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[Luigi87]

Bingo.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Supergirl should have been the Superman of the Arrow verse and not have Superman at all.

But that said, I don't want Welling as Supes. He was never a great Superman. I want Welling to play a major villain though

 

[strafer]

Tom certainly has that grizzled Superman look now.

 

[Slayven]

Superman doesn't have to be white.

Krypton was segregated

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

I can dig if they not include that small S.

Put him in the MoS Suit.

Earth 2 Atom is Superman

:O

 

[TDLink]

This is a big deal. Superman hasnt really been allowed on tv. Even in Smallville they couldn't use his name and barely had him in costime in the very final episode.

Hopefully he comes to the other CW shows. And hopefully it leads to DC loosening the reigns on Batman on tv also.

 

[The Technomancer]

Brandon Routh

This would be hilarious

Please please please do this

Make the multiverse as full of fuckery as possible

 

[massoluk]

Whoever it is, one can imagine the awkward when he meet the Atom.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I can't see them casting Routh. I can't see Routh wanting to do it, either.

If they were gonna do that, they wouldn't be casting, would they? They'd just have announced Routh returning to the role.

 

[TheOMan]

I'm not sure how to feel about this news.

Hopefully they fix the "symbol of hope" dealio that kinda got broken in the recent movies. Maybe that's the plan?

Edit: Although it won't happen, casting Brandon Routh would be amazing and would be another way Atom would catch some more Ls.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

I thought this show was canceled. Glad to find out it wasn't.

The younger brother from Supernatural would make a good tv Supes.

 

[strafer]

I can't see them casting Routh. I can't see Routh wanting to do it, either.

If they were gonna do that, they wouldn't be casting, would they? They'd just have announced Routh returning to the role.

Of course. This is just wishing. They will probably cast an unknown.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

edris elba

Yea, he was amazing in Training Day and Flight.

 

[Slayven]

Yea, he was amazing in Training Day and Flight.

Will that mess with his Marvel Contract, you know he was Blade

 

[CryptiK]

The important thing about this news is that The Flash show may survive the movie!

I am super glad WB is relaxing their stance on this sort of thing.

It was always going to survive the movie its the best CW Super show right now.

 

[ClivePwned]

Oh, the shipping.

 

[Kinyou]

Will that mess with his Marvel Contract, you know he was Blade

I want him to be free for a potential matrix sequel.

 

[fallengorn]

Huh, that's pretty surprising. Wonder what the deal involved with bringing him in entailed.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Disappointing. I would have preferred they didn't even reference Superman and just let Kara be her own character.

Now we're going to have to deal with a simp for Superman who gets taken out like a bitch while Kara lays the smackdown.

 

[cr0w]

Bring Tom back, goddammit.

Also ITT we learn people still don't understand that the DC TV/Movie universes are two separate things, and that's somehow DC's fault.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Of course. This is just wishing. They will probably cast an unknown.

I dunno, I like the Bomer idea. 2 episode guest shot. Put a face to the sacrifice he or Kara will have to make to save the Arrowverse. No more Superman going forward.

edit: I was wrong, he wasn't a finalist. He was actually cast during the brief period where Brett Ratner was making it, before that version fell apart and then Routh got the job on Singer's project.

 

[Sanjuro]

I want him to be free for a potential matrix sequel.

Depending on how Suicide Squad does, not sure he will be available.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

Superman is about 35 I believe. Kara spent 24 years in the Phantom Zone then another 11 years living on Earth to get to the present day. Welling seems content with behind the scenes stuff, not to mention his apparent dislike of ever actually wearing the suit which he might have warmed up to over the years.

Give me a Lois Lane already so I can watch her and Cat verbally fight at last. Or it to be revealed that Cat has a complete one-sided rivalry with her.

 

[Slayven]

Oh, the shipping.

 

[george_us]

seriously

i hate when they artificially try to hide characters that are obviously important n involved

Seriously. Just lock Superman in the Phantom Zone already or something. The way they tried to hide him at times last season was comical.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Will that mess with his Marvel Contract, you know he was Blade

Oh that's right. Not to mention Nick Fury. This might be a problem.

 

[QuantumZebra]

Good, now get rid of her and make the show about him.

I never understood why, If the tv and movie universes were going to be separate anyway, they didn't go for the main heroes like they did with The Flash.

Same goes for Gotham. Just do a Batman TV series.

If I wanted to watch paint dry id go to a construction site.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Brandon Routh was significantly better as Clark / Superman. Cavil just sucks charisma.

 

[Parshias7]

Depending on how Suicide Squad does, not sure he will be available.

And he's got to be planning another season of Cosmos.

 

[Slayven]

Oh that's right. Not to mention Nick Fury. This might be a problem.

And he just got casted as the lead for Pacific Rim 2

 

[Lilalaunebaer]

Flash Season 2 spoilers:

Spoiler

If i understood correct, with Barry´s dad from Earth 3 was the Flash from the 90´s TV show where he played the Flash and basically made that show canon right? Soooo, there is only one choice....

 

[Mariolee]

What.

I know that's not the real Kara apparently, but still. That looks like her.

Superman, what are you doing.

 

[NastyBook]

Ray Palmer's Earth-4 doppelganger.

There you go.

 

[massoluk]

wtf

 

[TheOfficeMut]

And he just got casted as the lead for Pacific Rim 2

Really? Wow, that's impressive. He's already shooting three movies aimed for 2017 (Robin Hood: Origins, Sleepless and Baby Driver), and now Pacific Rim 2? Where does Elba get all of this time?

 

[morningbus]

Bomer was one of the finalists for the role back when it was a McG production, I believe.

Would he want to do it now, is the question.

Sorta surprised that, given the opportunity to basically close out that entire universe and make Kara the only superbeing in the shared continuity of the CW shows, they've decided to go in the other direction and legitimately make Superman a character. Unless the only reason we're seeing him for a couple episodes this year is specifically so it means more (we have a face attached) if/when Kara is forcibly separated from that universe.

That's my initial thought, too.

I think there's a reason why he's only there for two episodes.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

 

[TheGreatDirector]

So Superman exists in the Arrowverse then?

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Flash Season 2 spoilers:

Spoiler

If i understood correct, with Barry´s dad from Earth 3 was the Flash from the 90´s TV show where he played the Flash and basically made that show canon right? Soooo, there is only one choice....

That would be incorrect.

 

[Tobor]

OR make the character stand on their own.

Yeah, I guess. I've never been a fan of the character, so it's not important to me. If you're a Supergirl fan, then I get it.

From a business perspective, though? If Supes is on the table, why not do a Supes show and make more money? Seems like a no brainer to me, but what do I know. /shrugs

 

[Slayven]

What.

I know that's not the real Kara apparently, but still. That looks like her.

Superman, what are you doing.

wtf

It's precrisis superman, and they ended up having a kid together

 

[Mariolee]

Flash Season 2 spoilers:

Spoiler

If i understood correct, with Barry´s dad from Earth 3 was the Flash from the 90´s TV show where he played the Flash and basically made that show canon right? Soooo, there is only one choice....

But Dean Cain can't be Superman AND Kara's father in the same Earth.

 

[broncobuster]

Bomer was one of the finalists for the role back when it was a McG production, I believe.

Would he want to do it now, is the question.

Sorta surprised that, given the opportunity to basically close out that entire universe and make Kara the only superbeing in the shared continuity of the CW shows, they've decided to go in the other direction and legitimately make Superman a character. Unless the only reason we're seeing him for a couple episodes this year is specifically so it means more (we have a face attached) if/when Kara is forcibly separated from that universe.

Bomer did play Superman in a foreign commercial and voiced him in an animated film.

Ignore the crummy Returns suit.

 

[Salty Rice]

Its time.

 

[AlStrong]

Well, I guess if he destroys National City, they can rebuild it as totally-not-Vancouver.

 

[Kinyou]

He'd marry her if it wasn't for those darn Kryptonian laws

 

[Mariolee]

Bomer did play Superman in a foreign commercial and voiced him in an animated film.

Ignore the crummy Returns suit.

I mean, if he's willing to do all this surely a two-episode guest role wouldn't hurt.

He'd marry her if it wasn't for those darn Kryptonian laws

Unreal oh my goodness

 

[strafer]

where da fuck do you find all those comic strips...jesus christ

 

[The Artisan]

i thought they were cousins? are they incestuous too?

 

[morningbus]

So Superman exists in the Arrowverse then?

Not yet he doesn't. Supergirl is in a different universe right now.