DC comics / DCU comparison

Dcu never missed with the castings

Someone in the casting studio must clearly be a FNAF fan...

https://collider.com/mister-miracle-series-release-window-cast-josh-hutcherson-mackenzie-davis/

Like the title says, if DCU Batman looked exactly like this I'd be the happiest man alive, no tweaks necessary. Well maybe you could remove the cock protection but even that is something I wouldn't mind if it made over to the movies. I mean it makes sense that Batman would want to protect that are and it feels like a modern take on the trunks

Has since dropped to 68%. Still Certified Fresh, mind you.

This guy never misses a beat.

Can you blow my whistle, baby? Whistle, baby? Let me know!

THIS IS JUST AN IDEA FROM A FAN:

The basic premise is this: What if Themyscira wasn't a perfectly unified paradise, but a massive island with thousands of years of history, different cultures, competing political factions, and unresolved generational trauma?

Synopsis: 10 years before Diana was born, a great war occured in Themyscria for control of the island. This is the story of how the war started, when tensions were starting to rise after the death of the queen. This is the story about Hippolyta, leader of the Themyscrian Warriors, and Carmela, the mob wife who washes up on the island the day of the queens funeral running away from her violent crime boss husband. This is the story of how they became friends and how they ended up becoming each others worst enemies. This is the story of the battle that occured between all the sects of Themyscryia vying for control that led to Hippolyta becoming the new queen.

My version of Themyscria: AMAZONIAN DOES NOT MEAN GREEK. Make Themyscria a massive island, almost a country. Different tribes and groups of women have come from different poitns of time to escape the vicious nature of men, from Ancient Greece to modern day. This means different cultures have thrived and grown and there have been conflicts over the centuries. Each sector of the island has its own leader as well as their own rules and customs. The queen, an ancient greek queen who was there when the island was made by Athena, maintains central control over the island while allowing each sector to be governed individually. And so when the queen dies everyone wants the throne for themselves.

- The queen has spies going out of the island and learning about human culture secretly, making sure the island is safe and keeping up to date with mankind and being prepared for any threats. This means that the island also has access to modern weaponry, Hippolyta even teaches her warriors to shoot all kinds of guns and theres a whole armory kept hidden, only Hippolyta and the queen could access it.

Forces outside of the island have an interest in Themscyria. Artemises huntresses come in because Artemis wants control of the land. Hera plays all sides and is more of a manipulative mobster. Ares wants Themscyria under his protection so that the warriors can join his army.

Carmela is the secret antagonist. She recognises her ability to get power on this island, as well as the power she can get on the outside world if she takes over. She starts of as the timid scared survivor, Hippolytas friend who helps her grieve in the aftermath of the queens death. How she goes from victim to powerful player to leader who has manipulated all sides and formed her own army is her story. Her inability to mentally escape the world of violence and cycle of abuse that she physically escaped from changes Themscyria itself and makes her the main enemy.

Every single adaptation is an Elseworlds where character traits are changed.

Superman is a commie in Red Son? I sleep.

Superman's birth dad is a fascist in Superman 2025? This is a travesty. I will visit every misfortune upon the House of Gunn.

Hank Pym is old and training his successor? I sleep.

Hal Jordan is old (and sad) and training his successor? I am going to need access to an unlicensed firearm.

It's fine to dislike any of these projects, really it is. But these people willfully misunderstand themselves. It's fine to change the comics, if the changes work well within that specific project. These movies and shows are not the comics. You understand this intuitively whenever you like the final product.

f Aquaman 2 had come out first, Flash could have ended with Barry waking up in a new timeline (the DCU), with a new actor playing him (maybe it could have been Grant Gustin, but with Blonde hair to infer a different/new/distinct version from the Arrowverse) showing perhaps a news report of Gorilla Grodd or another flash villain (with more comic accurate designs) attacking Central City. The film would end with him in an accurate flash costume, running through central city, mirroring the end of the flashpoint animated movie.

I feel this would have given the DCEU a conclusive ending, telling the general audience this is a new universe.

(Blue Beetle could have still released afterward with only minor changes as the only characters referenced in that movie are Batman and Flash (which both can have been operating for a few years and at least be somewhat known by the public, but doesn’t set up anything major)

Maybe James Gunn could have written a post credit scene teasing Superman 2025 (maybe a lighthearted daytime news report about superman, doing something like taking sick children on a tour around the world, like in all star superman as by this point they were already at the very least planning it, and as an indication of the tone of the new universe.

I've been writing my own version of BatB and thinking of castings, at first I was thinking carter Rockwood, but he's gonna be 17 in Dec, so probably aged out by now, who would you think of? I want ideas!

Also, for reference, my batman would be paul anthony kelly who turned 38 this oct