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DC Movies - To Infinity and Beyond

JD said:
After one movie Asher Angel is already 17, so it's not going to take that many movie.
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How old is his character, though? Most teenagers in film and TV are played by actors in their 20s anyway.


Isn't the whole idea behind the character that he is a kid who turns into an adult superhero?
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In the original comics, yes, but how that's been interpreted has varied -- originally it was basically as if Captain Marvel was a separate, adult persona who switched places with Billy, and it's only been in recent decades that it's been reinterpreted as Billy's childlike personality in an adult body.

Anyway, the operative word there is "behind," not "ahead." Just because a movie series starts from a certain foundation doesn't mean it's forbidden to grow beyond it and become its own distinct thing. There's no precedent in the comics for Thor joining the Guardians of the Galaxy, or for Wolverine being the caretaker for Professor X in his old age.
 
Christopher said:
How old is his character, though? Most teenagers in film and TV are played by actors in their 20s anyway.




In the original comics, yes, but how that's been interpreted has varied -- originally it was basically as if Captain Marvel was a separate, adult persona who switched places with Billy, and it's only been in recent decades that it's been reinterpreted as Billy's childlike personality in an adult body.

Anyway, the operative word there is "behind," not "ahead." Just because a movie series starts from a certain foundation doesn't mean it's forbidden to grow beyond it and become its own distinct thing. There's no precedent in the comics for Thor joining the Guardians of the Galaxy, or for Wolverine being the caretaker for Professor X in his old age.
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This "everything is fine" shtick is as annoying as the "everything will be awful" shtick. Cut it out.
 
Christopher said:
How old is his character, though? Most teenagers in film and TV are played by actors in their 20s anyway.




In the original comics, yes, but how that's been interpreted has varied -- originally it was basically as if Captain Marvel was a separate, adult persona who switched places with Billy, and it's only been in recent decades that it's been reinterpreted as Billy's childlike personality in an adult body.

Anyway, the operative word there is "behind," not "ahead." Just because a movie series starts from a certain foundation doesn't mean it's forbidden to grow beyond it and become its own distinct thing. There's no precedent in the comics for Thor joining the Guardians of the Galaxy, or for Wolverine being the caretaker for Professor X in his old age.
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Sure they develop in their own direction, but they still usually stick to at least the major aspects of the character. An adult Billy Batson just feels way to far off from the concept behind the character for me.
Maybe after another movie or two, they could just find a way for Billy to transfer his powers over to another kid.
 
JD said:
Sure they develop in their own direction, but they still usually stick to at least the major aspects of the character. An adult Billy Batson just feels way to far off from the concept behind the character for me.
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Okay, I looked it up, and Billy is meant to be 14 in the film. These things tend to go in trilogies, and there's no need to advance them in real time. So there's plenty of room to do a couple more films with Asher Angel still playing Billy as a teenager (much like how his live-action predecessor Michael Gray was in his early 20s playing the older-teen Billy in the '70s series). Even if the film series was somehow such an enduring hit that it reached the point where he was in college, that would still make him fairly young and inexperienced compared to your typical thirtysomething superhero. Heck, the '80s Superboy series was about Clark's college years and beyond, although that was partly because the Salkinds no longer had the rights to the Superman title.
 
JD said:
Sure they develop in their own direction, but they still usually stick to at least the major aspects of the character. An adult Billy Batson just feels way to far off from the concept behind the character for me.
Maybe after another movie or two, they could just find a way for Billy to transfer his powers over to another kid.
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Pre New 52, this is what happened in the comics. Billy took over for the Wizard Shazam, and Freddy became Captain Marvel. Freddy was also a young adult by that time.
 
Samurai8472 said:
Posted by Zack over on Vero. It exists.

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I'm told it's being handled by top men.......top men.
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But is if FX complete and properly sound mixed; or is it a work print with a lot of unfinished material?
 
I really liked Ezra Miller as the Flash. So I am glad that (seems) to finally be happening. With all the delays I will be convinced when filming has begun.

I really hope it does not retread the same material the tv series has already done. Specifically I mean his father wrongly convicted of his mother’s Murder. Barry Allen existed for decades before Geoff Johns introduced that. Justice League set that up but there are many ways around it. Make no mention of his father at all. Or just say his father is now free and cleared. Saying it’s been resolved off camera
 
I don't know if there's a connection but by then, the TV show's eighth season would have ended a few weeks previously, I somehow doubt there'll be a ninth, so they won't have two different versions of the Flash on screen simultaneously.
 
N-121973 said:
I don't know if there's a connection but by then, the TV show's eighth season would have ended a few weeks previously, I somehow doubt there'll be a ninth, so they won't have two different versions of the Flash on screen simultaneously.
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They were willing to before, with Justice League and the originally planned solo film release date, so I don't see why they wouldn't now. On the other hand, if Arrow ended after 8 seasons, it's not unreasonable to think The Flash might too.
 
Christopher said:
On the other hand, if Arrow ended after 8 seasons, it's not unreasonable to think The Flash might too.
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That's where I got the idea, tht maybe, if Arrowverse shows are popular enough to end on their terms they run for eight (or 7 1/2 seasons). sort of like with the Trek spin-offs where they run seven seasons before ending them (Enterprise being cancelled).
 
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