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

[@hurricane7727]

Darkseid from Zack Snyders Justice League? He wanted to Conquer the Multiverse as stated in that Movie so in a Way Zacks Verse and Gunn Verse Could crossover to Work together to Stop Him

[@batmanwins5701]

It will be the Anti Monitor played by Zack Snyder. 😂 He will find a way to destroy the DC movies once again. I also want to add that I think nekron might be a solid guess. I've had a sense recently that they want to build towards a blackest night arc. Maybe not the ultimate villain but certainly a major event to cover along the way. And Darkseid is the most sensible option for the ultimate evil. He is top dawg when it comes to DC big bads.

[@batmanwins5701]

​@@hurricane7727uuugh I really hope not. So tired of multiverse silliness.

[@hurricane7727]

@batmanwins5701 I like it if it's utilized properly. Darkseid being a Multiversal(Meaning we could see Gunn Verse Jl, Snyder Jl, Whedon Jl, Arrowverse etc)threat works in that it would take more than one Jl to defeat him and his Apokoplitan forces by all Working together and have Multi Jls fight him to defeat him.

[@batmanwins5701]

@hurricane7727 lol stop it! That stuff was all so bad, we are not going to see Gunn do something so creatively bankrupt as that carbon copy of the Marvel multiverse saga, just to give fan service to the ten people that liked those shows and films. He has this amazing opportunity to create a massive story with all new actors and none of that baggage from a very thorough flop and it's distant halfwit cousins. I'm sure that a few people would love to see a bunch of that sort of rehash nostalgia, but I'm pretty certain that most people (least of all James Gunn) want to squander all this creative power and freedom by having any major association to the properties you mentioned. Not trying to crap on you for being a fan of that stuff, it's cool to enjoy whatever you enjoy, but I hope and expect something that will be far greater than what came before it. I actually worked on the crew of a few of the CW series when they filmed up here in Vancouver, I loved the experience and have some warm memories of those productions.. but even I am not so nostalgic that I want them to dredge up the corpse to take another poke at. My friend I truly hope that the DCU lives up to my excited hopes and that you enjoy it immensely as well. Remember to keep your eyes on the skies, because a new superman is on his way to save the day, Cheers.

[@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

[@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

[@IHateThoseNWords]

That should be their phase 1, so when you get to phase 3 heroes and villains that have already fought one another have to unite against a larger threat

[@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?

[@konger6069]

@@Young_Dabwell your wish came true

[@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

[@IHateThoseNWords]

Lex Luthor should take the role of Loki, Brianiac could be a villain of a whole phase

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

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

[@NickHippo13]

Thank you!

[@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.

[@wr5488]

To be fair though Nekron and Black Lanterns weren’t even the final villain for Green Lantern. Like two arcs later Nekron and the blackest night aren’t even a threat, Hal solos Nekron and overpowers him with his will in Nekron’s seat of power. Then turns Nekron into his minion to help fight Volthoom. Every arc the power of the villains increased like crazy. We still had Krona (creator of the multiverse) and Volthoom (source of all lantern related powers) in the following arcs.

[@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

[@victorhugorodriguez773]

I Belive making Hal a villain whiout been a hero is problematic, no shock value for most of People, probably they choose the latern on the superman movie, someone we know.

[@cartergross1716]

@@victorhugorodriguez773he will be a hero in lanterns

[@user-ku7ww3nn6i]

The dude's gonna be in his 60s when the show comes out, he's not in this for the long run, so Hal's character is just gonna be wasted most likely

[@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.

[@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

[@batmanwins5701]

Dude! Your refreshingly humble and fair minded superhero movie related content is hard to find! Thanks for this video! Subscribed and liked.

[@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!

[@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?! 🤔🙏

[@The_MEMEphis]

Kite man

[@dk57nde23]

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

[@grizzlytalisman]

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

[@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

[@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 🙏

[@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]

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[@prayagramraj117]

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[@henryhello826]

Even at your lowest, the videos still great

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[@gabriela.alivodic9365]

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

[@NickHippo13]

Much love!

[@Datadopamine24]

Bro love your videos keep doing the good job

[@DankBean]

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

[@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

[@BoiAlt]

Yeah and then they lose in the next JL movie.

[@GodofFarms]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@ScumAnt]

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

[@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

[@just-seeking]

Great video. Not sure about this DCU/Gunn project but we'll see.

[@jthoopers]

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

[@bliyro]

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

[@wr5488]

He’s cool! Nekron was the third to last big bad in Green Lantern. After Nekron was Krona, creator of the DC multiverse. And then after Krona the final boss was Volthoom, the First Lantern and source of all the Lantern’s powers. But by the time the final fight came around the main Lantern (Hal Jordan) was so strong he overpowered Nekron solo and then used Nekron as a weapon against the First Lantern. Hal literally kidnaps Death and uses it as a weapon.

[@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?!^^ 🤔🙏

[@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

[@alexandrefrauches132]

@@radityoprabowo3593 It would make sense when connect to the Suicide Squad movie as well the Creature Commando, since they all show the goverment involved in illegal experiments, robots and meta-humans. There's even rumors that the main villain in Superman film will be a Superman clone (probably Bizarro). If the DCU goes this direction, soon or later it will have Waller and her organization creating a threat that will force all the heroes to work together to stop it.

[@alexandrefrauches132]

@@carterblake-x3b It could be either Waller or someone in her organization, since Waller herself, despite her actions, does show to have a complex morallity.

[@andreworozco2868]

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[@NickHippo13]

@@andreworozco2868 appreciate you! More to come!

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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!

[@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!

[@andersf5521]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@raghuraj2967]

Dude, just a few weeks old on KZbin? Just came across this video and you made it so effortlessly engaging that your last line took me by surprise. You have a flair for nicely explaining a lot of info. Subbed and hope to see more of you. Best of luck!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@ButchersNailsEnjoyer]

Considering marvel focused on only thanos and killed off like 90% of their villains in the only movie theyd show up in, itd be cool if dc didn’t have an overarching villain but rather multiple big villains. We’ve seen the heroes need to team up against the big guy twice in infinity war and justice league. They should go the justice league unlimited route where there’s so many threats everywhere they have to organize almost like a military and send different heroes to different battles

[@sillysigmah]

Good takes and great video!

[@LiteralApe]

Good video, keep up the good work

[@kwajooo]

love the vids man keep it up!🔥

[@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?

[@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

[@aidan_548]

@@NickHippo13 thank you 😂😂

[@TheNightOwlHour]

I fw your vids, keep it up🤙🤙

[@Mansimar2026]

Great video!! Keep up the good work 👍

[@NickHippo13]

Thank you!

[@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

[@DababyIceEater]

You're videos look good you just earned a sub

[@NickHippo13]

Thank you!

[@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 👌🏾

[@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.

[@Captainmubz]

They'd have to scale him down way too much for him to properly work in Live action

[@roadofjudgement]

hopefully you will become a big content creator like matttt

[@Percival983]

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

[@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 😂😂

[@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

[@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

[@fsw6330]

To be fair, a Crime Syndicate saga in the Gunn-verse would be incredible as a live action production (providing the actors aren’t chosen from a C-list category).

[@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.

[@chasealbertjackson964]

The fact no one is seriously considering the possibility of Paralax Hal Jordan as the main villain for at least the Gods and Monsters chapter is insane. Gunn specifically is giving us an older Hal, having Lanterns be based of Earth, an active Guy Gardner and John Stewart while not having Kyle Reyner yet all are huge indicators of that storyline potentially being adapted.

[@Tumaldita_para]

I want to see Vandal Savage and Mongul

[@hartzldn]

There are actually rumors that Hal Jordan will turn about to be a villain in the show so interesting suggestion. I don’t think he’ll be a big bad for the DCEU but maybe a more conflicted and emotionally compelling Loki type character.

[@TheManBehindTheSlaughter1983]

I would LOVE if the phase 1 big bad was a super villain team up, and in a later phase they both had to team up against a REALLY big bad guy, and then the next and final phase involved the heroes and villains mixing up and taking sides against each other on what should be done in the aftermath

[@ffabiang]

I agree with you so much on Michael Keaton's Bruce explanation of the multiverse. It's one of the best parts of the movie and the perfect explanation for the mess that these storylines can turn into.

[@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.

[@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)

[@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)

[@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

[@-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.

[@ridiculouslylate]

If I had to bet money on it I’d say brainiac is the safest choice. Crime syndicate seems like a good second place choice. I guess we’ll see. I think the Hal Jordan thing could be interesting but yeah not super likely.

[@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

[@mygetawayart]

to reach either Parallax or Necron theyre needs to be some important setup first. If they go for Necron, then the emotional spectrum has to be a main focus. In canon, a Black Lantern ring can only be destroyed when the light from the rings of two different corps hits it, (or using a white lantern ring but that's even more far along) so the emotional spectrum is kind of unavoidable. If they wanna go the Parallax route (and I don't believe they necessarily have to follow the comics since Emerald Twilight all the way up until Blackest Night, they can split these two and do them as they please, however, with an older Hal Jordan, Parallax may come first ig) then they need to firstly: set up Hal as a good guy and make us care about him, and secondly, do Mongul destroying Coast City. In either case, a fair bit of setup is necessary

[@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 ✌️

[@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.

[@dylante5987]

My god, if they give us a Blackest Night arc in live action under Gunn’s creativity, I’ll never get over it

[@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

[@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.

[@khurramabbas9864]

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

[@NickHippo13]

Eclipso is awesome!

[@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

[@jonbernardo2992]

I low-key liked the flash movie too

[@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)

[@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.

[@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.

[@strow99]

I'd love to see Monarch as the big threat but that may have the same issues as the anti monitor with the multiverse time travel stuff

[@ryan1976]

They could go the unexpected route and have it be Circe. She has the power and it could be a big breakthrough for her character.

[@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.

[@kam-I-am5150]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@kylegivens3120]

It could also be most of them if this universe is successful. Because that's how it was in the comics. They could make Nekron the biggest bad, sprinkle in Darkseid (Appkolips engages the Justice League, but it doesn't extend any further yet) and Parallax(the Justice League engage Parallax, but the Zero Hour ordeal isn't as dangerous as the original) in between Nekron's time, then have him take a position as the biggest bad, only for The Anti Monitor to destroy Darkseid then take over absolutely (Because Darkseid originally stayed out of the Anti Monitor's way in Crisis on Infinite Earths, likely because The Anti Monitor was far more powerful and dangerous than Darkseid and Darkseid didn't NEED to get involved). I can only see Brainiac used for Superman specific films.

[@beacon666]

James Gunn has been very vocal that his dc era isn’t going to end up like the mcu. The films most likely won’t be setting up other projects like the mcu has done with Thanos.

[@SuperCanayaZ]

Lex Luthor and the League of Doom. Give me a classic Good Guys Vs Bad Guys.