ASLUME (formerly Batman (DC Superheroes) 2024 - Rumors & Discussion)

[PunchAndJewelee]

On 6/19/2024 at 7:41 PM, ARC2149Nova said:

I know you said one off, but since you included Red Robin, I'll just post my most wanted list,

Superman: New 52, Black Suit

Wonder Woman: New 52 Trunks

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

The Flash: Wally West (90s), Blue Lantern

Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner (90s), Parallax

Robin: Carrie Kelly

Batgirl: Cassandra Cain

Black Canary: Justice League International

 

I made a black canary inspired by her 80s costume a few months ago, its one of my favorite outfits for her!

 

[BatDeanj]

Do you guys think in 2026 We will get remakes of the original 2006 sets? like we did in 2012?

[NXS7]

12 minutes ago, BatDeanj said:

Do you guys think in 2026 We will get remakes of the original 2006 sets? like we did in 2012?

Yes, but only ones involving Batman and Joker. Maybe Harley if we're lucky

[psqidexslizer]

11 minutes ago, BatDeanj said:

Do you guys think in 2026 We will get remakes of the original 2006 sets? like we did in 2012?

IMO, best case scenario, we get another wave of sets for The Batman, a set for Supergirl, and a couple of BtAS sets.

 

If Superman is a success next year and the DCU shows do well, I do think we’ll see the theme get a bit of a revival, maybe even some comic based Batman and Superman sets with the shows main characters in them. But that won’t happen until 2027.

[Murdoch17]

32 minutes ago, BatDeanj said:

Do you guys think in 2026 We will get remakes of the original 2006 sets? like we did in 2012?

I'd say not a snowball's chance in hell: The 2012 reboot of the 2006 sets was because the theme was totally relaunched and expanded from Batman to DC Superheroes, not because of any anniversary. They don't do such celebrations with this theme, as the 10th year of DC Superhero's came and went without anything at all.

[RedHoodPug]

9 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Not really.

Cavill works in certain roles, but I feel like people have really overestimated his acting ability and popularity. He's handsome and he sounds like an extremely cool guy to know, but it's not like he's a great actor, nor is his draw big enough to make a movie financially successful (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Argylle, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare).

Gal Gadot is just an awful actress all-around tho. Haven't seen her in any role that I could even classify as mediocre. People only like seeing her on screen because she's beautiful, but she absolutely cannot act at all.

I'm not the man's biggest fan, nor am I some nutty Snyder geek who can't get over his departure, but his role in The Tudors was well played and he wouldn't have been cast in a film by Ridley Scott if he couldn't act, especially when you see who else he was on screen with. 

Considering that Gadot is untrained as an actor she has won a surprising number of acting awards from various bodies. Personally she may not be the best fit for Diana but she handled the role well in Wonder Woman.

Like I said, it's the director's job to oversee the acting and being happy with it. The beef you have lies more with Snyder and, to an extent, Wheddon.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

50 minutes ago, RedHoodPug said:

I'm not the man's biggest fan, nor am I some nutty Snyder geek who can't get over his departure, but his role in The Tudors was well played and he wouldn't have been cast in a film by Ridley Scott if he couldn't act, especially when you see who else he was on screen with. 

Considering that Gadot is untrained as an actor she has won a surprising number of acting awards from various bodies. Personally she may not be the best fit for Diana but she handled the role well in Wonder Woman.

Like I said, it's the director's job to oversee the acting and being happy with it. The beef you have lies more with Snyder and, to an extent, Wheddon.

No, not really. Haven't seen Gal Gadot act well in a single movie I've seen.

Henry Cavill is a great guy, but I was making a completely different point, mostly about his popularity. 

[Mandalorianknight]

On 6/17/2024 at 2:18 PM, NovaBricks said:

This has to be the funniest turn it could've taken

The funniest turn will either be a turtle part/build showing up in a batman set, or it being revealed that Turtle is actually one of the designers.

On 6/17/2024 at 6:36 PM, legoturtle said:

I think we should do something about current state of LEGO DC. 

Why we have gotten so many different kind of sets? Art, Box, Mecha, Brickheadz, Oversized Batpod + a big toy figure. List goes on and on...

But what? There's not a ton we have the power to do. 
Lego knows us fans want the wider universe. Lego also doesn't believe there's enough of us for those to sell, and they're likely correct at this moment in time. The only way to save lego DC is to save the DC Universe. Which means...

 

A new animated series. Even just batman to start. But you need SOMETHING to get the kids involved. Afols alone can't sustain playsets- hence why we get so many non-playscale batman sets, it's because they're cashing in on the general batman market in adults, not just adult fans of lego.

On 6/18/2024 at 2:04 AM, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Or by getting in cahoots with Man, no? I heard he's secretly a billionaire. 

"Trillionaire, actually." Apparently inflation is pretty bad in Ham City.

On 6/18/2024 at 3:03 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

You sure? Last I heard, Jonkler and Bone had stolen all of Man’s money.

And don’t forget that Man had to pay for all the damage that The caused in Hawaii. We absolutely sure that wasn’t Reverse The impersonating The?

And don’t forget Man has to pay for the rest of the League. Soup, Woman, Green and The have no income without Man.

Besides we’re not orphan children, Man would never choose us to become the next Bin.

That's true, I do hope Man paid for The's method acting as Reverse for his role in the critically acclaimed and universally loved "The" (2023)

Actually Soup usually has some wealth or tech or what have you- not from his reporter salary, which Man is sometimes the one ultimately paying anyway, but from various kryptonian doodads.

It's also been a joke in a few DC continuities that Woman merch outsells both Soup and Man merch in universe (which makes more sense for Man when you consider in-universe most parents probably wouldn't want their kid dressing like him), so she probably does well

Man's had a bin or two with parents, hasn't he? All I need to do is dye my hair black and wear reggae colors.

4 hours ago, RedHoodPug said:

Considering that Gadot is untrained as an actor she has won a surprising number of acting awards from various bodies. Personally she may not be the best fit for Diana but she handled the role well in Wonder Woman.

I completely agree- she's by far my favorite wonder woman.

Edited June 21, 2024 by Mandalorianknight

[RedHoodPug]

4 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Henry Cavill is a great guy, but I was making a completely different point, mostly about his popularity.

What a strange thing to do. How does his popularity affect his ability to do his job?

[THELEGOBATMAN]

6 hours ago, RedHoodPug said:

What a strange thing to do. How does his popularity affect his ability to do his job?

Because it has to do with people overestimating both his acting abilities and popularity.

Some people, mostly Snyder fans, have acted like he's one of the hottest names in Hollywood, but not only isn't he popular enough to carry a movie (because all the ones he did flopped), he's also not a particularly great actor. He works in certain types of roles (he was great in The Witcher and M:I — Fallout), but he doesn't have a lot of range.

[CloneCommando99]

9 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

It's also been a joke in a few DC continuities that Woman merch outsells both Soup and Man merch in universe (which makes more sense for Man when you consider in-universe most parents probably wouldn't want their kid dressing like him), so she probably does well

Yes. But Man has to pay the production costs for said merch.

9 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I completely agree- she's by far my favorite wonder woman.

I also agree. She’s easily got the best female-led superhero movie so far. Marvel’s fumbling quite badly in that department. So you have to give credit where credit is due.

 

9 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

A new animated series. Even just batman to start. But you need SOMETHING to get the kids involved. Afols alone can't sustain playsets- hence why we get so many non-playscale batman sets, it's because they're cashing in on the general batman market in adults, not just adult fans of lego.

Revive GLTAS for season 2! Give Justice League Unlimited the X-Men’97 treatment! Dark and Gritty Wonder Woman monster-hunting series please!

 

I hope future seasons of Lanterns have Kyle Rayner and Jessica Cruz as the lead Lanterns. The casting call said that Hal’s supposed to be relatively aged so hopefully that means that Kyle’s going to show up at some point. And we get ZERO HOUR!!!

 

Edited June 22, 2024 by CloneCommando99

[legoturtle]

So Superman (2025) is our only hope to get GOOD DC sets :/ ....

https://www.cbr.com/superman-set-photos-news/

Spoiler

:/ ... ouhhhhh nooouuu....

[RedHoodPug]

4 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Because it has to do with people overestimating both his acting abilities and popularity.

Some people, mostly Snyder fans, have acted like he's one of the hottest names in Hollywood, but not only isn't he popular enough to carry a movie (because all the ones he did flopped), he's also not a particularly great actor. He works in certain types of roles (he was great in The Witcher and M:I — Fallout), but he doesn't have a lot of range.

Frankly Justice League was so lacking in redeeming features that arguing about Cavill's range is akin to rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. He was passable in the role, moreso than many others.

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Revive GLTAS for season 2!

That series was beautiful and it baffles me how it got binned so hard.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

57 minutes ago, RedHoodPug said:

Frankly Justice League was so lacking in redeeming features that arguing about Cavill's range is akin to rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. He was passable in the role, moreso than many others.

Wasn't talking about Justice League.

Just Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot in general, that's what this discussion was about.

Edited June 22, 2024 by THELEGOBATMAN

[Agent Kallus]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

 

Revive GLTAS for season 2! 

 

56 minutes ago, RedHoodPug said:

That series was beautiful and it baffles me how it got binned so hard.

Yes yes and thirdly yes!

[CloneCommando99]

1 hour ago, RedHoodPug said:

That series was beautiful and it baffles me how it got binned so hard.

Something, something, Ryan Reynolds’ Movie being a failure in quality causing discourse around GL as a franchise.

I believe that’s why GLTAS got cancelled. As they were happening around the same time.

At least it’s canon to Young Justice. So we at least get to see more of Razer’s story.

[legoturtle]

Am I the only 1 who's thinking that WE ALL should start collecting ALSO other themes? :/ (FUTURE of LEGO DC)

[icm]

I think we all agree that you should buy whatever sets you fancy that you can afford, from whatever theme.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

26 minutes ago, legoturtle said:

Am I the only 1 who's thinking that WE ALL should start collecting ALSO other themes? :/ (FUTURE of LEGO DC)

Umm... I think you might be the only person  here who collects only DC.

I've bought, like, four DC sets since TLBM.

[RedHoodPug]

3 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Wasn't talking about Justice League.

Just Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot in general, that's what this discussion was about.

I was talking about their acting in Justice League being the responsibility of Snyder, and how I'd like to think that Gunn won't make his characters so unnecessarily edgy when you responded to me though. Their acting ability didn't just manifest in a thread (loosely) covering DC, it was pertinent.

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Something, something, Ryan Reynolds’ Movie being a failure in quality causing discourse around GL as a franchise.

It's this particular part that baffles me. The detached, corporate belief that one adaptation in one form of media bombed, therefore anything else slightly related must be binned also. This is the example given when asked to expand on the meaning of cutting off your nose to spite your face. 

39 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Umm... I think you might be the only person  here who collects only DC.

Almost entirely, but I have dipped into Speed Champions when the well is dry and a nice classic car appears. Outside of sets I'll buy parts to make my own DC figures and builds though.

[CloneCommando99]

1 hour ago, legoturtle said:

Am I the only 1 who's thinking that WE ALL should start collecting ALSO other themes? :/ (FUTURE of LEGO DC)

As @THELEGOBATMAN has already stated, most of us do already. In fact for me personally DC is a secondary theme whilst Star Wars is my priority.

If you are unsatisfied with DC Superheroes currently I would recommend you go to Star Wars. As, unlike DC Superheroes, it is an alive and thriving theme. It also has something for all types of fans of the franchise (except for sequel fans. I’m sure that the dozens of them are upset about that)

[BrickBob Studpants]

20 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

In fact for me personally DC is a secondary theme whilst Star Wars is my priority.

For me, DC is like priority 7 or 8

22 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

It also has something for all types of fans of the franchise (except for sequel fans. I’m sure that the dozens of them are upset about that)

Not really, because we got pretty much everything right out of the gate. The ST was treated much better than the PT was in the beginning, in terms of both character and vehicle representation  While there are still some notable gaps (Babu Frik and the TROS version of The Senate come to mind), we can‘t complain too much!

[Mandalorianknight]

12 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Revive GLTAS for season 2! Give Justice League Unlimited the X-Men’97 treatment! Dark and Gritty Wonder Woman monster-hunting series please!

But this falls into the same issue- things us fans would love, but ones that aren't as likely to grab a new audience of kids. I think it's really important to start a new universe, and it's probably best to start with Batman.

5 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Umm... I think you might be the only person  here who collects only DC.

I've bought, like, four DC sets since TLBM.

I quite literally only have one built set from DC in my collection- the most recent system scale Tumbler. It's that and <10 figs.

[Agent Kallus]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

But this falls into the same issue- things us fans would love, but ones that aren't as likely to grab a new audience of kids. I think it's really important to start a new universe, and it's probably best to start with Batman.

Start our new green lantern universe with batman? I dunno? Will he be a green lantern? That would work.

( But both can exist at the same time)

[ARC2149Nova]

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

But this falls into the same issue- things us fans would love, but ones that aren't as likely to grab a new audience of kids. I think it's really important to start a new universe, and it's probably best to start with Batman.

If it's written well, you can kickstart a DCU with fraggin' Ambush Bug. 

People seem to forget that new things captivate audiences all the time. If it looks good (even if it looks bad, see the Acolyte) people will flock to it and like it.

Batman's great and all, but other heroes need to get the spotlight. I don't think current storytelling climates would stay true to classic shows, so a continuation of previously cancelled works, while exciting on paper, wouldn't mesh all that well in actuality. For a tame example of this, X-Men 97, while great, doesn't match the original show's tone. For a more egregious example of this, Young Justice. Season 3 was tolerable, but Season 4 completely lost the plot, AKA the show's storytelling structure went out the window.

So, while I'd love to see all of Bruce Timm's Lantern plans to come to fruition (and I always imagined GLTAS and BTB sharing the same universe), I'm afraid it wouldn't be the same.