Okay, by now we should all know what crazy wonderful writer has been assigned to DC's Final Crisis crossover, its time to place your bets.
So, given the reign of the entire DC universe for one crossover, what is Grant Morrison most likely to do with them?
Something crazy and wonderful. Time and space, with the DC 1 million stuff. Anthro and Kamandi. 52 Supermen and Batmen. Time travelers. I'm looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteKill them all and replace them with minority versions of themselves.
ReplyDeleteWhy yes...I am still bitter about the Atom. Why do you ask? :P
Something strange and bizarre...and ultimately fabulous of course.
ReplyDeleteIt depends on how much free reign he has. If it's the standard crossover "you need to set up this book and get rid of this character and give Batman a reason to alter his costume" shenanigans, I expect it'll be good enough.
ReplyDeleteIf they give him carte blanche, I predict something along the lines of the Gotterdammerung.
Insanity :O
ReplyDeleteThere better be ninja-manbats >:|
"reins"
ReplyDeleteReins.
REINS
sigh.
Anon -- Nice catch, but wrong typo. I meant the singular "reign" to imply rulership not the plural "reins" to meant the driver's seat.
ReplyDeleteMorrison should totally replace all the characters with "minorities," or more accurately, "people from the rest of the damn world." In conclusion, Ryan Choi is awesome.
ReplyDeleteAh, gotchya.
ReplyDeleteSorry. Pet peeve. Seems like you see more "reign it in" than "rein it in" in the blogosphere.
You're a good sport, Ragnell.
Ah, crap. You mean it's not "rain"?
ReplyDeleteJeez, no wonder I failed English.
I know only three things.
ReplyDelete1. It will be insane.
2. It will be over the top.
3. It will be GOOD.
Seriously, Grant Morrison is to comic books what Eddie Izzard is to comedy.
The real question is, how quickly will whatever he comes up with be forgotten/ignored/retconned out? (See: New X-Men)
ReplyDeleteA hearty "Seconded!" to Mr. Carl Walker.
ReplyDeleteBah...I am a minority and I still find replacement for the sake of replacement to be stupid.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes...I'm asian!! and I don't like Choi!! GASP!!!
Quite frankly I'm all for introducing NEW characters who are members of "minority" races. But replacing old ones with them? Sorry, I just don't understand that and it anything I feel it adds fuel to the fire that is aging fanboys bitching about the "good old days".
To be perfectly honest...I don't even like the Atom. In any incarnation (well...maybe the Cray one in Suicide Squad...) but I just didn't feel there was a need for Choi.
Jamie Reyes on the other hand? Right on! Awesome character and there was room for him after Blue Beetle bit the big one in such a stupid manner.
Zeb -- So the problem isn't replacing characters, its you don't think Ryan Choi works.
ReplyDeleteBut Jaime Reyes does, so I'd avoid painting with such a broad brush.
Testing testing.
ReplyDeleteWeird, I tried to post yesterday, but stupid blogger didn't let me. Darn, I even forgot what I was going to say.
ReplyDeleteI should totally unveil my editorial plans for the DCU on my own blog (plans that will come to fruition on Earth-53 where I am in charge - what's that you say? There are HOW many? Oh I am screwed.)
ReplyDeleteBut in short, I'd love for Morrison to pull an All-Star Superman on the DCU and return the icons to their iconic status. In other words, if the world at large knows something about a character, whether that is currently true or not, then that's what is now going on on New Earth.
I hope he will do nothing like anything he's done before. I fear he'll go back to the well of his JLA.
ReplyDeleteStill, he's a good writer - he's not exactly known for revisiting his old works, even if they do get the fan-rapture.
Turn them into ducks.
ReplyDeleteOh? What do I think he'll do? Some standard superhero crap. But that first sentence was in the imperative. Grant, turn them into ducks.
bring back Kal-L!!!! Kal-El came back.... why cant he!!!
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