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Mongul would be good. I can't believe not one other person thinks the Parasite would be a good villain...

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From what I'd seen of the Parasite, his "big plan" was to drain Superman to a husk. Might make for some good fights, as Superman tries to figure out a way to stop Parasite's rampage without ending up as a Kryptonian buffet.

But there's not that much emotional conflict. With Superman and Luthor, Superman's thinking "we once were friends; why do we have to be enemies now?" With Superman and Brainiac, it's either "he has my people captive" or "he betrayed Krypton!" (depending on if they go with classic Brainiac origin, or Superman:TAS origin).

What is there for Parasite? He was either empowered by accident (pre-Crisis), or chosen as a pawn by Darkseid (post-Crisis). Not sure of his postboot origin?

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I still think the opening 10 minutes should include Supes vs. the Master Jailor! As played by someone known for being really intense, like Russel Crowe or or Joacquin Phoenix or something (something way out of left field)! I just want to hear “AND NOW YOU ARE A PRISONER OF…THE MASTER-JAILOR! NYAHAHAHAHA!”. Then we can get into the rest of the second movie laugh

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uh... no.


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The only problem with the Parasite this soon might be the fact that in a way that was already done in Superman Returns. Kal did the whole "powers sapped by kryptonite/must overcome weakness to fight back" angle, so having a villain in the next movie that saps his powers and he must overcome weakness to fight back might just feel like a retread.


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Originally posted by Seth Gaterra:
With Superman and Luthor, Superman's thinking "we once were friends; why do we have to be enemies now?"
But this doesn't apply to the movies.

Instead, we've had Lex as an extremely jealous megalomaniac who hates the fact that Superman gets more attention than he does, and who wants to keep Supes from interfering with his real estate renovation plans.

Lex, in the movies, is an over-the-top villain in the same way the Joker is. I think that's why both villains were so effective while the villains of subsequent Superman and Batman movies lacked the same sense of power or urgency (except, arguably, the Penguin, who was grossly altered from the comics version).

So, a Superman movie villain doesn't need to have super-powers (in fact, powers could be a detriment: an excuse for special effects to overwhelm the story). Instead, the villain should challenge Superman in ways he's not used to being challenged, as Lex does through his intellect and narcissistic willingness to sacrifice billions of people.

Of the villains mentioned so far, none stands out to me as meeting this criteria, unless they are also reinvented Hollywood style.


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