Anyone seeing The Flash today/this weekend? I'm catching a 6pm showing this evening after work. I can't say I'm *too* excited for it, mostly I'm just curious as to what will happen and how, if in any way, this will help shape the future of Gunn's DCU. I've somehow managed to avoid most spoilers (outside of trailer breakdowns), so at least I'm not spoiled on any major plot details, though I've read the director spoiled a big plot point in interviews (which I thankfully have avoided).
-Marc.
As one of, if not the biggest Batman nerd and collector here on DTF (not sure how one would rank his or her nerdiness for a character), you bet your ass I have tickets for this evening. 7 p.m. showing. BUUUUUUT, I am going for one reason...and that's to support Batman on the big screen. I have no interest in Flash. I hate multiverse crossover stuff. Yet it is Michael Keaton. And donning the cape and cowl for the first time in 30 years. I fully expect a shitty movie, and if it isn't, awesome. But I'm just there for the Bat.
My HOPE is, they do a live action, standalone film for Batman Beyond, where Keaton plays the retired Bruce Wayne, and they hire an actor to play Terry McGinnis. I think it is absolutely doable, could make loads of money considering how hyped people are for Keaton's return, and if kept OUT of the multiverse, it would be another franchise that would enable DC to do some different things. Bring Inque to life, use Derek Powers/Blight, etc. If Keaton is up for it, and he IS the right age for the role, it would be awesome.
Anyway, my personal hot take is that I think Batman should be separate from all the "non-realistic" (in quotes because yes, this is all fantasy, I get that) takes on superheroes. In my not so humble opinion, Batman should be gritty, dark, more real, and separate from all the invisible jets, laser eyes, aliens, etc., bull crap that is involved in the multiverse. I KNOW many people love that era of Batman. I just don't. For me, Batman '89 was the first real close film to give me that Batman. Then the Nolan trilogy (the best all time). And then it took all the Bat-Fleck garbage to get to Matt Reeves' The Batman franchise, which thankfully, is standalone.
So pumped for tonight, to see Keaton take up the mantle once again. And if the movie ends up being good, so much the better. For me, fingers crossed this brings about a live action Batman Beyond.