A couple of weeks ago
It was announced that James Gunn would be writing a sequel to Suicide Squad.
Also, he might be directing.
Also, it might be a reboot -
it's unclear.
And one of my favorite of my own videos
is on how i believe the original Suicide Squad could have been done differently,
to make a more interesting movie that was better tailored to the fundamentals of the Suicide Squad.
It's called "Saving Captain Boomerang."
I think it's a lot of fun.
And in that video, I try to work around the constraints of the original Suicide Squad.
Same characters, similar mission.
But this timeI want to do something different.
I want to pitch what I would do at Suicide Squad.
If I were in James Gunn's shoes, what would my version look like?
And a pitch of a movie like Suicide Squad centers around two things:
the squad and the mission.
So let's start with the squad.
My version would be a soft reboot,
so keeping Flag, Deadshot, and Captain Boomerang.
I think all of those characters more or less worked and they're all classic members of the Suicide Squad.
I would like Harley back, but I'm not sure where that character will be in a few years,
since in the end of Suicide Squad, Joker broke her out of prison
and Harley is going to be part of the new Birds of Prey movie,
so I doubt Harley Quinn is gonna end up in jail again for Suicide Squad 2,
and then get broken out of jail again for Birds of Prey 2,
so I'm writing this without her.
In Harley's place, we will have the first new member of the Squad: Killer Frost.
This Killer Frost is Caitlin Snow - the Killer Frost in the New 52 comics relaunch from a few years ago.
She's a scientist who through an accident was transformed into a ice vampire.
Frost needs to steal heat from other people to survive.
She could freeze water creating walls and weapons and all kinds of things, she's really powerful.
And originally, Snow didn't know what to do with her powers.
She tried to cure herself but it didn't work eventually, she was forced to kill people to survive.
This got the attention of some heroes and Snow was caught and brought to Belle Reve,
where Amanda Waller offered her an opportunity.
Snow could continue her research into a cure,
as long as she would participate in missions as part of Task Force X.
And, while on missions, Snow would be able to kill targets and steal their heat energy.
It was win-win.
The second new Squad-er is a character named Bette Sans Souci, who goes by the codename Plastique.
She doesn't have any superpowers, but Sans Souci is one of the world's foremost experts on explosives.
Originally a French terrorist, Plastique was part of a bombing that was foiled by Batman.
And, after she was captured, she was recruited to Task Force X by Waller.
Plus, she takes things a little more seriously than our other Squad members, but does get along with the team.
Especially Deadshot, who she respects.
Third new Squad-er, a fan favorite character named King Shark.
You may be familiar with Shark for my Justice League rewrite?
He's gonna be taking the place of Killer Croc on the team.
Let's just say Killer Croc died on a mission between the original Suicide Squad and this one.
but luckily another mutant swimming monster guy showed up.
It's no secret that I don't like the Killer Croc from the original Suicide Squad,
so I think it makes sense rather than rebooting Killer Croc, just to replace him with a new character, King Shark.
Shark is just a big street shark dude who towers over the rest of the team.
The character would be completely CGI.
If we couldn't pull that off, I don't think it would be worth it to have King Shark in the movie.
And I would recommend replacing him with someone like Blockbuster.
King Shark is the team's muscle but he also has a heart of gold and everyone loves him.
Except Boomerang, who is jealous of King Sharks popularity.
New Squad-er #4 is a character named Peter Merkel, also known as Ragdoll.
He's weird. The other Squad-ers don't really get along with Merkel.
He's a contortionist who can sneak past almost any barrier.
Ragdoll was originally a circus performer but when the circus he worked at closed,
Ragdoll couldn't find another job, so he became homeless.
Ragdoll committed some petty crimes was eventually caught and brought to prison.
And finally, we have the eighth member of Task Force X.
He is the highest profile member of The Suicide Squad that didn't make it into the original movie.
And for that reason, I would make him the main character of this movie.
A character named Ben Turner, otherwise known as the Bronze Tiger.
So in my opinion Bronze Tiger is easily the most compelling member of the team.
He has a pretty simple backstory.
Bronze Tiger's basically Batman with two big differences.
First is that Ben Turner is African-American.
His race isn't going to be a huge part of this story,
but it is a pretty noticeable difference between him and Batman.
So when Ben was young Ben's parents were murdered and Ben dedicated his life to ridding the streets of crime,
so that no other kid would have to deal with that loss.
Very Batman.
He traveled to Asia and spent a decade mastering pretty much every discipline of martial arts,
again, Very Batman.
But in the comics, Bronze Tiger is one of if not the greatest martial artist in the DC Universe.
And since DCEU Batman isn't an especially skilled fighter, Bronze Tiger would beat him, no question.
Turner even trained with the League of Assassins for a while,
but left the League when he refused to kill an innocent person.
Again, very Batman.
So Turner returned to Central City to fight crime under the name the Bronze Tiger.
At this point, Flash wasn't a costumed crime fighter, so Central City was the perfect place to start,
since it has a ton of supervillains and Turner stopped a bunch of them,
maybe a couple of named ones who won't figure into any big Flash movie in the future.
Turner caught the Trickster and the Shade and one day Turner was foiling a bank robbery by a character named Girder.
Girder is a pretty simple villain.
He's a metahuman with Colossus powers.
He could turn his whole body into metal and Bronze Tiger managed to beat Girder,
but before he could escape Bronze Tiger and Girder were both captured by the police.
That's the other big difference between Bronze Tiger and Batman:
Bronze Tiger is Batman, if he got caught.
Turner stands trial and even though it's clear the Turner was trying to help stop Girder,
there are a lot of anti vigilante laws on the books, most of them in place because of Batman,
and Turner is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
And when Turner is brought to Iron Heights, Waller attempts to recruit Turner to join Task Force X,
but Turner turns her down.
Turner has accepted that he broke the law and needs to pay his debt to society.
Waller says fine, but if you change your mind, call me.
And then, the next day, there's a breakout.
This is the DC Universe, so it isn't all that uncommon.
A bunch of prisoners escaped, including Girder.
Turner sees Girder escape and it makes him angry.
Turner is only in prison because he tried to stop Girder,
and now he's going to serve 20 years in prison, while Girder is out on the street committing more crime.
So he calls Waller, and wouldn't you know it, Waller has a mission.
She assembles the Squad.
They all meet, most of them are pretty happy to see each other.
They all get along, since between the original Suicide Squad and now,
Task Force X has been on a bunch of missions and they've all got a pretty good rapport.
Bronze Tiger is not cool with this.
He didn't realize he would be on a team with robbers and terrorists and hitmen.
He immediately butts heads with everyone, but then Waller shows up.
And then we get the mission.
So there's this general named Wade Eiling.
Smart guy, well respected, used to work with Waller.
But when Superman showed up, Eiling didn't trust Superman,
especially like near the end of Man of Steel when Superman takes down a Predator drone,
because he doesn't want the government spying on him.
General Eiling didn't like that Superman wasn't playing for his team.
Superman made his own rules and, yeah, Superman was on America's side now but,
if Superman broke with the government and decided to do things his own way,
there'd be no way to stop him.
Eiling grew up during the Cold War and he believes superpowers need to be put in check by other superpowers.
It's basically Hopper's argument from the original Suicide Suqad.
What if Superman had decided to grab the President of the United States right out of the Oval Office?
Who would have stopped him?
We're finally going to deliver on that admittedly ridiculous premise.
And Eiling started researching possible ways to stop Superman.
Originally, it was just scientific and when the President got wind of it he shut it down.
The President trusted and liked Superman,
so he didn't want the fact that the government was researching anti-Superman measures to get leaked
and make Superman not trust the government anymore.
But Eiling kept researching and he started looking into more unorthodox methods.
Ancient relics, stuff of myths.
And he became obsessed with something called the Spear of Destiny.
It's the spear that pierced the side of Jesus during the crucifixion.
Legend has it the spear gives its wielder godlike powers,
including the ability to control minds.
So the government finds out about Eiling's research and he is discharged, thrown out of the military,
And then he disappears.
No one hears from him for a few years.
Until one day, Waller gets a letter from a retired army captain named Nathaniel Adams.
Which is strange, because Captain Adams is dead. Died two years ago in a car crash.
And the letter tells Waller the Captain Adams is one of a group of soldiers
that general Eiling convinced to go with him on a quest to find the Spear of Destiny.
The soldiers are following a map that Eiling stole from the government,
and are currently in the middle of the Congo.
Captain Adams contacted Waller because he believes General Eiling has gone insane.
And if the Spear exists and Eiling is able to find it, the general could become the most powerful person on earth
and go on a metahuman killing spree.
So Task Force X is on a mission to travel to the heart of the African jungle,
track down General Eiling and kill the general before he can find the Spear.
Basically it's Apocalypse Now, but with superpowers.
And I don't want to give away the entire story, but there are a few fun beats we have to hit.
When they enter the jungle, the Squad is going to encounter a group of warlords -
that's the first big fight -
and when one of the heroes is cornered by the warlords, a hero named Mari McCabe, also known as Vixen, is going to save them.
Vixen owns a totem that lets her access all of the powers of the animals.
It's an interesting power - she's fast, strong, stuff like that.
Vixen is in the neighborhood, also trying to deal with these warlords,
and once she hears about what the squad is doing, Vixen is going to help the team get through the jungle.
They're gonna find Eiling and Ragdoll's going to attempt to assassinate Eiling,
but Eiling's gonna catch Ragdoll and Waller is going to detonate the explosive that she uses to threaten the team members,
in Ragdoll's neck, in an attempt to kill the general.
But the General will survive, and this will be the moment we learn he already has the Spear.
Eiling was anticipating that Suicide Squad would show up,
but instead of killing them Eiling's gonna use the Spears powers to disable the bombs, freeing the Squad members,
and give them a choice.
Help the General or die.
Frost and Plastique will switch sides and work with the General.
The General will also learn that Adams betrayed him,
and use the Spear to turn Adams into a being of pure energy who he will call Captain Atom.
The Spear will allow the General to control Captain Atom,
and the General will have Captain Atom fight the remaining Squad members.
Basically, it's a story about redemption and morality.
Bronze Tiger doesn't trust the rest of the Squad because they are criminals,
but can this mission teach Bronze Tiger that there's more to these criminals than the crimes they committed.
And can a former hero work with a bunch of bad guys to save the world?
So I hope you guys liked the pitch, let me know what you thought in the comments.
This is the first video like this so I'm legitimately curious.
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