Solid Snake

This is in reference to what?

fumanstan

The TV show Young Justice. Wally West "dies" in the end of season 2, and there were supposedly plans to explain what happened in the following season (Speedforce and all that) but the show was cancelled.

devilshalo

whotony

Didnt he say mostly?

fujishig

He'll be back... but as a black kid. Which is surprisingly on-topic kind of.

Josh-da-man

The problem with this is that it's really, really hard for Marvel and DC to come up with new characters that 'stick.'

How many characters can you name that created after 1970 who are popular enough to support their own books that aren't connected to another character? Wolverine. Punisher. Lobo. Deadpool. (We could include any number of X-Men in here, though. That franchise sort of has its own set rules, though few characters can achieve marquee status outside of their X-books.)

Nearly all of the popular characters are rooted in the pre-civil rights eras of the golden and silver age, so they're all going to be white in their most recognizable versions.

Also combine this with the fact that comic book writers and artists are reluctant to create wholly new characters they won't have a significant ownership stake in.

Deftones

Fuck. Every time I see people talk about this show I get pissed at how it was canceled. Every damn time. It was so good. Grrr

RocShemp

Given they will never bring it back (unless Netflix or Amazon agree to do another season of it for their streaming service), I'd like to see a series of DTV movies that pick up where the show left off.

Giantrobo

Fair Enough. Look, I don't really blame Comic Companies and Writers for making these changes to drum up attention because when all is said and done...IT'S A BUSINESS. They have to figure out new ways to bring folks in. Long time Comic book fans either forget this or they turn their nose up to it.

PhantomStranger

It's been 29 years since I have seen the real Superboy, though it has been suggested by those in the know that was a conscious legal maneuver since his legal rights and ownership situation were different than Superman's rights.

hanshotfirst1138

I've ways thought it was sort of the opposite. Comics, for so long now, have been catering to a locked-in fanbase. These changes almost never stick, and when all is said and done, basically just move in circles.

Giantrobo

But even if the change is short term, it still brings attention.

Iron_Giant

http://origin.www.vanityfair.com/hol...n-drew-goddard

"According to Latino Review, a large part of the new Spider-Man movie (called Spectacular Spider-Man) will feature Iron Man and Spider-Man going toe-to-toe as a test of sorts to see if Spider-Man is tough enough to be in the Avengers. Spidey’s wise cracks vs. Iron-Man’s sarcasm? Everybody wins! "

***I will the be the first one in line for this, if it is true***

Mike86

Exactly. Changes to a character are made to appease a certain group of people and the problem is a lot of comic fans reject whatever change is made and rarely do new fans get drawn in just by making a change to a character's race, gender, orientation, or whatever. Now granted a film may be somewhat different but overall changes just seemingly are made as a desperate attempt to shake things up but normally don't stick and things eventually go back to how they were rendering the changes pretty much pointless.

Deftones

maybe this is what RDJ was teasing with that twitter post a bit ago.

d2cheer

Hmmm...so now Iron Man has to be pimped out to every solo movie too? Too much of a good thing if you ask me.

RocShemp

Well RDJ had talked a while back about using him in a lesser capacity. Basically, instead of his headlining his own movies, he'd be another Samuel L. Jackson to this franchise. I'm sure Disney negotiated a smaller fee to use him that way.

That said, I still want an Iron Man 4 to resolve the scenario set up by All Hail The King.

The Valeyard

^ Yeah. Gimme the real Mandarin, dammit! I did enjoy Kingsley's take on the character but I wanna see the true Mandarin in all his glory.

Solid Snake

Yes. We need resolution to AHTK.

Mike86

I wonder if we'll actually get a fourth Iron Man film or not. It seems like it would have to be a long ways off given that Marvel's already announced a bunch of their upcoming films. I wonder if they're trying to use Stark as much as possible because Downey Jr. may be done soon.

Draven

This will never happen. The IM3 version of the Mandarin is the Mandarin in the MCU. Everyone just needs to accept it.

I'm stoked about Goddard taking this on.

majorjoe23

Not according to All Hail the King.

RocShemp

You couldn't be more wrong.

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DthRdrX

No way would they do another IM film with MDJ and not use the real Mandarin. Would be the best way for it to conclude with the current actors.

Solid Snake

That One Shot is so fucking good.

Hell of a fucking tease.