Musing on Sequel Ideas

Here's mine:

Earth’s computers are affected by a crazy virus. No one can figure it out. Turns out its Braniac infecting the world’s computers to re-gain his powers. And after he does, he emerges in human form – that of Richard White. In this guise, he finds out that Jason (-el) is Superman’s son, and he takes Lois and Jason (-el) captive. Braniac frees General Zod and the others from the Phantom Zone and together they conquer the Earth and turn to the destruction of their #1 opponent: the last son of Krypton, Kal-el. Now Superman must not only to save the Earth but Lois and Jason (-el), too. How will he battle these four superbeings and will he have to make a horrible choice?

Questions:

• Where does Braniac come from? How is his backstory explained?
• What is Superman doing while Braniac is re-forming?
• How does Braniac free General Zod and the other criminals from the Phantom Zone? Does it involve him uses his consolidated computer power?
• What happened to the chunk of green kryptonite laced rock that Superman threw into space? How can the criminals use that against Superman?
• Should Lois die? Should Richard die as a result of Braniac’s (inevitable) defeat? Should Jason become an orphan, just like Kal-el – and what will Superman do with him as a result? Raise him, as a single father (Clark)? Or give him to someone to raise, as he was given to the Kents? Too much of a downer?
• What about Lex Luthor? Does he have any role to play in this movie?

What if, instead, this is envisioned as a two-parter, to make a trilogy? In this movie, Braniac takes over the world’s computers and emerges in the body of Richard White, but he teams up with Lex Luthor. Lex tells him about the still-growing chunk of green kryptonite out in space which they use against Superman. Lois dies, as Superman defeats the villains, but Braniac gets away while Lex is imprisoned. In the next film, Braniac does something to open the Phantom Zone to free General Zod and the others and when he does, it creates a time warp and Superman is able to save Lois. Then he defeats the bad guys and all is well.

Whaddya think?