Rejected DC Comics Designs and Show Pitches, Part 2

[Frontier]

It would've been kind of interesting to see them adapt Death/Reign in the DCAU, even though they'd already brought in Steel.

 

[Yojimbo]

It would've been kind of interesting to see them adapt Death/Reign in the DCAU, even though they'd already brought in Steel.

Ehh, idk, it's been done a couple times already. In the DCAU, they did Hereafter already. I'm over kill Superman storylines.

 

[Frontier]

Ehh, idk, it's been done a couple times already. In the DCAU, they did Hereafter already. I'm over kill Superman storylines.

I guess I look forward to it just because I like Superboy/Eradicator/Cyborg-Superman .

 

[RoyalRubble]

Maybe the DCAU could have brought in the alternate Supermen without (temporarily) killing off Superman again. Jump right into the Reign story. But Superboy might be too similar to Galatea, I guess.

 

[Yojimbo]

In Justice League Revisited's Metamorphosis episode this week, Len Uhley reveals
-A JL premise he pitched was "a very dark one with Dr. Light" (16:03 mark)
-In an early version of Metamorphosis, Rex was not a 'nice fellow' and was a fixer (17:53 mark)
-In an early version of Metamorphosis, Metamorpho died at the end. (52:10)

 

[Frontier]

In Justice League Revisited's Metamorphosis episode this week, Len Uhley reveals
-A JL premise he pitched was "a very dark one with Dr. Light" (16:03 mark)
-In an early version of Metamorphosis, Rex was not a 'nice fellow' and was a fixer (17:53 mark)
-In an early version of Metamorphosis, Metamorpho died at the end. (52:10)

I'm assuming they mean the Arthur Light version...would've been interesting to see the DCAU tackle him compare to the Teen Titans cartoon.

Kind of glad they didn't go too far with Rex or kill him off .

 

[Yojimbo]

Kevin Altieri revealed a bit more about the deleted Batman vs. Batman fight in Heart of Steel Part 2 and also in general all the fight scenes went long like the Bullock duplicant at GCPD.

17:13-17:41

That rooftop thing with Bullock. There was a lot more. There's a lot more combat going on there. Oh, just Batman trying to just Bullock just going after Batman. He's unstoppable. There's just more and more of that. Every fight was just overly long.

17:55-19:22

There is. Brad found the storyboard. Yeah and it's a shame because that--it--I just had---I kept in there for so long. I did not want to lose that because before H.A.R.D.A.C. blows up and everything, Batman, it's like Batman looks up and after all the other ones are destroyed, the last replicant comes out and it's Batman and he just dives at camera and then you cut outside and then you know now that Gordon's safe and Rossum and everyone's outside. Barbara said, "Where are you, going?" It's like "I'm going back to help Batman." And she helps Batman and it's the first time that she actually fights because they're in this boiler room that of course of course the whole, they have to have a boiler room in there and it's just him and Batman fighting. We talked about it. Me and Brad talked about it and Brad drew it but it's like everything that's on Batman like the scallops on his gloves, they come out and he's slashing at Batman and Barbara Gordon comes up behind him and I'm like there's got to be a giant wrench in there so she actually gets his attention with the giant wrench. Bang! You can hit him on the head, it doesn't matter.

 

[Frontier]

Kevin Altieri revealed a bit more about the deleted Batman vs. Batman fight in Heart of Steel Part 2 and also in general all the fight scenes went long like the Bullock duplicant at GCPD.

17:13-17:41


17:55-19:22

It's surreal to see someone say "that Batman and Bullock fight was going to be longer" even knowing that it was a robot Bullock .

 

[Yojimbo]

Glen Murakami was on this week's JL Revisited.

-48:17-48:37: Somewhere along the line, too, James Tucker did a Young Justice pitch and now I can't remember when that happened... that happened back on Batman Beyond or during that middle period between... I can't remember now. (EDIT: I asked Tucker, he said it was the JL pilot we've all seen with the girl cyborg, not a YJ)

-51:08-51:21: On Teen Titans, we were going to use Blockbuster but then we redesigned Blockbuster and DC didn't like it so we ended up having to rename the character Cinderblock.

 

[Frontier]

Glen Murakami was on this week's JL Revisited.

-48:17-48:37: Somewhere along the line, too, James Tucker did a Young Justice pitch and now I can't remember when that happened... that happened back on Batman Beyond or during that middle period between... I can't remember now.

-51:08-51:21: On Teen Titans, we were going to use Blockbuster but then we redesigned Blockbuster and DC didn't like it so we ended up having to rename the character Cinderblock.

Now I wonder if some of the other original villains started out as established DC characters but just didn't get approved by DC...

 

[M.O.D.O.K.]

I remember hearing about Blockbuster before, but I chalked it up to internet rumor. It was a bit surprising to hear Murakami confirming it.

 

[Yojimbo]

I remember hearing about Blockbuster before, but I chalked it up to internet rumor. It was a bit surprising to hear Murakami confirming it.

The only other one I remember is they had a Krypto story but that changed into the nameless shape shifting dog story in season 2.

 

[Karkull]

I'd like to thank Murakami for confirming my Kids' WB! burnout theory in the interview.

 

[Yojimbo]

Intergang episode 3 (originally recorded on 2/9/2023) was an interview with Joe R Lansdale.
-38:10-38:20: He added bit more to a previous time he mentioned he was approached to write on JLU. Lansdale said the team just wanted him 'to create some ideas' but it was just a time thing and couldn't do it.
-38:21-38:28: He was also approached for Batman Beyond but he admits either he forgot, they forgot, or both forgot.