DC Movies - To Infinity and Beyond

[Samurai8472]

First look at the new animated series “Batman: Caped Crusader”



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[Christopher]

First look at the new animated series “Batman: Caped Crusader”



https://ew.com/batman-caped-crusade...=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com

Hmmm...

The best way to do that, they decided, was to make the new show fully a ‘40s-set period piece, rather than repeating the anachronistic jumble of computers and pay phones that defined B:TAS.

They just traded it for the anachronistic jumble of a '40s setting without institutional racism so we can have a black Commissioner Gordon. Not that I mind the inclusiveness, of course, but it's still inaccurate to say it's "fully" '40s-set.

The two halves of Harley’s personality are also more connected in Caped Crusader. Instead of abandoning her day job after becoming a jester-themed supervillain, this version of Harley uses psychiatry as a weapon, Timm teases.

Rather than catering to the Joker and other criminally insane residents of Arkham Asylum, the Dr. Quinzel of Caped Crusader is a normal Gotham City psychiatrist. In fact, she gets assigned to treat none other than Bruce Wayne himself.

That's exactly what the 2002 Birds of Prey TV series, the first live-action depiction of Harley Quinn (played by Mia Sara), did with the character, except the lead superhero she treated was Helena Kyle/Huntress instead of Bruce Wayne.

“He's a really weird human being,” Timm says of Batman. “He's not obsessed with his parents' murder, but it changed him in a way where he’s still not adjusted to being a human being. He's literally Batman; inside, that's who he is. Whenever he's Bruce Wayne, that's not just him with a mask off, that's him wearing a person suit. He's trying to pretend to be something that he's not.”

And that reminds me of how Burton and Keaton portrayed Bruce, as a socially awkward eccentric detached from humanity.

 

[Commander Troi]

Because.....?

In his later books, Heinlein did what he called "World as Myth" where characters from Oz, John Carter, etc. and his own books were all working together.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

In his later books, Heinlein did what he called "World as Myth" where characters from Oz, John Carter, etc. and his own books were all working together.

I thought it was Philip Jose Farmer and Win Scott Eckert with their 'Wold Newton Universe' that started the tradition of literary characters being connected and crossing over to meet each other.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Lovecraft did it before any of those guys.

 

[Christopher]

I thought it was Philip Jose Farmer and Win Scott Eckert with their 'Wold Newton Universe' that started the tradition of literary characters being connected and crossing over to meet each other.

Heck, that started with ancient mythology. Jason and the Argonauts was the big Avengers-type crossover where all the various Greek city-states' local heroes came together as a team. Indeed, polytheistic mythoi in general are amalgams of local gods and myths that got intermixed when different small communities came into regular contact.

In 1905 and after, Maurice Leblanc did an unauthorized team-up of his gentleman-thief detective Arsene Lupin with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, but he had to change their names in later stories to avoid getting sued. Though that's not the same as an author teaming up multiple characters not of their own creation.

 

[Commander Troi]

I thought it was Philip Jose Farmer and Win Scott Eckert with their 'Wold Newton Universe' that started the tradition of literary characters being connected and crossing over to meet each other.

Lovecraft did it before any of those guys.

I'm not sure who did it first. I'm most familiar with Heinlein, so that was where I made the joke.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Technically this belongs in both DC threads, as Frank Grillo has joined the cast of Peacemaker as Rick Flag Sr. I see trouble ahead… https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/frank-grillo-peacemaker-season-2-1235998755/

 

[The Realist]

 

[Kai "the spy"]

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[thribs]

Needs more Superman

 

[Commander Troi]

Hmm. Surprisingly gripping teaser. We shall see.

 

[JD]

That looks really good. I loved The Batman, and that looks like it'll be just as good.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Eh...

Farrell still doing his impression of various De Niro characters. Sheesh.

Oh, well. The Pattman was a terrible Batman film, so if the producers are lucky, they will get something right with this villain-focused series.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

That's pretty cool where is that from?

 

[The Realist]

I found the image randomly somewhere -- I think Reddit. Of course, it's an edited picture of the New York-Dublin Portal.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I found the image randomly somewhere -- I think Reddit. Of course, it's an edited picture of the New York-Dublin Portal.

I've heard of that what is it? I thought they closed it down

 

[USS Firefly]

I've heard of that what is it? I thought they closed it down

Wasn't it because some woman showed her breast?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Wasn't it because some woman showed her breast?

I just found the story, some guy in Dublin mooned the people in New York

 

[Tosk]

Sounds like a lame reason. Especially lame that no one in the entire span of funding-designing-constructing-installing, no one thought someone might be rude with it.