The Flash (2022)

[thecolorsblend]

EVS did a video breaking down how much Geoff Johns did to work against the DCEU.

Frankly, some of the things Johns did actually sound like they worked for the benefit of the universe. But there are still pretty bad decisions made here.

EVS is a longtime friend and collaborator with Johns but he's careful to say that they're not rly "friends" as such.

[The Laughing Fish]

I have no time for Ethan Van Sciver. All he does is post anti-SJW outrage clickbait on YouTube every day and he comes across as a bitter troll. The fact he is friends with Johns and has mocked Fisher on social media shows he isn't impartial on the issue.

Johns is a grown man who can defend himself. If he feels he is used as a scapegoat for the DCEU's problems then he can tell his side of the story. If Fisher is making libellous statements then Johns can easily take him to court. His silence on the matter is saying a lot.

[The Laughing Fish]

Fisher has uploaded a snippet of his last interview with a WarnerMedia investigator, who praised him for his credibility.

https://www.twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1350233808675741696

This is getting even more interesting.

[Silver Nemesis]

Deadline's reporting that actress Sasha Calle has been cast as Supergirl in The Flash: https://deadline.com/2021/02/supergirl-young-and-the-restless-actress-sasha-calle-the-flash-movie-dc-1234697190/

[thecolorsblend]

Deadline's reporting that actress Sasha Calle has been cast as Supergirl in The Flash: https://deadline.com/2021/02/supergirl-young-and-the-restless-actress-sasha-calle-the-flash-movie-dc-1234697190/

Everything is stupid and nothing matters.

[The Laughing Fish]

Everything is stupid and nothing matters.

How convenient that this news gets published on the day when Zack Snyder officially announced that ZSJL will be released worldwide at the same time as the US.

[The Dark Knight]

Deadline's reporting that actress Sasha Calle has been cast as Supergirl in The Flash: https://deadline.com/2021/02/supergirl-young-and-the-restless-actress-sasha-calle-the-flash-movie-dc-1234697190/

I have zero interest in Supergirl. None. We get this but not Cavill?

[The Laughing Fish]

In addition to making her debut appearance in ZSJL, which is only a week away now, it has been confirmed Kiersey Clemons will reprise her role as Iris West in The Flash.

Meanwhile, Ray Fisher called out THR for wrongfully reporting that Snyder removed her from the theatrical cut.

Zack Snyder NEVER cut Kiersey Clemons from Justice League. @TatianaSiegel27 and @THR please fix this article immediately and check your sources.

https://www.twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1370093422422409218

I appreciate those @THR attempting to help mitigate blowback for the racist decision-making of @wbpictures executives in 2017.

But hear me now, Zack Snyder NEVER cut Kiersey Clemons from Justice League.

Fix this article immediately.

https://www.twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1370091814414393349

[The Laughing Fish]

Rumour has it that Batfleck will die in a similar fashion to Barry Allen and Supergirl in the 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, in a bid to erase the Snyderverse from canon.

https://geekositymag.com/the-flash-movie-may-erase-snyderverse-from-canon/

If this is true, I have no interest in watching The Flash. It is disappointing for me to say this, but now I really hope Affleck and Keaton get the f*** out of this sh*t show. I kinda want Miller to kick up a fuss too, though I don't think he has that much power.

Billy Crudup isn't reprising his role as Henry Allen, by the way. Shame, he was another character in ZSJL who provided warmth, particularly during the ending montage.

[The Laughing Fish]

Following up on the rumours surrounding The Flash, Geekosity has another supposed scoop - that HBO Max still wants to produce Affleck's Batman script, albeit set it up as a prequel. 

https://geekositymag.com/hbo-max-craves-ben-affleck-batman-movie-after-snydercut-success/

As this was already discussed a few times in the JL sub-forum, this blog mentions these ongoing organisational disputes at WarnerMedia/AT&T. AT&T and HBO Max supposedly see value in continuing the Snyderverse, while those clowns at WB want to persist with ïts "vision of unconnected comic-book movies mostly served with lower budgets". I've also read somewhere WB still wants to copy the MCU formula as they see it as their pathway to success.

https://www.small-screen.co.uk/ben-affleck-batman-returning-the-flash-movie/

If that's not off-putting enough, Geekosity claims The Flash will be "a hodgepodge of Back to the Future, Flashpoint, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and The Last Jedi".

If that's so, my sudden loss of confidence in the film is justified. I don't like the idea of taking ideas of heroic deaths from COIE that doesn't involve Flash (never mind this is supposed to be his first standalone film), and I definitely have no interest in a Last Jedi-style plotline in the DC universe. For example, can you imagine if Keaton suffers a Jake Skywalker moment? Again, I'd rather he leave the project. Going back to Batfleck, I have no desire to see him possibly getting killed off because of a spiteful studio that wants to erase the Snyderverse canon in order to reboot and copy its MCU counterpart. From what I've heard, Aquaman was the only real financial success they had that was close to formula, and I wouldn't be surprised if Jason Momoa's outspoken support for the Snyder cut in the lead-up to that movie's release might've contributed to its success.

If Geekosity is right and HBO Max wants to pursue Affleck's Batman project and the rest of the Snyderverse, that's great. If it all comes to fruition, that's even better. But I'm still not happy about how The Flash is turning out, assuming these rumours are true.