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Superman is coming to Supergirl in Season 2

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Please tell me that that movie poster belonged to Cera's character.

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Get Welling on the episode, but have him play someone else. Then you can trick people into watching, thinking they'd see him as Superman, just as Smallville did, back in the day.
 
uhm, how about the existing established Supermen you already have?

jesus fucking christ DC is so bad at this live action stuff.


But.... how can it be anybody else other than Henry Cavill???? Isn't the whole point of universe building is that you have the same actors playing their roles??

COME ON WB!!

the Marvel shows don't do it, why would WB? and besides DC has a multiverse no need for amateur fan wankery of having everything tied up.


The problem with Welling is that he, in part, brings Smallville into the picture which already had its own Flash, Oliver Queen, etc. Which raises some continuity issues with Supergirl since her Earth never had a Flash or Green Arrow.

Smallville was it's own show. again, DC = multiverse.

Give the suicide squad back to Arrow you fucks

why? they looked awful and the episodes were mostly shit anyway.

Blame Snyder for that.


Snyder has nothing to do with who appears on what TV show. and also what makes you think these actors want to go on TV and play the same role. there are things called contracts and people don't just go play a role because a studio says so.
 

Volimar

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the Marvel shows don't do it, why would WB? and besides DC has a multiverse no need for amateur fan wankery of having everything tied up.

While the movie heroes don't show up on the shows, the associated characters like Coulson, Hill, Sif, etc. have appeared on television and the shows reference the films all the time. If someone like Thor or Cap were to cameo on one of the TV shows, there's no way it wouldn't be the film actors playing the roles. DC treats it's films and series as separate entities, but Marvel doesn't. Even if the inclusion is a bit one sided.
 

Machine

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Nobody liked my Gerard Christopher suggestion? How about John Newton as shown here in this great image with Mister Mxyzptlk?

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farisr

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Yeah, but Welling playing Clark Kent/Superman again even on the same network Smallville ran on but not being the same Superman would confuse people.
They just had an entire season on Flash about another earth and things being different on it, with the same actors playing different versions of their characters, and multiple Flashes.

It won't be an issue if they bring Welling in.
 

Sephzilla

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They just had an entire season on Flash about another earth and things being different on it, with the same actors playing different versions of their characters, and multiple Flashes.

It won't be an issue if they bring Welling in.

The Flash comparison isn't exactly apt though because the same actors on the alternate Earths were rarely similar. The Flashes of Earth-2 and Earth-3 weren't even the same people. If anything the DC multiverse hammers down the idea that the same actor/person wouldn't be the same superhero across multiple universes.
 

strafer

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I wonder how long it will take until they announce who they picked. A part of me wishes they had never said anything because now I'm going to wake up everyday quickly go and see if they chosen an actor.
 

anaron

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oh thank god.


Since they committed to him being in this world and with season one's terrible handling of him, I think it's really important they actually show him occasionally regardless of potentially making Kara seem smaller. (which I don't agree with anyway)

besides, now they can kill him off or do a million other ways to logistically require only Kara and not have him be this faceless enigma that just serves as an annoying reminder.
 
He already plays her adoptive dad in flashbacks.

Not only in flashbacks.
It was revealed late in the first season that he had survived what all the characters had believed to be his fatal encounter with the original Hank Henshaw and had been held at Cadmus this entire time. Alex and J'onn were actually on their way to Cadmus to investigate when the events of the finale forced them to double back.
 

farisr

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The Flash comparison isn't exactly apt though because the same actors on the alternate Earths were rarely similar. The Flashes of Earth-2 and Earth-3 weren't even the same people. If anything the DC multiverse hammers down the idea that the same actor/person wouldn't be the same superhero across multiple universes.
Iris & Joe & even Barry were pretty much the same, with very minor changes. The only thing changed was the dynamic between them due to not having the same relationship. Their personalities were pretty much the same (and before you say Barry wasn't as nerdy/awkward, think about the Proferssor Stein flashback). Barry just got a huge confidence boost with is powers, and of course growing up with Joe as his Dad with Iris in the same house changed the relationship dynamic.

And anyways, Tom Welling in costume being a mentor/seasoned Superman for 2 episodes would not be a problem or confusing. We never got to see that in Smallville. But if there's any truth to all that "Welling doesn't want to wear the suit" talk that was going around before, doubt he'll even do it.
 

Busty

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This has confusing disaster written all over it. Superman should be reserved for cinematic outings only.

What happened to all the talk of WB bringing in a 'name' filmmaker to soft reboot Superman with a Man Of Steel sequel?

I'm not feeling this at all.
 

Ashhong

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Tom Welling. Dude still looks damn good.

When the hell did this happen? Last I saw of him he got pretty fat.

But the dude is scared of the suit, he probably wouldn't want to.

This has confusing disaster written all over it. Superman should be reserved for cinematic outings only.

What happened to all the talk of WB bringing in a 'name' filmmaker to soft reboot Superman with a Man Of Steel sequel?

I'm not feeling this at all.

What..are you talking about?
 

DrBo42

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Not only in flashbacks.
It was revealed late in the first season that he had survived what all the characters had believed to be his fatal encounter with the original Hank Henshaw and had been held at Cadmus this entire time. Alex and J'onn were actually on their way to Cadmus to investigate when the events of the finale forced them to double back.
Sounds like comic-level nonsense alright.

Are they still keeping Kara in an alternate Earth from the rest of the CW heroes?
 

Volimar

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Sounds like comic-level nonsense alright.

Are they still keeping Kara in an alternate Earth from the rest of the CW heroes?

The prevailing theory is that the universes will be brought together by the end of the season. There's a four way crossover in the works between Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow that will probably be the catalyst.
 

Joni

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Sounds like comic-level nonsense alright.

Are they still keeping Kara in an alternate Earth from the rest of the CW heroes?

For now. It is assumed that the move from CBS to CW and a need for a four-way crossover will quickly kill that distinction. Flash finale even seemed to build up to a merging of the earths, until they took a swerve.
 

DrBo42

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The prevailing theory is that the universes will be brought together by the end of the season. There's a four way crossover in the works between Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow that will probably be the catalyst.

For now. It is assumed that the move from CBS to CW and a need for a four-way crossover will quickly kill that distinction. Flash finale even seemed to build up to a merging of the earths, until they took a swerve.

But if they do that, don't they open the Superman can of worms? Going to be really strange having him be a random Supergirl cameo while the rest are having cross-overs.
 

Volimar

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But if they do that, don't they open the Superman can of worms? Going to be really strange having him be a random Supergirl cameo while the rest are having cross-overs.

He might not make it into the new universe. Or he could end up trapped by the merging somehow, or sacrifice himself during the merging. We don't know, but if the writers wanted, there are ways they could remove him from the continuum.
 

jackdoe

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It sounds like it could very well end up being a pseudo-backdoor pilot to a Superman TV series in case they end up cancelling the Supergirl series. Really, the budget would practically be the same as Supergirl and Superman have the same power set, with the only difference being that Superman would probably draw far more viewers than Supergirl.
 
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