YoungJRNY wrote:Clark Kent, unlike Thor, grew up on Earth, learned what it was to be human with honest relationships and has a high morale of family value.
Exactly....he has no character flaws. He's this good looking dude who is all "liberty, justice and the American way", who has the girls swoon over him. He seems to have almost unlimited strength, speed, laser eyes with x-ray vision, flight, and on and on and on. Contrast that with Megamind...a scrawny dude with a big head that nobody likes, who comes up with crazy "evil" plans that he EXPECTS to go wrong. Make HIM the good superhero and you have ALL KINDS of character flaws to write about and make interesting...especially when the bad guy is an evil version of Superman.
Yes, "Kryptonite" is a flaw. But, the "real" flaw that represents is that he's an alien. But, that's hidden under thousands of layers of super powers and charm.
In many ways, Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent have a lot more in common as men within the dynamic to that relationship than any of the Marvel characters have shown between each other.
Imagine a movie where two characters meet. They have a ton of stuff in common and sit down and chat in a Starbucks cuz neither drinks...because they are good guys. Yawn.
That is NOT good story telling. Contrasting characters are what drives drama. One thinks he's a god, one IS a god. One is a narcissist who does not play well with others. The other a team player who is humbled by the fact that he used to be a scrawny kid who got beat up all the time. THAT is characters created to be together to drive drama in a story. What the characters have in common is NOT what drives drama and story.
Think of ANY hugely popular story. Star Trek: How much alike are Kirk, Spock and McCoy? Star Wars: How much alike are Ben, Luke and Han? Lord of the Rings: Aragorn, Gimly, Legolas, Borimir/Farimir, and Frodo.
It may be natural to think that characters that have a lot in common are a good thing, but it's not. Whatever they have in common ("We hate orcs and Sauron...must destroy ring" "The empire must fall", "We may not be able to save the Earth, but we can avenge it") must come through IN SPITE of how different they are..
The middle ground here is Wonder Woman. She's kind of the Thor in this scenario. No human relation and is a Princess Warrior from a Paradise Island only programmed to do one thing: WAR and battle.
For comic book fans, that may be how she is seen. For most laymen, she is the 70's TV version...which is not exactly what you describe above. If she plays a part, I hope it's small and just enough to get her own movie...because that character sounds interesting...and it should be out BEFORE Justice League...If not, people are going to be confused...
Supes is not 100% invincible. He has weakness's. Kryptonite is deadly to him and magic weakens him. Thor is more invincible than Superman in this regard.
Take Thor's hammer away and he's not worth nearly as much.
But, as I said above, his true weakness is he's an alien. That point was made well in "Man of Steel"...he was called 'the alien' repeatedly. He is a man without a home who has to make Earth his adopted home...but instead of integrating into society, he has his solitary fortress...and has to disguise himself as Clark Kent to blend end.
In fact, that is one angle BvS could go. Superman leads a double life where he tries to be accepted. Batman leads a double life where he almost wants to be the hero nobody likes.
The existence of Superman brings Bruce out of his shell. With a man of his power, Kal opens up Bruce's eyes to put more trust in relationships and take that leap of faith and trust in one another. Superman actually needs Bruce in the league in many ways. To basically make the brash and rash decisions that Clark simply can't judging by his morality and to be the voice of others. Supes does most of the heavy lifting. Bats keeps things in lockdown and is the decision-maker.
so, you are saying the plot goes something like this:
Luther comes along with a plot to do some evil destruction. Superman doesn't think and wants to fly in and take care of business. Batman warns him to get more info. Superman goes in anyway...and falls into a Kryptonite trap. Batman then has to save Superman and give him an "I told ya so..." lecture. Then together they make a plan and go in to get Luther. Wonderwoman pops in to say 'hi!'. Luther is captured. They have a talk about forming a team...The end.
I say they could make it more complicated and interesting then that. Batman and Superman do not need to "fight", but they need to argue and piss each other off a bit. There doesn't need to be a huge war scene like when the Avengers first met...but SOMETHING dramatic needs to come out that is not all friendly.
Maybe they both try to get Lex, but butt heads and he gets away...and they blame each other.