MM, I was just thinking the same thing.
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In spite of all the B.S. that Morrison is spouting, does anyone else think they're doing this because their Corporate Overlords ordered them to resurrect the character for a movie franchise?
that link doesn't work for me but all I can think of is Mr. Myxzptlk or however you sepll that.
I'm still glad I was wrong
Laga, he did turn up in one issue of Countdown.
In spite of all the B.S. that Morrison is spouting, does anyone else think they're doing this because their Corporate Overlords ordered them to resurrect the character for a movie franchise?
That sounds as plausible as anything I can think of(and moreso than GM's justifications).
In spite of all the B.S. that Morrison is spouting, does anyone else think they're doing this because their Corporate Overlords ordered them to resurrect the character for a movie franchise?
Hadn't thought of that.
But if so, that's still kind of stupid. Most of the target audience age-range would be more familiar with Wally West, not Barry Allen.
But if so, that's still kind of stupid. Most of the target audience age-range would be more familiar with Wally West, not Barry Allen.
I think in the minds of executives, anything that brings a character a lot of publicity is the only thing that matters. They don't care which Flash as long as it's the one people are talking about.
IOW, if executives thought a campy, Adam West-style Batman would sell more tickets than a Dark Knight, they'd do it in a Gotham minute.
The history of the Flash is not as embedded in the public consciousness as say Batman or Superman. For instance, at the time of the first Superman movie back in the late 70s, Clark Kent was working at a TV station rather than a newspaper in the comics and they changed that because everyone knows that Superman is Clark Kent, reporter for a major metro newspaper. Everyone knows that Batman is Bruce Wayne, billionaire playboy.
Maybe one in ten people know that the Flash is anyone else other than a guy who runs really fast. Barry Allen, Wally West, Bart Allen, the lightening bolt that hits a chemical rack of a police scientist as a origin story? Why bother changing the comics, right now the corporate Overlords are trying to figure out to restart the Superman movie franchise, launch the Wonder Woman franchise and the Justice League franchise, which wouldn't have time to deal with individual members origin stories...