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There is a Glut of Superheroes on My TV! Most of them good!

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    FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    Olivaw wrote: »
    David_T wrote: »
    What if Batman's parents just died and we follow 12 year old Bruce Wayne, but introduce every Batman villain ever as adults?

    This is a million dollar idea right here

    Gotham Central is right there!

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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    David_T wrote: »
    What if Batman's parents just died and we follow 12 year old Bruce Wayne, but introduce every Batman villain ever as adults?

    This is a million dollar idea right here

    Gotham Central is right there!

    Sorry what was that sonny, I don't read your kids funnybooks

    Now about this idea: how would we convey who was the Riddler to the average viewer? It's not like they know his name or anything

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    KingofMadCowsKingofMadCows Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    In a funny coincidence, Kevin Smith and Paul Dini came up with an idea for a young Bruce Wayne show right around the time when Gotham was announced.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Rwf5Oon-I

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    SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    What if Superman

    was an asshole teen who never flew?

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Bleeding Cool claims Scott Snyder is leaving Batman



    ...and is the new writer on Detective Comics

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    ElderlycrawfishElderlycrawfish Registered User regular
    AtomicTofu wrote: »
    Bleeding Cool claims Scott Snyder is leaving Batman



    ...and is the new writer on Detective Comics

    Whoa that's quite a stretch I hope he'll be able to adjust.

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    GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    JayKaos wrote: »
    New 52 Supes has already killed at least one villain, hasn't he?
    I don't know about villains but "he" killed a hero. Well, his body did, his laser vision went off and killed someone when a villain messed about with his brain, I think. Depending on how sentient you think parademons are he's killed more.

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
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    CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    AtomicTofu wrote: »

    WHAT'S BATMAN'S MOTIVATION AGAIN

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Gotta get SOMEBODY to be an echo-y voice shouting "no!" while pearls drop to the ground

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Ceno wrote: »
    AtomicTofu wrote: »

    WHAT'S BATMAN'S MOTIVATION AGAIN

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    UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    "adds" is normally a term I'd reserve for when something is still being cast, or at the latest, filmed

    Lauren Cohan has already been in the movie for months, she was in the first trailer (though we only saw the top half of her face)

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    What if she wasn't

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Along with Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Thomas Wayne

    Which, jeez, what a waste

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    FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Along with Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Thomas Wayne

    Which, jeez, what a waste

    What if they go Flashpoint somewhere along the line? Terrible event, but I think they could make it interesting, with a better script.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    They're not going to do anything so interesting as that
    You're also not getting anything but garbage scripts as long as Goyer has anything to say about it

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    RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    David_T wrote: »
    What if Batman's parents just died and we follow 12 year old Bruce Wayne, but introduce every Batman villain ever as adults?

    This is a million dollar idea right here

    Gotham Central is right there!

    Sorry what was that sonny, I don't read your kids funnybooks

    Now about this idea: how would we convey who was the Riddler to the average viewer? It's not like they know his name or anything

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    Every time

    Sterica wrote: »
    I know my last visit to my grandpa on his deathbed was to find out how the whole Nazi werewolf thing turned out.
    Edcrab's Exigency RPG
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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    Ringo wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    David_T wrote: »
    What if Batman's parents just died and we follow 12 year old Bruce Wayne, but introduce every Batman villain ever as adults?

    This is a million dollar idea right here

    Gotham Central is right there!

    Sorry what was that sonny, I don't read your kids funnybooks

    Now about this idea: how would we convey who was the Riddler to the average viewer? It's not like they know his name or anything

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    Every time

    genius

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    SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    GUYS WHAT IF BATMAN'S PARENTS WERE DEAD

    also hey Legends sure doesn't waste a second to get going huh

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    Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    I think somebody needs to remind DC that it took Marvel two flops and three years to finally create a cinematic universe.

    Right now it feels like they're fully focused on the "flop" phase.

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    I think somebody needs to remind DC that it took Marvel two flops and three years to finally create a cinematic universe.

    Right now it feels like they're fully focused on the "flop" phase.
    Hrm?

    The only film they really had "flop" was Incredible Hulk and it was still a profitable film

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    What were Marvel's flops?

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Has there ever been some kind of Elseworlds story about what Thomas and Martha Wayne did after their son Bruce was killed in a mugging outside a Zorro screening

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    What were Marvel's flops?

    Hulk and...........Thor 1? I'm guessing? But like Blank said, they were still profitable at the end of the day

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    Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    I think somebody needs to remind DC that it took Marvel two flops and three years to finally create a cinematic universe.

    Right now it feels like they're fully focused on the "flop" phase.
    Hrm?

    The only film they really had "flop" was Incredible Hulk and it was still a profitable film

    I'd consider Iron Man 2 a flop along with Incredible Hulk.

    I mean, I liked it a bunch, and it made a bunch of money, but it seems firmly in the camp of Marvel movies people don't look back upon fondly.

    EDIT: And maybe Thor 1, but I've warmed up to it a bunch, and it seems to have aged better than IM2 and Hulk.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Mr. G wrote: »
    Has there ever been some kind of Elseworlds story about what Thomas and Martha Wayne did after their son Bruce was killed in a mugging outside a Zorro screening

    Flashpoint

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Mr. G wrote: »
    Has there ever been some kind of Elseworlds story about what Thomas and Martha Wayne did after their son Bruce was killed in a mugging outside a Zorro screening

    I think that's Flashpoint

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Mr. G wrote: »
    Has there ever been some kind of Elseworlds story about what Thomas and Martha Wayne did after their son Bruce was killed in a mugging outside a Zorro screening
    Flashpoint Batman is literally this

    Thomas Wayne is Batman and Martha Wayne is Joker

    It is actually very good

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    -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    I actually like the structure of the dccu a lot I just wish the movies could also be good

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    OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    Mr. G wrote: »
    Has there ever been some kind of Elseworlds story about what Thomas and Martha Wayne did after their son Bruce was killed in a mugging outside a Zorro screening

    Flashpoint.
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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    I think somebody needs to remind DC that it took Marvel two flops and three years to finally create a cinematic universe.

    Right now it feels like they're fully focused on the "flop" phase.
    Hrm?

    The only film they really had "flop" was Incredible Hulk and it was still a profitable film

    I'd consider Iron Man 2 a flop along with Incredible Hulk.

    I mean, I liked it a bunch, and it made a bunch of money, but it seems firmly in the camp of Marvel movies people don't look back upon fondly.

    EDIT: And maybe Thor 1, but I've warmed up to it a bunch, and it seems to have aged better than IM2 and Hulk.
    That's

    Not really what flop means

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    hey guys

    Flashpoint

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    I actually like the structure of the dccu a lot I just wish the movies could also be good

    The structure of... one movie?

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    Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    I think somebody needs to remind DC that it took Marvel two flops and three years to finally create a cinematic universe.

    Right now it feels like they're fully focused on the "flop" phase.
    Hrm?

    The only film they really had "flop" was Incredible Hulk and it was still a profitable film

    I'd consider Iron Man 2 a flop along with Incredible Hulk.

    I mean, I liked it a bunch, and it made a bunch of money, but it seems firmly in the camp of Marvel movies people don't look back upon fondly.

    EDIT: And maybe Thor 1, but I've warmed up to it a bunch, and it seems to have aged better than IM2 and Hulk.

    That's

    Not really what flop means

    I mean critically, not financially.

    Though "flop" might not be the right word; mediocre/bad films might be a more accurate descriptor.

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    -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    I actually like the structure of the dccu a lot I just wish the movies could also be good

    The structure of... one movie?

    The structure of their movie list

    Man of steel then bvs then suicide squad is a more experimental way to build a universe than iron Man, hulk, iron man 2

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    Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    Also; I'm calling it now, at some point DC will produce a film where it's revealed Thomas and Martha Wayne were not actually killed that night outside the opera house.

    And they'll be some kind of "clever" twist on an established DC villain(s).

    And then Batman will have to fight them.

    And it will be terrible.

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    masterofmetroidmasterofmetroid Have you ever looked at a world and seen it as a kind of challenge?Registered User regular
    In an alternate universe where Suicide Squad looked good, and you took out the V in BvS, with the foundation being a positive and uplifting Superman story...

    Actually yeah, i can kinda see it working now that you mention it

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Well, I guess I described Flashpoint

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    AtomicTofu wrote: »
    hey guys

    Flashpoint

    AAAA-AAAAAAAHHHHHH
    SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE

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    Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    In an alternate universe where Suicide Squad looked good, and you took out the V in BvS, with the foundation being a positive and uplifting Superman story...

    Actually yeah, i can kinda see it working now that you mention it

    I mean, there's a bunch of potential in Suicide Squad. Will Smith in a major superhero release? Viola Davis as Waller? Harley? Sign me up.

    It's just that nobody at DC apparently recognizes what people like about any of those things, and they're just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.

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