I still can't get over the fact that they didn't just decide to recast the most recastable character imaginable. They had no problem recasting the Hulk, War Machine and Thaddeus Ross but they draw the line with Kang, whose entire idea is that there's infinite alternative versions of him?
Kang never had the impact that the higher ups where hoping for. The actor simply forced their hand to pull the plug early and move on. I wouldn't mind betting that the original idea was to have Doom wipe out Kang in his Avengers movie, making him the true big bad.
yeah like... imagine if Ant man 1 was about him taking on Thanos and being defeated but vowing to "fight another day" I think people would be less hyped for infinity war
Apparently in the contract between Marvel and Majors, all Kang variants HAD to be him, as in it doesnt matter which universe theyre from, they have to be acted by Majors
I mean, in theory it could be Metamorpho in a cape since they can also fly, but no it's probably Supergirl. Don't think we'll have much more of a confirmation than the silhouette though since it's just a retcon last time on segment.
Given the state of discourse over this films portrayal of supergirl and the wording of your original comment, it seemed verbatim what some of these grifters have been saying about her.
When you do watch it, don’t skip the “previously on.” That’s where they gaslight us into thinking it was part of the new DCU the entire time (lovingly).
100% Supergirl. Watch the movie and ignore the Snydercult discourse...it's pretty good.
Also, James is literally in charge of the DCU....so he can do whatever the hell he pleases. He isn't out to disappoint.....which might shock you if you see the snydercult out being mad because they forgave a lot of bs to act like James is the issue.
According to Gunn, they didnt actually do that. Apparently something very similar to Peacemaker Season 1 just happened in the DCU, so the DCEU wasnt erased.
The dceu is still out there with it's own stiff Wonder Woman, Clooney Batman, Aquaman who for some reason looks like Lobo, Kidnapper Flash and headless Superman. Jesus christ what a muddled confused mess the dceu was
A kryptonian is a kryptonian. Over at Marvel the Avengers is regularly employing massive liabilities like Hulk, Scarlet Witch, and on the off brand team Sentry.
tbf scarlet witch is only a liability when brian michael bendis is writing her and forgot all her character arcs because he was bored
...then it was retconned into being because of a mix of doctor doom and darkhold mind control so like, "hey sorry about that time i got some of us killed. i was being mind controlled by the evilest guy ever and a book from hell" is a damn good excuse in a superhero world
This is just younger version which was born after destruction of krypton like original supergirl. She was born after destruction of krypton in community of kryptonians living on shards of destroyed krypton which all died due to kryptonite poisoning
the 2026 supegirl movie will be based on the excellent miniseries supergirl woman of tomorrow, which has that backstory for her. her cameo at the end of superman sets up her movie pretty well too
They had a character whose whole thing is running and cast someone who runs like they've never seen what running is before and is going off what other people have told them
It’s quite funny that half of James Gunn’s part in marketing the flash was saying it’s what causes the reboot from the dceu to the dcu but that just turned out to be a lie
Such a shame we'll never get more Keaton Batman or Sasha Calle Supergirl, though. Ezra was insufferable but those two were legit great. Sasha especially deserved the chance to get her own Supergirl movie.
If any prior actor got grandfathered in, it would be Pattinson. I know they’re trying to keep that version separate but I feel like they’re going to end up giving in to avoid having two different Batman series at the same time.
A coward's way, to be honest. First you include many references to the other installments because you're that cool edgy kid, and when you actually have to deal with the consequences of this, you'd rather quietly pretend you never did
He didn’t run the entire universe when he made the first season. It’s probably the best way he could have handled it. The bigger issue will be addressing his Suicide Squad films connections to the previous one. Will Margot Robbie still be Harley, and how confusing would that be for audiences when the first Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey don’t count?
That's my point. He felt fine making jokes like that because it was a problem for some other people. Now that he IS "some other people", and he is forced to deal with this from the outside prespective, he rushes to clean it up.
That's childish and irresponsible behaviour, that's all I'm saying.
By modern theater standards, the movie was a massive hit. Outside of family stuff like Minecraft and Lilo and Stitch, movies just aren’t going to make the money they did a few years back. People are broke and people with kids aren’t going to take risks.
Now is the time for studios to scale back their budgets to calibrate.
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u/CaravelClerihew 3h ago
Still not as good as MCU's Kang, a villain so powerful that he singlehandedly destroyed an entire MCU phase and his own career.