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Biggest Justice League Rumors: True Or False. Justice Leagueis one of the year’s most hotly anticipated superhero films, but even just a few months out, there’s still so much of the movie that remains a mystery. The DCEU’s big superhero mash- up will attempt to ride on the franchise’s critical high following Wonder Woman, but there’s no guarantee that it will be able to match it, simply because not much is yet known about the movie. Most of the information that is out there about Justice League is in the form of unconfirmed reports and far- from- official reports. Sadly, most of these rumors (like the rest of DCEU) have been of a negative nature.

Justice League, like every DCEU film before it, has been plagued with reports of production problems and reshoot scramblings. All rumors are not necessarily negative, of course. While there are certainly some things floating out there about Justice League that no one wants to come true, there are just as many that every fan would kill to see become a reality.

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This list is a collection of some of the biggest and most persistent rumors. Some of them would greatly enhance the movie, but others seem like far more trouble than they’d be worth. All of them, no matter how far- fetched, have related to the production of the film. Here are 1. 0 Justice League Rumors We Hope Are True (And 1. We Hope Aren’t). 2. Don’t Want – Batfleck’s Swan Song.

This is the DCEU rumor that just won’t die. Ben Affleck’s future as Batman has been in doubt since nearly the second he was cast. It’s exhausting to hear as a fan, but what makes it even more disappointing is that Affleck is one of the best aspects of the DCEU so far. The world- weary Dark Knight seemed to be a cause for concern at first, but Affleck was amazing in Batman v Superman. No previous actor has been able to tap into the anger and sorrow of Bats with such ease. Affleck has thus far proven to be a perfect choice to bring to life the darker elements of the character. There’s so much potential for him to grow too, since for the majority of Bv.

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S, he was on a misguided revenge mission. The idea of a Justice League without the Caped Crusader is kind of intriguing, as it’s rarely been done. But Batman is too important a character, and Ben Affleck too good in the role, for Justice League to be his last appearance in the DCEU. Want – Deathstroke Says Hello. As much as rumors continue to circle about Affleck’s future in the cape and cowl, the status of his solo flick’s first villain has also been left in doubt. Showtime Full Saul: The Journey To Damascus Online Free.

The fact that Deathstroke will appear in The Batman and be played by Joe Manganiello is no longer a done deal. It also continues to be unconfirmed if Deathstroke will make his first DCEU appearance in Justice League, or if the character will ultimately be left on the cutting room floor. While Deathstroke doesn’t necessarily even need to be a secondary antagonist of the movie, the superhero team- up would be a nice way to introduce him to the universe. A cameo would more than suffice, as a quick glimpse of the world class mercenary would flesh out the world nicely and efficiently set up a return in The Batman. Deathstroke is one the best villains in the DC Universe, and one of its most interesting characters, period. The sooner he appears, or is at least confirmed to appear, the better. Don’t Want – Darkseid Will Be the Real Villain. Steppenwolf is definitely an odd choice for the main villain of Justice League.

Even accomplished DC fans aren’t exactly familiar with this New God, so rumors continue to circulate that the Apokolips- born baddie is just a fake- out. The real villain of the movie will be Darkseid, who will appear in the third act, and Steppenwolf is just a pawn. While a cameo or after credits sequence with Darkseid would be fine, he definitely shouldn’t be the main baddie. The DCEU has been rushed in many areas, and it should build up to a villain who’s powerful as Darkseid, not just dump him in right out of the gate and declaring his uncle (at least in the comics) a red herring. It would be fun to see him appear before his MCU counterpart, Thanos, because that wait has been indeterminably long, but it’s best to show restraint. The DCEU also has a growing issue with the secret villain twist.

Save for Man of Steel, each film has featured a surprise antagonist lurking in the background who makes a sudden third act appearance. It’s not shocking anymore.

It’s just vaguely annoying. Want – Nightwing!!!

A Nightwing movie is in the works for the DCEU, but so far, there have been no real hints about him even existing in any of the movies. Bv. S features the big Robin memorial (that’s seemingly dedicated to Jason Todd, as far as we know), but nothing about Bruce’s first protege, Dick Grayson. We’re certainly not calling for him to be a full- fledged member of the League, but it would be awesome to see him make a brief appearance in Justice League as rumors have suggested. It certainly would make sense. If Bruce is building a group of superheroes, you’d imagine that Nightwing would get cursory phone call at the very least, even if the two might be estranged. As many Batman movies as there have been over the years, the Bat Family has been severely underrepresented in live- action. Justice League could be the first step towards wiping out the bad taste left in everyone’s mouths by Batman & Robin.

It certainly doesn’t hurt that Nightwing is one of the most beloved superheroes among comic fans. If the movie is shooting for a lighter tone, the character who originally brightened up Batman’s life should pop in for a brief appearance. Hell, an actual acknowledgement of his existence in the DCEU would suffice. Don’t Want – More Knightmares.

The Knightmare sequences in Batman v Superman were one of the movie’s weakest elements. While visually interesting, they felt very jammed into the plot of the film and added very little to the narrative. Therefore, it’s disappointing to hear that they will might make a reappearance in Justice League. The Knightmares served their purpose already. They convinced Bruce that he needs to find others like himself and prepare for a big incoming war.

There’s no reason to revisit such a depressing and apocalyptic landscape, especially if they shoe- horned in like they were in Bv. S. Justice League should be about the DCEU getting on more solid and optimistic footing.

The emphasis in the trailers has been about the team trying to emulate the hopeful ideal of Superman. To go back to Knightmare landscapes and murderous Justice Leaguers would be step in the exact opposite direction. Want – Tonal Balance.

Following along that same line of thought, the rumor about the movie becoming much funnier will hopefully also prove true. Joss Whedon was brought on board by Zack Snyder to provide a helping hand, long before he became the second director, for a reason. Whedon is very good at mixing humor and dramatic pathos, especially in a team setting. Justice League should bring out the best in the creator. There has been some humor in the DCEU before now. Wonder Woman was almost a romantic comedy (and an excellent one at that) at points, and there are even a fair bit of jokes to be found in Man of Steel and Bv. S. No one thinks of the DCEU as a humorous shared universe, though.

The movie doesn’t need to be a Marvel affair with quip firing a mile a minute. That simply wouldn’t work here. But a lighter and more optimistic tone is exactly what the DCEU needs for its big team- up. It’s time to have fun again with Batman and his friends. Don’t Want – Super Deus Ex Machina.

It’s probably safe to say that Superman will be play a big part in the endgame of Justice League. Hopefully, Supes won’t be so important to the end of the film that he becomes the deus ex machina that ends the conflict. Rumor has it that Henry Cavill’s Superman won’t be in the movie until the third act, where he will rise from the dead and swoop in to save the lives of everyone at the last possible second. This would be, well, lame.

Julian Assange, Eclipse Truther. Astronomers, doctors and other experts alike are in total agreement on one point—don’t stare at a solar eclipse without eye protection unless you want to damage your vision or go blind, you goddamn idiot. This warning was in large part heeded by all but the very uninformed or the very impulsive, categories which both naturally included President Donald Trump, who soaked in as much luxurious unshielded eclipse viewing as he could on Monday. Now Wikileaks chief Julian Assange, whose behavior and vaguely pro- Trump leanings have grown more concerning in direct proportion to the amount of time he has spent locked inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, is warning the public not to fall for Big Safety Glasses’ grift. Early Monday evening, Assange tweeted “There’s no danger staring directly at the moon during a total eclipse. Before/after, the moon only partly covers the sun = usual sun danger.”He added, “You look away when you see it ending. Eyes also move to protect themselves.

The hysteria seems to be sustained by glasses company profits.”In fairness to Assange, he’s not wrong that a total solar eclipse is, in theory, safe to look at during the very short period of time that the main body of the sun is covered entirely by the moon. In that extremely limited circumstance, only parts of the the sun’s corona which do not emit enough energy to damage the eye are visible. But the vast majority of people viewing an eclipse never see a totality. They’ll see a partial eclipse, which is when only a significant percentage of the sun is covered (as in New York today, where only 7.

Because so much of the sun is covered during a partial eclipse, one’s eyes may not “move to protect themselves.” Instead, the sun will dim enough that one could get fooled into staring at it, even as it’s frying the interior of their retinas. As NASA noted, the reason one should still use protective glasses or other equipment during a total solar eclipse is because as the moon rotates in front of the sun, it’s very difficult to determine the exact window of time someone might have to look at it. Again, since the vast majority of people are not in the path of the totality—though may believe they are, especially if they’re close to it—it’s really, really for the best that everyone just wears the damn safety glasses.

For both of these reasons, advocating otherwise sounds an awful lot like a teenage boy arguing he doesn’t need to wear a condom because he knows when to pull out. There was no safe time for Trump to look at the eclipse, because the sun was only 8. Washington, D. C.“Glasses company profits” seems a little naive, considering high demand took retailers by surprise and the rarity of major eclipses does not really seem all that conducive to the formation of an astronomy- industrial complex, but hey—the next time Assange wants to take a cake out of the oven or something, he’s free to defy Big Oven Mitts too.