DC movie franchise but not part of DCEU

DC movie franchise but not part of DCEU Aug 24, 2017 3:00:43 GMT

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Post by DC-Fan on Aug 24, 2017 3:00:43 GMT

Aug 24, 2017 1:37:28 GMT judgejosephdredd said:

Aug 23, 2017 22:01:01 GMT DC-Fan said:

So basically like the confusion when AoU had Quicksilver #2 after X-Men: Days of Future Past had Quicksilver #1?

Or like the confusion when The Avengers had Hulk #3 (Mark Ruffalo) after The Incredible Hulk had Hulk #2 (Edward Norton) after Hulk had Hulk #1 (Eric Bana)?

Or like the confusion when MCU had Rhodey #2 (Don Cheadle) after they had Rhodey #1 (Terence Howard)?

Quicksilver was not the lead in either Days of Future Past or Age of Ultron, both of which were ensemble films. Both iterations are fairly different from one another so the only thing they share in common is the nickname; X-Men's Quicksilver is an American raised mutant who is the son of Magneto, was born in the 1950's, lives with his mom, is a wise cracking trouble maker and typically dresses casually. His name is Peter. Marvel's Quicksilver is from contemporary times, was born and raised in Europe, and got his powers via experimentation - he wasn't born with them. His Father is definitely not Magneto, who doesn't exist in that universe, his name is Pietro. Neither movie was also made by the same creative team - Fox made X-Men, Marvel made Avengers.

For general movie audiences who don't keep track of what studio is producing what movies, there isn't any distinction between the X-Men movies and Avengers movies (other than the X-Men movies aren't filled with bad jokes and lame villains). Both movies start with a red-colored Marvel logo on it so for general audiences, they're both Marvel movies. And they have 2 Quicksilvers.

Aug 24, 2017 1:37:28 GMT judgejosephdredd said:

War Machine/Rhodey and Bruce Banner/Hulk are instances of re-casting a character, Don Cheadle's Rhodes is the same Rhodes Terrence Howard portrayed in the first Iron Man and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk in The Avengers is the same Hulk Edward Norton was in The Incredible Hulk. The Incredible Hulk was not a continuation of the 2003 movie with Eric Bana it was a total reboot.

And that's where general movie audiences would get really confused. Because they've been told over and over again that it's supposed to be a shared universe. So when they replace an actor (and in Hulk's case, not for a minor role but for 1 of the key roles in the shared universe) after just 1 appearance, it confuses people. It would be like if Star Wars had replaced Harrison Ford or Mark Hamill after just 1 movie.