Red Hood

Is Earth 12 home to Ryan Reynold's Green Lantern or to the upcoming HBO Max show? I'm guessing that the Reeves/Routh Superman is Earth 96 based on the same year the Kingdom Come mini-series was released.

whotony

these have been addressed several times in the last few pages.

Red Hood

I'm asking because it seems that it hasn't been confirmed by the executives that Earth 12 is Reynold's GL movie. This is more speculation on our part.

PhantomStranger

Guggenheim, basically head writer for the crossover, worked on that movie. It's almost certainly a nod to the GL film.

I kind of figured a Crisis crossover on the CW would be a fan service spectacular and clearly plotting took a back seat this time. Not that there is anything wrong with that - the action on these big CW crossovers has always been so-so. It's more about seeing all these superheroes together on screen. I was spoiled for the surprise Ezra cameo but it was still nice of him to make an appearance. Supposedly Ezra really wanted to be in the crossover. Seeing the differing Flash costumes next to each other was a stark reminder of how different they really are.

I did get a big goofy grin on my face when Gleek's cage showed up and the Superfriends theme was playing.

Casting has already gone out for Superman's sons. They are going to be



PhantomStranger

That actor ended up being really unhappy working on the shows up in Vancouver. Supposedly the showrunners wanted him to stick around and rebuffed their offers when he left.

Red Hood

He was unhappy with acting in general it seems from the video he posted over a year ago on Instagram. I heard recently that he wanted to return so I was expecting him to be part of the crossover.

majorjoe23

But isn’t he also working on the upcoming HBO Max GL series? It seems just as likely to be a nod to that.

Kdogg

After watching the first post Crisis Supergirl:




PhantomStranger

Elements of all the prior Earths have now been merged into one unified Earth. This is exactly how it was like in the comics, though the comics actually rebooted many characters at the same time.

emachine12

The Earth Prime heroes don’t have knowledge of the Multiverse

ben12

The end of the crossover was basically them saying, "Don't worry, all your favorite superheroes are still out there somewhere. But we're going to be focusing on one unified Earth from now on."

Just like the comics! The multiverse eventually came back in the comics, but the characters had to rediscover it first.

dex14

mwbmis

That's the rumor I mentioned in the new LoT thread. Seems too good to be true though. And I just don't see us getting two Superman shows with two different actors at the same time.

DJariya

I'm highly skeptical about that rumor. The CW has already greenlit the Hoechlin version as a full series next season, so I can't see them running two Superman shows concurrently. And the CW renewed all their currently airing shows with exception of the two that are ending. So they have almost no timeslots available.

So it would have to be HBO Max or bust. But, unless I see a legit outlet report it, I'm not expecting it to happen.

dex14

Poor Cavill...

majorjoe23

If you had told me in 2013 that 7 years later people would be cheering Brandon Routh as Superman and saying “Poor Cavill,” I would assume reality was broken.

Giantrobo

For those wondering...

The Earth Prime heroes don’t know there’s still a multiverse. Shh. Don’t tell em. https://t.co/c5AfXEZzag

— Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) January 20, 2020

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TGM

a Routh superman show would be great. I feel bad for that other puny Italian superman guy

Michael Corvin

Neither Routh nor Cavill were the problems with the films they were in. Both are great ambassador's for the character and I'd be down for a Routh return in some fashion. Also, Routh dressed as Supes standing next to Hochlin makes Hochlin look like a kid cosplaying Superman.

Just now chiming in. The cross-over was epically nerdy and I loved every minute of it. The TV budget kind hurt the look of Anti-Monitor and some of the action but it was still fun. And at that Flash surprise. I am super fucking impressed that wasn't spoiled along the way. I wasn't a fan of Miller's Flash but he's growing on me(with each JL viewing) and his tiny appearance here went a long way to putting him in the positive column.

PhantomStranger

I could see a limited Superman show with Routh back playing Superman. Many fans still have a great affection for him in the role and he looked fantastic in costume on the Crisis episodes. The CW is moving towards shorter commitments and having more options on its schedule. I don't think HBO is a viable option

devilshalo

I guess I have to re-read CoIE. The whole thing with the paragons was a little confusing and I don't remember it.

mwbmis

HBO Max is already doing a Green Lantern show. For budgetary reasons alone, this happening at HBO Max is the much more preferable option, and it would be a way to at least try to separate it from the upcoming CW show. Still don't think it's real though.

devilshalo

A part of me was wishing he was the Barry that died on the treadmill and they retcon it back to BvS when he appears to Batffleck. Instead of talking about Superman, he could have been talking about the Anti-Monitor.

PhantomStranger

You don't remember it in the comics because the CW writers invented the Paragon nonsense wholesale for television. Outside of taking some familiar Crisis characters like the Anti-Monitor and Pariah, the CW's Crisis only vaguely adapts the original comics. The CW's crossover was mostly about smashing alternate versions of familiar characters from other television and movie realities together.