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You dont get to hide behind saying gakky or offensive things......because its humor.

I wonder if they'll recast Elongated Man and not mention it or...something else?

 Alpharius wrote:
I wonder if they'll recast Elongated Man and not mention it or...something else?

I mean, it does suck because his story was intertwined with the person from the cliffhanger from the end of season 6.
I do feel like they are overreacting. Yeah the jokes are bad and he deserved to have them come to light, firing him ain't right.
But from what I hear there was behind the scenes stuff with Caitlins actor pushing for it, so there might have been friction behind the scene.
The show could use a cast dumb though. Pretty much get rid of a few characters. Like honestly cwhst purposes to Team Citizen serve? Or Horton? It's kinda.....not not needed.

I have cleaned out a bunch of off topic chatter. Let's stick to the topic and avoid getting into debates over the merits or lack thereof of off-colour humour, please.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
You dont get to hide behind saying gakky or offensive things......because its humor.

You also shouldn't lose a job because of Twitter comments made nearly a decade ago.

So assuming Flash and Supergirl are rolling towards a conclusion what replacements would folks like to see ?

Personally Id like a magic show of some ilk although I know Tim is off the table as two boy wizards is confusing even 20 years apart

And Tefe show, its so CW friendly Im surprised shes been overlooked ( might be a rights thing cos Swamp Thing ?)

any suggestion that my picks are excuses for more Johnny C are pure coincidence

Well, Matt Ryan is hoping to play Constantine on the HBO Max Justice League Dark series that's been suggested.

Personally, I'd love Green Arrow and the Canaries to get a full show, I really loved the energy between the 3 leads in the pilot.

We've got Superman and Lois coming, of course (though I have reservations about that, to be honest... Giving them 2 kids just seems silly... I would have personally gone with them adopting Damian after Bruce vanished, so we have some authentic Supersons fun, rather than the face pseudo Supersons we're getting).

I find it weird that they have apparently been banned from making any more references to Themyscira and Wonder Woman (It seems that was the only thing they WEREN'T allowed to reference in Crisis).

A Booster Gold and Blue Beetle series could be a fun successor to Legends.

Yep Im a tad unsure about the Supe shows format, arent kids at least a s5 thing by tv trope law, Flash got a timey wimey pass helped by the high cuddlesome factor of said offspring

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
You dont get to hide behind saying gakky or offensive things......because its humor.

You also shouldn't lose a job because of Twitter comments made nearly a decade ago.

It's the 21st gakking century.
If he hasn't learned that the internet won't forget, or let anyone else forget by now, then that's on him.

I'm not saying I didn't do stupid gak, but at least I did it when there was no omnipresent www to record it all.

I'm kinda fine with the concept of like, just starting a Superman & Lois series with a kid.

It's like, we've had 10 years of Smallvile, we've had Lois & Clark in the 90's, we've had Reeves, Routh, Cavill... We don't need to tread over the ground again.

And SuperSons was an acclaimed series. It's just the implementation they're going for that I have my doubts over.

although I thought missing Lara was a rare slip in CW policy but if Wonderwoman is off limits that explains that

It's just a guess.

They said they weren't allowed to reference a "multimillion dollar franchise" for Crisis on Infinite Earths.

And they have the DCEU in it, so it's not all of that. Then the next episode, Cisco talks about visiting Atlantis, so it's not Aquaman...

So, that mostly leaves Wonder Woman, which hasn't had any real reference since Legends season 3 finale, and is pretty close to when Linda Carter stopped on Supergirl.

I hope it's not a big giant one TBH. Let other smaller super heros get their due IMO. Big ones should be the purview of movies.
Green arrow and canaries seems like a good one.
But also, Superboy.
Here is a good one, Nightwing.

I would imagine that they'd rather tell Nightwing and Superboy stories via Titans

Current rumors now look like Batwoman (Kate Kane) will be getting killed off in order to pave the way for the new Batwoman of Season Two and beyond.

I have yet to watch batwomen. But i cant imagine that being a good idea in any universe.
Its going to kill alot of good will from people who liked it.
And, i have yet to see it, but from Crisis, it seems here entire character is defined by relationships to other people and how she fosters them.
Not to mention, she is pretty cool i think.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I have yet to watch batwomen. But i cant imagine that being a good idea in any universe.
Its going to kill alot of good will from people who liked it.
And, i have yet to see it, but from Crisis, it seems here entire character is defined by relationships to other people and how she fosters them.
Not to mention, she is pretty cool i think.

That’s absolutely the show. I don’t know how you remove Kate from it. Her cousin is Batman. Her father is the head of the not-police. Her former girlfriend is the not-police’s second in command. Her sister is the primary villain. Her step sister is the street doc. Like all the major characters save one share a preexisting personal relationship with Kate, not Batwoman. I’ll wait to see what they do with it, but it feels really stupid to kill Kate off. I think the show would be better off simply recasting Kate with a new actor even if that is briefly awkward.

I'd be down for a Blue Devil series.

 Just Tony wrote:
I'd be down for a Blue Devil series.

I loved that comic back in...1984 (!) when it first came out.

I think they've made some changes to the character more recently though, so I'm not sure which version you're talking about!

He's been in James Tynion IV's recent Justice League Dark series, where he's taken the role as a champion of DC's version of 'Otherworld..'

Is it worth checking out if you're a fan of Blue Devil?

Also, in regards to Kate Kane:

https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-caroline-dries-ruby-rose-departure-bury-your-gays-story/

Posting on Twitter, Dries promised fans that Kate Kane would not be erased or killed off. "As a lesbian who’s been working as a writer for the past 15 years, I’m well aware of the 'Bury Your Gays' trope and I have no interest in participating in it," Dries explained. She reiterated that she loves Kane and her "disappearance" will be part of Season 2's mysteries.

Earlier rumor was...false?

Clickbait?

Either way, looks like Kate will 'disappear' too, just like Bruce?

And so eventually they'll have to recast her anyway? Maybe?

 Alpharius wrote:
Is it worth checking out if you're a fan of Blue Devil?

Also, in regards to Kate Kane:

https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-caroline-dries-ruby-rose-departure-bury-your-gays-story/

Posting on Twitter, Dries promised fans that Kate Kane would not be erased or killed off. "As a lesbian who’s been working as a writer for the past 15 years, I’m well aware of the 'Bury Your Gays' trope and I have no interest in participating in it," Dries explained. She reiterated that she loves Kane and her "disappearance" will be part of Season 2's mysteries.

Earlier rumor was...false?

Clickbait?

Either way, looks like Kate will 'disappear' too, just like Bruce?

And so eventually they'll have to recast her anyway? Maybe?

Could be part of the plan. A whole season to get used to not remembering what Kate looked like is an easy way to make the recast... palatable.

Or they have Ruby Rose lined up to come back for an episode or two later on, once the new character is established. Kate can be found, having undergone some sort of ordeal or personal stuff, sees how well the new bat is doing, says 'Hey, yeah, you da bat now!' and rides off into the sunset.

It sounds like more than anything she didn't like the job and the schedule it put on her. Seems like a situation where she'd be okay with cameos.

 LunarSol wrote:
It sounds like more than anything she didn't like the job and the schedule it put on her. Seems like a situation where she'd be okay with cameos.

From the bit I was reading, it's not that she "didn't like" them--she wasn't expecting the commitment that a show like Batwoman would create with its weekly shooting schedules.

Did they not have her under contract or did she break it?
Several others like Supergirl and flash are under contract...

They'd all be under contract. It would be a case of buying out the remainder of the contract and making sure the parting is as amicable as possible.

Plus, enforcing a contract like that is bad press for everyone.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 LunarSol wrote:
It sounds like more than anything she didn't like the job and the schedule it put on her. Seems like a situation where she'd be okay with cameos.

From the bit I was reading, it's not that she "didn't like" them--she wasn't expecting the commitment that a show like Batwoman would create with its weekly shooting schedules.

Sounds like a 'definite maybe' in terms of an eventual cameo or two then.

For whenever someone finds Bruce.

Or maybe not, now...

Maybe it will be an ongoing gimmick they run into the ground like the Wells thing? Season 6 they find the sub-basement to the batcave where Bruce, Kate and 4 other Batwomen are all just playing Fortnite or something.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
They'd all be under contract. It would be a case of buying out the remainder of the contract and making sure the parting is as amicable as possible.

Plus, enforcing a contract like that is bad press for everyone.

I guess im confused, if you dont bother enforcing a contract, why have one?