So recently, there’s been a lot of talk about how the DC movies are going to bounce
back from the savage metaphorical critical beating their last two movies have taken.
And one idea has popped up recently that’s really intrigued me.
And that idea is the concept of a multiverse in this DC movie world.
And before I really get into this, I just wanna say, I’ve been thinking about this
for a while, but two videos that made me really wanna do this video on this whole multiverse
kind of thing were these two from The Film Theorists and Mr Sunday Movies.
So check those out in the description after this video.
Alright, let’s talk about this.
So this idea basically goes, the multiverse from the DC Comics is introduced into the
DC movie world.
And full disclosure, I’m not a comics expert.
I read what I can get my hands on, but I am more of a superhero movie guy.
However, introducing this element into the movies could have some really interesting
results.
In case you don’t know, the idea of the multiverse is that there are a bunch of different
universes apart from our own, all with their different versions of people and characters.
So this is how quite a few of the DC reboot type things have been pulled off in the comics,
hey, it’s just a new world or something like that, I don’t know.
Again, not the biggest comics guy.
But putting this into the movies means the possibility for franchise crossovers.
And this is where it gets interesting.
Because DC has rebooted different characters numerous different times in numerous different
ways, there are a lot of versions of some characters.
And with this multiverse, you could cross these versions over.
For example, current day Ben Affleck Batman could go through the multiverse and meet up
with Christian Bale Batman, George Clooney Batman, Val Kilmer Batman, Michael Keaton
Batman, and even Adam West Batman.
Henry Cavill Superman could meet Brandon Routh and maybe even Christopher Reeve.
Now I’m not saying they should necessarily try this, but nowadays the technology to add
in a deceased actor is available, so if they just wanted a quick little cameo, it could
be done.
Other versions of other characters could also meet up, you can have villains meeting different
versions of themselves, teaming up or maybe even fighting, and this is the kind of thing
that people have talked about for years.
It might sound kind of fan ficiton-y, but this could actually be pulled off.
And it doesn’t stop there.
Not only could they cross over with the Nolan-verse and other movie franchises, but they could
also cross over with the Arrowverse.
The Flash on the CW has already gone through different alternate worlds, who’s to say
the DCEU couldn’t be one of them.
Supergirl could meet Henry Cavill, Oliver Queen could meet Bruce Wayne, the list goes
on and on.
Now this does sound a bit like that fan theory that was floating around a while back where
it would be revealed that Man of Steel and the Dark Knight trilogy were in the same world
and Ben Affleck was actually Deathstroke and a bunch of crazy nonsense.
But this version actually makes more sense.
Because they are different universes, but now there’s an explanation for them crossing
over.
There are of course limits to what they should do with this.
Like for example the Dark Knight Trilogy had a pretty open ending and seeing some kind
of definite resolution to that would anger a lot of fans.
And yes, I realize that this would be crazy expensive to get all of these actors and DC
probably would never do this.
They’re not really in a place where I think they’re willing to try a drastic experiment
like this.
But this is just a fantasy theory idea, and for me I just think it would be so cool to
have this insane interconnected superhero multiverse.
Whether they wanna make a whole film about a giant villain like Brainiac threatening
all these worlds and the heroes having to come together, or if they just wanna have
little nods and references here and there, and certain characters dropping in for a quick
cameo, I just think the possibilities here are almost endless.
You don’t have to get into the specific details and subplots of these alternate world
characters, like I don’t need to know what Chris O’Donnel Robin has been doing all
of these years (probably a lot of laundry), but I just think this would be a really fun,
very comic-book-y element to add into this universe.
The reason I think DC should consider trying this is because this is the thing that would
differentiate them from Marvel.
I’m not trying to take a side in this Marvel/DC battle, you can enjoy both you know, but I’m
just saying.
Marvel blew everyone’s minds by building a series of films with heroes in the same
universe and then bringing them all together.
This hadn’t really been done before on this scale and it was awesome!
But now, if executed well, DC could potentially one up that by having not just a universe
but a multiverse interconnect that’s been going for 50 years now.
If it’s pulled off in a clever and natural way, I think that would be absolutely incredible
and people would lose their minds.
I’m not saying this would instantly somehow make all of their movies beloved by everyone,
but I’m just saying I think this could be a cool new unique wrinkle to add into this
world.
This could also give DC a chance to fix or maybe just acknowledge movies that people
hate, in a kind of Deadpool way.
Again, I don’t wanna see this if it’s gonna be really forced and not really make
any sense for any kind of story and just be a gimmick, and this whole multiverse thing
doesn’t even need to have a huge role.
But just having it there and having certain characters pop up now and again, I don’t
know, that just sounds really cool to me.
So those were my thoughts on this DC movie multiverse.
What do you think of all of this?
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