[GreenLantern]

I disagree, I think that Matty is on to something with his theory. I see the appearance of characters in this movie as cameos, an introduction. A nod to the comic fans and the casual fan will have their interest peaked. I don't think they will be intrical to the story, I believe the story will some how involve Luthor manipulating Batman but all along it was the other way around because Batman is Batman!!! But he had to test Superman first.. to see where his loyalties lie. After Superman can prove he is loyal to earth, they say well hey what about all these other super heros we have heard about, they sound worth exploring. Then from there we see individual movies for characters along with some team ups leading up to and spinning out of the JLA movie.. but somehow all woven together.

The other side of it may be that it is pretty hard to do a stand alone film that doesn't involve Superman. Marvel did a horrible job of explaining where all these heroes are during their stand alone films, most people just ignore (like myself) but maybe DC has bigger plans than that.

I dunno, I learned a lesson when I wrote off Heath Ledger as the Joker, so I will always have at least a little faith in the movies. Right now to me it goes:

X-Men

Marvel



DC

But as a huge DC fanboi I obviously want to see them rise.