Amph Here's Some Money, Go See A Swap Thing: DCU/Elseworlds Discussion

It's unbelievable!

 

oh. Carry on!

 

*checks the date*

Yup...

 

I already posted it yesterday.

 

Hold on, buddy, the cookies are nearly ready.

 

Well, to be fair, with "Under The Red Hood" being based on a lengthy comic series, there's going to be that bit of disjointedness compared to the other films which were original stories.

 

Part of what was cut tied into other stories like "Infinite Crisis", as well as long running plot lines in the Bat books. It was a twelve part story with a two issue tie-in for the Teen Titans when Jason went after Tim. So a lot of what was cut for the film was mainly to streamline the story. Stuff like the battle with Amazo was left in as it helped kick the story off. The final confrontation between Bruce and Jason was altered as it was originally published the same week that "Infinite Crisis" #5 came out and the ending interfered with the main storyline. The film, since it was adapted by the same guy who wrote the storyline, used the original planned ending.

I'm not sure how well versed you are on the comics versions of those stories, so I won't say much until you've seen them.

 

Happening today:




I wonder if they'll announce a solo Batman flick and possibly a new director for Justice League.

I'm sure they'll need some good press after the shellacking Batman v. Superman and Snyder have been getting.

I'm definitely hoping for an updated slate of the DC films.

WB will probably address the report about less director inspired films and more tent pole films.

 

This is the revised announcement, following having to insert Batman into Batman v Superman...

 

They missed a trick and should have had Batman Vs Batman

 

the stench of Superman III was still too much...

 

Tweets from CinemaCon:

 

The Killing Joke gets an R rating, and won't be edited down to a PG-13.

 

In the comics, there isn't much more about the Mutant Gang other than some of the stuff that they did. Carrie Kelly's plot benefits from Bruce's inner monologue about Jason Todd's death and Bruce's relationship to Dick Grayson.

 

I saw that. Very exciting stuff, but it'll probably be terrible.

 

I thought the Mutant was a metaphor for the impressionable and wayward youths. At first they follow the Mutant Leader and are pretty much thugs, but after Batman defeats their leader, they become the Sons of the Bat, which Batman exploits.

Carrie Kelly does lot for Batman and is an intricate part of the story. For one, she represents the fanboy, which pretty much Robins represents, where the reader is able to go on an adventure with Batman as Robin. Secondly, she helps Batman get over the death of the Robin that died. She saves Batman from the first fight with the Mutant leader and then makes sure all the Mutant Gang is there when Batman defeats him. She's the one that digs him out of the grave at the end.

 

Indeed. There's a bit of backstory that's not in the film.



The implication being that before they all retired, there were fears that kids would imitate the heroes and villains, which is the end result of what happens in the present day.