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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I've seen the Dark Knight Returns animated so that's my source of knowledge for the plot but I don't see why they couldn't still do it. It would be at least three movies though - Batman vs gang, Batman vs Joker, Batman vs. Superman. I don't think they actually will but they could? I know nothing about the death of Superman other than it was Doomsday who killed him.
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TDKR animated movie is a pretty good adaptation. Pretty much frame-by-frame of the novel (although I'd still recommend).
The biggest reason they couldn't do it is the final battle with Superman and Batman. By using the armour and the fight and some attempt at the philosophical issues between the two (which they completely botched), that's why they can't do that storyline anymore. They took too much from it while making it into something different.
The trailers with Clark Kent wanting to take down the vigilante, and Wayne's concerns about Superman's potential destruction gave a little hope they'd do the subtext right, but those two short pieces of dialogue were pretty much where that conflict ended. And that really is the crux of their issues.
And the biggest thing from TDKR to take away (I actually haven't read Death of Superman either, not a big Superman guy) is that they don't end up actually agreeing. Batman beats him, not with force, but with brains. All through the canon Batman and Superman have this ongoing issue, and they tried to resolve it and make them besties by the end of the film. Even the idea that Batman would gather the Justice League is completely against character. Batman is supposed to hate the idea of a JL, be paranoid of the other members, and refuse to be a part of it.
I'm all for different interpretations and storylines, but if that's what you want to do then make it different. Don't pull things into the film that make no sense character-wise just so you can show Batman in the metal suit, or Doomsday because he's cool, while changing the best parts of why those things exist in the first place.