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New Green Lantern trailer looks amazing;

http://video.comicbookresources.com/movies/super-heroes/green-lantern-trailer-featuring-guardians-kilowog-more/

Looks like WB are improving their game.

However, the trailer also confirms that the DC movies won't be doing a joined up continuity like Marvel.  The trailer says that Abin Sur is the first alien encountered by Earth, and it's been confirm by both Snyder and Nolan that Superman is the only hero in the world of Man of Steel.

Whilst it DC/WB have said for a while that they wanted to establish strong solo franchises and weren't going to follow the Marvel plan, I've always believed that the unofficial plan was to not have any direct contradictions so that IF they ever wanted a joint continuity in the future, then they could just bring the franchises together.  Sure they might never mention each other, but they wouldn't explicitly state that the other didn't exist (the same supension of disbelief that's required in comics).

I think we're going to need a score card to keep track of DC's films in the future;

JLA - already confirmed to be in the works by WB and Geoff Johns, with a new Superman, Batman and presumably Green Lantern as well
Dark Knight sequels - presumably another new Batman actor, re-invention of the character, loose Nolan sequels, produced by Nolan
Man of Steel sequels
Green Lantern sequels
Wonder Woman - possible JLA spin-off
Flash - possible JLA spin-off

At this point it's not known if the JLA spin-offs would be in the same continuity as the JLA movie or if they would just use JLA to spin-off popular characters in to stand alone franchises.

Maybe they're building towards a Crisis on Infinite Earths movie

All I know is this could be pretty confusing for the general public!!

I'm gonna try not to give any spoilers.

Basically I agree with Acky.  The film certainly wasn't as bad as the critics are saying.  I was entertained and I had a good time (this is definately a film to see in 3D).  But, I just felt like it could have been so much more.  There was enough going on that they could have split this into two movies, given all the plot points more time to breath and spent more time developing the characters.

That said, if the film does well enough to get a sequel (I really hope it does, it certainly wasn't reboot levels of bad!) then I think that's where the franchise could really take off.  All the pieces are in place for them to do an excellent sequel.  Strong's Sinestro was great, I only wish they'd spent more time showing why he was considered the best and establishing more of a relationship between him and Hal (who I thought Reynolds played really well).

If they do a sequel, I hope the teaser scene is set around the midpoint, as I think a LOT more character development is needed to get to that point, cool as it was from a fan perspective!

On the Man of Steel front, I like Crowe as Jor-El, but deep down I was really hoping for Tom Welling.  Chris Reeve appeared in Smallville to pass the torch and I've been thinking recently that having Welling as Jor-El would be a nice way to pass the torch on to Henry Cavill.  Since filming is said to start next month, how long do you reckon until we see Cavill in this;

Maybe I'm old fashioned.  I don't dislike the new look, but man I'm really gonna miss the classic suit!

Not sure how I missed this earlier today!

I like it, but I don't think I'll be completely sold until I see it in motion. I love the cape, but the suit looks a bit too textured, seeing it in motion will be the test. That said, I'm glad I was expecting the New DCU suit, if I was expecting the classic look I'd have been very disappointed.