So there I was in the bathroom trying to dodge todays work. I was pondering about the secrets of life, when suddenly I heard a whisper. As I looked around and wondered whatever could it be. That when I heard the voice call my name. The unicorn was in direct violation of my privacy and I explained that this is a safe haven and you shall not pass. The unicorn was cool about and said he sometimes does not understand the interactions and rules of mortal men. He told me he will be brief but I must take his message to the people and enlighten them on what should be happening in the DC universe and who could tie it all together. He told me that Lobo would be the perfect catalyst to explore the DC universe. Lobo has interstellar space travel down pat. Lobo has strength and intelligence that rivals Superman. And Lobo can give a humor as well as dark approach to the DC universe. He told me to tell you guys that this could work and eliminate what appears to be a lot of work introducing the JL. Lets jump to Why this would work.
Lobo is an intergalactic bounty hunter. Lobo has a bike (Spacehog ) that he uses to navigate the universe. By Lobo having this as a means for transportation he could find himself discover a plethora of Easter eggs. We could see Lobo hired by the Braniac to hunt for a rare gem (kryptonite ) and during his travel he could encounter green lanterns, Tharganians, White martians and so forth. We could explain who will be Green Lantern by saying the Earth sector is protected by John Stewart. Or he could see the White Martians killing the planet. Basically everything that DC would want to do with their Superman movie. As he hunts for the Kryptonite we could see what Zod was doing before the invasion. We can see that there is a larger world other than Earth. He could explore for most of the movie introducing to us to the various races and species in the Universe. Now as far as Braniac being the villain. It could work or for whatever direction DC wishes to expand the Universe to. could be who hires Lobo. He really could be hired by anyone, he is a bounty hunter after all.
Next is why Lobo seperates himself from other Anti-heroes. Lobo is functionally immortal meaning he could be the Wolverine to DC if used properly. Again he has the strength of Superman the intellect of Batman. And just an overall Badass. Meaning with his functional immortality they could use his story to explain wars and why races that Earth will be facing are the way they are. Lobo could explain where Kryptonite came from. Lobo could explain how Hal Jordan and John Stewart are both GLs for Earth. Think about how easy it would be to drop hints on what we would see with JL. It would be alot easier to explain races and people in passing that to do like the Avengers and have to fight the aliens first to expand their universe. DC has a character who is basically involved with every race, creature and alien in the DC universe. He aside from Brainiac and a Lantern are basically the only people with intergalactic space stories where their stories are based on them crossing and inter mingling with more than Earth. DC has a catalyst right under their nose if they just take the chance to think outside of what Marvel is doing and take back the CBM genre. They could literally do so much with a Lobo movie without it feeling forced as we saw in GL. If they ever want a chance to really run. Use what you've got. I once saw a Cadillac race a Honda and win. Well thats my time. Tell me what you think of the Lobo genesis and drop a comment.
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