Theories on Chapter Two of the DC Studios plan! ft. DJ Wooldridge

[@sollyswolly1623]

Imagine if Gunn's Building toward a JLA movie. You have Booster Gold and Blue Beetle (although it's Reyes but that could work too), plus Batman could introduce Green Arrow and or Black Canary. It would also satisfy Warner Bros' compulsion to do something different, and I think Gunn's humor could work well with it

[@soapboxgames5455]

God I hope so man, imagine if they adapted Tower of Babel or Rock of Ages

[@harryrao4296]

lol this universe wont even get that far

[@SamDotGov]

26:06 I think the formula for those Batman movies isn't necessarily going to be about Batman teaming up with a random Dc superhero. Instead, it might be focusing on an aspect of Batman's life, mainly due to James Gunn wanting to focus on the Batman family and having us be introduced to Damian first. You got the first movie which would be centered around "the future" which would be Batman and Damian, the second could be representative of Batman's "present" with him Teaming up with Nightwing and then the third one could be representative of Batman's "past" with an Under The Red Hood style movie.

[@SamDotGov]

And if you really want Tim you can have him be the one to pass the torch to Damian, and also inform him and the audience of the importance and the legacy of Robin, and for Nightwing, you can go in a direction similar to the animated series where he and Bruce don't have the best relationship and have their team up be about them rebuilding their relationship

[@Jay_SGE]

Can we get DJ on more Videos?? Him and Sal have amazing chemistry and that makes for amazing discussions!

[@langleymneely]

I think the best permutation of a Justice League film I can see Gunn spearheading is Justice League International or at least a team that more resembles that book ie: Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, the Trinity etc.

[@OneMwataK]

When I hear people talk about Milestone characters then I know they love comics and not just certain characters. I'd love to see The Blood Syndicate as one of the reasons The Authority feel lethal force is necessary.

[@soapboxgames5455]

Fuck I want a live action Human Target show so badly now

[@koushikraja331]

Amazons do have multiple tribes-the bana midgall and now the new tribe introduced; plus, there were multiple cults within the island as well who wanted to kill diana as a young child because they felt that she was a corruption on Hippolyta; it could be really interesting.

[@SamDotGov]

29:26 By the way If you want a Justice Leauge villain who's formidable, iconic and not OP like Darkseid just do Brainiac, he'll work perfectly as a threat that would unite the league.

[@forgingviews3401]

Yes, for whatever reason they always ignore or forget about Braniac and he’s one of my favorites lo

[@thedeadeyedog]

James Gunn: we are doing Damian Wayne. He’s an assassin and a little bastard. Fans: I hope they use Tim.

[@kanborne]

always love seeing DJ!!! great discussion guys

[@SpiralSine6]

My hope is that Tim is Robin *during* Brave and the Bold, he’s there with Bruce while they both have to deal with Damien.

[@husseinrose4883]

I really loved your idea of building up to blackest night

[@tylerzimmerman757]

I have no idea where this would fit in the scheme but I think a Teen Titans trilogy would be cool. The first one is where they fight HIVE or something on that level. Second one is Deathstroke. You could have an awesome moment in the first movie where Robin or Nightwing gets completely outclassed by Deathstroke. Then I’d cap it off with Trigon and Raven would get a lot of shine in that.

[@valiantorion5815]

Young Justice should be used for reference for DCU. Icon & Rocket are part of the Justice League. The series had a really good Synergy

[@joeclarke7982]

Am I the only 1 that thinks the hate for Landis is super overblown? Very fun episode though love hearing everyone else's thoughts on DC

[@MrEnKaye]

Not just you.

[@matt15]

1:16:10 especially after seeing Barry, Bill Hader as Plastic man is inspired casting imo

[@infamouscavalier9446]

Manhunter and Icon merged together..... At first I was like no, but as I thought about it....That's actually a pretty good idea and would be really interesting

[@SamDotGov]

59:20 I think this idea would work better with their animated projects

[@LawrieLot]

Hey I’m here now. Can’t wait to see what the future of the DCU is like.

[@sandywest4977]

Nightwing's You Tube show was straight fire and it costs nothing to make. Studios will make that movie 500 million just because...

[@JaiProdz]

Love DJ

[@SamDotGov]

1:06:02 make the corporate team JLI

[@garrethflynn8118]

This episode convinced me to watch spiderversity, love this team up

[@ianbruno237]

Bloodwynd? Wasn’t that the black superhero that Martian man hunter took the form of during the 90s? Him being icon wouldn’t be that disturbing. Could always try that one out again lol

[@jblev736]

24:30 I think it would be really cool if they didn't call it "justice league", but instead the movie was named after the villain. (Kinda like how infinity war was thanos' movie). Because, as of right now, as soon as you say justice league you get irrational hate as well as snyder bros freaking out

[@SamDotGov]

I think if you’re going to bring in Alan Tuddik you gotta make him the joker

[@xuxuang8574]

A little theory I've been thinking about... They are building towards kingdom come, but instead of Magog, it will be Black Adam. This is why Dwayne Johnson etc was like Black Adam isn't going to be in it for now but he's excited for the future of DC. I don't know if I believe it, but it's kind of a fun idea and would kind of work...

[@davidpledger9842]

It's so cool how people can just talk to you like a close friend and be vibrant and real and candid and it's not even like an interview. It's it's very close and personal and I enjoy that. Ya'll keep making his great content boi

[@MWhaleK]

The second Ghostbusters Movie had some good parts and was over all an OK Movie.

[@mackwoody6485]

Really good discussion.

[@nobo1982]

Batman/swampthing team up that beginings with the city in emerald storyline

[@austinmeghu]

Ed Boon returns!

[@sushii00]

1:11:17 isn't that kinda the plot of Batman white knight?

[@ronswanson278]

I honestly think have a justice league movie were it’s just Wonder Woman, green lantern, flash, aquaman and Martian man hunter

[@chance6754]

I think the first thing they should build towards is legion of doom.

[@seanprice4218]

I think will Smith is good enough at serious stuff to play Virgils dad tbh

[@comixknight3843]

I hate the “bad” green lantern corp idea lol. I rather have the mystery be parallax & it consumes Hal. Justice League vs Hal would be epic

[@Kcoldraz]

The problem with assuming that Paradise lost will explore how a society will evolve with only woman in it; is that Amazon"s work like a stereotypical patriarchal society except it is matriarchal. So I don't know if that concept will work.

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

I agree with the one dude I saw on twitter. They should do a simple Justice League story, not part of some big fuckin SAGA, where they fight the white martians, or despero. I’d go with the white martians personally, because it seems like the best chance yet they get Martian Manhunter right 😂

[@ShawnWeeded510]

Everyone must be recast including Aquaman.

[@David-io4sg]

Great video, I just think that the JL should be heroes not out of distrust for the government but because it’s the right thing to do.

[@Hewhodoesthemachines]

isn’t icon a gray alien and Martian Manhunter is green right so gray green doesn’t make sense it’s like let’s combine hit and piccolo

[@michaelbarletta1024]

A idea I thought about yesterday that would make superman the first superhero, be able to work with the JSA in the late 1930s-early 1940s and also allow us to have him in the modern day would be to have him show up via time travel because of the Legion of Superheroes. A legend of a “Superman” exists for years before Jon and Martha adopt him and maybe they vaguely have an idea that he is destined to become a great hero but the early version of superman is largely unknown to the public. The world starts finding more out about him when Lois reports on him.

[@Omnihertz]

They could bring new characters, influenced by the attitudes of The Authority. More violent characters.

[@sandywest4977]

I want the Tower of Babel the other way. Batman saves them all

[@davidking9729]

I think the rest of the movies in chapter 1 is a new flash movie (Without Ezra Miller) a Wonder Woman, A Trinity movie and a Justice League movie

[@SiriuslyBlack7]

Mr. Mxyzptlk..It's pronounced (in Gilbert Gottfried's voice) "MIX/YESSS/SPIT/LICK!!

[@op_meg]

What about the rest of chapter one

[@sandywest4977]

Since Discovery own DC, instead of Plastic Man let's do Luffy and the Straw Hats. Happy Birthday Robin😎

[@spoogtastic]

If I heard all of this correctly, DJ wants to merge martian manhunter and icon, change dick Grayson QUITE alot, then mess with wildcats and where people fit. Lol the DC fan base would FREAK with such big changes. Tweaks sure, changing entirely is another thing lol

[@capsjukebox]

Then have the corporate heroes be the White Martians from JLA

[@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsyt]

Batman/Martian manhunter crime thriller

[@ktlc34]

Min 104. That's just The Boys.

[@PharaohDom]

Keep Spike 1000 miles away from anything I love, especially Static. That man no longer has it. Dude especially has no idea how to write convincing dialog for any character under the age of 35. I shudder to think what he'd do with Virgil and his friends.

[@Steg_The_Man]

I haven't seen DJ in ages 😮

[@langleymneely]

THANK YOU DJ!! I think The Batman is a fine film but it’s just retreading the same old “hyper realistic” “gritty” solo Batman every film has given us. I NEED a new version of the character ripped from the comics where Robins exist along with all the trippy, crazy epic stuff comic book stuff. A Batman that can be in a universe with Superman and Swamp Thing! I’m so terribly sick of super serious solo Batman films that are still ashamed to embrace the comic lore.

[@ez6888]

As a Batman fan who has actually read the comics… The best Batman comics are serious and gritty. Think back what are the best Batman stories … at their core, they aren’t stories about Batman fighting aliens or gods or magic. Be honest and stop being disingenuous. Batman has always been at his best when it’s at street level. He only scales up and gets wacky when he has to for a crossover… otherwise he tends to trend towards more serious storytelling than what you are professing.

[@TravisRyan9]

@@ez6888 While I agree with your sentiment overall I don’t think it means that Batman can’t be embraced in a more crazy, comic based interpretation. If the only version of Batman that’s used is the super serious and gritty, then you are missing out on a huge part of his lore - it’s just the way it is. He is interesting because he lends himself better as a street level hero, but has to encounter whacky shit like a Clayface, Man-Bat, Poison Ivy, etc. These simply won’t work well in a super grounded universe. Gotham is not just another very dangerous city, it’s characterized by eccentricity and madness. Besides that, there is a way to merge both and have it be excellent. I point to Batman TAS, and for that reason is why it’s regarded as probably the most definitive interpretation of Batman and his world by most.

[@ez6888]

@@TravisRyan9 I’m fine with him encountering the wacky and fantastical. Actually, I often expect it at some point in every interpretation of Batman. My point is that people need to stop referring to a grounded Batman as inaccurate to the source.. bcuz it’s just not true. Even BTAS (great show) that you mention is grounded and gritty far FAR more often than it is not and that’s partly what made it so great. Even with that show he only starts consistently scaling beyond street level once he begins crossing over with other characters like in JL and JLU (which are great shows). I’m completely 100% fine with Batman having to cope with a supernatural world.. I just find the narrative around what Batman is these days is starting become very disingenuous and refuse to acknowledge the root of Batman as what it is and also the fact that a Batman that NEVER encounters the wacky can still be a definitive Batman as it is not completely vital to the character.. he works and still excels without it. Like I said before the best Batman solo stories do not include gods and never has. Though Batman encountering classical monsters do well in establishing Gotham properly. I just don’t want what’s done to Spider-Man to happen to Batman.. where ppl get so accustomed to grand scale epic battles and absurdly high powered opponents that Batman loses his way and it turns into a Man vs God story over and over again, similar to how Spiderman isn’t even the friendly NEIGHBORHOOD Spider-Man anymore and constantly goes on dimensional journeys and is in these huge world defining battles and constantly has to save the city every weekend of his life. But I guess I’m fighting a losing battle at this point.. I just want my heroes to focus on actually saving people and being heroes (and defining what that means), not being super powered action figures who just fight just to fight without ever having to actually come to terms with what’s on the “ground”. That being the innocent, the civilians. Superheroes are not just WWE characters with powers. They aren’t action figures. Moving them as a whole away from mankind is just counter productive to me, especially when it comes to a character like Batman who is supposed to be A MAN. The best a man can be, but still just a man.. Not a god.

[@PharaohDom]

I don't understand the desire to have The Authority stand in for The Elite. As much as I enjoy "What's so Funny..." those characters (Manchester Black aside) are far less interesting ersatz versions. It would be an absolute waste to not maximize the rich potential inherent to the Ellis team.

[@makoseda]

Could Damien be introduced as Michael Kenton’s son in a Flashpoint post credits scene?!?! Wait. That was a meta brain fart. Never mind

[@LastStarfighter00]

DJ gives off an offputtingly obsessive, chronically online Twitter user / protester energy.