'Trash'
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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 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...
What pisses me off most about killing off Superboy was that they killed him off right during a lawsuit with the Siegels over the rights to the characters. I have no illusions about the amount of corporate cynicism at TimeWarner.
I suspect the Earth-Prime Superboy becoming a murderous emo caricature that Will. Not. Go. Away. around the same time stems from a grudge over that lawsuit.
Glamcookie reminded me in Natter -- tomorrow, Saturday, May 3, is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!!!
Don't know where the nearest comic book store is to you? I forgive you — use this handy-dandy store locator!!!
YAY! I know one thing I'm doing tomorrow.
We hit stop #1 and got a cool ass sketch from Tim Sale of the slayer from Righteous from Tales of the Slayers.
The Bongo Simpsons comic for Free Comic Book Day was actually pretty damn funny. It had a shoutout to the X-Men and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, plus a manga take on the Simpsons that made me laugh my ass off.
Tiny Titans #1 is super cute.
Archie's Pal Jughead is....typical Jughead.
And the Dan Dare/Stranded 2-in-1 is just confusing, since I don't read them and have no idea who the characters are.