFarms]

This is the first video I've seen of yours and I immediately love the channel. Keep up the work man

[@ricoshighlights5779]

Great video man, I think James Gunn should consider a collaboration of Villains like the Injustice League as the final threat after a good build up of movies.

[@pekhos_]

Hey man! As a relatively new fan of DC (I’ve always been a fan my whole life but I really dove deep into it in the past year) and I love how informative your videos are. You’re very knowledgeable about the lore and I love it! I’d love some longer videos and some deeper dives too

[@masonhall3617]

First couple phases should build to the Legion of Doom/Injustice League. After the LoD, it should branch into cosmic villains and build to Darkseid, do an Infinity War/Endgame type deal where maybe the League loses at first and then they make a comeback, could mix and match different story beats from Justice League: Origin and Final Crisis. After Darkseid it should build to the Anti-Monitor and a Crisis on Infinite Earths event.

[@DankBean]

Great video dude!. Thanks for making reliable and informing videos about dc with great opinions and takes!

[@jthoopers]

Great video dude! Very informative and entertaining. Just subbed🎉

[@AlvinWazHere]

Its Crazy how we almost got a Live Action Darkseid vs Justice League. But ofcourse. It was thrown away

[@jmandan8728]

Yeah because it’s too soon and it’s going to be shit

[@thomaskilroy4573]

⁠@@jmandan8728Sorry to break this to you but the Snyder Cut got fantastic reviews and has a higher audience score than every Avengers movie.

[@jmandan8728]

@thomaskilroy4573 fantastic reviews where?? 😂😂 Is audience score really your bar? How embarassing 🤣jesus and you really flexing those bots huh? 🤔 how low can you go? 🤡

[@kenjisparks]

@@thomaskilroy4573and it didn’t matter. It was already too little too late. All of Snyder’s DC films underperformed. Yes, they made more than any other DC movie not named Aquaman, but compared to Marvel they weren’t successful.

[@thomaskilroy4573]

@@kenjisparks Too little too late? He didn’t even get to finish it until 2020. How the hell is that his fault? And Marvel was mediocre at best before Phase 3 and their first movies were lacklustre with only the first Iron Man actually being great and even Avengers 1 has aged absolutely terribly. Marvel was always quantity over quality. Man of Steel made more than every single Phase One film prior to Avengers. Batman v Superman made more money than every single Phase One film prior to Avengers. Suicide Squad made more money than every single Phase One film prior to Avengers. Starting to see a pattern here?

[@ScumAnt]

Great video! I love the idea of a Nekron or Green Lantern related threat for the DCU.

[@HotButtonsTopics]

It’s my first time watching this channel and I could tell you are providing a lot of high quality contents! Keep up with it!

[@alexandrefrauches132]

When looking at Suicide Squad, Peacemaker and the upcoming Creature Commando, I think the DCU first main villain will be Amanda Waller and her organization (or at least someone in her organization like Maxwell Lord or General Eiling), with this first phase of movies building up towards an adaptation of the Cadmus Arc. Since there rumors that the main villain in Superman will be a clone of Superman (and will have the apperance of Rick Flagg Sr), it's very likely the movie will have Clark and his friends (Lois and Jimmy) uncovering Waller involvement in the clone's creation, causing more damage to her reputation and, in the process, inspiring heroes like Mr Terrific, Hawkgirl and Guy Gardner to be more independent and not being control by the goverment. The following films could showcase the rise of other heroes who don't operate under Waller and the goverment control, causing them to become worried due to the meta-humans potential to be threat. The final straw could be the Authority, since they are anti-heroes and have no problem doing morally questionable things, resulting in Waller deciding that meta-humans are too dangerous and need to be eliminate. So Waller could hire doctor Ivo to build up the Amazo, an android capable of stealing the heroes powers in case they turn against humanity. This all could all lead up to JL movie, in which Waller uses her organization to frame the heroes for a crime they didn't commit, gainning authorization to unleash Amazo to hunt them down. So the movie could have the heroes teaming up and trying to prove their innocence. It would be less a "heroes saving the world from an alien invasion" story (I'm would save that for the third film) and more of spy/political thriller, with the heroes doing more investigation and trying to clean their name.

[@NickHippo13]

Bro, YOU should be making videos, this comment is awesome 🤣

[@radityoprabowo3593]

Your theory is very interesting. I'm sure you will be proven yourself right in a few years. I can see this plot for the first half of James Gunn's 10 year plan.

[@carterblake-x3b]

i do see waller as a looming threat

[@Muicheerio]

I like the idea of hal snapping and killing the green lantern corps, then the new generation of the green lantern corps fights nekron with all the deceased ones hal Jordan killed

[@Gumpified25]

The MCU had multiple Avengers movies in a decade, I don’t see why we couldn’t get 3 -4 Justice League movies in the same saga, preferably Brainiac, Nekron and Darksied

[@archlinuxuser]

I'm glad you don't miss Snyder.

[@andersf5521]

Hey kid, I think you're doing a bang up job with your videos. Keep em coming. Great job.

[@Baaluluna]

I would love the Black Lanterns to be the Big Bad. But that requires so much Green Lantern stuff, like a good introduction to all the Corps. But I doubt they'd take that risk on something like Green Lantern. Like, why stake the big bad of your multi series franchise on some heroes most people don't care about. This is coming as someone who is more of a GL fan than I am a DC fan. I love Green Lantern, but I sadly don't think they'd risk it. Even if I'd love if they do.

[@milkiassamuel780]

I personally would love to see an adaption of Blackest Night as the culmination of the DCU and I actually have a pitch for a Green Lantern film saga where it ends with a DCU adaption of Blackest Night as an epic conclusion to a Green Lantern film/TV show saga of projects where they build up to Blackest Night similar to how it took the MCU 3 phases of movies to build up to Infinity War and Endgame. My pitch idea would include Kyle Rayner's Green Lantern as the main GL character alongside other GL's like John Stewart and Hal Jordan, where my story would establish Kyle as the best friend to Willaim Hand, who I would reimagine as this introverted, mentally challenged young adult who goes to the same art college as Kyle. The two would be really close friends as Kyle would treat Willaim with kindness and make him feel like a normal person. In contrast, Willaim, ever since he was born, has had mental problems that were deeply neglected and discouraged by his family, William even as a baby, he would hear the voice of Nekron whispering to him, but WIllaim would perceive them as just his own mental thoughts making him feel isolated and alone as hides his own suicidal tendencies thinking the world would be better if he was dead. Still, Kyle would be the one person who makes Willaim happy in his life and sees him as his true brother, compared to his actual brothers and sisters, who shunning him as the black sheep of the Hand Family. My take on Blackest Night would be a two-part film epic event where William Hand begins to see and hear Nekron, aka The Entity of Emptiness, the utter and complete blackness that existed before the spark of creation, as Nekron would be calling William and psychologically torturing him to unleash the Blackest Night to allow Nekron and the Black Lantern Corps to rise, and as such, other Lantern Corps begin to sense the beginning of the end. The Guardians of Oa have feared this prophecy for aeons, believing that Willaim Hand must die to prevent Nekron's arrival, thus creating a moral conflict where Kyle refuses to let his best friend die even if it means the end of the world. Because of this act of defiance, the Guardians, in this desperate state of fear, tell every Green Lantern member to hunt down and eliminate Willaim Hand as Kyle Rayner attempts to defend him, even if when other Green Lanterns are opposed to killing this kid who doesn't understand what's happening, they have no choice. This would be race against time ticking clock story as Kyle desperately tries to hide with William, and they enter unexplored forbidden sectors of space that the Green Lantern Corps have not colonised yet, trying to save him for however long they have left. He would forever have John, Hal, and Kilowog by his side to help him. Still, even they are unsure of the situation they're forced into as they have moral discussions over trying to save this kid who even he believes should die to make sure the Blackest Night does not happen, despite how much Kyle isn't not willing to let his friend die. Furthermore, other Lantern Corps, like the Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns, plus Sinestro and the Yellow Lanterns, would be working together to hunt them as they both sensed the arrival of the Blackest Night. However, fortunately, The Blue Lanterns and Star Sapphires offer their help to protect Willaim and attempt to find a way to stop this end of the universe. Thus this would lead to this group ensemble to meet the Indigo Tribe for the first time as Abin Surr (Hal's predecessor) predicted this event to one day happen before his death so he created the Indigo Tribe built on Compassion to enlighten others, and it would be Kyle's compassion for his friend that would allow the Indigo Tribe to try and find a way to cut Nekron's manipulation and control over WIllaims mind to make sure he never becomes the Black Hand of Death. I dont want to give away too much of what happens in my pitch for this two-part saga conclusion, but I just wanted to share my idea for Blackest Night and how Id write it as this cinematic epic event. I have it all written down with some of my ideas and themes and even have some sketch and casting ideas.

[@silversrc]

I really do not think they will pull something like that. I honestly think they're js gonna go Darkseid and maybeeee Parallax

[@Hylian_Glitchmobber]

High budget tv shows (especially those produced by HBO) cost way more than making a single movie. That said, I do agree the Black Latern corp would be awesome, but they should save that for later down the road so the impact of resurrected heroes hits harder.

[@gnarwhal7562]

My guess would be a Green Lantern villain (not sure who), given how cosmic their threats tend to be. Darkseid is an obvious pick, but he's too similar to Thanos, so they're likely going to avoid him

[@andreworozco2868]

your videos are dope man, just simple talk to the camera videos talking really interesting dc/marvel topics, please keep making more! I need to be subscribed to more accounts like you

[@NickHippo13]

@@andreworozco2868 appreciate you! More to come!

[@kam-I-am5150]

Parallax is fire🔥🔥🔥 and that story was top tier Idk about a 50/50 Parallax Hal STOMPS😈

[@aidan_548]

0:45 I do like the idea of brianiac breing a looming threat. Also I think generally speaking, most major Superman villains also work really well as over arching justice league villains as well

[@NickHippo13]

Agreed about the supes villains. Love the profile pic btw

[@mrlegodudes123]

Its gotta be The Center. Gunn said that the New Frontier storyline has influenced the DCU heavily. Also, Lanterns description mentioned an earth-based mystery, investigating a murder in America. I know that description of Lanterns isnt much to go off, but it does fall in line with the Center's earth-based cult. Lanterns is also said to have a tie in with the overarching story.

[@DJ_BumperYT]

That's gonna be for chapter one though, maybe chapter two could be those other villain he mentioned

[@dr.awesomex75]

I feel like Brainiac might just be set up for a Superman sequel. Especially given we know Superman ‘25 apparently is hardly going to show Krypton’s lore and Superman still knows very little about Krypton, it would make sense to showcase that in a sequel. So definitely agree with you there on the sequel angle. The most obvious answer for the villain seems to be The Centre, from The New Frontier. Gunn has been extremely open about how much he likes TNF and how it’s influenced the DCU, there are already rumors TNF is the basis for the inevitable JL film, the rumored villains of the Lanterns series as the Centre’s Cult, and you can have elements of the Centre spread across other projects, like Dinosaur Island in Creature Commandos and Paradise Lost explaining the lore of The Centre. The Black Lanterns just feel completely out of the blue. There’s zero evidence they’ll be in Lanterns, let alone a founding JL film IMO

[@NickHippo13]

Sorry for confusion, I didn’t mean that the villain in this video would be the first JL villain, I’m talking Thanos level threat. I think it would be ridiculous to put any of these villains as the first JL villain (aside from maybe brainiac)

[@Lbone38]

Keep it up bro. KZbin needs you. This was a classic video that reminded me of what KZbin WAS. A platform for discussion and creativity. Not AI-generated brainrot shorts. I wish there were more real people left…

[@NickHippo13]

Thank you so much! This made my day.

[@Lbone38]

You made mine. Subscribed ✌️

[@krisr4285]

If we’re talking main villain of this chapter? I think the Centre is where Gunn’s going

[@NickHippo13]

Agreed, I meant overall thanos level threat

[@DeSheaShavers]

Yup and Gunn is a pervert and pushes agendas. Suicide Squad had a MK-Ultra vibe and Centre looks like the all seeing eye, and the mf got an occult background.

[@Mansimar2026]

Great video!! Keep up the good work 👍

[@NickHippo13]

Thank you!

[@roadofjudgement]

hopefully you will become a big content creator like matttt

[@DababyIceEater]

You're videos look good you just earned a sub

[@NickHippo13]

Thank you!

[@benhoughton6907]

subscribed bro 🙏🙏

[@NickHippo13]

@@benhoughton6907 thank you! Glad to have you here

[@benhoughton6907]

@ broo ngl a vid on how you would personally construct the dcu or even just the first justice league film would be so interesting to me

[@NickHippo13]

@ I have four chapters of my own dcu written lol, I really wanna tighten my editing skills and make sure it’s a good dcu before I do that video tho, cus I’ve been making my own dc/marvel universes since i was like 8 years old haha

[@benhoughton6907]

@@NickHippo13 yhhh whenever you feel ready and get the chance honestly man i think it would be a really sick concept and u would have good ideas

[@Percival983]

Nice vid.u speak with knowledge.New subscriber.❤

[@kwajooo]

love the vids man keep it up!🔥

[@alphax101-gaming2]

Dark knights metal is my favorite comic book large event thing period and even I completely agree with your take on it in live action 😂. And also I think there’s no chance unfortunately that we actually get a real crime syndicate or at least anytime soon because it’s looking like Superman legacy will have its own take on an in universe ultraman

[@NickHippo13]

@@alphax101-gaming2 I also love metal!! But yeah, there’s no way it would work lol. And yeah, that ultraman is gonna be interesting. I wonder if it’s just a Superman clone or what

[@khurramabbas9864]

How about Eclipso as a major villain?, I reckon it would make for great story telling.

[@NickHippo13]

Eclipso is awesome!

[@TheNightOwlHour]

I fw your vids, keep it up🤙🤙

[@Matt-yj1lz]

I agree the anti moniter is a villain for later on and I think it will be a great opportunity to appease the Snyder fans by bringing back his characters not to mention some of the older characters like possibly Keaton. Having Jason playing both lobo and Aquaman will be pretty cool and should setup a pretty funny interaction

[@Bardia006plus1]

i think Neron could be a decent big bad in DCU by adapting his Underworld Unleashed storyline as some sort of finale. Eclipso is another villain that I think would be a decent choice by adapting his Eclipso The Darkness Within storyline.

[@farradinarc2693]

Good video... stay away from politics and you're golden.

[@NickHippo13]

@@farradinarc2693 never ever will I discuss politics on a comic book/movie channel 😂😂

[@wheattoast1971]

I think Nekron and the Black Lanterns are an awesome idea! Gods and Monsters being the theme it fits that the Black Lanterns are both of those things! Also if they were to kill off Hal Jordan in the show he could later come back as a Black Lantern which would do evil Hal but as a completely different way. I think that’d be cool but after the Snyderverse I think there will be a greater focus on who they should be versus what they could be if the right dominoes were to align.

[@mattycyt5973]

lowkey i love all of these, would lowkey like a team like the crime syndicate or legion of doom/secret society/injustice league as the main villain or even imperiex (none of these are better than urs but im adding more idea)

[@akwilson1676]

Hal Jordan Parallax would be awesome. That would add so much depth to the big bad, even more than Thanos wanting to erase half of the universe.

[@luccamerhy6305]

I really think that the first big threat in the new dcu will be something like the Authority, and the Justice League will rise to defeat them. I think there’ll be a plot based on rescuing the concept of heroism (inspired by Kingdom Come), and it will start with the superman movie. Superman will bring back that feeling of true heroism, and then the Authority would be the group to go against that. The fact that the engineer will appear in the Superman movie gets this thought stronger in my mind.

[@GreatRoostar]

I don't like the idea of Nekron being the big bad of the Dcu. I'm hoping for the Legion of Doom or the Injustice Gang or even just go with Darkseid again. For Nekron, I feel that you'd have to put a lot of focus on lantern lore and kill off a lot of characters, and I don't see them doing that in this universe. In a green lantern centred reboot universe in the future, though? I'd love it 😀

[@prestigeblue6269]

Would you do a video for like people wanting to get more into the comics, where to start maybe or some best reads? Love the videos 👌🏾

[@Bameroon]

They should build the Justice League while also building the Legion of Doom in the background

[@voclan1]

One villain that I think would be good AFTER the main villain of the DCU is defeated is The Batman Who Laughs. He is honestly a good villain who, while I don't think would do well now because of the lack of interest in multiverse stuff, would be an amazing antagonist down the line. Plus, it would open a gate for characters like Red Death(my man NEEDS redemption after what The Flash did to him)

[@-AaronBlack-]

Why does there always have to be one big bad ? The dc universe and marvel universe have both followed that trope for way too long, there are many different villains who are world ending or universe ending threats who deserve their own movies, just treat the universe like the comics and the movies will actually do well for once

[@geraldcleveland6207]

It’s crazy! These people forget that a cinematic universe is supposed to be an anthology series each having its own distinct style, mature rating and genre. Not the formulaic MCU copy + paste movies that these people have normalised and adapted into their heads, which is why every time I get this type of videos recommended to me I just roll my role eyes because I know they're just going to use the same old DC villains that we’ve seen a 1000 times who are mostly endgame bosses anyways, it doesn’t help as well when there head canon cinematic universe is just the same structure as the MCU.

[@milkiassamuel780]

I personally would love to see an adaption of Blackest Night as the culmination of the DCU and I actually have a pitch for a Green Lantern film saga where it ends with a DCU adaption of Blackest Night as an epic conclusion to the Lantern Corps storyline where they build up to Blackest Night similar to how it took the MCU 3 phases of movies to build up to Infinity War and Endgame. My pitch idea would include Kyle Rayner's Green Lantern as the main GL character alongside other GL's like John Stewart and Hal Jordan, where my story would establish Kyle as the best friend to Willaim Hand, who I would reimagine as this introverted, mentally challenged young adult who goes to the same art college as Kyle. The two would be really close friends as Kyle would treat Willaim with kindness and make him feel like a normal person. In contrast, Willaim, ever since he was born, has had mental problems that were deeply neglected and discouraged by his family, William even as a baby, he would hear the voice of Nekron whispering to him, but WIllaim would perceive them as just his own mental thoughts making him feel isolated and alone as hides his own suicidal tendencies thinking the world would be better if he was dead. Still, Kyle would be the one person who makes Willaim happy in his life and sees him as his true brother, compared to his actual brothers and sisters, who shunning him as the black sheep of the Hand Family. My take on Blackest Night would be a two-part film epic event where William Hand begins to see and hear Nekron (The Entity of Emptiness/ the utter blackness that existed before the spark of life), as Nekron whispers and psychologically calls Willaim to unleash the Blackest Night now to allow Nekron and the Black Lantern Corps to rise, and as such, other Lantern Corps begin to sense the cold shiver of death simultaneously as they fear the beginning of the end. The Guardians of Oa have feared this prophecy for aeons but carelessly neglected to acknowledge or warn others about it, they irrationally believe that Willaim Hand must die to prevent Nekron's arrival, thus creating a moral conflict where Kyle refuses to let his best friend die even if it means the end of the world, which would be an emotionally compelling way to ake the audience feel the weight and intensity of the stakes. Because of this act of defiance, the Guardians, in this desperate state of fear, tell every Green Lantern member to hunt down and eliminate Willaim Hand as Kyle Rayner attempts to defend him, even if when other Green Lanterns are opposed to killing this kid who doesn't understand what's happening, they have no choice. This would be race against time ticking clock story as Kyle desperately tries to hide with William, and they enter unexplored forbidden sectors of space that the Green Lantern Corps have not colonised yet, trying to save him for however long they have left. He would forever have John, Hal, and Kilowog by his side to help him. Still, even they are unsure of the situation they're forced into as they have moral discussions over trying to save this kid who even he believes should die to make sure the Blackest Night does not happen, despite how much Kyle isn't not willing to let his friend die. Furthermore, other Lantern Corps, like the Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns, plus Sinestro and the Yellow Lanterns, would be working together to hunt them as they both sensed the arrival of the Blackest Night. However, fortunately, The Blue Lanterns and Star Sapphires offer their help to protect Willaim and attempt to find a way to stop this end of the universe. Thus this would lead to this group ensemble to meet the Indigo Tribe for the first time as Abin Surr (Hal's predecessor) predicted this event to one day happen before his death so he created the Indigo Tribe built on Compassion to enlighten others, and it would be Kyle's compassion for his friend that would allow the Indigo Tribe to try and find a way to cut Nekron's manipulation and control over WIllaims mind to make sure he never becomes the Black Hand of Death. I dont want to give away too much of what happens in my pitch for this two-part saga conclusion, but I just wanted to share my idea for Blackest Night and how Id write it as this cinematic epic event. I have it all written down with some of my ideas and themes and even have some sketch and casting ideas.

[@Martin-jm3jf]

Vandal Savage would make a great villain for the grounded aspects of the verse

[@sirforbiddenstatic3904]

This is going to be the first arc of the new dcu so i think hal jordan being the first main threat isnt a bad idea. It could very well lead to the black lanterns too by introducing fear and other emotions

[@dramon5835]

Great list, though I do wonder if these movies will use Trigon as a sort of big bad since Titans might set him up by having Raven

[@_sekremmlin_8274]

I think Darkseid should be the end goal because he just is DCs most iconic Powerful Villain. DC never had adaptions of their best storys/Charakters. So give us that. And then when you delivered it like MCU did for Phase 1-3 then you can do outside of the box stuff. Atleast thats my opinion.

[@hudsonwalker8523]

I’m on board with lots of these really, I do think though that if you remember when they were casting Hal and John for lanterns, the first rumor was Josh Brolin… who played thanos, for Hal. So I mean that to me is interesting but idk if they’ll go that way I mean I’d rather not I hope they go another direction but just an interesting afterthought.

[@ErnestoComposer]

I think Lanterns is a show rather than a movie primarily for the fact that you can spend more time developing a story in a show than in a movie. It seems like a lot will happen in the show and it’ll take its time a bit more, so the HBO show format fits it better, like The Penguin

[@muchanadziko6378]

I would love a Hal Jordan parallax story It is possible they are setting this up, with the Lanterns show John Stewart stays on Earth and joins the Justice League And Hal goes back to space and maybe the first Green Lantern movie ends with him becoming Parallax

[@MJfp6lx]

Pretty apparent from Hal's actor age

[@marioperez9394]

I absolutely agree that the flash explains the multiverse best and I really enjoyed the movie I don’t care how much people hate it I think it’s fun and entertaining

[@lightyearpig12]

If we do get the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor at some point, I'd like to see LaMonica Garrett return from the Arrowverse as the Monitor of this new universe.

[@Victor-qx3vx]

I think that (at least for the first chapter: Gods and Monsters) Circe could pull it off. She is the kind of villain that would pull strings and manipulate other villains into fighting for her while carrying out her plans.

[@Ozz131]

brainiac in the next superman film is a must. trigon as starter villian like loki i avengers. nekron as ultron. darkseid as thanos. anti-monitor as dr.doom. perpetua as the beyonder/molecule man/god emperor doom in the upcoming secret wars.

[@khizeryusufzai2185]

My top 5 favorite DC villains 1. Vandal Savage 2. Reverse Flash 3. Amanda Waller 4.Brainiac 5. Scarecrow

[@NickHippo13]

Valid

[@khizeryusufzai2185]

@@NickHippo13 what’s yours?

[@NickHippo13]

@@khizeryusufzai2185 1. Reverse Flash 2. Deathstroke 3. Joker 4. Ra’s Al Ghul 5. Two-Face

[@kingcrimson3882]

I think they'll introduce Krona in the Green Lantern series and do a comic accurate Crisis on Infinite Earths

[@NickHippo13]

Would love to see Krona

[@mahmudwasifnafee507]

I think Parallax Hal Jordan is a possibility (or at least they should consider it) because of Kyle Chandler being castes to play him. He would do so well as a tormented version of Hal Jordan.

[@srivatsarao2817]

To give a rough idea of how strong superman is, pretty much all of his major villains are league level threats: Lobo, Brainiac, Lex Luthor (provided prep time), Doomsday, General Zod, Darkseid, you get the picture

[@NickHippo13]

Yeah, I think doomsday I kinda just a monster so not him, we’ve seen enough general zod imo, at least for him to not be a JL threat, Lex would be interesting but I still think they’d wanna go bigger and badder

[@Atomicgodzilla1]

Honestly, prob wont happen (at least not for phase one) but I honestly think itd be interesting to eventually bring in the legion of doom. I watched an MCU phase one rewrite that had zemo lead a team that was built up from other villains from the previous movies and i feel like the LoD is one of the most iconic villain groups in comics in general. Plus it'd be a good way to differentiate the DCU from other comics franchises where the plots kind of revolve around one guy being the mastermind behind apocalyptic flavor of the month.

[@plague223]

They should build the black lantern corp up in a green lanterns show, kinda like an unseen force of nature, and then reveal them in a big moment.

[@ceker2363]

Vandal savage or legion of doom would be awesome. They could lowkey do a justice league movie like the animated one where they just steal Batman’s contingency plans. Would be a new take on team up movies.