About Pyro from X-Men and Brotherhood
2024 AUG
Wouldn't it be cool if Pyro was a full time member of the X-Men, not the Brotherhood?
When I was young ever since I saw Pyro in the movie X-Men 2, I became a really big fan of Pyro; even pretending that I could move fire myself. I always dreamed of seeing more of Pyro on the big screen and always thought who would win in a fight, Pyro or the Human Torch. As you could guess I would say Pyro would win. To my surprise I could not believe my eyes when I saw Pyro back from X2 and Last stand in Deadpool and Wolverine, seeing my favourite mutant depower Human Torch. What I dream come true. All I'm hoping now is that we see more of Pyro moving forward in the MCU and I wouldn't mind if it is a different actor who plays the character, or why not have the same actor from the original X-Men movies.
After seeing Pyro make a comeback in D&W, it got me thinking wouldn't it be cool if Pyro was a member of the X-Men, full time. I say it would be great to see him working alongside Iceman and having their powers combo off each other.
And what if changing the events of X2 where Pyro decided to go undercover posing as a member of the Brotherhood to try and stop the Brotherhood and Magneto from the inside that would have been so awesome and Charles was the only person other than Pyro to know this. This might create tension within the X-Men which would be interesting.
What if Charles could have possibly mind controlled Pyro to gather that Brotherhood intel. As cool as this could be this would have actually been a better plot point that turned Pyro against the X-Men and Charles, not just Pyro being a bad boy rebel at heart. It would also be interesting if Charles manipulated Pyro's mind to join or stay as a full time X-Men member. This could be something that the MCU could do.
I understand that Pyro even from the comics is the rebellious, bad boy type but it would have been cool to see him as the hero of the story. Making him one of the truest heroes of the X-Men in the original movies.
tbh I don't really like the villain types but there was something about Pyro that screams "So Cool".
When it comes to Pyro in the MCU moving forward I hope we get to see the character create living fire form monsters and snakes, for example. This was something that wasn't explored in the movies, I don't really remember if it was the same in animated shows. However I do remember that Pyro did create fire demons in one the X-Men Legends games.
About Pyro's outfit I really dig the look from the original X-Men movies not from the comics with the bright colours and large gas tanks on his back. I hope the MCU keeps the Zippo lighter for the character in his official MCU X-Men debut. Fingers crossed they make him a good guy that would be a dream come true.
To take pointers from D&W what if Pyro became such as great X-Men that he became one of the anchor beings. Imagine because he is an elemental mutant being able to control one of the elements of life; fire, he had to sacrifice his life to hold one aspect of the universe together. Similar to the way Loki ended his series holding the multiverse together. Yes this would suggest such characters like Iceman would have to give up their lives as well. This would heighten the dynamic between Pyro and Iceman even more since they are practically brothers. I think this could be a fitting start or end of an MCU X-Men story since they are all about family, connection and relationships.
Because time travel and multiverse is a thing in the MCU, it would be cool to see a character like oldman Pyro in a post apocalyptic world along side characters like the Hulk and oldman Logan.
What if Pyro became one of the four horsemen for Apocalypse, I don't know if that happened in the comics but would be amazing if it happens in the MCU. He would truly be a master of fire.
More On Oliver Queen And CW's Spectre
2024 APR
Updated thoughts of CW's Spectre vs the Wu Assassin
I understand I made a mistake in my pre-versus point pitting the Spectre and the Wu Assassins against each other, detailing wrongly on how long one of them trained to get their powers. Thus using that point to judge how powerful they are.
The reason why I counted the number of days to judge the duration of Kai's training, is because at the time it was easier to make sense of the whole thing. However the fact that seconds in real time took place when Kai trained for potentially years in a different plain of existence, on paper should tell you Kai is a better hero. I would disagree, sure Kai finished his training sooner than the Spectre did, but I believe how strong you are is how you use your powers. The fact that the Spectre is basically a God morphing the Multiverse at will shows he has got my vote.
2024 FEB
Could the Paragons bring back Oliver Queen?
I recently watched Part 4 of Crisis on Infinite Earths, it occurred to me. If with the use of the Book of Destiny, laser like focus from all 7 Paragons and the Spectre's powers can rebirth the multiverse. Then their combined efforts can be used to transform the Spectre back into Oliver Queen human form. If the heroes and Lex were able to succeed, its likely that someone would have to fill in the shoes of the Spectre to maintain order of the Multiverse. Question is who would that be?
I think the likely candidate would be John Diggle.
Other than friends and family wanting Oliver back. Why would Oliver need to return to the land of the living? my idea is that the Spectre is dying as his energy is being siphoned by Darkseid using the Anti life energy and Oliver realises that he can survive the attack if he is separated from the Spectre. This allows him to return to Earth to get help of his friends and family to stop Darkseid. What about Felicity? Oliver can't just leave her in the afterlife. As seen from season 9 Oliver as the Spectre can bring people back from the dead. And in this story, Oliver was able to muster enough energy to bring Felicity back.
Darkseid is a great fit as a Spectre villain because both characters are multiversal beings. With the use of Spectre's energy, Darkseid would be more of a God. Darkseid is able to travel the multiverse with the aid of the Black Flash who opens speed force portals.
Why would the Black Flash help Darkseid? Darkseid has the anti life equation that allows him to control any creature, thus he is able to control the Black Flash. In the comics the Black Flash bonds with a Speedster to have a physical form and to use the full extent of its power. In the case of this story the Black Flash bonds with Barry Allen. This explains why Barry was unable to help Team Arrow fight Darkseid.
How does Darkseid get the Black Flash to bond with Barry? He timed it by monitoring Earth-Central City keeping an eye on Flash with parademons that have cloaking tech. The same parademons were ordered to murder humans. The killings got so much that it forced the Flash to time travel, to the point where he did it so much that he caught the attention of the Black Flash. When the two encountered each other it became a chase and eventually the Black Flash bonded with Barry. As soon as that was done the invisible parademons saw what happened and reported back to Darkseid. He boomed tubed to Earth-Central City to take control over Black Flash. Initially the Black Flash resisted by Speed running away, but Darkseid's Omega Beams were able to hit their mark. This slowed and weakened the Black Flash giving enough time for the Anti-life to take effect.
With he new found assistance Darkseid visited Oliver on Earth 3, while Oliver was making his patrols of the Multiverse. A fight ensues and Oliver is weaken as Darkseid siphoned his energy. Oliver was able to flee going back to Felicity. He revives his love and gives her a message of warning Team Arrow of Darkseid.
Team Arrow gets the Paragons together including Lex but no Barry and they plan to use their combined efforts to bring Oliver back. They do this because Felicity convinces the Paragons, she loves Oliver also strategically Oliver knows most of Darkseid. As he was intone with the Multiverse and has seen everything. Little did they know as soon as Oliver was stripped from the Spectre he lost all knowledge of the Multiverse. What reminds is his memories before he became the Spectre and bringing him back took so much out of him, he's in a weakened state. Another unfortunate thing happened with Oliver, because Barry was not around with the other Paragons when Oliver was brought back. His sense of Love toward Felicity was missing. Weakened and not himself Felicity tries her best to look after her husband at the Bunker.
What is Darkseid's endgame? Taking a hint from the Flash movie 2023, Darkseid started using the Spectre's energy to bring all of the multiverse into one space to conquer. The cosmos noticed Darkeid's negative influence and has what is left of the Spectre to track John's soul to bond with. Now as the Spectre John has the knowledge, power and skill to help Team Arrow to defeat Darkseid.
Why would John Diggle be a great choice for the Spectre you asked? He would do anything for Oliver, sure John has a family. Though something tragic happens that pushes John to the edge accepting and becoming the Spectre. That is the death of his family. John as the Spectre hopes that he could bring his family back from the dead. To make the situation more tragic the Black Flash kills them and Barry watches the whole thing.
To beat the villain Team Arrow needs to work together by keeping Darkseid distracted, long enough for John to absorb the Spectre's energy back from Darkseid including the Anti life and afterward using his full power to weaken the villain. This way Darkseid would be powerless to the point where with the help of the Atom, Team Arrow are able to send him to the microverse.
The power of the microverse projector had to charge and during the time it was getting ready, Atom informed the heroes also saying he could join the fight in the meantime. He was teleported by Cisco, turning into a giant version of himself throwing a few punches and kicks. Both Superman and Supergirl were there too, including Citizen Steel. With the power of Truth, Lex was able to grant the other Paragons super strength against Darkseid.
As soon as Atom was alerted that the projector was ready, Cisco teleported him back to Star Labs to retrieve machine. They traveled back to Star City were the fight ensued and as soon as Darkseid was weaken by Spectre, he was sent to the microverse.
The microverse is the same place the heroes sent the Anti-Monitor. A hint to the next story could be The Anti-Monitor is freed by Darkseid's omega energy. To explain this further the microverse already has a prisoner, the Anti-monitor who is emitting alot of energy in the form of Antimatter. And when Darkseid entered the microverse the amount of omega energy he was producing pushed the Anti-monitor and his energy out of his microverse prison.
I was wrong in my review of Crisis on Infinite Earths about how the Spectre works. He doesn't latch onto a soulless body, he bonds to a soul. Thus in this story the Spectre bonds with John Diggle's soul.
2024 JAN
My updated thoughts on the Spectre from the Arrowverse
When I first saw the Crisis on Infinite Earths CW crossover, I hated the idea of Green Arrow dying and becoming the Spectre. However after all this time, rewatching the crossover countless times and seeing Oliver Queen coming back in season 9 of the Flash. I have grown to liking the idea that Oliver Queen as the Spectre is a God level character. As long as the multiverse is in trouble and if CW brings back DCTV shows, we will most likely get to see Oliver Queen in action again. Who knows maybe DC Studios can bring back the Arrowverse characters including Oliver Queen for another Crisis event.
From what I have seen Doom Patrol will continue as a DCU TV series. The interesting thing is that Doom Patrol was featured at the end of CW's Crisis of Infinite Earths crossover; with a voice over narration by Oliver Queen, as the Spectre revealing that there is a new multiverse. After the previous one was destroyed by the Anti-monitor. Since Oliver Queen now has a connection to Doom Patrol. He could appear on that TV series when the plot details that the multiverse is in danger, by the Doom Patrol themselves or a villain associated with that team.
2024 JAN
Oliver Queen from Star City 2046
Imo, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow from Star City 2046 who was featured in season 1 of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, could have been further utilized in the Crisis of Infinite Earths Crossover. Following the blue print of Earth 90 Flash sacrificing himself instead of our Flash to destroy the Anti-matter wave generator, something similar could have happened to defeat the Anti-monitor the first time around.
Star City 2046 Oliver Queen/Green Arrow or him as the Spectre could have stopped the Anti-monitor instead of our Oliver Queen. Our Oliver Queen could have still died at the end of Part 1, but our heroes could have still tried and succeeded in resurrecting him using the Lazarus Pit; also succeeding in retrieving his soul.
Though as evident from Sara Lance being resurrected and getting her soul back, she still felt slight effects of the blood lust. This means that Oliver will also still be under the influence of the blood lust and maybe he could join the League of Assassins with his sister Thea until he completely recovered.
Not only would this change in the Crossover be a better reference to DC's Legends episode Star City 2046 and a better callback to Arrow season 3's League of Assassins story-line. Our Oliver Queen could still be alive and if the writers wanted him to come back to the other Arrowverse TV shows, or a limited Arrow revival series it would be easy if CW ever decide to bring DC Superhero TV show back to their programme.
2023 NOV
How long it took for Oliver to complete his training as the Spectre in the Crisis Crossover?
In a previous post on this site, I said that it took mere minutes for Oliver to complete his Spectre training. He was seen at the Island next to Jim Corrigan with the life of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow flashing before his eyes. He said he saw everything.
The way I saw and understood this scene is that his training started and ended with the flashes of his life and it took mere minutes. As if Oliver died and the Spectre was born, who happens to look like Oliver Queen. However you could say if it took only mere minutes for the Spectre to be ready, why didn't he either save Barry when he was struggle through the Speed Force and meet the rest of the Paragons at the Vanishing Point sooner?
I believe the Spectre chose to wait for all the Paragons to be at the Vanishing Point and him chasing after Barry in the Speed Force would be a waste of time and effort. Thus resulting in the Spectre training to still be mere minutes.
However this is still television and time can be manipulated, so you could always argue that the Spectre's training took however long. We are all entitled to our opinions.
My Thoughts on the Paragons, especially Lex
2023 NOV
Are the Paragons of Crisis Over Powered?
Thinking about it more, 7 beings that are known to be the best representation of specific qualities of any and all species: Hope, Destiny, Honor, Love, Humanity, Courage and Truth allows them to do anything they want together if they know how to use their powers correctly.
In the CW Crisis crossover Supergirl says basically to unlock their power as Paragons, they need to use laser-like focus and thus they created the multiverse.
The Spectre mentioned that Lex Luthor the Paragon of Truth knew what to do, when the Paragons and the Spectre took the fight to the Anti-Monitor.
Together the Paragons can create life, but as individuals I think they might just be useless; except for the Paragon of Truth who is the catalyst to activate the Paragons powers. Supergirl made Lex believe that focus was the key to use their powers and Lex being the Paragon of Truth made it so. Therefore he is the most dangerous being of the multiverse. Whatever he believes to be right, happens.
Another crossover that could bring the Arrowverse heroes together, could be the our Lex decides to have another attempt to kill all Supermen in the multiverse. And, Oliver/Spectre senses Lex's power shift in the cosmos when Lex activates his powers of truth, to make it so that he can travel to different Earths. There are few ways he could do this by tricking people like Cisco to create Breach tech; or influence the World's Governments to force vigilantes to relinquish their resources. And, eventually putting it in the hands of more gullible people to create the tech Lex needs to kill Supermen; breach tech and Kryptonite weapons.
As soon as the Spectre sense that Lex is growing in power, he calls rest of the Paragons to reunite to stop the mad man. There are two ways I can think the rest of the Paragons can defeat Lex. One way is that Martian Manhunter uses his telepathy to trick Lex into seeing that his parents love him and Barry being the Paragon of Love can enhance Manhunter's telepathic vision placed on Lex. This would distract Lex allowing him to be stopped. You might question how does Barry use his powers of Love without Lex's power of Truth. Two ways it could happen Iris being Barry's Lightning Rod could boost Barry's powers, or the Spectre being a mutiversal powerhouse could also boost Barry's powers, similar to when he gave Barry such an energy boost that killed the Speed Force.
Another way to trick Lex to not killing the Supermen is having Manhunter use a vision of the Death of Lena, Lex's sister. This could distract Lex long enough for Manhunter to have complete control over Lex's mind and put everything back to what it was. If this crossover would be so monumental and could have marked the end of the Arrowverse for sure. CW could do the most darkest thing ever by killing Lena the one person Lex cares about that most and maybe have Martian Manhunter mentally torture Lena to the point where she commits suicide. Sure this could make Lex more dangerous than ever, or break his mind completely giving him a one stop ticket to Arkham. I think the latter option is the best thing as Lex being the Paragon of Truth is the most dangerous being ever, as the Spectre would have trouble facing him alone. Sure there will always be a chance that Lex's mind can heal and he would then come to the conclusion that Martian Manhunter is the person he hates the most, thus making him Lex's next target.
Lena dying wouldn't be out of the norm for CW DC Crossovers as Martin Stein died in Crisis on Earth X. I pick Martian Manhunter as the person to kill Lena because he is a Alien like Superman and Lex hates Aliens.
Extending everything to the point of where DC fans can truly enjoy watching the heroes we all know and love. DC Studios should continue the Arrowverse as either movies or as TV series, keeping the same actors or introducing new characters. This would have been the power move to regain DC fan's trust and love, if WBs didn't want anything associated with Zack Snyder. However with the recent announcement of Snyder related DC movies being available on Netflix soon, we might eventually see ZSJL2 and 3.
More Thoughts on CW's Arrow
2023 NOV
Who could've played Young Oliver Queen on the Island?
Lucas Daniel Till would be my pick for a young Oliver Queen for the season 1 Flashbacks. He is currently 33 years old and he would be 22 years of age back in 2012.
In the series Oliver Queen was 22 years old when he was marooned on the Island and so Till being around the same age is just one of the reasons why he would have been perfect to play the young character. He is also blonde like the comic book hero and has the physical capability to do most stunts in the series, as proven from his time working on the movie X-Men First Class.
I think Lucas is also a great pick as he has worked on TV shows as well as movies. Showing he can operate on a TV show production like Arrow. A TV series that he was cast in that did quite well is Macgyver 2016 that lasted for 5 seasons. I have seen the series and I love it.
The one thing that I admire about Macgyver 2016 was the character Macgyver who Lucas plays. The character was always able to think on his feet and create solutions to get out of deadly situations. If Lucas could have been cast in Arrow and if he was young Oliver for 5 seasons worth of Flashbacks not just 1; it would have been great to see Lucas use and develop those Macgyver skills on the Island. And, have Oliver use those skills in present day when Stephen would take over the role. I understand that Macgyver 2016 came out after Arrow, though there is still the original Macgvyer series that came out in 1985. So Arrow could have taken inspiration from that original series. I think if this were to happen something even more special would have been created, making Oliver Queen not just a knock off copy of Bruce Wayne.
I know it is unorthodox but after Arrow ended CW could have done a spin off series with Till in the lead as Oliver on the Island for 5 years, that have events unfold differently from Arrow. This series could be like a branched timeline of a Multiverse and if CW were to take inspiration from either Macgvyer series again this would have been something truly unique.
One thing that Oliver didn't emote well earlier in the series was his depression of having to survive 5 years in hell. Yes he showed this in season 5 present day after Prometheus mentally broke him for being a killer, but I think Lucas Till can emote what's needed with an interesting twist. As seen from his character Havok in X-Men First Class: Havok was isolating himself not wanting to hurt anyone with his powers before being approached my Charles Xavier to join the X-Men.
Lucas having an understanding of the darkness that comes with having powers and hurting people, can translated into choices of being a hero like Green Arrow and the choice of saving one person or the other. Lucas can show this emotional understanding not in season 5 present day as Stephen Amell would be playing the character, but in season 2 Flashbacks where Oliver was responsible for the death of Shado, saving Sara instead. And, this regret can be extended in later Flashbacks passed season 2 if Lucas' contract was extended. If CW did a spin off series with Till they could delve deeper into the emotional ramifications of the death of Shado, maybe have Slade find out the truth sooner and make Oliver pay by killing Sara for sure this time. Yes these events unfold differently though the major plot points more or less are the same; the death of major characters the propel our hero and villain to the point of conflict. This would be a interesting reflection between the two series.
Yes Stephen Amell had some abilities as a werewolf in Vampire Diaries season 2 released in 2010, though this is different of a hero's role and understanding of right and wrong.
I know its too late to have Lucas Till in the Arrowverse since CW is ending Superman and Lois and ending all Superhero content on the platform, so no spin off series either. Then why not have Till as Green Arrow in the DCU if Austin Butler a fan favourite doesn't get the role.
To end, recently I found out that the Showrunner of Macgvyer season 1 was very hard to work with. This is a different situation of the Showrunners of Arrow, from what I have researched they have been very good and supportive to the entire Arrow cast. They would have been supportive of Till through out his time as Oliver during Arrow's run.
My thoughts on the DCU
2023 NOV
Comedy in DC films
Comedy is a funny thing in comic book movies. What DC needs to do is find a balance of having comedic and serious tones of story in their films. To be honest CW DC TV shows have that balance mostly in one of their shows DC's Legends of Tomorrow. I understand that Gunn wants to make his own mark in the DC Universe, but we as fans understand even though the future is important we also need to honour and appreciate the past. So why not work with the people that have made DC's Legends a reality? Gunn has shown his appreciation for what has come before by allowing DC's Doom Patrol TV show to continue, but I think that this is a wrong direction to take if you want to incorporate comedy into DC; as Doom Patrol's jokes are too dark for the general audience. And, this procedure to keep Doom Patrol doesn't fit the concept of DC wanting more properties like the MCU stories. Maybe Doom Patrol will be a Elseworlds DC story like Matt Reeves' Batman and Todd Phillips' Joker. If this is the case then as a DC fan I will accept Gunn to proceed with his plan for the DCU.
2023 APR
My thoughts on the Snyderverse Event April 28/29/30
I think this event will continue to put; forward DC fans' passion to place DC Studios in a position to produce and finish Zack Snyder's DC movie vision. Will I think the end result happen? I believe it will. What I found amazing is the Zack wanted to show all 3 of his DC films in one seating at which ever Theatre that will show the movies. In my opinion some people will like this and other may not. Either way fans will see the films and I understand why Zack was prevented to allowing to show all his DC films in one seating. If ever there was a slight wiff of a complaint from a fan of seeing more than 4 hours of multiple movies at once; this would create another riff within the DC communities and maybe the next and final stage of Zack Snyder DC fans jumping ship to the Gunnverse. To be honest I say this because knowing something bad could prevent it from happening, as I want the Snyderverse to continue and succeed.
I also heard that the Green Lantern scene with Bruce Wayne from ZSJL will be completed and released at Snydercon. This is great news because if this gets received well, then it possible this could be the final step to seeing Snyder's DC vision to be produced and released to all the loyal fans out there. If this doesn't happen then I hope that ZSJL will get a rerelease with the Green Lantern, Bruce Wayne scene injected at the end.
A piece of Batman news came to light recently. Ben Affleck might decide to come back as Bruce Wayne Batman after his cameo roles in the Flash and Aquaman 2 movie, after he filmed his 5 minutes in the Flash movie. Though Ben also said that he wouldn't work with James Gun's DC vision. So it looks like Ben could be fully on board if Zack Snyder comes back as a Director of DC films or ar least in a Producer role.
It would be cool if Ben Affleck made an appearance at Snydercon.
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2023 MAR
My thoughts on the possibility of DC Studios continuing the Snyderverse
It was recently theorized that James Gunn could be willing to sell more DC properties, to other streaming services like Dead Boy Detectives to Netflix. If this theory continues to develop as a online campaign on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and us fans are sensible and polite; these actions could further lead to the point where James Gunn could agree to sell the Snyderverse to Netflix or other streaming services. Yes I understand that Zack Snyder as spoken to James Gunn saying he is not willing to return to creating DC films and develop his DC films vision. Though I believe he has said this because he wants to focus on his properties of Army of the Dead and Rebel Moon on Netflix. Also Zack as mentioned before that he has pretty much retired from the Snyderverse, but then he made a deal with WBs to release ZSJL. I also believe the reason why he said recently he wants nothing to do with James Gunn and DC is because he doesn't want to promote false hope to the fans, so I understand why Zack wants to be distant.
I read online that Marc Guggenheim has publicly said that he is saddened over the fact that James Gunn and DC Studios have not contacted him to be apart of the future DC Films and DC Studios. Marc has also said that he feels that all the effort he placed into the Arrowverse was a waste of time. To be honest that is not true from my point of view I will be able to watch the Arrowverse, one of the best DC comics/Television series ever made. Who knows maybe Marc and Zack could work together on a DC project that DC Studios might sell because it won't fit into their overall DC comics/films vision.
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2023 FEB
More thoughts on James Gunn as Co-CEO of DC Studio
tbh I have grown to understand that you can appreciate the films that have came before, the DCEU and also learn and grow as a fan of the DCU films helmed by James Gunn.
I really don't see that there is a point to harass James Gunn and his vision of the DC film future if fans want him to agree with continuing Snyder's version of DC. This is because the more fans are throwing mean words to James Gunn the likelihood of him green lighting the future of the Snyderverse would be slim to non-existent.
If we stay positive in every sense of the word, even supporting James Gunn, if his vision fails and we are polite about it maybe he will green light the future of the Snyderverse. So we can get more Ben Affleck as Batman and possibly Henry Cavill as Superman, on HBO Max, Theaters or Netflix. It was even announced that DC Studios are willing to work with Netflix in creating DC content fingers crossed this might include Zack's vision.
Stay tune for more.
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2022-23
Tbh Henry Cavill should never have been planned to be replaced for the future of DC films.
I know that the image to see to your right is Brandon Routh another Superman actor not Cavill who was also let go by WBs. You may ask why not have a picture of Cavill attached to this post? Is because I feel that we need to accept the fact that WBs and Cavill will certainly not ever work together on a single project, let alone the Superman IP.
I understand that James Gunn has said that there is a door open for Cavill to return to DC films in some capacity. Though I believe he said that to try and dampen the aggression of fans when they would fire back. Obviously this did not work as #firejamesgunn was trending on twitter.
Now there is a new hashtag trending "sellZSJLtonetflix" this I believe would be the best of both worlds for WBs and the fans. If WBs would be willing to accept to sell partial rights to Netflix to use Zack Snyder's JL characters, then WBs would profit, so will Netflix and fans would be happy to get to see ZSJL sequels. In addition since this hashtag and I believe fans petition to support all the creators of ZSJL, sells of ZSJL blurays and DVDs have skyrocketed. Showing WBs there is a demand for these characters and stories to continue. I hope WBs is listening and I'm sure Netflix is too.
Netflix I would say have no problem in jumping into a deal with WBs as they are supporting Zack Snyder, funding the production of his own IP Rebel Moon and have helped him produce the successful Army of the Dead and Army of Thieves movies. ZSJL has also been streaming on their platform for quite a while now. And every once in a while ZSJL hashtags have been cycling on Twitter to continue the ongoing support.
Thanks for reading, Stay tuned for more
More on Tenet
2023 AUG
"What's happened, happened" This is a quote used in the film at the end that has stood out to me, a form of expression regarding fate. Nothing is set in stone and the events in time are ever changing. In normal parameters events that have happened cannot be changed. Though when it's revealed that temporal inversion is possible the characters set out to change events making the quote "What's happened, happened" ever relevant, again nothing in set in stone and its also later revealed that our heroes have already influenced past events by time travel. When we find out that the Protagonist hired Neil in the future, our main characters. Nolan seemed to set the blue prints for a prequel of the early days of Neil and the protagonist working together in the future dealing with Sator the villain of Tenet or even having to takedown another character not related to Sator in anyway having something refresh for the audience. If ever this would happen I would be over the moon. Nolan could even have a prequel that goes further back exploring the origins of Sator, which was mentioned sparingly in the film. We know that Nolan doesn't like doing follow ups to his existing films except for the Dark Knight Trilogy, but maybe who knows he might change his mind in the future giving in to his fans wanting more Tenet. The whole concepts of temporal inversion and time travel in Tenet is quite confusing for us fans so maybe if there was a Sator prequel the chances of the story using those concepts might be limited, which is a good thing.
One thing that seems to be a flaw in the concept of temporal inversion is that some items that been inverted can only respond to thoughts in the past sense; for example think that you have dropped the bullet and the bullet will return to your hand. This understanding of inversion did not apply to a scene where the protagonist shot an inverted bullet, he was still thinking in the normal train of thought when he pulled the trigger the bullet travelled invertedly back into the barrel of the gun. Maybe this was flaw was left in the film by the film makers thinking that the audience wouldn't notice or to drum up conversation about the film to keep us intrigued. I think the latter is the more likely answer as I'm sure Nolan wouldn't think of us as simple minded people.
More thoughts on The Flash (2023)
2023 AUG
I thought that the Dark Flash being the villain of the movie and only having been revealed twice was an interesting story choice, as we get to focus on our hero trying to get back to his own timeline. The Dark Flash in his second appearance revealed to be the future version of alternate Barry I thought was really cool emphasizing on the phrase "you are your worst enemy". It would have been better however if we got to see more of the Dark Flash scheming but it seems the only way for that to happen is if this movie was split into 2. I understand that this couldn't happen because of either a runtime mandate or James Gunn's plan for DC Films, though if WBs was dedicated to help the film makers of Flash make a good movie then I guess they could have given the time and possibly money to do so. I did read though that the Director had a 4 hour cut of the film so it would have been possible to make 2 Flash movies back to back and that is what should have happened. There was going to be more cameos of DC characters and I assume more screen time of Dark Flash.
A new piece of information was released of the original reason why Bruce stopped being Batman confirm by the director; is that he accidentally killed a criminal in front of his child. I guess the reason why that piece of the plot was changed to Gotham no longer needed Batman because the City was rid of crime, is because the death of a parent storyline was too mature for the general audience. Yet there was a sequence where Barry Allen was pretty much naked toeing the PG 13 rating having the character's privates covered by the angle of the camera and an inanimate object.
My guess if Keaton did replace Affleck as Batman in the revised version of the DCEU; I think he would have died half way through the live action Batman Beyond movie. Terry would take over the mantle and be the Batman moving forward. Another prediction I have is if Keaton didn't die in the Batman Beyond movie then he could have taken a seat on the Mobius Chair, as a send off for the character and actor.
Ideas for a Book
2023 FEB
Part 3
How will I use time travel in my book?
I don't like overusing the concept of Time Travel. At times it gets too complex having to factor all variables within the story and explain them, not to mention it would get boring fast if I fall into the rabbit hole of using Time Travel all the time.
I am now around 40 pages into the book and there is a significant moment where Time Travel was used. I did not factor the concept in the book for the sake of using it. I chose to use the concept to break the circle of repeat plot lines to move the story along; as I found myself in a hole writing a victim for every chapter.
I may use Time Travel again at the end of the story to create some kind of happy ending, or create an equivalent of DC's Flashpoint where somethings are back to normal existing with some changes. This is something I can take my time to decide as I am nowhere near the end of the book.
At the start of the book there are some characters that are just mentioned not seen. I thought leaving these characters out would create a form of focus on the main characters and possibly create a form of intrigue that readers would get sucked into waiting and wanting more of the unseen characters. When I decided to use Time Travel 40 pages in I saw a opportunity to introduce these missing characters as alternative versions. This allows other existing characters to voice their opinions on those missing characters from the main time line. This I thought was an interesting way of writing certain people in the book.
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2023 FEB
Part 2
I'm roughly 28 pages into the book and have decide the best thing to do first is create the world the lead character lives in; so street names, houses, cities etc.
What is also important is create a vast number of characters. While writing the book I found that this is important to not only populate the world I'm writing in, but to help build the word count and chapters.
I have finally created the villain of the story but have decided not to spend entire pages creating scenarios where the same villain as victims and the hero/heroine has to save them every chapter. To help this process the creation of new characters and the world they live in helps balance out the story. Also I have decided to split the book into two parts; each part has a different villain.
I also told my brother about this book project and he suggested that a murder mystery plotline would be neat to incorporate into the book. I have always thought murder mysteries would be too difficult to write, but I will give it a shot. I have ideas on how to create that mystery and I can take ideas from my short lived DnD campaign which again inspired this book. In the campaign there was a character like DC's Riddler that was leaving riddles for the heroes to find to solve the crimes he has committed and I kinda want to use a similar motive for both of my villains in the book. I'm still in the stages of setting up the villains but I have skipped a ahead a few times when I come up with good ideas and write them in future chapters.
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Why did I pick a female lead character for my book?
2023 FEB
I believe since the beginning of storytelling, male characters heroes or villains have been propped higher than female characters heroes or villains. Nowhere days that shift is more balanced, though there is still characters like Batwoman and Captain Marvel who have received the short end of the stick.
For this reason alone I decided to genderswap Bishop into a female character.
Another reason why I have Bishop as the female star in the book, is to show that women are more than the damsel in distress and more than a sex symbol. So far the physical appearance of Bishop is not explicit and I have done that purposefully, as I want the reader to possibly see themselves as Bishop, if they are female or male I won't judge. As I continue to develop Bishop's story I may give hints and details to her appearance for those who read the book and chose to distance themselves from her and delve in her world in a more objective manner.
In another way to show that female characters are powerful, I've given Bishop psychic abilities. Yes this does seem like a cliche, but the same would be for the opposite were maybe she's like Batwoman a character that doesn't need supernatural powers to be powerful. Who knows maybe down the line Bishop will lose her abilities and there will be moments of how she copes without the power to shape and rewrite reality.
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Ideas for a Book
2022-23
When my siblings introduced me to DnD, we had a campaign that was short lived. Though it prompted me to create my own campaign that was based around the Batman, Daredevil and CW's Arrow universes.
After creating the campaign it was evident that my siblings were too busy with their own lives. So I decided to turn the campaign into a book. The process of creating the book using the backbones of my campaign was borderline plagiarism, but It took me a while and I finally created a original universe and story for it.
While creating the heavily inspired DC/Marvel DnD campaign, I did have one original idea in it: a male character with psychic abilities, that I inserted into the book.
The plot of the campaign solely focused initially on him, being reactionary. However when it came to writing the book, the character's reactionary instinct evolved making him more involved; affecting the world and characters around him in a more personal way. To make the story more special in the book imo I gender swapped the character, lets call her Bailey.
There is no perfect original idea as everything is influenced by some form of source material. In this case I found that as I was writing Bailey, she was becoming an all powerful psychic like the Scarlet Witch from the MCU. This was not intentional she just happened to develop down that road.
Bailey is in her origins so she is getting use to and understanding her powers, not knowing are limitations yet.
On the topic of who the villain is, I don't like the idea of good vs evil. I wanted to start off with something different. I would just like write Bailey's life as she is young doing young adult things. Don't get me wrong there will be a villain, the character is just not prominent, not yet at least.
Unlike the Scarlet Witch however, Bailey comes from a rich upbringing. I wrote her this way to foreshadow that her development is limitless in a positive or negative direction, she could prosper or suffer like Batman/Bruce Wayne.
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Does it make sense to call out woke agendas in film and tV
2023 FEB
Is there sense in the same sex woke agenda?
I think there is nothing wrong with film makers making a point that same sex relationships are okay to be a thing in today's society. The only problem I see that give validity to people going against it, is when those relationship are propped more important than heterosexual relationships. These relationships are both equally important.
I have heard and read online and I'm sure there are movies and shows out there that parents force their children to swing either way and tbh I find that disrespectful to their children. Your kids should choose for themselves whether they want to date men or women. What would aid their choices is to give your children freedom to have a life and explore their options in a sensible way ofc.
Not allowing them to have their own lives would affect their mentality to not make mature choices. Not only has technology made everyone save, it has placed restrictions on the lives of kids today. So don't shackle your kids in today's culture, be understanding and aid them effectively so they make the choices they are comfortable with.
Sure movies and shows can show the dark side of parents controlling their children's choices, but only in example to show what not to do; not to condone them.
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2023 FEB
Is there sense to the race woke agenda?
Only if it depicts either race to be extremely evil when it doesn't follow the historical truth. I guess film makers can make the bold claim to depict a certain race to suddenly come to immense power and be seen a global threat; but they will have to brace themselves when receiving possible backlash by critics or the general audience, who believe those film makers have insulted them or insulted a particular race. Additionally film makers should do research into if certain countries/governments who would allow them to depict their people as evil regardless how much control or power they have on a domestic or global scale.
If film makers announce they received permission to place a spot light on a certain race in a serious manner or for comedy, then maybe audiences will not call out the woke agenda against those film makers and their films.
I will not specify, I read of cases where countries blocked the release of a particular movies because it reflected badly on their people and their governments. I'm sure this has happened before even with smaller organizations and I'm sure in the future it will most likely happen, its just a question of when.
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2023 JAN
The more specific important question is what is wrong with representing powerful male or female characters on the big or small screen?
In my honest opinion, there is nothing wrong with gender superiority representation in movies and episodes. There only seems to be a problem when its hammered at the audience more than once that either woman are better than man or visa versa. A specific example would be when a male character like Batman is clearly superior as he is backed by years of comic lore and a character like Kate Kane who becomes Batwoman in season 1 says the Batsuit will be perfect if it is altered to fit her body. tbh this batsuit fitting comment isn't a problem for me either because you might not think I'm a true Batman fan or I reply with what is wrong with propping a heroine better than the Dark Knight? Just give a female character there time in the spotlight.
Not only is the storytelling in Batwoman considered woke, people are directing their negativity toward the actress who plays Batwoman in season 1; Ruby Rose. People are saying she was cast only because she is part of the LGBTQ community, not because she has the acting credentials. The thing is what's wrong with that? The fact its the first time that a Lesbian woman plays a Lesbian superhero should be something special and if her acting capabilities is an issue, then she can take acting classes during production of the series. Either way CW has dealt with this situation Ruby Rose should be given more credit.
The problem is not gender superiority representation in the mediums, the issue is fans and audience being too harsh, judgemental and emotional. Film and Television is subjective. The people who object to either gender superiority representation have no more right than the people who support it. People are entitled to the own opinions. Let's just agree to disagree.
Yes I say Captain Marvel is a good movie but it shouldn't be affected by the fact that fans and audience point fingers calling the film woke. I don't see the film as woke.
A film should only judged as a finish product; good or bad and should not get criticizes for any LGBTQ woke agendas it presents. A film can get criticizes if its production process as been affected by other factors such as the well-being of the cast and crew. And, yes if cast and crew get physical or mental abuse before or after release of a film or series, because they are part of the LGBTQ community then there should be consequences. This might result in altering the film or series including release date or if it should be released at all.
If comparing Brie Larson who plays Captain Marvel and Ruby Rose. The Captain Marvel actress might not be in a woke movie, but she has been giving the movie a bad reputation because of her ego, attitude on and off set. Including being rude to actors from other Marvel movies. From what I have heard and read Ruby Rose was very supportive and caring to her cast and crew on the Batwoman season 1 set. Though it is impossible for anyone to always keep a check on their emotional outbursts and attitude at any degree, its just down to self control.
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