DC Universe Thread

[dronepool]

Young Justice was awesome.

[mitchables]

was just about to post about that. yeah, young justice pilot was fantastic. really enjoyed it. i like the new aqualad too. slightly different origin to the comic for obvious reasons but still has useful powers that make him > aquaman.

[Nowhere Man]

I was really impressed with Young Justice. Like, pretty much every part of the pilot I enjoyed.

The characters were generally well-written (though I could've done without Speedy, tbh), and Robin and Aqualad had plenty of awesome moments in particular. The art style is really cool looking, and most of the animation is great. I like the inclusion of pretty much the entire Justice League as well, something that I really thought was missing from the Teen Titans cartoon, and I'm quite interested in seeing where they're going to go with the show's villains.

I'm sure there are a few snagging points I could complain about, but the positives of the show really outweigh the negatives. If the rest of the show is as good as the pilot, then I'm sold.

[Lock Jaw]

I was neither over or underwhelmed by the pilot.

There are elements that make me want to keep watching, and other things that make me go "meh". I will probably watch a few more episodes.

One thing I will say is that I really really really hate The Guardian's redesign.

Nevertheless, I hope Cadmus sticks around. I have a feeling the story there isn't anywhere close to done, especially with Amanda Spence (the black scientist chick) still around (She was a big villain in the Superboy comics).

[Nowhere Man]

I dunno, I kinda liked Guardian's look--it made him look more like a super-cop and less like a Captain America knockoff.

[Lock Jaw]

I guess I see your point.

Still, just one of those things I am gonna hate no matter what because I love The Guardian in the comics.

[Miotch]

Quick, someone photoshop this.

[Nowhere Man]

......into what?

[loopydate]

[Miotch]

Superman. Isn't that the guy rumored to be playing him in the 'reboot'?

[Kalyx triaD]

In the race to replace Smallville after it's [presumed] final season, DC/WB is conceptualizing Teen Titan's Raven for television. A surprisingly rumor, but kinda likely. The occult and supernatural has been successful for WB before, with Supernatural now and Charmed in the past. Her popularity in the Teen Titans cartoon lifted her from the shadows of DC's roster. Her back story is also more open to presentation than that stupid Robin show they were so close to doing.

Or they could just do Gotham City PD and cast young police recruits. That's just me.

[Miotch]

They should call it That's So Raven.

[Kalyx triaD]

One of the few times I actually lol'd while typing it.

[Lock Jaw]

Don't really care about Raven at all.

[parkmania]

DC has announced that it will launch an ongoing Red Lantern comic series, to be written by Peter Milligan, in 2011. Red Lantern will build on concepts introduced in the core Green Lantern series by DC CCO Geoff Johns, who asked Milligan to write the book.



According to Milligan, the new series will focus first on the far side of the prison planet Ysmault, where the story will explore why and how the rage of Atrocitus remains all-consuming.

[Lock Jaw]

Really don't see any potential in an ongoing Red Lantern series.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah.

[Fignuts]

Ugh. Mini-series would be fine. Hate this because the Green Lantern series is starteing to get really overexposed. And I do not want to get sick of Green Lantern, like I got sick of Venom.

[Lock Jaw]

I think Batman has something ridiculous like six or seven books now. Not including stuff like Batgirl, Batwoman, Red Robin, Gotham City Sirens, and the dozens of Batman miniseries that they always seem to have going.

[Kalyx triaD]

I don't mind every member of the Bat-family having a book. What I hate is one character having a few books. This is worse in Marvel than DC, though.

I remember a panel where Daredevil was asked to join the New Avengers, and I don't know if the writer wanted to share a point, but DD said he had enough going on in his life, "And I don't know how Peter [Parker] does so much in one month."

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, Wolverine is on like half a dozen teams, and I think he has like two solo titles or something.

[Nowhere Man]

What exactly is there to tell about the Red Lanterns? They're angry, raaaar. At least with the Sinestro Corps, you have a relatively deep and interesting character in Sinestro himelf to balance out all the scary monster people. Atrocitus just is a generic scary monster person, basically a big dragon to be slain. Where's the story in that?

[parkmania]

Not saying the series is gonna be good or bad, but there appears to be something going on with Atroticus's back story in GL #61 that recently came out.

[Kalyx triaD]

Wonder Woman TV series "postponed". It seems all the pitched-to networks passed on it, including surprisingly the CW (citing high cost). Interestingly enough, ABC was also courted, but with Disney sleeping with Marvel now, that was also a no go.

Diana has trouble breaking out.

[Boondock Saint]

Sounds like it was probably a really shit script then.

[parkmania]

A number of prominent young actresses including Keira Knightley, Jessica Biel, and Anne Hathaway are vying for two key female roles in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Reports indicate that one of the roles is that of Talia, the estranged daughter of Ra’s Al Ghul. In the comics Talia is a complex character who is neither a heroine nor a villain. She is Batman’s lover and the mother Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin.


According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision, other actresses on the short list for The Dark Knight Rises include Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia), Charlotte Riley (Wuthering Heights), Kate Mara, and possibly Naomi Watts.


The Dark Knight Rises, which is being written by Nolan, David Goyer, and Nolan’s brother Jonathan, is slated to begin shooting in May.

[Kalyx triaD]

[Reavant]

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah, freaking out here.

[Kalyx triaD]

The villains of Christopher Nolan's third Batman movie will be Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, and... Bane, a 1990s 'roid freak who shattered Bruce Wayne's spine in the Knightfall crossover. Anne Hathaway will play Selina, while Tom Hardy will play Bane. The press release quotes Nolan as saying about Hathaway, "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story." And about Hardy, he says: "I am delighted to be working with Tom again and excited to watch him bring to life our new interpretation of one of Batman's most formidable enemies."

And there we have it.

[Fignuts]

Wow, expected Catwoman, but Bane is a surprise.

[McLegend]

Cool.

[The Destroyer]

Bane? Now that I did not see coming.

I hope Tom Hardy is juicing up on Venom as we speak.

[The Destroyer]

Seemingly nowhere in the press release does it identify Anne Hathaway as Catwoman though, merely Selina Kyle.

Could mean nothing, but still.

[Kalyx triaD]

Smallville Will Have Some Gold and Blue:

Upcoming guest characters Booster Gold and Blue Beetle haven't been cast yet, but the producers want someone blond and smarmy for Booster, while Blue Beetle will be played by a Latino actor who can pull off nerdy teenager.

Great seeing Booster get some exposure soon, interesting going with the modern Blue Beetle.

[Fignuts]

lol now they're bringing Blue Beetle and Booster Gold in?

This show should have been changed from "Smallville" to straight up "Superman", years ago.

[Lock Jaw]

Heard they were trying to make a Blue Beetle live action show. Perhaps introducing him here first to make it a spin-off.

[dronepool]

Originally Posted by Fignuts lol now they're bringing Blue Beetle and Booster Gold in? This show should have been changed from "Smallville" to straight up "Superman", years ago.

That would have increased fans, I use to think the show was a corny attempt at using early Clark Kent adventures as an exoskeleton for the typical romance drama format, but I'm glad I was wrong when I checked out that episodes where all those characters appear from season 8 I think.

More DC characters = great.

[Kalyx triaD]

And NBC picks up Wonder Woman after all. Details on the treatment revealed that the lasso, bracelets, and invisible jet are in.

[Kalyx triaD]

More on Wonder Woman TV:

The project is described as a reinvention of the iconic D.C. comic in which Wonder Woman — aka Diana Prince — is a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life. "I had a lot of fun writing it," Kelley said of the script at TCA last week when the project had just been put on hold. "It's a huge project, and it was probably a bit too much to ask anyone to try to chew on it for next season. But I'm confident it will still happen. It's a very complicated piece, which is the most fun thing about it."

Gotta love how trying to make her capable ends up being sexist anyway. io9.com speculates that their emphasis on her being 'modern' may mean the current 'streetwise' WW is the one being adapted, rather than the swimsuit cleavage amazon princess we know and love. I'm good either way, I'm actually interested in this take. Wonder Woman is a character not easy to do without pissing somebody off. Give her the swimsuit she'll offend feminazis (even if she's the most important chick in the DCU); and update her to more a utilitarian vibe and the fans will bitch.

Me? I say go with the classic look. Bending for crybabies who never enjoyed the source material is something I can't stand (reference the Resident Evil 5 debacle). But let's see how this goes.