Yeah me too!
One suggestion I have for ITTL is more the Wayback Machine to be even more popular, if that is possible.
Trying to Please Everyone: Or Converting multiple Pop Culture Utopias into a Timeline.
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One suggestion I have for ITTL is more the Wayback Machine to be even more popular, if that is possible.
That might be too general since I will cover western animation last probably although so far I’ve confirmed that they still have Steven Universe(albeit a very different one), Force 10(TTL’s Ben 10) and Star vs the Forces of Evil as it was pitched to them first OTL. On a similar note Phineas and Ferb was greenlit when pitched to Nickelodeon back in 1995, instead of the creators having to wait 12 years to get it made.
Oh yeah, but I was talking about 616 Thanos using the HOTU to absorb True From Darkseid, like he did to TLT and the other abstract entities, and while i'm at it, there was one time the stones DID work outside of their universe, it was in the Avengers/UltraForce crossover.
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True though I only realized they also did that after the fact.
Maybe in a slight act of 'In Spite of a Nail', the modern series could still exist in the form of a reboot/sequel?
Seems like a waste of a perfectly good nail when you can have classic Nicktoon Phineas and Ferb.
DC Superheroes in Film: 2017-2021
Suicide Squad 3(2017)
With James Gunn directing, the film saw the return of Will Smith as Deadshot, this time joined by Dave Bautista as Peacemaker, Isabela Merced as Ratcatcher 2. The team includes Dogwelder, Kite Man(including a few jokes about his real name being "Charlie Brown" complete with saying "Good Grief" after crashing into a tree), Deathstroke, Katana and others.. The team goes on a mission to Corto Maltese but in a twist, Starro the Conqueror, after his defeat by the Justice League is freed, even mind controlling Superman into fighting the Squad.
Justice League/Avengers(2017)
(summary is identical to one in Marvel Superheroes)
A mysterious entity is destroying universes in manner that alludes to the Crisis on Infinite Earths. The Crime Syndicate Earth and the "Days of Future Past" Earths are shown being confronted by a being who asks them what the meaning of life is(one person jokingly says..."42?"). Not finding an answer that satisfies him the universe is destroyed, though the Superhumans from both universes are able to help their people escape in arks. The Crime Syndicate even comments on the irony that they enslaved the world and are now fighting to save it before they are destroyed.
In the DC Universe, Galactus attacks Earth, with the Justice League defeating him by sending him into the Phantom Zone. In the Marvel universe, the Avengers battle Starro the Conqueror, which they defeat when Vision conceived of an idea for Scarlet Witch to use her powers on one of Starro's starfish, leading the creature to flee in fear. In space, the being destroying universes arrives in the Marvel universe and is confronted by a group including the Collector, the Grandmaster and the Watcher, who are revealed to be brothers. The Grandmaster fight this new being, revealed to be Krona. His backstory is revealed. He is a guardian of the Universe who was exiled for attempting to discovery the origin of the universe. He saw a large blue hand holding a galaxy before the experiment causes an explosion that devastated the planet Oa. Krona was exiled to another universe and has been making his way back. The Collector, Grandmaster and the Watcher fight Krona but are defeated, just as they are about to be killed, the Grandmaster makes a deal, claiming he can take Krona to a being who saw the universe be made. They make a bet. If the Heroes of Krona's universe win(The Justice League) then the Grandmaster will take Krona to Galactus. if the heroes of the Grandmaster's universe(The Avengers), win than Krona will not destroy it.
The Watcher appears before the Justice League and Metron appears before the Avengers, both revealing the game and that the loser will have their universe destroyed. The game involves retrieving six items from each universe. In the DC Universe, this includes the Spear of Destiny, the Book of Eternity, the Orb of Ra, the Medusa Mask, the Bell, the Helm of Nabu, and the Green Lantern Power Battery of Oa. From the Marvel Universe the items are the Ultimate Nullifier, the Eye of Agamotto, the Wand of Watoomb, the Casket of Ancient Winters, the Cosmic Cube, and the Infinity Gauntlet. With the entire universe being threatened, both the Avengers and the Justice League inform the other Superheroes teams in their respective universes, effectively bringing in every single Hero in each universe into the conflict.
The Justice League travel to the Marvel Universe. Batman tells them to spy but not interfere. However each member of the Justice League violates this. The Hulk goes on a rampage, which Superman intervenes in, leading to a fight in which the Hulk is defeated. Batman breaks the rule himself to save mobsters from the Punisher, defeating him. The Flash finds that his powers don't work due to the Speed Force not existing in the Marvel universe, when he tries to save a mutant from a mob and is confused for one himself. While he makes it out, he is given a suit that stores the Speed Force energy within him. These experiences leads Superman, to view the Marvel heroes as failures, though he is shown to be manipulated by the villain the Psycho Pirate, who is wielding the Medusa Mask.
The Avengers arrive in the DC Universe and easily defeat a group of villains and are hailed as heroes. They notice that the DC Heroes are revered and the prejudice and distrust the Marvel Heroes has for mutants doesn't exist. They also research and find that the DC Earth appears to be bigger and has more locations. Psycho Pirate uses his abilities to make Captain America believe that the Justice League are dictators that force the people to worship them. Hawkeye makes a meta joke, trying to guess the name of their opponents. He guesses "Squadron Supreme". When the Justice League arrive, several fan favorite fights occur. Hawkeye tries to take the Flash out with a Boomerang arrow but he easily catches it, commenting he's used to fighting people with Boomerangs. Captain America and Batman fight before both agreeing to work behind the scenes, believing there is more going on than they were told. The Flahs also competes against Quicksilver, who becomes distraught when he realizes he's not fast enough to access the Speed Force in the DC Universe, vowing to find a way to reach it. Hawkeye and Green Arrow also have an amusing banter.
GA: Great I'm stuck with the guy in purple.
H:It's magenta.
GA: What's that? I can't hear you. you're purple's too loud.
........
GA: You have failed this city.
H: I don't even live here.
.............
There is also this exchange.
"I'm Batman."
"And I...am...Iron Man."
After their first battle, the heroes split up to gather the elements. It is revealed that the two Universes now occupy one space with the two Earths visible to each other and they will begin to merge into one world, threatening to destroy both unless one universe is destroyed according to the Grandmaster.
Of the items in the DC Universe, Doctor Doom invades the Legion of Doom headquarters where a group of villains are attempting to reform it as Lex Luthor, has cleared his name of his involvement with the Legion and is now running for President. Doom takes control of the Legion. An attack from the Avengers to get the Spear leads to Doom's time machine sending it back to World War II. Thanks to the merging, and the team sent back including World War 2 era characters and one psychic member. The Justice Society of America and the Invaders are both brought into the conflict before the Avengers side retrieves the Spear of Destiny and return to their own time.
Thor and Doctor Strange search for the Book of Eternity after using magic to find the Rock of Eternity. Strange is attacked by Doctor Fate and a battle ensues. Thor battles Captain Marvel, who grabs Thor and shouts "Shazam!" to try and use the lightning to shock Thor. This only makes Thor stronger and when he jokingly says "Shazam back while firing the lightning, he ends up turning Captain Marvel back into Billy Batson before covering his mouth to prevent him from saying the word again. Strange tries astral projection and enters into Fate's helmet, only to be overwhelmed as it houses the god Nabu. Strange is forced to tap into dark powers, leading to Fate exploding. This allows the opposite teams to obtain the Fate's helm of Nabu and Strange's Eye of Agamotto. Thor is also able to retrieve the Book of Eternity.
During this time the Grandmaster offers to switch teams with Krona so that if the Justice League wins the Grandmaster wins. The Orb of Ra is tracked down to Egypt with several Egyptian heroes such as Hawkman and Hawkgirl and Black Adam. Cheating, Krona revives the dead foe En Sabah Nur, who attacks the heroes, allowing the Orb of Ra to be taken in the distraction. With the Medusa Mask belonging to Krona's servant Psycho Pirate and he now having switched teams. Krona kills Psycho pirate and throws the Mask to the Avengers. Krona also arrives on Oa, devastating the Green Lantern Corps and exchanging words with Ganthet before destroying Oa, leaving the Green Lantern Power Battery to be found by the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Nova Corps. Darkseid and Thanos confront each other. In a metajoke, Darkseid called Thanos "a pale imitation of (himself)". The two fight, ending when Thanos appears to kill Darkseid only to discover that the true Darkseid is in reality na entity living in another universe. Leading Thanos to realize. He is not the most dangerous threat in the universe. Darkseid is. Thanos vows to return with greater power.
With Galactus defeated, the League obtain the Ultimate Nullifier from his ship, the Wand of Watoomb from the Sanctum Sanctorum due to Strange being absent. They also obtain the Casket of Ancient Winters and the Infinity Gauntlet from the remains of Asgard. However Darkseid attacks the League and obtains the Infinity Gauntlet. The Grandmaster decides to hide the fact that the Infinity Gauntlet the League found is fake. Darkseid discovers this when he tries using the Gauntlet and throws it aside. The Flash obtains it as Darkseid fires his Omega Beams at him. Flash is able to teleport away, though Darkseid believes the beams vaporized the Flash.
The last artifact is the Cosmic Cube, which is in Loki's possession. Loki is told of the bet from the Grandmaster and hands it over to him. All the Heroes are brought to the Savage Land to fight over the final item. In one instant, Thor begins to come down on Superman with his hammer only for Superman to catch it with his fist before knocking Thor out. Batman and Captain America's interference at a crucial time leads to the Justice League being declared the winner. Krona refuses to accept the item and attacks the Grandmaster, wounding him. The Grandmaster then sends Krona to Galactus. Krona angrily demands Galactus tell him about the origin of the universe. Galactus attacks Krona. Krona however easily kills him. There is a bright flash. The Justice League and Avengers awaken in a world that is a combination of both worlds. The Justice League have just defeated a scheme from Doctor Doom that led to him being merged with the Source Wall while the Avengers have recently defeated Brainiac. Other differences include Black Canary dating Hawkeye. The heroes begin to realize something is wrong before the Watcher finds them and brings them to the dying Grandmaster, explaining that the worlds were merged to spare them and they must defeat Krona. They are shown by the Watcher the worlds they will return to and decide to restore things despite all the hardships they will endure. The heroes attack Krona in a fortress built from the corpse of Galactus. Krona, summons an army of various villains. Superman at one point wields both Mjolnir and Captain America's shield. Waves beign sent across the universe alters the heroes and villains present leading to different costumes, alternate versions and of course cameos(Christopher Reeves Superman, Michael Keaton and Christian Bale Batman, DiCaprio Spider-Man, Japanese Spider-Man, and so on). Once Krona is defeated, the universes are split again and restored to normal. As the worlds separate, the Avengers and the Justice League say goodbye for a final time as they return to their own universes.
There are two end credit scenes. The first is Thanos finding the Infinity Gauntlet and vowing to retrieve the Stones, pledging to do so for his love: Death, who is represented by a stone statue of Death, specifically the version from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.
In the second, Batman is interrupted by Barry Allen's Flash, appearing before him, trying to tell him something.. A lightning bolt strikes a wall of the Batcave. Flash tries to tell him that a being has been manipulating everything since the beginning before disappearing. Batman approaches the wall struck by lightning. Commenting. "I don't know what's going on...but I have a feeling...like we're being watched". Batman then picks up something from lightning bolt that struck the wall. It's a smiling face pin with a red drop of blood on it. Another quick scene reveals that Krona survived and now vows that he will destroy everything as he uses his abilities to assemble himself an armor. Comic fans will recognize this armor as that worn by the Anti-Monitor.
A mysterious entity is destroying universes in manner that alludes to the Crisis on Infinite Earths. The Crime Syndicate Earth and the "Days of Future Past" Earths are shown being confronted by a being who asks them what the meaning of life is(one person jokingly says..."42?"). Not finding an answer that satisfies him the universe is destroyed, though the Superhumans from both universes are able to help their people escape in arks. The Crime Syndicate even comments on the irony that they enslaved the world and are now fighting to save it before they are destroyed.
In the DC Universe, Galactus attacks Earth, with the Justice League defeating him by sending him into the Phantom Zone. In the Marvel universe, the Avengers battle Starro the Conqueror, which they defeat when Vision conceived of an idea for Scarlet Witch to use her powers on one of Starro's starfish, leading the creature to flee in fear. In space, the being destroying universes arrives in the Marvel universe and is confronted by a group including the Collector, the Grandmaster and the Watcher, who are revealed to be brothers. The Grandmaster fight this new being, revealed to be Krona. His backstory is revealed. He is a guardian of the Universe who was exiled for attempting to discovery the origin of the universe. He saw a large blue hand holding a galaxy before the experiment causes an explosion that devastated the planet Oa. Krona was exiled to another universe and has been making his way back. The Collector, Grandmaster and the Watcher fight Krona but are defeated, just as they are about to be killed, the Grandmaster makes a deal, claiming he can take Krona to a being who saw the universe be made. They make a bet. If the Heroes of Krona's universe win(The Justice League) then the Grandmaster will take Krona to Galactus. if the heroes of the Grandmaster's universe(The Avengers), win than Krona will not destroy it.
The Watcher appears before the Justice League and Metron appears before the Avengers, both revealing the game and that the loser will have their universe destroyed. The game involves retrieving six items from each universe. In the DC Universe, this includes the Spear of Destiny, the Book of Eternity, the Orb of Ra, the Medusa Mask, the Bell, the Helm of Nabu, and the Green Lantern Power Battery of Oa. From the Marvel Universe the items are the Ultimate Nullifier, the Eye of Agamotto, the Wand of Watoomb, the Casket of Ancient Winters, the Cosmic Cube, and the Infinity Gauntlet. With the entire universe being threatened, both the Avengers and the Justice League inform the other Superheroes teams in their respective universes, effectively bringing in every single Hero in each universe into the conflict.
The Justice League travel to the Marvel Universe. Batman tells them to spy but not interfere. However each member of the Justice League violates this. The Hulk goes on a rampage, which Superman intervenes in, leading to a fight in which the Hulk is defeated. Batman breaks the rule himself to save mobsters from the Punisher, defeating him. The Flash finds that his powers don't work due to the Speed Force not existing in the Marvel universe, when he tries to save a mutant from a mob and is confused for one himself. While he makes it out, he is given a suit that stores the Speed Force energy within him. These experiences leads Superman, to view the Marvel heroes as failures, though he is shown to be manipulated by the villain the Psycho Pirate, who is wielding the Medusa Mask.
The Avengers arrive in the DC Universe and easily defeat a group of villains and are hailed as heroes. They notice that the DC Heroes are revered and the prejudice and distrust the Marvel Heroes has for mutants doesn't exist. They also research and find that the DC Earth appears to be bigger and has more locations. Psycho Pirate uses his abilities to make Captain America believe that the Justice League are dictators that force the people to worship them. Hawkeye makes a meta joke, trying to guess the name of their opponents. He guesses "Squadron Supreme". When the Justice League arrive, several fan favorite fights occur. Hawkeye tries to take the Flash out with a Boomerang arrow but he easily catches it, commenting he's used to fighting people with Boomerangs. Captain America and Batman fight before both agreeing to work behind the scenes, believing there is more going on than they were told. The Flahs also competes against Quicksilver, who becomes distraught when he realizes he's not fast enough to access the Speed Force in the DC Universe, vowing to find a way to reach it. Hawkeye and Green Arrow also have an amusing banter.
GA: Great I'm stuck with the guy in purple.
H:It's magenta.
GA: What's that? I can't hear you. you're purple's too loud.
........
GA: You have failed this city.
H: I don't even live here.
.............
There is also this exchange.
"I'm Batman."
"And I...am...Iron Man."
After their first battle, the heroes split up to gather the elements. It is revealed that the two Universes now occupy one space with the two Earths visible to each other and they will begin to merge into one world, threatening to destroy both unless one universe is destroyed according to the Grandmaster.
Of the items in the DC Universe, Doctor Doom invades the Legion of Doom headquarters where a group of villains are attempting to reform it as Lex Luthor, has cleared his name of his involvement with the Legion and is now running for President. Doom takes control of the Legion. An attack from the Avengers to get the Spear leads to Doom's time machine sending it back to World War II. Thanks to the merging, and the team sent back including World War 2 era characters and one psychic member. The Justice Society of America and the Invaders are both brought into the conflict before the Avengers side retrieves the Spear of Destiny and return to their own time.
Thor and Doctor Strange search for the Book of Eternity after using magic to find the Rock of Eternity. Strange is attacked by Doctor Fate and a battle ensues. Thor battles Captain Marvel, who grabs Thor and shouts "Shazam!" to try and use the lightning to shock Thor. This only makes Thor stronger and when he jokingly says "Shazam back while firing the lightning, he ends up turning Captain Marvel back into Billy Batson before covering his mouth to prevent him from saying the word again. Strange tries astral projection and enters into Fate's helmet, only to be overwhelmed as it houses the god Nabu. Strange is forced to tap into dark powers, leading to Fate exploding. This allows the opposite teams to obtain the Fate's helm of Nabu and Strange's Eye of Agamotto. Thor is also able to retrieve the Book of Eternity.
During this time the Grandmaster offers to switch teams with Krona so that if the Justice League wins the Grandmaster wins. The Orb of Ra is tracked down to Egypt with several Egyptian heroes such as Hawkman and Hawkgirl and Black Adam. Cheating, Krona revives the dead foe En Sabah Nur, who attacks the heroes, allowing the Orb of Ra to be taken in the distraction. With the Medusa Mask belonging to Krona's servant Psycho Pirate and he now having switched teams. Krona kills Psycho pirate and throws the Mask to the Avengers. Krona also arrives on Oa, devastating the Green Lantern Corps and exchanging words with Ganthet before destroying Oa, leaving the Green Lantern Power Battery to be found by the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Nova Corps. Darkseid and Thanos confront each other. In a metajoke, Darkseid called Thanos "a pale imitation of (himself)". The two fight, ending when Thanos appears to kill Darkseid only to discover that the true Darkseid is in reality na entity living in another universe. Leading Thanos to realize. He is not the most dangerous threat in the universe. Darkseid is. Thanos vows to return with greater power.
With Galactus defeated, the League obtain the Ultimate Nullifier from his ship, the Wand of Watoomb from the Sanctum Sanctorum due to Strange being absent. They also obtain the Casket of Ancient Winters and the Infinity Gauntlet from the remains of Asgard. However Darkseid attacks the League and obtains the Infinity Gauntlet. The Grandmaster decides to hide the fact that the Infinity Gauntlet the League found is fake. Darkseid discovers this when he tries using the Gauntlet and throws it aside. The Flash obtains it as Darkseid fires his Omega Beams at him. Flash is able to teleport away, though Darkseid believes the beams vaporized the Flash.
The last artifact is the Cosmic Cube, which is in Loki's possession. Loki is told of the bet from the Grandmaster and hands it over to him. All the Heroes are brought to the Savage Land to fight over the final item. In one instant, Thor begins to come down on Superman with his hammer only for Superman to catch it with his fist before knocking Thor out. Batman and Captain America's interference at a crucial time leads to the Justice League being declared the winner. Krona refuses to accept the item and attacks the Grandmaster, wounding him. The Grandmaster then sends Krona to Galactus. Krona angrily demands Galactus tell him about the origin of the universe. Galactus attacks Krona. Krona however easily kills him. There is a bright flash. The Justice League and Avengers awaken in a world that is a combination of both worlds. The Justice League have just defeated a scheme from Doctor Doom that led to him being merged with the Source Wall while the Avengers have recently defeated Brainiac. Other differences include Black Canary dating Hawkeye. The heroes begin to realize something is wrong before the Watcher finds them and brings them to the dying Grandmaster, explaining that the worlds were merged to spare them and they must defeat Krona. They are shown by the Watcher the worlds they will return to and decide to restore things despite all the hardships they will endure. The heroes attack Krona in a fortress built from the corpse of Galactus. Krona, summons an army of various villains. Superman at one point wields both Mjolnir and Captain America's shield. Waves beign sent across the universe alters the heroes and villains present leading to different costumes, alternate versions and of course cameos(Christopher Reeves Superman, Michael Keaton and Christian Bale Batman, DiCaprio Spider-Man, Japanese Spider-Man, and so on). Once Krona is defeated, the universes are split again and restored to normal. As the worlds separate, the Avengers and the Justice League say goodbye for a final time as they return to their own universes.
There are two end credit scenes. The first is Thanos finding the Infinity Gauntlet and vowing to retrieve the Stones, pledging to do so for his love: Death, who is represented by a stone statue of Death, specifically the version from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.
In the second, Batman is interrupted by Barry Allen's Flash, appearing before him, trying to tell him something.. A lightning bolt strikes a wall of the Batcave. Flash tries to tell him that a being has been manipulating everything since the beginning before disappearing. Batman approaches the wall struck by lightning. Commenting. "I don't know what's going on...but I have a feeling...like we're being watched". Batman then picks up something from lightning bolt that struck the wall. It's a smiling face pin with a red drop of blood on it. Another quick scene reveals that Krona survived and now vows that he will destroy everything as he uses his abilities to assemble himself an armor. Comic fans will recognize this armor as that worn by the Anti-Monitor.
Justice League Dark(2018)
Directed by Guillermo Del Toro. The film begins with a flashback of John Constantine and Jason Blood playing a poker game with the Demons Three. Both sides offer magical artifacts including the House of Mystery, but both are revealed to be cheating, leading to a fight where Constantine makes Blood transform into the Demon Etrigan, which makes him angry towards Constantine.
In the present, a series of violent murders take place committed by people who are made to see their loved ones as monsters. Zatanna is visited by the ghost of murdered Circus performer Boston Brand, who leads Zatanna to the house of Mystery where Constantine and the spiritual embodiment of the House of Mystery, Black orchid meet them. The group agree to find the cause of the epidemic, but Constantine first wishes to meet his friend Richie Simpson, where they find him under attack by spirits of death trying to claim his soul as Simpson has cancer. Simpson gives them the Keshanti Key, which views a past victim's memories, leading to an image of a mysterious figure, which emerges and attacks the group before being destroyed.
Constantine calls in Blood, who reveals that centuries ago the sorcerer Destiny used the Dreamstone to attempt to overthrow Camelot. Merlin summoned Etrigan to fight Destiny but then bounded him to Blood until Destiny was permanently destroyed, at which point the spell would be broken. Simpson is attacked before identifying the sorcerer Felix Faust as his attacker. The Group goes to Slaughter Swamp, encountering Swamp Thing where Faust is hiding, but he is revealed to be a red herring. This leads Constantine to realize Richie Simpson has the Dreamstone, which is keeping his cancer at bay. Simpson is possessed by Destiny, who's soul is inside the Dreamstone. Destiny then kills Black Orchid by destroying the House of Mystery. The group, now including Swamp Thing, unite to defeat Destiny. During the battle, Destiny, rips Alec Holand's corpse from Swamp Thing's body. Constantine is able to get Destiny to lower his defenses and be possessed by Deadman. This allows the group to destroy the Dreamstone and Destiny with it. With the purpose for his immortality gone, Etrigan vanishes back to Hell while Jason Blood dies, thanking his friends before he dies from his injuries. The gathered heroes form "Justice League Dark" to counter supernatural threats. Constantine refuses membership and holds onto the shattered Dreamstone, which has been reduced to sand. The Justice League Dark sets up in the newly built house of Secrets("The Difference between a Mystery and a Secret is a Mystery remains what it is the more you tell people about it.").
An End Credits Scene depicts a figure trapped in a ring of sand, hinting at an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, soemthing hinted at throughout the film with elements such as the Dreamstone, House of Secrets and Destiny.
In the present, a series of violent murders take place committed by people who are made to see their loved ones as monsters. Zatanna is visited by the ghost of murdered Circus performer Boston Brand, who leads Zatanna to the house of Mystery where Constantine and the spiritual embodiment of the House of Mystery, Black orchid meet them. The group agree to find the cause of the epidemic, but Constantine first wishes to meet his friend Richie Simpson, where they find him under attack by spirits of death trying to claim his soul as Simpson has cancer. Simpson gives them the Keshanti Key, which views a past victim's memories, leading to an image of a mysterious figure, which emerges and attacks the group before being destroyed.
Constantine calls in Blood, who reveals that centuries ago the sorcerer Destiny used the Dreamstone to attempt to overthrow Camelot. Merlin summoned Etrigan to fight Destiny but then bounded him to Blood until Destiny was permanently destroyed, at which point the spell would be broken. Simpson is attacked before identifying the sorcerer Felix Faust as his attacker. The Group goes to Slaughter Swamp, encountering Swamp Thing where Faust is hiding, but he is revealed to be a red herring. This leads Constantine to realize Richie Simpson has the Dreamstone, which is keeping his cancer at bay. Simpson is possessed by Destiny, who's soul is inside the Dreamstone. Destiny then kills Black Orchid by destroying the House of Mystery. The group, now including Swamp Thing, unite to defeat Destiny. During the battle, Destiny, rips Alec Holand's corpse from Swamp Thing's body. Constantine is able to get Destiny to lower his defenses and be possessed by Deadman. This allows the group to destroy the Dreamstone and Destiny with it. With the purpose for his immortality gone, Etrigan vanishes back to Hell while Jason Blood dies, thanking his friends before he dies from his injuries. The gathered heroes form "Justice League Dark" to counter supernatural threats. Constantine refuses membership and holds onto the shattered Dreamstone, which has been reduced to sand. The Justice League Dark sets up in the newly built house of Secrets("The Difference between a Mystery and a Secret is a Mystery remains what it is the more you tell people about it.").
An End Credits Scene depicts a figure trapped in a ring of sand, hinting at an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, soemthing hinted at throughout the film with elements such as the Dreamstone, House of Secrets and Destiny.
Legion of Super Heroes(2018)
Directed by J.J. Abrams. This film is set in the 30th Century where a United Planets exists but aliens face prejudice. A group led by Kirk Niedrigh claims to have discovered that Superman was not an alien but born on Earth. A group of teenagers including self proclaimed superheroes Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl and Brainiac 5, are able to obtain a time machine and travel back in time and meet a teenage Superman. They meet the young Clark Kent(played by Tom Holland), and bring him to their time with the promise to bring him back. Unfortunately they are attacked by Niedrigh's group of enforcers known as the Fatal Five. This begins the film's plot becomes to defeat Niedrigh and the Five and prove Superman's origins. Lightning Lad, not believing in the Legion's faith in the young Superboy, takes the time machine and brings Supergirl into the future. Brainiac 5 is horrified by this as Supergirl is known to have disappeared from history and he is now horrified that she will die on the mission, a fact he hides from her even as a romance develops between them. With help from his cousin, Superboy finds his courage and both learns how to fly and dons a Superman costume from a museum. A final battle then ensues where Superboy is able to convince the people of the truth and battles Niedrigh, who is revealed to be a rejected member of the Legion of Superheroes. Niedrigh ends up confessing the truth in public during a battle before he is defeated. In the aftermath, Superboy is sent back to his own time after saying goodbye, having his memories erased. Supergirl however, having fallen in love with Brainiac 5, elects to stay at least a little longer.
Batman Beyond(2019)
Beginning in 2019, Batman suffers a heart attack while stopping a crime, forcing him to pick up a gun and violate his rule of no killing to save a life. He retires as a result and vows never again.
In 2039, Terry McGinnis's father is murdered by a gang called the Jokerz. He confronts the gang. resulting in an intense chase scene that leads to Wayne Manor, where an elderly Bruce Wayne(played by Clint Eastwood), confronts the Jokerz. McGinnis becomes suspicious of the elderly Bruce Wayne and sneaks into his home to discover the Batcave, realizing Bruce Wayne was Batman. McGinnis at first tries to convince Wayne to return but he refuses. McGinnis then steals a Batsuit and goes into action. While initially locking down the suit, Bruce is forced to help McGinnis through a com link to save him. McGinnis confronts his father's killer, businessman and metahuman Derek Powers, in a final battle. Several lines are lifted directly from the series includes: "It's a little early for Halloween." "But jus tin time for fall." "You're pretty strong for some clown who thinks he's Batman." "I am Batman." "You killed my father." "...Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?" and so on. Amusingly, Willem Defoe plays Derek Powers.
In 2039, Terry McGinnis's father is murdered by a gang called the Jokerz. He confronts the gang. resulting in an intense chase scene that leads to Wayne Manor, where an elderly Bruce Wayne(played by Clint Eastwood), confronts the Jokerz. McGinnis becomes suspicious of the elderly Bruce Wayne and sneaks into his home to discover the Batcave, realizing Bruce Wayne was Batman. McGinnis at first tries to convince Wayne to return but he refuses. McGinnis then steals a Batsuit and goes into action. While initially locking down the suit, Bruce is forced to help McGinnis through a com link to save him. McGinnis confronts his father's killer, businessman and metahuman Derek Powers, in a final battle. Several lines are lifted directly from the series includes: "It's a little early for Halloween." "But jus tin time for fall." "You're pretty strong for some clown who thinks he's Batman." "I am Batman." "You killed my father." "...Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?" and so on. Amusingly, Willem Defoe plays Derek Powers.
Crisis on Infinite Earths(2019)
The being Pariah witnesses the destruction of Earth 3. Lex Luthor of Earth 3 sends his son to another universe. On the main DC Earth, a being known as the Monitor gathers several people from across time and space. The Monitor reveals the coming threat of the Anti-Monitor and that it can be prevented with the use of large tuning forks he instructs the gathered to place in different eras of history. This includes the Wild West, where several Western era characters appear or cameo, being drawn to the massive structure, such as Bat Lash and Jonah Hex(Thomas Jane in a cameo). Something similar happens with a tuning fork placed during World War 2, with Sergeant Rock and the Losers making an appearance. Another tuning Fork is placed in the 30th Century, where the Legion of Superheroes agree to defend it, teaming up with the heroes.The Monitor realizes this will not be enough and sacrifices his energy to ensure the process. This causes several universes that the Monitor was trying to save to appear together in space, many of which are worlds from the multiple iterations of DC Characters, most notably a world with a Justice League made up Adam West's Batman, Linda Carter's Wonder Woman, George Reeve's Superman and others. Others such as The Watchmen universe andThe Marvel Universe is also shown to be present with characters cameoing. A team of heroes battles the Anti-Monitor. Supergirl is able to savagely beat the Anti-Monitor to save Superman's life but a blast hits her. The Anti-Monitor flees but Supergirl dies as a result.
As the heroes have a chance to breathe only for Lex Luthor and Brainiac to reveal that they have gathered an army of all supervillains, leading to a battle between the heroes and villains that is interrupted by Doctor Manhattan, who reveals that the Anti-Monitor is seeking to travel back to the beginning of time and destroy reality itself. The Heroes and Villains join forces to attempt to stop him. Fortunately, the Anti-Monitor is stopped seemingly by Barry Allen appearing from the Speed Force). The heroes return to their present time after Manhattan and the Anti-Monitor collide. The Anti-Monitor releases an army of shadow demons and the final battle begins, with many heroes being killed before Anti-Monitor finally falls and the remaining worlds merge into one, excluding the Marvel world which is separated.
As the heroes have a chance to breathe only for Lex Luthor and Brainiac to reveal that they have gathered an army of all supervillains, leading to a battle between the heroes and villains that is interrupted by Doctor Manhattan, who reveals that the Anti-Monitor is seeking to travel back to the beginning of time and destroy reality itself. The Heroes and Villains join forces to attempt to stop him. Fortunately, the Anti-Monitor is stopped seemingly by Barry Allen appearing from the Speed Force). The heroes return to their present time after Manhattan and the Anti-Monitor collide. The Anti-Monitor releases an army of shadow demons and the final battle begins, with many heroes being killed before Anti-Monitor finally falls and the remaining worlds merge into one, excluding the Marvel world which is separated.
Doomsday Clock(2020)
In the Watchmen Universe, On November 22, 1992, the world is in chaos. Adrian Veidt's hand in the destruction of New York City has been discovered from Rorshach's journal and nuclear war it about to begin. Adrian Veidt prepares a trip to another universe and find Doctor Manhattan to save his world, disappearing. He finds himself in the DC Universe as he traced Manhattan's signal there. He brings with him a mysterious new Rorschach(a brief glimpse of his ungloved hands reveals that he is black).
Veidt's ship, "Archie II" arrives in Metropolis and breaks into Lexcorp, where Lex Luthor appears and a battle ensues which is interrupted by the Comedian, who Veidt is surprised to see but manages to escape. Rorschach finds his way into the Batcave and is subdued by Batman, who hears him out before sending him to Arkham Asylum. It is revealed that the post 2000's DC movies take place after the events of Watchmen(something implied but not confirmed until now). The destruction of several major cities resulted in other Cities becoming massive hubs, such as the devastation of New York leading to the rise of Metropolis and Gotham. Veidt flees underground and encounters the Willem Defoe Joker only for the Comedian to arrive and a battle to occur between him and the Joker with a conversation between them about "Getting the Joke", the Comedian chases after Veidt but Batman intervenes, defeating the Joker and fighting Veidt in "Archie II", where the two also argue. Veidt believing Manhattan created the DC earth with the history of his world. Batman falls out of Archie II along with The Comedian, who he discovers is his father, Thomas Wayne, specifically from The universe Barry Allen visited. He was brought over by Doctor Manhattan and found himself in the body of an alternate version of himself, named Edward Blake. The two head back to the Batcave and contact their mutual friend, the Flash, who arrives followed shortly by Reverse Flash, who attacks them, after he is defeated by the Flash and the two Batmen, he is about to reveal where Manhattan is before he is killed, evidently by Manhattan.
The defeated Joker is thrown into Arkham Asylum where he meets the new Rorshach, who is revealed to be Reggie Long, son of Malcolm Long. After New York was devastated, he met Byron Lewis, the former hero Moth Man in what would become Arkham Asylum. Byron set fire to the Asylum and fled with Reggie. reggie headed to Veidt's Antarctica base but discovered that Veidt was dying of cancer and chose to spare him. The Joker, Reggie, and another patient, Imra Ardeen, escape the Asylum. Ardeen believes that the being she saw during the Crisis is responsible for their current world and placed her there to prevent her from revealing the truth. Ardeen, revealed to be Saturn Girl, uses her abilities to visit the surviving Justice Society of America members including Johnny Thunder and Alan Scott in a retirement home and recruit them. Ozymandias conducts an experiment that brings Doctor Manhattan to him and Manhattan reveals that he did indeed create the universe they reside in and included the events of his own universe to see if things could improve from that point on. However, he sees himself confronting Superman in the future and then sees nothing, leading him to believe Superman will kill him.
In order to draw Superman into a confrontation, Manhatttan causes several nukes to be fired, which is just barely averted but brings an army of superheroes to where he resides on Mars, leading to an intense battle in which Manhattan easily decimates. Manhattan contemplates that the DC Universe is in fact a Metaverse, or a massive multiverse that is constantly shifting and that Superman was at the center of it. Superman finally arrives and after a conversation with Superman, has his sense of humanity restored, leaving the universe and restoring things to normal. this causes Edward Blake to be brought back to the moment he died, as the mind of Thomas Wayne fades away, he encourages Bruce Wayne to not be Batman any longer.
Veidt's ship, "Archie II" arrives in Metropolis and breaks into Lexcorp, where Lex Luthor appears and a battle ensues which is interrupted by the Comedian, who Veidt is surprised to see but manages to escape. Rorschach finds his way into the Batcave and is subdued by Batman, who hears him out before sending him to Arkham Asylum. It is revealed that the post 2000's DC movies take place after the events of Watchmen(something implied but not confirmed until now). The destruction of several major cities resulted in other Cities becoming massive hubs, such as the devastation of New York leading to the rise of Metropolis and Gotham. Veidt flees underground and encounters the Willem Defoe Joker only for the Comedian to arrive and a battle to occur between him and the Joker with a conversation between them about "Getting the Joke", the Comedian chases after Veidt but Batman intervenes, defeating the Joker and fighting Veidt in "Archie II", where the two also argue. Veidt believing Manhattan created the DC earth with the history of his world. Batman falls out of Archie II along with The Comedian, who he discovers is his father, Thomas Wayne, specifically from The universe Barry Allen visited. He was brought over by Doctor Manhattan and found himself in the body of an alternate version of himself, named Edward Blake. The two head back to the Batcave and contact their mutual friend, the Flash, who arrives followed shortly by Reverse Flash, who attacks them, after he is defeated by the Flash and the two Batmen, he is about to reveal where Manhattan is before he is killed, evidently by Manhattan.
The defeated Joker is thrown into Arkham Asylum where he meets the new Rorshach, who is revealed to be Reggie Long, son of Malcolm Long. After New York was devastated, he met Byron Lewis, the former hero Moth Man in what would become Arkham Asylum. Byron set fire to the Asylum and fled with Reggie. reggie headed to Veidt's Antarctica base but discovered that Veidt was dying of cancer and chose to spare him. The Joker, Reggie, and another patient, Imra Ardeen, escape the Asylum. Ardeen believes that the being she saw during the Crisis is responsible for their current world and placed her there to prevent her from revealing the truth. Ardeen, revealed to be Saturn Girl, uses her abilities to visit the surviving Justice Society of America members including Johnny Thunder and Alan Scott in a retirement home and recruit them. Ozymandias conducts an experiment that brings Doctor Manhattan to him and Manhattan reveals that he did indeed create the universe they reside in and included the events of his own universe to see if things could improve from that point on. However, he sees himself confronting Superman in the future and then sees nothing, leading him to believe Superman will kill him.
In order to draw Superman into a confrontation, Manhatttan causes several nukes to be fired, which is just barely averted but brings an army of superheroes to where he resides on Mars, leading to an intense battle in which Manhattan easily decimates. Manhattan contemplates that the DC Universe is in fact a Metaverse, or a massive multiverse that is constantly shifting and that Superman was at the center of it. Superman finally arrives and after a conversation with Superman, has his sense of humanity restored, leaving the universe and restoring things to normal. this causes Edward Blake to be brought back to the moment he died, as the mind of Thomas Wayne fades away, he encourages Bruce Wayne to not be Batman any longer.
Batgirl(2020)
Batgirl was greenlit due to the character receiving a mention in Batman: Beyond, leading to a need to establish a version of the character to be active in that role. In the film Batman has retired and Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl while donning a costume as a masquerade ball crashed by the villain Killer Moth, who teams up with the villain Firefly, leading Batgirl to be forced to take them both down, while Bruce Wayne attempts to dissuade her from becoming a vigilante.
The Sandman(2021)
The Sandman is largely an adaptation of the Preludes and Nocturnes. The being Dream is imprisoned and is able to escape after almost 100 years. He finds his kingdom has fallen into ruin and his three magical items have been scattered. one is the Dreamstone, which Dream recruits John Constantine to find after one of his girlfriends stole it from him. The second is in the possession of a Demon in hell which Dream had a unique battle of words with. Etrigan makes an appearance in Hell as does Lucifer Morningstar. The Final object is being used by the villain John Dee to torment people and Dream is forced into battle with Dee.
Green Lantern: Blackest Night(2021)
The being Nekron and his servant Black Hand form the Black Lanterns and begin resurrecting everyone killed in the Crisis as undead Blakc Lanterns. Green Lantern and Flash team up as the world is overwhelmed to track down and find Kyle Rayner(Brandon Lee), who is believed to be the one being capable of summoning the White Lantern to save the world. Unfortunately to do so requires gathering the rings from the other Lantern Corps across the universe, turning the film into a sort fo Cosmic Road Trip to save the world(I remind you this film stars Ryan Reynolds and Nathan Fillion in the lead roles).
Marvel Superheroes in Film: 2018-2021
Last update for Superhero films before I take a break. The Alt-Marvel Disney + shows will be done later. I'll do James Bond next. Was going to do Halo but I don't have enough ideas for it yet.
X-Men: Fear the Beast(2018)
Byron Burton proposed a spinoff starring Beast to John Ottman. Burton turned in a script which revolved around a monster going on a rampage in Alaska and killing several people. Meanwhile Beast was trying to find a way to cure his mutation and that of his friend Dr.Paul Cartier, who has a similar mutation. The problem is the mutation fights back, usually causing the subject to go feral. Beast then discovers that his friend Cartier is actually the Wendigo, transforming into the monster that's been killing in Alaska and goes to stop him while also trying to help him, as well as fighting his own feral side. The Film was seen as the X-Men's first Horror Movie attempt, having a tone similar to John Carpenter's the Thing.
Avengers: Infinity War(2018)
The film begins with Thanos attacking Xandar(The Asgardian attack does not happen ITTL due to the Justice League/Avengers film bringing Thor and Hulk back to Earth. The Guardians of the Galaxy receive the distress signal and head out to intercept arriving on Xandar in time to rescue several members of the Nova Corps while battling Thanos and the Black Order, before the planet is destroyed, though the Guardians are able to escape in time. Starlord says they need to head to Earth and get some help. After this the title appears,
The Guardians send a signal to the Fantastic Four, who pass it on to other heroes on Earth. This leads to an attempt to safeguard the Stones. Loki is revealed to have the Tesseract while Doctor Strange has the time stone and Vision has the Mind Stone. The Guardians learn that the Reality stone is in the possession of the Collector and head to Knowhere, not only do they fail to prevent Thanos from obtaining the reality stone but Gamora is abducted and interrogated along with her sister Nebula for the location of the Soul Stone. Thanos brings them to Voromir, where Adam Warlock resides guarding the Soul Stone(Basically he fills the role of the Red Skull, who was killed off in TTL's version of Captain America rather than transported away). Thanos considers which one of his daughters to sacrifice, before finally choosing Gamora and killing her, obtaining the Soul Stone and freeing Warlock, who escapes with Nebula while Thanos obtains the stone.
Meanwhile the members of the Black Order arrive on Earth where a massive ship arrives over New York, bringing the attention of several Superheroes and abducting Doctor Strange when the Time stone is unable to be removed from him. A group sneak onto Maw's ship, and blow a hole in the ship, sending him out into space but crashing the ship on the moon of Titan. Black Order members Ebony Maw and Proxima Midnight attack Vision and Scarlet Witch but a team of heroes rescues them and brings Vision to Wakanda to attempt to remove the stone, leading to the battle of Wakanda. Thor discovers Loki has fled into space to prevent a confrontation with Thanos. Thor gives chase but Thanos finds them and kills Loki, using the reality stone to find and kill the true Loki. Thor is left floating in space. Thanos then travels to Titan and confronts the team there to obtain the Time Stone. During the battle, Thanos nearly kills the heroes and Strange is forced to hand over the Time Stone in exchange for the life of Iron man and Spider-Man. Thor arrives too late and along with a group, heads to forge a weapon capable of killing Thanos. Thor is able to gain a new hammer, but Thor himself threatens to be nearly killed holding the forge together as the power of a star burns through him. Drax sacrifices himself by taking Thor's place at the forge. While he is killed, Thor names his new weapon, the Destroyer in Drax's memory. He joins the final battle in Wakanda with the Guardians and the other heroes. Thor attempts to use the hammer to cut Thanos's arm off but is too late, doing so after Thanos has already snapped. Thanos then destroys the Gauntlet with a blast from his hand shortly before Thor decapitates him. Half of all life disappears.
The Guardians send a signal to the Fantastic Four, who pass it on to other heroes on Earth. This leads to an attempt to safeguard the Stones. Loki is revealed to have the Tesseract while Doctor Strange has the time stone and Vision has the Mind Stone. The Guardians learn that the Reality stone is in the possession of the Collector and head to Knowhere, not only do they fail to prevent Thanos from obtaining the reality stone but Gamora is abducted and interrogated along with her sister Nebula for the location of the Soul Stone. Thanos brings them to Voromir, where Adam Warlock resides guarding the Soul Stone(Basically he fills the role of the Red Skull, who was killed off in TTL's version of Captain America rather than transported away). Thanos considers which one of his daughters to sacrifice, before finally choosing Gamora and killing her, obtaining the Soul Stone and freeing Warlock, who escapes with Nebula while Thanos obtains the stone.
Meanwhile the members of the Black Order arrive on Earth where a massive ship arrives over New York, bringing the attention of several Superheroes and abducting Doctor Strange when the Time stone is unable to be removed from him. A group sneak onto Maw's ship, and blow a hole in the ship, sending him out into space but crashing the ship on the moon of Titan. Black Order members Ebony Maw and Proxima Midnight attack Vision and Scarlet Witch but a team of heroes rescues them and brings Vision to Wakanda to attempt to remove the stone, leading to the battle of Wakanda. Thor discovers Loki has fled into space to prevent a confrontation with Thanos. Thor gives chase but Thanos finds them and kills Loki, using the reality stone to find and kill the true Loki. Thor is left floating in space. Thanos then travels to Titan and confronts the team there to obtain the Time Stone. During the battle, Thanos nearly kills the heroes and Strange is forced to hand over the Time Stone in exchange for the life of Iron man and Spider-Man. Thor arrives too late and along with a group, heads to forge a weapon capable of killing Thanos. Thor is able to gain a new hammer, but Thor himself threatens to be nearly killed holding the forge together as the power of a star burns through him. Drax sacrifices himself by taking Thor's place at the forge. While he is killed, Thor names his new weapon, the Destroyer in Drax's memory. He joins the final battle in Wakanda with the Guardians and the other heroes. Thor attempts to use the hammer to cut Thanos's arm off but is too late, doing so after Thanos has already snapped. Thanos then destroys the Gauntlet with a blast from his hand shortly before Thor decapitates him. Half of all life disappears.
Deadpool & Cable(2018)
Deadpool & Cable. The Sequel to the successful Deadpool film. Cable returned from his earlier depictions in the franchise. Vanessa was given an extended role as she became the character Copycat. The premise concerned Cable trying to hunt down and kill a boy who was destined to become the next Apocalypse. Deadpool and Vanessa worked to protect the child, who was paired up with The Juggernaut, Black Tom Cassidy, and the Blob(who Deadpool makes Fat Jokes towards such as "You're so fat. You make Jabba the Hutt look like Jabba the Shed." or "You're so fat you make E Honda look like E Sportscar", which harm his relationship with the child as it makes him look as bad as the bullies the kid had to deal with. In order to protect the kid, Deadpool assembles X-Force, a team which is almost completely wiped out due to Deadpool having to guide them through a minefield after they leap off a plane, with only Domino surviving. In the final battle, the Thing of the Fantastic Four shows up to help keep Juggernaut busy. An End Credits scene show Vanessa being dusted by the Snap as well as several others.
Into the Spider-Verse(2018)
While originally intended to be a Live Action film, it became an animated film instead. The film's cast is largely the same as OTL except that Tobey Maguire reprises his role as Spider-Man, who is killed in the film by a group of his enemies, some of which are supposed to be dead. Miles Morales, who was also bitten by a radioactive spider witnesses the death and attempts to become the next Spider-Man, when another Spider-Man arrives. This is revealed to be Leonardo DiCaprio, the true Spider-Man, who has returned following the death of his clone. The original Spider-Man then begins to train Miles as they discover the Kingpin has tapped into alternate realities to recruit supervillains while trying to find one where his wife and child are alive. The more he does this the more reality begins to break and so the two Spider-Men team up with alternate Spider themed heroes brought into their world.
Ant-Man and the Wasp(2019)
Catherine Zeta Jones was cast as Janet Van Dyne. Giancarlo Esposito plays Bill Foster. Captain America also cameos when Luis is recapping the events of Captain America; Civil War. The film also gives Cassie her own Ant-Man suit and has several scenes of Scott and his daughter playing while shrunk down. The film has an opening to Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne during a solo adventure. The film is otherwise same as OTL with Ghost being the villain, though male in this version and more antagonistic, dying in the film rather than being saved.
Black Widows(2019)
Due to Captain Marvel not existing, Black Widow has been moved down. The film is similar in plot to OTL's Black Widow film, revealing the Red Room survived, though Taskmaster is more comic accurate, being a hired mercenary that taunts Black Widow. Yelena Bolova is played by Scarlett Johansen ITTL and without the Disney + deal occurring there is no lawsuit.
Avengers: Endgame(2019)
The Avengers decide to employ time travel, with Cable's technology worked on. The Avengers travel back in time to retrieve the Infinity Stones and undo Thanos's snap. This includes a trip to obtain The Stones from the events of The Avengers(2011), Thor: The Dark World(2010) and Guardians of the Galaxy(2014), but also return to the 1970's for the Cosmic Cube. When the heroes return they discover they've been gone for five years and spend time with their lost families, such as Iron man discovering he has a daughter. Unfortunately Thanos follows them through time, leading to a final battle once the snap is undone. Thanos is snapped but the power of using the stones threatens to make Tony Stark explode and kill several people. To stop this he sacrifices himself. Iron Man says farewell, takes off and explodes in the sky. A short scene of Captain America returning the stones is shown, however, when returning the Tesseract he decides to stay with Peggy Carter.
The New Mutants(2019)
Largely same as OTL though it has planned sequels and did much better due to no delayed release. The film includes an end credits cameo by Antonio Banderas as Emmanuel Da Costa, the father of Sunspot. The film was delayed by Disney like OTL but ITTL it was until after Endgame, because Disney though that putting it against that film was unfair, meaning Disney delayed it to NOT Screw it over.
The Eternals(2020)
Similar in cast to OTL, but with the intended November 6 2020 release date. The film follows closely the story arc of Neil Gaiman's arc with the characters, focusing on the threat of a Celestial coming to Earth and diving into the backstory of the Eternals throughout ancient history until the present, including how they connect to the birth of Thanos. The film begins following a man named Ike Harris, who encounters and is harassed by a man who claims that he is an immortal that has forgotten his true heritage. It is then revealed that the Eternals all lost their memories and must all remember in order to stop the coming Celestial(helping to explain why the Eternals never became involved in major world events). It is explained that the Celestials created three races, the Deviants, the Eternals and the Humans, which carried the latent Mutant Gene. Ike Harris is reluctant to believe he is an Eternal until an attempt to kill him leads him to survive a bomb at point blank.
The New Mutants: Brazil(2021)
A sequel centering on an alien invasion premise. The New Mutants team travel to Brazil to meet Sunspot's mother, who his father is trying to kill. A new iteration of the Hellfire Club is brought in due to Emmanuel Da Costa's connection with them. The mutant Warlock is also introduced being connected to an alien invasion occurring. The telepath Karma serves as the film's antagonist but joins the team in the end.
The third film is planned to be an adaptation of the comic event Inferno, in which demons uses Magik's powers to attack New York City, given that Mephisto has been teased in several of the Marvel shows on Disney Vault(TTL's Disney +), it seems likely that Mephisto will lead the invasion of hell at some point in the future in a crossover event in New Mutants: Inferno.
The third film is planned to be an adaptation of the comic event Inferno, in which demons uses Magik's powers to attack New York City, given that Mephisto has been teased in several of the Marvel shows on Disney Vault(TTL's Disney +), it seems likely that Mephisto will lead the invasion of hell at some point in the future in a crossover event in New Mutants: Inferno.
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So now that the Marvel and DC movies are finished, what's next for comics?
Off the top of my head, I think we still need to cover:
Marvel/DC tv shows
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (even if more would probably change in adaptations than the comics themselves)
Harvey Comics (save them from bankruptcy if possible)
Comic strips in general (I could see Peanuts or Garfield getting their own posts due to how huge they are)
European comics
MAYBE underground comics
Am I missing anything?
Off the top of my head, I think we still need to cover:
Marvel/DC tv shows
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (even if more would probably change in adaptations than the comics themselves)
Harvey Comics (save them from bankruptcy if possible)
Comic strips in general (I could see Peanuts or Garfield getting their own posts due to how huge they are)
European comics
MAYBE underground comics
Am I missing anything?
For Comics I'm going to move onto touching on a few of the licensed and independent properties which will bleed into other properties when licenses are involved for example I'm doing Alien because that includes Alien comics.
I will return to do Marvel and DC TV shows.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is coming
Harvey Comics ITTL was bought by Marvel, who survived its own OTL bankruptcy.
Comic Strips will also be covered. Not sure when though, same with European Comics and underground comics.
James Bond(The Fleming Novels): 1953-1966
James Bond: The Fleming Novels
Ian Fleming had wanted to write a spy novel during the days of World War II, using his own experience as a spy. He began writing Casino Royale in February 17 1952 at this home in Jamaica, known as Goldeneye. He finished the book in two months and had it published thanks to his brother Peter Fleming supporting the book through his own connection. The book was a hit and sold out in less than a month with further reprints also selling out. Fleming had a job as the Foreign manager of Kemsley Newspapers and negotiated a deal to allow three months off every year to write his books. This resulted in the birth of the character of James Bond, originally named James Secretan before Fleming heard of the Ornithologist James Bond and liked the name. The character of Bond was based on Hoagy Carmichael and Fleming himself. Within the first few pages, several iconic elements of Bond are established such as his Bentley and his signature drink served shaken not stirred(revealed ITTL to be purposefully watered down so that Bond would be at less of a risk of being drunk during missions). Fleming admitted that most of Bond's habits were seen as attributes of a gentlemen when he wrote the book, though he would tone them down in the books, including choosing not to depict Bond as Racist and toning down his sexism while keeping his active sex life.
Fleming wrote Casino Royale(1953), Live and Let Die(1954), Moonraker(1955), and Diamonds are Forever(1956)(which has a minor change in the character of Kidd is named Dolly) but by the time he reached From Russia with Love(1956), he was considering retiring the character and wrote two endings which he combined. The first was a relationship between Bond and Romanova and the second was the possible death of Bond from poisoning in case Fleming decided to end the franchise. Fortunately he decided to continue it with Dr.No(1958).
Clint Eastwood, the American James Bond, 1954
In the summer of 1958, the CBS television network commissioned Fleming to write episodes of a television show based on the James Bond character. This deal came about after the success of the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale as an episode of the CBS television series Climax! which starred Clint Eastwood as James Bond in his first role. Fleming eventually wrote episodes for the TV show James Bond: Secret Agent(also known as American James Bond retroactively). The series included condensed episode versions of the 5 existing Bond novels. This was followed by the Fleming scripted episodes From a View to Kill(the backstory to the Moonraker villain Hugo Drax) , Quantum of Solace, The Hildebrand Rarity, For your Eyes Only, Risico, The Living Daylights, 007 in New York, The Property of a Lady, and Octopussy, among others(these stories were mostly written for the cancelled show so it stands to reason they would exist as television episodes ITTL). The success of the show would lead to plans for feature length films of the Bond character. Eastwood refused to reprise his role, believing that a British actor should play Bond. In the meantime, Fleming continued his work, releasing Goldfinger(1959), Thunderball(1960), The Spy Who Loved Me(1961), On Her Majesty's Secret Service(1962), You only Live Twice(1963), The Man with the Golden Gun(1964), Spectre(1965), and No Time to Die(1966). In the final book, Fleming made the choice to kill off Bond on his own terms, sensing the end approaching for him as smoking and alcohol caught up to him. Fleming suffered a final heart attack in 1966, his last words were the the paramedics and echoed those of Bond: "We have all the time in the world."
Good to see that James Bond is better off social commentary-wise, considering there are alot of people who hate the character nowadays because of said things.
Will there be a Disney chapter soon?
Will there be a Disney chapter soon?
James Bond(The Sean Connery Films): 1962-1967
Casino Royale(1962)
Ian Fleming had initially written Dr. No as a television outline for film producter Herny Morgenthau III to promote tourism to Jamiaca. However, he also had written a script for a potential film and approached producer Harry Saltzman with this version, Fleming sold him the rights to adapt the Bond novels. Saltzman had a had time finding funding until Screenwriter Wold Makowitz introduced him to Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli, who wanted to buy the right. Satlzman refused to sell but agreed to a partnership. The duo had difficulty finding a studio willing to adapt a "British version" without Clint Eastwood in the role but the two received funding from United Artists in 1962. Two companies were created to fund the films, Danjaq, to hold the rights and Eon Productions to produce.
For the film itself Phil Karlson was chosen to direct. United Artists provided only 1 Million, but later received an additional $100,000 from the UK arm. Fortunately, the somewhat limited Casino setting helped keep costs down. There is an infamous early draft of the film which includes everything from nudity to Bond's brother being the villain planning to wipe out every man taller than him before exploding an atomic bomb after digesting a pill[1]
(Casino Royale has taken the place of OTL's Dr.No here. Dr.No had a bizarre original draft where the titular Dr. No was a monkey worshipped by a tribe, as an inside joke I decided to make that one abandoned script reflect the 1967 Casino Royale film, which has been butterflied away).
There are many alleged debates as to who was the choice to cast James Bond. Cary Grant was the Studios's choice but could only do one film. Being 58, he saw himself as too old. Other actors included the likes of Patrick McGoohan, who had played the Spy John Drake in Danger Man and its sequel The Prisoner, but he also turned it down. It is alleged that Fleming's personal choice was either Irish-British Actor Richard Todd or David Niven but this is not confirmed. What is confirmed is that he was impressed by the performance of Sean Connery in the role to the extent he even changed Bond's background to be scottish, despite initially not thinking Connery was fit for the role.
Connery's famous introduction at the Casino was an adlib by Connery himself. Originally he simply said "I am James Bond" but Connery changed it to...Bond...James Bond, while stopping to light his cigarette in the middle. Julie Christie was cast in the role of Vesper Lynd, Bond's first love. The film included Bentley from the novels.
The Producers turned down adapting the next two novels, Live and Let Die and Moonraker in favor of Diamonds are Forever.
For the film itself Phil Karlson was chosen to direct. United Artists provided only 1 Million, but later received an additional $100,000 from the UK arm. Fortunately, the somewhat limited Casino setting helped keep costs down. There is an infamous early draft of the film which includes everything from nudity to Bond's brother being the villain planning to wipe out every man taller than him before exploding an atomic bomb after digesting a pill[1]
(Casino Royale has taken the place of OTL's Dr.No here. Dr.No had a bizarre original draft where the titular Dr. No was a monkey worshipped by a tribe, as an inside joke I decided to make that one abandoned script reflect the 1967 Casino Royale film, which has been butterflied away).
There are many alleged debates as to who was the choice to cast James Bond. Cary Grant was the Studios's choice but could only do one film. Being 58, he saw himself as too old. Other actors included the likes of Patrick McGoohan, who had played the Spy John Drake in Danger Man and its sequel The Prisoner, but he also turned it down. It is alleged that Fleming's personal choice was either Irish-British Actor Richard Todd or David Niven but this is not confirmed. What is confirmed is that he was impressed by the performance of Sean Connery in the role to the extent he even changed Bond's background to be scottish, despite initially not thinking Connery was fit for the role.
Connery's famous introduction at the Casino was an adlib by Connery himself. Originally he simply said "I am James Bond" but Connery changed it to...Bond...James Bond, while stopping to light his cigarette in the middle. Julie Christie was cast in the role of Vesper Lynd, Bond's first love. The film included Bentley from the novels.
The Producers turned down adapting the next two novels, Live and Let Die and Moonraker in favor of Diamonds are Forever.
Diamonds are Forever(1963)
For the film Linda Thorson was cast as Tiffany Chase. Among the film's shocking moments is a scene in which Mr.Wint (played by Paul Williams) kills Dr.Tynan by shoving a scorpion in his mouth. The film ended in a dramatic boat chase through the waters of Las Vegas in which Bond chases Blofeld to a Salt granulator, where Blofeld falls seemingly to his death, though his survival is later revealed.
From Russia with Love(1964)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcoc[2]. From Russia with Love was considered the best of the films so far thanks to Hitchcock's involvement, and thanks to the film we can add Faye Dunaway to the list of Hitchcock blondes.
Dr.No(1965)
Among one of the more intense films in the series due to some(for the time) coarse language which includes Bond being slapped for calling Dr.No "Hitler-cum-Al Capone" and spitting in his face, along with M's line of "A dead 00-agent is about as much use as a pair of football boots to my decrepit grandmother". One noticeably dark scene is the death of the Bond girl Honey when she is eaten by crabs. Despite the darker tone, the film introduces the running gag of Sylvia Trench, a Bond Girl who wishes to sleep with Bond but Bond is always called away or becomes occupied by work before the two can consumate their relationship. Interestingly, Dr.No was played by Fleming's neighbor and friend Noël Coward[3] and his background changed to make him english rather than the original, which was seen as "A Walking Fu Manchu stereotype".
Goldfinger(1966)
Orson Welles was cast as the villain Goldfinger and Joan Collins was cast as Jill Masterson. As per the running gag, Sylvia Trench appears. This film more than others demonstrates the capabilities of Bond's Bentley including a ram from the front, back bumpers, a nail dispenser, a telephone and a weapons tray. Anthony Newley did the title song.
Thunderball(1967)
The iconic intro song was by Tom Jones, though "Mr.Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" an unused song was also used in the film. Hitchcock returned to direct the film and changed the film to include SPECTRE instead of the original italian mobsters. Hitchcock also found a way to include Felix Leiter into the film. Raquel Welch was cast a Domino and Burl Ives was cast as Emilio Largo. The film featured cameos from various famous spies including Patrick Macnee as John Steed, Roger Moore as Simon Templar, Michael Caine as Harry Palmer, Robert Vaughn and David McCallum as Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, James Coburn as Derek Flint, Robert Culp and Percy Rodrigues as Kelly Robinson and Alexander "Scotty" Scott and so on[4].
The film begins with a scene in a Jong Kong fan-tan parlor strip joint with a man in drag dressed in a peacock outfit in a gold cage. Among the characters featured are Paula Roberts(OTL's Paula Caplan), irish girl Fiona Kelly(OTL's Fiona Volpe), Jacques Boitier(Bouvoir), Count Lipson(Lippe) and Major Palazzi(Major Derval). Count Lipson suffers a surprisingly intense death when Bond locks him in a sauna while mockingly singing "We're having a heat wave, a tropical heatwave" in a way imitating the cockney staff at Shrublands. Additional scenes includes M and the Foreign secretary discussing the collection and transfer of the film's macguffin diamonds by armored car.
Among the notoable scenes is Bond and Pinder descending on "Palmyra" and go to the boathouse, leading to a gun battle in which Pinder is killed and Bond barely escapes a shark pool, commenting "Sorry you'll have to order something else." Bond also escaped from Kelly after bedding her, moving down a hotel corridor dressed as a Junkanoo and using a cookstove as a weapon, leading into the Junkanoo sequence. Bond also slept with Domino underwater in the film, the two ducking behind a rock with Domino's bikini floating up.
The climax had Bond and Leiter on a hovercraft in a final battle with SPECTRE as they drop the first bomb into the wreck of a ship. Bond gets on the boat Disco Valante, which Largo uses to flee and Largo is killed by Domino before Bond and Domino jump away safely from a hydrofoil with the ship being destroyed by the fuel tank detonating. Bond ad Domino are picked up by Lieter in the hovercraft. A ransom is dropped towards a SPECTRE submarine, only to then explode, taking the SPECTRE sub with it.
After Sean Connery departed, the debate of who would replace him as 007 began. One actor that would certainly not play James Bond next was Roger Moore. His cameo in Thunderball essentially locked him out since it was believed that having a Bond that looks like Simon Templar in a world where he exists would be too confusing. No to find the next James Bond, the producers would look to the stars.
The film begins with a scene in a Jong Kong fan-tan parlor strip joint with a man in drag dressed in a peacock outfit in a gold cage. Among the characters featured are Paula Roberts(OTL's Paula Caplan), irish girl Fiona Kelly(OTL's Fiona Volpe), Jacques Boitier(Bouvoir), Count Lipson(Lippe) and Major Palazzi(Major Derval). Count Lipson suffers a surprisingly intense death when Bond locks him in a sauna while mockingly singing "We're having a heat wave, a tropical heatwave" in a way imitating the cockney staff at Shrublands. Additional scenes includes M and the Foreign secretary discussing the collection and transfer of the film's macguffin diamonds by armored car.
Among the notoable scenes is Bond and Pinder descending on "Palmyra" and go to the boathouse, leading to a gun battle in which Pinder is killed and Bond barely escapes a shark pool, commenting "Sorry you'll have to order something else." Bond also escaped from Kelly after bedding her, moving down a hotel corridor dressed as a Junkanoo and using a cookstove as a weapon, leading into the Junkanoo sequence. Bond also slept with Domino underwater in the film, the two ducking behind a rock with Domino's bikini floating up.
The climax had Bond and Leiter on a hovercraft in a final battle with SPECTRE as they drop the first bomb into the wreck of a ship. Bond gets on the boat Disco Valante, which Largo uses to flee and Largo is killed by Domino before Bond and Domino jump away safely from a hydrofoil with the ship being destroyed by the fuel tank detonating. Bond ad Domino are picked up by Lieter in the hovercraft. A ransom is dropped towards a SPECTRE submarine, only to then explode, taking the SPECTRE sub with it.
After Sean Connery departed, the debate of who would replace him as 007 began. One actor that would certainly not play James Bond next was Roger Moore. His cameo in Thunderball essentially locked him out since it was believed that having a Bond that looks like Simon Templar in a world where he exists would be too confusing. No to find the next James Bond, the producers would look to the stars.
Footnotes
[1] Casino Royale has taken the place of OTL's Dr.No as the first Bond film due to being included in the rights Fleming sold. Dr.No had a bizarre original draft where the titular Dr. No was a monkey worshipped by a tribe, as an inside joke I decided to make that one abandoned script reflect the 1967 Casino Royale film, which has been butterflied away.
[2] Allegedly, Hitchcock expressed interest in directing From Russia with Love.
[3] famously OTL when Noël Coward was offered the role he responded with "Dr. No: No, no, no!". Here this being the fourth film of a successful series and the last film having Alfred Hitchcock directing along with his friendship with Fleming contribute to Coward becoming brave enough to at least try it out, butterflying away the more racist elements of the Dr.No character in the process.
[4] Of these the only one not the same is Percy Rodrigues as Alexander Scott who was played by Bill Cosby OTL. This scene actually was planned for the film but dropped for the understandable rights nightmare it would entail. Here, a few factors make it happen but the main ones are Hitchcock's involvement and the idea that people were assuming that the film would be not only Connery's last film in the role but the last James Bond film EVER.
[2] Allegedly, Hitchcock expressed interest in directing From Russia with Love.
[3] famously OTL when Noël Coward was offered the role he responded with "Dr. No: No, no, no!". Here this being the fourth film of a successful series and the last film having Alfred Hitchcock directing along with his friendship with Fleming contribute to Coward becoming brave enough to at least try it out, butterflying away the more racist elements of the Dr.No character in the process.
[4] Of these the only one not the same is Percy Rodrigues as Alexander Scott who was played by Bill Cosby OTL. This scene actually was planned for the film but dropped for the understandable rights nightmare it would entail. Here, a few factors make it happen but the main ones are Hitchcock's involvement and the idea that people were assuming that the film would be not only Connery's last film in the role but the last James Bond film EVER.
James Bond(The Michael Billington Films): 1969-1979
Moonraker(1969)
After the casting of Michael Billington as the new Bond(though one of the candidates, David Niven impressed Fleming with his performance in a stage adaptation of Casino Royale), and the decision to adapt the abandoned script for the science fiction heavy Moonraker(a decision influenced by the hype leading up to the Moon landing and the boost in Science Fiction series like Star Trek. Billington was actually being considered for U.F.O. an upcoming science Fiction show intended to be the "British Star Trek". With Billington out, Moore was snatched up to play Colonel Foster, a character that was essentially Captain Kirk mixed wit James Bond". The series concerned both exploration of space and and an overarching plot involving Aliens infiltrating humanity.
Choosing a director for Moonraker proved difficult, but the final choice of a young first time filmmaker in Steven Spielberg was controversial and did not turn down with Cubby Broccoli. It wasn't until Rod Serling, who was taking a break from Night Gallery as the workload was taking a toll on his health, vouched for the young Spielberg, seeing him as a young genius. Spielberg was ecstatic at the chance of directing a James Bond film as well as following in the footsteps of the idol of Alfred Hitchcock. For the film, Tom Makiewicz wrote a scene in the Himalayas involving a heroine called the Archer, along with scenes in Taj Mahal and Bombay before moving the action to the Kennedy Space Center and then into space. The Moonraker fleet was even named Enterprise. Screenwriter Christopher Wood added a Hawker Jet and a motorcycle chase through Venice, complete with James Bond donning a jetpack, a white hot poker landing next to Bond's head and catching fire. For the role of villain Hugo Drax, James Mason was cast while Carole Bouquet was cast as Holly Goodhead. The films Bond Girl was Trudi Parker, who was An American and "sassy" while also being "slightly Ditzy" played by Kim Basinger. The title song was played by Kate Bush and Frank Sinatra, who were convinced into it by Spielberg. The film also introduced a recurring character in Anya Amasova
Choosing a director for Moonraker proved difficult, but the final choice of a young first time filmmaker in Steven Spielberg was controversial and did not turn down with Cubby Broccoli. It wasn't until Rod Serling, who was taking a break from Night Gallery as the workload was taking a toll on his health, vouched for the young Spielberg, seeing him as a young genius. Spielberg was ecstatic at the chance of directing a James Bond film as well as following in the footsteps of the idol of Alfred Hitchcock. For the film, Tom Makiewicz wrote a scene in the Himalayas involving a heroine called the Archer, along with scenes in Taj Mahal and Bombay before moving the action to the Kennedy Space Center and then into space. The Moonraker fleet was even named Enterprise. Screenwriter Christopher Wood added a Hawker Jet and a motorcycle chase through Venice, complete with James Bond donning a jetpack, a white hot poker landing next to Bond's head and catching fire. For the role of villain Hugo Drax, James Mason was cast while Carole Bouquet was cast as Holly Goodhead. The films Bond Girl was Trudi Parker, who was An American and "sassy" while also being "slightly Ditzy" played by Kim Basinger. The title song was played by Kate Bush and Frank Sinatra, who were convinced into it by Spielberg. The film also introduced a recurring character in Anya Amasova
Live and Let Die(1971)
Spielberg was now occupied with his own projects including a film named Jaws which was falsely reported to be a spinoff of the henchman character in Moonraker. Spielberg did promise to return and the studio supported his pet project in exchange for future services. Michael Winner was brought onboard to Direct, with the hope that the resulting film would be...no pun intended...a winner. Live and Let Die would feature a black cast including Diana Ross playing the character of Solitaire while the CIA Contact/traitor(who was originally black) was made to be white instead. Billy Dee Williams played Bond's partner in the film. The Tarot cards used in the film were designed by Salvador Dali. If the previous film capitalized
In the opening scene, Bond meets an old man in a garden at night, who is his contact, when they are attacked. Bond and the old man climb a high wall to escape only to discover the wall overlooks a high building and attempt to move to safety. Unfortunately, the contact is shot and falls off to his death. Michael Shard played the old man. The film also introduced Quarrel Jr, an ally to Bond who provides him with gadgets including a pellet gun bond uses to kill the film's villain. He is also revealed to be the son of the Quarrel from Dr.No as Bond comments "His father and I locked horns with a doctor named No several years ago". Quarrel Jr ends up becoming the new Q in the film. The film's villain Kananga is also shown to be more brutal, threatening to cut off Tee Hee's Arm and feed it to the crocodiles. Baron Samedi is also set up as a potential returning character. Added scenes include Bond's fight in an industrial bean grinder and Bond nearly being killed by a crocodile being slipped into his bed while he slept. There is also a much longer boat chase scene where Bond avoids hitting several performers on skis.
In the opening scene, Bond meets an old man in a garden at night, who is his contact, when they are attacked. Bond and the old man climb a high wall to escape only to discover the wall overlooks a high building and attempt to move to safety. Unfortunately, the contact is shot and falls off to his death. Michael Shard played the old man. The film also introduced Quarrel Jr, an ally to Bond who provides him with gadgets including a pellet gun bond uses to kill the film's villain. He is also revealed to be the son of the Quarrel from Dr.No as Bond comments "His father and I locked horns with a doctor named No several years ago". Quarrel Jr ends up becoming the new Q in the film. The film's villain Kananga is also shown to be more brutal, threatening to cut off Tee Hee's Arm and feed it to the crocodiles. Baron Samedi is also set up as a potential returning character. Added scenes include Bond's fight in an industrial bean grinder and Bond nearly being killed by a crocodile being slipped into his bed while he slept. There is also a much longer boat chase scene where Bond avoids hitting several performers on skis.
On her Majesty's Secret Service(1973)
With two proven film's under his belt, Billington was seen as ready to carry on a planned continuation of the Blofeld story arc began in Thunderball. Brigitte Bardot was cast as Tracy. The film includes an action scene in which Bond meets Sir Hilary bray where Bond picks up a statue on Sir Hilary's desk and finds a microphone on it. Phidian, the young man is revealed to be an undercover SPECTRE agent, chasing him to the London underground and killing him by knocking him into electrified rails. A false train accident is cooked up to trick Blofeld. Bond receives several gadgets including the Bentley. He also at one point skis off a cliff and opens a parachute. The opening intro song and main theme was done by John Barry.
The Spy Who Loved Me(1974)
"We fade up and you are in a central square in some Latin American country. Violently staggering into the shot is James Bond. He has a deep cut in his forehead with blood running down his face. He's clearly in trouble. He looks and sees the cathedral and dashes up the stairs, opens the big door and goes inside. The troops go up and down every pew searching. They give up. On the altar is an enormous crucifix and on the back of it, hiding, is James Bond."
-John Landis introducing his script for The Spy Who Loved me.
After the intro in which Bond escapes capture. The film kicks off. After Blofeld killed Tracy Bond, Bond is now on a rampage on Blofeld's forces and it nearly gets him killed several times because he is becoming reckless. However Blofeld has another problem as a mysterious new organization is killing SPECTRE and efficiently at that, raiding its HQ and killing its old guard except for Blofeld. A nuclear Submarine is featured in one scene while another begins in Singapore with Bond fighting a Chinese musical Tong society which includes throwing someone in a tub of Shark-fin soup, where Bond is shot and treated by a Chinese surgeon, who removes the bullet. Bond witnesses a terrorist attack and discovers an organization known as CHAOS(The Consortium for the Hastening of the Annihilation of the Organized Society), which is hunting Blofeld. CHAOS plans to detonate a bomb at the Sydney Opera House while the Queen of England is in attendance. Bond also is seen suddenly being attacked while on what appears to be a mission when a robot attacks him and appears to kill him before its revealed to be a training exercise. A fight sequence also took place in a museum.
John Landis wrote the script while Steven Spielberg returned to direct the film, which amusingly featured the character of Jaws as in the James Bond henchman of that name played by David Prowse, fighting a Shark as a nod to the connection with the Bond Jaws taking a bit out of it. CHAOS is revealed to be led by Stromberg(played by James Mason). Stromberg is killed when Bond shoots his harpoon gun and it backfires, exploding in his face, Bond telling him "You should've checked your barrel ". Catherine Deneuve was cast as Anya. Sylvia Kristel was cast as Naomi. The film killed off both Blofeld and Stromberg.
-John Landis introducing his script for The Spy Who Loved me.
After the intro in which Bond escapes capture. The film kicks off. After Blofeld killed Tracy Bond, Bond is now on a rampage on Blofeld's forces and it nearly gets him killed several times because he is becoming reckless. However Blofeld has another problem as a mysterious new organization is killing SPECTRE and efficiently at that, raiding its HQ and killing its old guard except for Blofeld. A nuclear Submarine is featured in one scene while another begins in Singapore with Bond fighting a Chinese musical Tong society which includes throwing someone in a tub of Shark-fin soup, where Bond is shot and treated by a Chinese surgeon, who removes the bullet. Bond witnesses a terrorist attack and discovers an organization known as CHAOS(The Consortium for the Hastening of the Annihilation of the Organized Society), which is hunting Blofeld. CHAOS plans to detonate a bomb at the Sydney Opera House while the Queen of England is in attendance. Bond also is seen suddenly being attacked while on what appears to be a mission when a robot attacks him and appears to kill him before its revealed to be a training exercise. A fight sequence also took place in a museum.
John Landis wrote the script while Steven Spielberg returned to direct the film, which amusingly featured the character of Jaws as in the James Bond henchman of that name played by David Prowse, fighting a Shark as a nod to the connection with the Bond Jaws taking a bit out of it. CHAOS is revealed to be led by Stromberg(played by James Mason). Stromberg is killed when Bond shoots his harpoon gun and it backfires, exploding in his face, Bond telling him "You should've checked your barrel ". Catherine Deneuve was cast as Anya. Sylvia Kristel was cast as Naomi. The film killed off both Blofeld and Stromberg.
The Man with the Golden Gun(1977)
With a theme song by Alice Cooper and Jack Palance as Francisco Scaramanga. The film is in many ways a Most Dangerous Game between Bond and Scaramanga with such set pieces as an elephant stampede interrupting the fight, a scene purely by accident as Saltzman had went ahead and ordered specialized pairs of Elephant shoes and it was decided to just go with the scene. The duel between the two is the bulk of the film. other characters include Demi Tasse(Nick Nack OTL), and Hai Fat with a business partner named Lo Fat with Sammo Hung in the role. Sheriff Pepper, a recurring character appears in Bangkok played by Clifton James, taking boy scouts on a trip.
Colonel Sun(1979)
Colonel Sun was the first novel written after the passing of Ian Fleming in order to retain the rights. Writer Kingsley Amis approached EON Productions with the pitch to adapt his novel[1]. While initially planning to turn him down, the diminishing number of Bond stories by Fleming and Billington's plan to leave the role led to the adaptation being greenlit. The film includes M being kidnapped and Bond uncovering a plot to pit the Chinese and Soviet Union governments against each other. This film fit well into the political climate at the time, where the relationship with the Soviet Union was thawing while China was becoming more standoffish and this was represented in the film itself.
Footnotes
[1]Colonel Sun's author Kingsley Amis pitched adapting his book. Elements of it were added in other Bond films such as The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, which includes that film's villain being based on Colonel Sun Liang-tan, and the torture scene from Spectre.
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