Gunn seems to have picked a good replacement for Superman with Corenswet. Also think he did a pretty good job of overall casting in Peacemaker and The Suicide Squad.
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt with Wonder Woman.
DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)
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Gunn seems to have picked a good replacement for Superman with Corenswet. Also think he did a pretty good job of overall casting in Peacemaker and The Suicide Squad.
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt with Wonder Woman.
Most likely both. Lois was smoking Marlboros, so I read, so it would've been part and parcel of the same placement deal.
Given the popularity of "Cross-Over's" is there a chance that DC could contrive a movie where all existing past & present Superman Actors can reprise their roles as Superman from the various Extended Universe / Earth-#### and come together on-screen in the movies for one last time?
I know that the Arrow-verse part of the DC TV Universe did that to a limited degree, but it wasn't as many SuperMen as possible given that we have even more now.
Given that we have a good chunk of Superman & Superboy Actors alive still, it would be nice to have them all together on the big screen one last time.
I believe at least the recent 8x are all still alive & well right now:
- John Haynes Newton
- Gerard Christopher
- Dean Cain
- Tom Welling
- Brandon Routh
- Henry Cavill
- Tyler Hoechlin
- David Corenswet
And given the popularity of Cross-over's of the various Spider-men from the various movies, I think it would be a relatively easy Slam Dunk for James Gunn to contrive of a plot where he needs the help of various Super-men from the other Earth-### to come together to help each other in a movie.
Pretty sure the Snyderverse is dead.
That's a sensible change.
I'm sure it is as well, doesn't mean we can't borrow the actors & their iterations of Superman, and bring them to the current Universe for a quick movie adventure.
That's why DC has their Multi-verse, right?
Please, no. That's an overused trope by this point. And I'd think that the clumsy way the Flash movie did it would've soured people on the idea.
Frankly, fans and creators today are too preoccupied with nostalgia. A franchise that's obsessed with revisiting its past is not moving forward.
Why can't we do both?
"Spider-Man: No Way Home" did very well in the box office, and they managed to keep the Cross-Over of the other Spider-Men a surprise for the fans.
I loved the first WW, but Gadot is hardly irreplaceable.
Because one has been done almost to exclusion over the last decade. It is time to take a break.
A “franchise” that is “too preoccupied with nostalgia” is an interesting dichotomy. Surely, part of the appeal of franchise storytelling is affection for the familiar. Otherwise, why not tell a wholly new and original tale?
The trick, as always with such projects, is to find the best balance between catering to the audience’s love for what has come before, and introducing enough fresh ideas and approaches that the well-loved concept feels new and exciting all over again.
Yes, NWH did it well, and the Arrowverse did it well. But if you do something over and over and over again, it cheapens it and reduces it from something creative to something lazy. Enough already.
That's a false dichotomy. After all, what makes a new series popular in the first place is that it offers something new and fresh. The creators prove to us that they can tell engaging stories, so we want to see what new stories and ideas they can come up with. It's contradictory to say that if we liked something when it was new and fresh, then the only way we can continue to like it is if it becomes the opposite of that and just keeps repeating the stuff it did in the past. Would you rather see your favorite band cut a new album with new songs, or just become a cover band for their own past hits?
Look at Star Trek: TNG, DS9, and VGR. Most of what they did was telling new stories within the existing universe, expanding it beyond what had existed before. After the first couple of episodes, TNG actively avoided reusing species, characters, or storylines from TOS, and did only a handful of TOS-sequel episodes in seven years -- in contrast to the modern shows, which rehash elements from older Trek on a frequent basis. And TNG, the sequel series least dependent on past continuity, is arguably the most popular and successful Trek series ever -- which makes sense, because most of the audience for any successful series or movie is not hardcore fans, but more casual viewers on whom continuity references would be lost.
Exactly. Bringing back old actors and pretending they're alternate-universe doppelgangers is no longer a remotely fresh idea. It's trite and overdone.
Yeah, Gadot was great, but we've had great Wonder Woman both in live action and animation, so it's not like Gadot is the only person who could ever play the role.
No respect for Linda Carter.
Lynda Carter was gorgeous and charismatic as Wonder Woman, sure, but let's be honest, it's a stretch to apply the words "best actress" to her in any context.
Carter may not be the world’s premier thespian, but she was perfectly cast as Wonder Woman. The same can be said for Gadot. Diana may not have seen as many live-action interpretations as some other superheroes, but so far she’s batting a thousand on casting.
ETA: Oops, I forgot about Cathy Lee Crosby. Well, maybe not a thousand, then.
ETA: Oops, I forgot about Cathy Lee Crosby. Well, maybe not a thousand, then.
I have no issues with Gal Gadot's acting. Certainly not in comparison to Carter's.
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