DC Comics Multimedia General - A crisis of infinite fuck ups

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Can you believe that the WARRIOR was them trying to cash in on MMPR? Talk about failing to understand the appeal.

ah yes, the Power Rangers
known for their being one person with quasi mesoamerican crap and random weapon hands

 

[Incecticyder]

No. Just a joke to shoe-horn in that reminder if people are going to start talking about comparing different GLs. The time Hal Jordan dates a 13 year old... yeah.

Was she 13? I remembered that she was supposed to be her species equivalent of 16. Still bad though. Not defending that. Very creepy when she shapeshifted.

Hal was in the insanely popular Green Lantern: The Animated Series (another great show cancelled for no good reason). As I said before Guy is actually a pretty understandable choice when you consider the kind of characters that Gunn likes - comedic characters with a douchey side. John, if we're just going by his DCAU depiction, is just a stoic military black man which doesn't leave much to work with for Gunn's tastes.

Fair enough but I will point out that it was Gunn's choice, not the best choice.

I wouldn't put much stock in random TikTok clips (especially since I bet the guy that was coming in didn't even watch JL/JLU properly but just skimmed videos online otherwise he'd know that there are multiple human Green Lanterns). I hang out with a very sizable community of, let's say, nerd-adjacent people who aren't particularly aware of comics but want to get into them and I don't think I've ever met a single younger person for whom the default GL was John Stewart. Not a single one.

In my group, John is the GL. We grew up with him.

ah yes, the Power Rangers
known for their being one person with quasi mesoamerican crap and random weapon hands

It was meant to evoke the transforming warrior gimmick without understanding what makes Tokusatsu/Henshin Hero work. If you do not see the connection between Guy and PR, trust me, you are not the only one.

 

[Captain Syrup]

Nobody likes him in-universe. Personally I find him the most relatable of all the Lanterns.

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I’m not super deep into Green Lantern lore, but is Guy Gardner’s whole thing being… the backup Green Lantern?

Like Hal gets hit by a bus and the ring’s like, "Let’s go find this porn addict in Dundalk," and he looks like someone who calls up Boston sports radio at 5 a.m.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

It was meant to evoke the transforming warrior gimmick without understanding what makes Tokusatsu/Henshin Hero work. If you do not see the connection between Guy and PR, trust me, you are not the only one.

tbh there's been some Kamen Riders and other guys with weapon-ish hands
but yeah, that sorta makes sense in a "dumb exec misses the point" way

fun fact
According to Dan DiDio during development of Watchmen there was one exec who was determined to make sure The Watchmen had a robot dog as part of the crew
like, always bringing up "why not give them a robot dog?"

 

[Newcomer 42]

The Reeves Batman movie was the panacea for all this. It portrayed Batman as intelligent but not magically all-knowing, a highly-skilled combatant but could still be hurt, impressive and just-past-realistic gadets but retained verisimilitude, gifted but still learning

Still learning, alright. He doesn't know what bat means in Spanish, fails to stop the bad guy's plan, and reminded me more of a The Crow extra than Bruce Wayne.

 

[Calandrino]

It was meant to evoke the transforming warrior gimmick without understanding what makes Tokusatsu/Henshin Hero work.

"So there's these seemingly ordinary people who secretly dress up in wild costumes to fight villains and save the world with their powers..."

Publisher of superhero comic books:

 

[Incecticyder]

tbh there's been some Kamen Riders and other guys with weapon-ish hands
but yeah, that sorta makes sense in a "dumb exec misses the point" way

Execs canceled Police Squad because they thought it was too funny. Keep that in mind.

fun fact
According to Dan DiDio during development of Watchmen there was one exec who was determined to make sure The Watchmen had a robot dog as part of the crew
like, always bringing up "why not give them a robot dog?"

Seriously? Jesus...

 

[Overly Serious]

Was she 13? I remembered that she was supposed to be her species equivalent of 16. Still bad though. Not defending that. Very creepy when she shapeshifted.

I had to look it up, I only posted it for a joke. We're both wrong. She was 14 in Earth years.

I’m not super deep into Green Lantern lore, but is Guy Gardner’s whole thing being like… the backup Green Lantern? Like Hal gets his by a bus and the ring’s like, "Let’s go find this porn addict in Dundalk," and he looks like a guy who calls up Boston sports radio at 5 a.m.

Best description I heard of him was something like "If Biff from Back to the Future was on the side of the good guys."

EDIT: Guy Gardner summed up:

 

[Captain Syrup]

According to Dan DiDio during development of Watchmen there was one exec who was determined to make sure The Watchmen had a robot dog as part of the crew
like, always bringing up "why not give them a robot dog?"

"So there’s Silhouette’s, just chilling, and suddenly Mothman's like, “Yo, let me casually rape you real quick.”

 

[Basic Blond Boy]

I’m not super deep into Green Lantern lore, but is Guy Gardner’s whole thing being like… the backup Green Lantern? Like Hal gets his by a bus and the ring’s like, "Let’s go find this porn addict in Dundalk," and he looks like a guy who calls up Boston sports radio at 5 a.m.

Him and Hal were in competition for the ring, but Hal won out as we was closer when Abin Sur dies. The original story was a what if tale, with the main conclusion being that Hal would always end up as the Green Lantern due to Gardner being such a poor choice that he inevitably loses the ring. Hal is obviously prideful of this fact, but did go out of his way to make friends with Gardner so he could be closer to his would-be replacement. Later Stewart would shove Guy to the 3rd in line position for GL choices on Earth.

Guy himself is a strange case as he grew to be very popular with DC fans given he was a main member of Justice League International, which is largely seen as one of the best JL runs - him (and others) only being selected due to tons of studio politics preventing practically every JL member besides Martian Manhunter and begrudgingly Batman (had to really fight for him) from being in the League. He is also known for Batman one-punch K.O.ing his ass for getting too uppity.

In terms of mainstream appeal, Batman Brave & The Bold is Guy's main showcase outside of the comics. Given how much that show loves International, he was extremely prominent.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Execs canceled Police Squad because they thought it was too funny. Keep that in mind.

earlier drafts of the MST movie had higher density of riffs more like a normal episode
during the beta tests of MST Alive! they found out large crowds laugh out loud more, so they had to put more breathing room between jokes due to the mistaken belief there would be large crowds seeing the finished movie

 

[ArthuriusMartyrius]

Was she 13? I remembered that she was supposed to be her species equivalent of 16. Still bad though. Not defending that. Very creepy when she shapeshifted.

Yeah, I was under the impression that she was supposed to be 16 too.

In my group, John is the GL. We grew up with him.

Understood and maybe I didn't make this clear initially but I was mostly referring to the younger generations hence mentioning the DCAU being pretty old by now. Most 20 year olds today were only just born during the peak 2000s DCAU era and today's teens were born AFTER it. These are the primary intended demographics for capeshit films so I suspect it doesn't really make a difference whether you stick Gardner, Stewart or Simon Baz on-screen.

 

[Incecticyder]

I had to look it up, I only posted it for a joke. We're both wrong. She was 14 in Earth years.

Comics were in their "Ooof" years during those days. Every company had their "yikes" moments around that time.

Understood and maybe I didn't make this clear initially but I was mostly referring to the younger generations hence mentioning the DCAU being pretty old by now. Most 20 year olds today were only just born during the peak 2000s DCAU era and today's teens were born AFTER it. These are the primary intended demographics for capeshit films so I suspect it doesn't really make a difference whether you stick Gardner, Stewart or Simon Baz on-screen.

It depends on how young are we talking about. JL and JLU had younger audiences watching even if they we kids who were too young to understand everything that was going on. Both were easy to follow.

 

[Basic Blond Boy]

Understood and maybe I didn't make this clear initially but I was mostly referring to the younger generations hence mentioning the DCAU being pretty old by now. Most 20 year olds today were only just born during the peak 2000s DCAU era and today's teens were born AFTER it. These are the primary intended demographics for capeshit films so I suspect it doesn't really make a difference whether you stick Gardner, Stewart or Simon Baz on-screen.

I am early 20s, and grew up with Stewart as the primary Lantern. The DCAU has long outlasted its cancelation and is firmly rooted itself as the base of DC. Most 20 year old DC fans are mainly interested in shows that came out 20+ years ago, from DCAU to Teen Titans to Brave & The Bold, etc.. Check out most DC YT channels, there all like Shady Doorags where the main content is old series.

DC hasn't had a major presence since 2015, arguably even earlier. The young kids these days don't care about them outside of whatever old series their parents or internet nostalgics thrust in front of them. The DCEU was a bomb, the animated films got progressively nicher, the CW quickly lost traction after Flash season 2, animated series barely existed, and their last high profile video games came out in 2017-2018. Nostalgia is the main driver keeping them alive at this point.

 

[Gay Sex Enjoyer]

always bringing up "why not give them a robot dog?"

I mean I guess it's not the most outlandish thing to exist in the Watchmen universe, tech-wise you can kinda squeeze it in.

But... why? What possible reason would you have to add fucking Dino-Mutt to Watchmen of all things?

 

[GlupShitto]

I take back everything bad I've said about Superman it's gotten liberals to start calling black people monkeys this is hilarious

 

[Gay Sex Enjoyer]

I really wanna see the new superman movie but the suit is genuinely dogshit. Like distractingly so.

It looks like something off the CW, and yet is somehow worse than the actual CW superman suits.

 

[Calandrino]

Especially Injustice, where zoomer fans missed the memo that it was supposed to be yet another alternate universe evil Justice League from another dimension, not meant to be the default versions of these characters. Evil Justice league is a trope we’ve had since the ‘60s, if not earlier. And the DCAU did it better.

That Justice Lord episode cast a long shadow. I know Evil Superman had already been done to death, but I think that's the one that really put the idea of Good Superman turning evil on the map, even though S:TAS had already done a similar plot.

First JLU picked it up for the two-season Cadmus arc. Injustice must have been inspired by it, but they made it really retarded and retooled it into Batgod wank. Directly or indirectly, it probably influenced Snyder's planned Evil Superman arc. The Gunnverse Superman also seems to be borrowing from the Cadmus arc and setting up a conflict between Superman and the government. Gunn's also doing something with The Authority, which iirc was named as an influence on JLU, so we've come full circle.

people really should read Mark waids introduction at the start of the book

Tower of babel is probably the single biggest case of both fans and future creators having nfi what the actual point of a story is

It's kinda the same with Frank Miller and DKR, and even Zack Snyder and BvS.

DCAU JL did the better Injustice (A Better World), the better Death of Superman (Hereafter), and even the better Tower of Babel (Starcrossed). Even though Batman was their favorite son, they never turned him into what the comics or Injustice did.

 

[Basic Blond Boy]

Injustice must have been inspired by it, but they made it really retarded and retooled it into Batgod wank.

According to the Wiki, yes:

The Regime and the Injustice story are similarly based on Earth 50's Justice Lords from episodes 37-38 of the 2003 animated show Justice League by Stan Berkowitz.

https://injustice.fandom.com/wiki/O...he Injustice,Justice League by Stan Berkowitz.

I have heard it before elsewhere that NetherRealm took direct inspiration from these episodes for the Injustice plot. Injustice is arguably a weird mix of it and Kingdom Come (same basic catalyst), but with all the shitty "DC needing to be edgy" writing of the New 52, post-Dark Knight era. While it has its moments, mostly with the characters outside the main Leaguers, it could have been a lot better.

 

[Mystery Spy]

First JLU picked it up for the two-season Cadmus arc. Injustice must have been inspired by it, but they made it really retarded and retooled it into Batgod wank.

Turning it into a Batman bankwank is made even worse since he was one of the evil Justice Lords. Credit where credit’s due—Batman was their golden boy, but even they admitted he might’ve been tempted. In fact, the non-evil Batman straight-up admitted his evil counterpart had a point. The Lords created a world where he wouldn’t have lost his parents, which even he found tempting.

In the DCAU, the one member who’d never have gone along with that and would’ve stopped them was Flash, ‘cause he was the heart of the team.

Meanwhile, in Injustice, Batman’s the only incorruptible saint who can do no wrong. Even his flash just went along with dictator Superman. Which, to be fair, wouldn’t be so bad if fans didn’t act like that’s how every other hero regularly is .I like Batman, don’t get me wrong, but Injustice is a story that only elevates him, and maybe his related characters, at the expense of everyone else.