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

[Clone OPatra]

Ok. This topic is way off the rails. I'm tempted to start the 2025 DC thread a little early, and leave this one de-pinned as the Aslume thread for all you Alsumers here.

But then people in all the other threads will wonder why we haven't started 2025 threads for everything.

[Mandalorianknight]

16 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Well, it's simple—any movie Cavill was in sucked, while The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker were the best-reviewed projects of the DCEU.

James Gunn is planning the universe, so it makes sense to keep the stuff he already started building in the past. It would be a shame to abandon Peacemaker just because of a change in the management.

Also, it's literally the same thing MCU is doing now with the Netflix series—retroactively adding them to the canon, even though they didn't acknowledge them for a decade. You just have to pretend it happened.

Aside from the fact that that's pretty subjective, it's not just THAT they let him go, it's that they overtly lied about why. There's no reason to do that.

I don't think so, and it's not just a "change in management", it's rebooting the universe. To me, keeping only the stuff you did while letting everyone else's stuff die seems pretty selfish, especially if you pretend you're cutting the rest to have a clean slate.

It really isn't the same thing though- they were always in a murky area canon wise. The netflix shows were certainly written as if they were set in the MCU, regardless of whether or not they were given canon status. Peacemaker was not only explicitly written as part of the DCEU, but literally has the DCEU justice league appear. Making it part of the DCU is less like officially saying Daredevil is MCU canon and more like if they rebooted the MCU, then said Daredevil was canon to the new one. I mean it's even worse than that it's like if the MCU avengers showed up to arrest Fisk at the end of season 3 and THEN they said it was canon to the new universe.

7 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Sadly the dictatorship run by the guy who's entire belief system is based on volatile emotions, that is an allegory for real states that were very much the same was making choices that weren't, in fact, the best choices for all involved.

Obviously palpatine is evil, but he himself isn't really all that volatile. He's able to hide that he's a sith from jedi masters despite being in a room with them consistently for over a decade.

4 hours ago, Murdoch17 said:

Sheev isn't calm, he' manipulative. He's not fearless, he's afraid of loosing his immense power. Respectful is not even in the Emperor's vocabulary.

I think you're going too far in response. Sheev is calm the vast majority of the time we see him, and while it's a front, he acts respectfully whenever he's not in full-on "now, jedi, you will die" mode. That doesn't really say anything in regards to the extent of how evil he is.

2 hours ago, Swordy said:

The same reason the U.S. was forced to blow up the whole city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; despite the civilian regions that weren’t our target, the military production was so deeply embedded that the potential civilian and military casualties became nearly one and the same

I don't know exactly what you meant, but I'd point out that Alderaan was more or less defenseless. They had a planetary military force, but it wasn't exactly a powerhouse- it'd be like saying Cleveland is a military target because it has a police force (for now).

1 hour ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

this is like arguing that the Joker is a good guy

He is, he just had a bad day in society.

1 hour ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

I'm a little confused here, is he arguing no-one actually believed in the Nazi ideology bar children and that Russian migrants were behind his worst decisions?

He didn't say migrants- I don't really understand what he's saying beyond that he thinks you could bend the OT into a "the empire was right" perspective- but I think this probably references the sham alliance between the two worst factions that ended with the nazis fighting a two-front war- although I'm pretty sure Germany broke the truce and did that to themselves.

20 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

This debate is pointless. Yes, Palpatine is a fascist. Yes, he is evil. Yes, I am 100% on his side. End of debate.

I second this fully.

3 minutes ago, Clone OPatra said:

Ok. This topic is way off the rails. I'm tempted to start the 2025 DC thread a little early, and leave this one de-pinned as the Aslume thread for all you Alsumers here.

But then people in all the other threads will wonder why we haven't started 2025 threads for everything.

Sorry- I wrote my comment before yours appeared. 

[Max_Lego]

7 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

He's able to hide that he's a sith from jedi masters despite being in a room with them consistently for over a decade.

Jar Jar was initially supposed to be the Sith lord distracting the Jedi from discoveing that Palpatine is the master Sith .

9 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

He didn't say migrants- I don't really understand what he's saying

I was talking about Russian White Guards - yes, they were Hitler's allies during WWII and his direct inspirers

Henceforth I shall silence myself and wait till the thread shall take itself more seriously 

[Renny The Spaceman]

14 minutes ago, Max_Lego said:

Henceforth I shall silence myself and wait till the thread shall take itself more seriously 

Ah, you've done it again! Masterful Jonk new Turtle 

33 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

He didn't say migrants

Emigrant means pretty much the same thing, I said that to make the point clearer, he's explained what he meant since, still in context it's weird next to the "no adults were actually nazi's" thing but it's obviously just a Jonkler I'm not able to grasp with my non-reptilian mind

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

I vote we discuss favourite Christmas movies/songs, play Renny’s card game, or discuss the lore implications of Red Hulk stealing the crystals from LEGO City. Of course, we can always go on-topic.

Red Hulk obviously is taking them to sell so he can get the funds for his movie to not use Arial font on the poster, a noble quest the vile Iron-man is trying to stop him from doing 

[RedHoodPug]

1 hour ago, Max_Lego said:

Henceforth I shall silence myself and wait till the thread shall take itself more seriously 

You could be silent for a long time there, bub. There's a good reason why this thread runs to 209 pages and it isn't because of all the serious talk about DC sets. The stupid language war, Luigi, Blacktron Vs Seaton Vs M-tron, the Mayor, Crash Test Dummy, the SW invasion, the Turtle saga, British icons Vs US icons, the Snyderverse being constantly dunked in a Lazarus pit - none of it serious or OT. We are privileged in here to be let loose without the appropriate meds.

[ARC2149Nova]

Attention you Jedi refugees... 

Some points I feel like I need to mention:

Alderaan was not a militaristic planet. Every system in the galaxy had some form of weaponry, be that outright militaries or security forces. Alderaan had the latter, as necessitated by the fact it needed to protect it's head of state and other diplomats. When Leia says "We have no weapons", that isn't a literal statement. She doesn't mean "we have no blasters of any kind", rather that the people of Alderaan as a whole were a peaceful people, with no militaristic tendencies. I know some of you act like the Prequels aren't a thing, but Bail Organa was very much against war, going to whatever lengths necessary to put an end to the Republic's increasing militarization during the Clone Wars. Still, he wasn't an idiot. He had the Alderaan Security Forces assembled as a proto-army to help in his missions against the Empire (by providing security and fighting when necessary), though direct and open conflict was never his aim. RO is actually a bad characterization for him, as he openly accepts having to march Alderaan into war, hence why he heads back there in the film.

The US dropped the atomic bombs because a conventional invasion of Japan would've been catastrophic. The Japanese Empire needed to be shocked into surrender, a concept that was literally alien to them. It's not pretty, but that's why it was done. If Japan would've surrendered in ways similar to their Axis allies, or if the toll on the US military would've been acceptable losses, we wouldn't be talking about atomic bombs (or Godzilla or anime for that matter).

The Empire in and of itself, is not evil. The people in charge of the Empire generally were. Obviously Palpatine was a menace, and the most dangerous man in the galaxy bar none. Bar none. Vader was also twisted and evil, and most of the rich and elite Imperial High Command. However, I would argue that a galaxy as volatile and unpredictable as the Star Wars one would require whichever faction was in power to be strong militarily. It's why I prefer the New Republic in Legends over Canon. They understood the importance of being able to defend against whatever horrors of deep space were thrown your way. The Empire could've and should've included more aliens at all levels, instead of alienating non-humans, but that's also fallout from the Clone Wars, were most of the Separatists (aside from the Jabiimi and the people of Brentaal IV) were non-humans. As humans were also the most prolific species in the galaxy, they outnumbered any number of alien species, which made it easier for Palpatine to keep his foot on their necks. It was also required, because a lot of those species were dangerous in their own rights, and could easily prove to great a threat for the Empire to handle (Ewoks, Wookiees, and most obviously the Mon Calamari)

Tarkin didn't care about whether or not Alderaan was a military target or not. They were known sympathizers of the Rebellion and so he had to make an example of them. Too bad they had the reputation of a peaceful people, which is why this moved backfired and drove many Imperials to the Rebel Alliance. Yavin IV was going to be wiped out entirely by the blast from the Death Star, making Tarkin's true target (the tiny base or the whole moon) irrelevant.

4 hours ago, Swordy said:

The same reason the U.S. was forced to blow up the whole city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; despite the civilian regions that weren’t our target, the military production was so deeply embedded that the potential civilian and military casualties became nearly one and the same.

I didn't realize you'd made this particular point, I skimmed your original comment.

3 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said:

The Empire did nothing wrong, they were the heroes, the rebels are terrorists, change my mind

Both sides had their merits. I like the Empire's strong military but not it's authoritarianism, I like the Rebellion's humanitarian efforts and biodiversity.

 

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Empire? Separatists? Republic? Don’t make me laugh. If you need me, I’ll be taking the 7th Fleet to the glorious Chiss Ascendancy.

All of them corrupt and fascist in their own ways.

[Swordy]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I don't know exactly what you meant, but I'd point out that Alderaan was more or less defenseless. They had a planetary military force, but it wasn't exactly a powerhouse- it'd be like saying Cleveland is a military target because it has a police force (for now).

In that instance I was referring to the Rebel base on Yavin IV. While it seems mostly uninhabited, it’s possible some civilizations still resided there; this was in the same debate as “The planet-killer was only going to kill cities/Rebel bases,” thus the historic example.

Alderaan was mostly civilian, yes, so it doesn’t, doesn’t count. (Any Rebel facilities, if started there, would’ve been moved to Yavin, I believe.)
 

31 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

I didn't realize you'd made this particular point, I skimmed your original comment.

Understandably so; it’s such an obvious real world parallel that it’s doubtless someone else would’ve brought up as well.
 

2 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Red Hulk obviously is taking them to sell so he can get the funds for his movie to not use Arial font on the poster, a noble quest the vile Iron-man is trying to stop him from doing 

What. This is an outrage! Next you’ll tell me that Secret Wars will use Papyrus!
 

2 hours ago, Clone OPatra said:

Ok. This topic is way off the rails. I'm tempted to start the 2025 DC thread a little early, and leave this one de-pinned as the Aslume thread for all you Alsumers here.

I had always assumed that any jonkling would continue into the 2025 thread. That’s a shame. At least 2024 was the year of the Aslume, and I will always cherish being part of this historic thread.

Edited December 3, 2024 by Swordy

[Clone OPatra]

13 minutes ago, Swordy said:

I had always assumed that any jonkling would continue into the 2025 thread. That’s a shame. At least 2024 was the year of the Aslume, and I will always cherish being part of this historic thread.

Nope, I signalled long ago that 2025 would be a return to the rules. We can keep this thread open for continued jonkling though.

[psqidexslizer]

2 minutes ago, Clone OPatra said:

Nope, I signalled long ago that 2025 would be a return to the rules. We can keep this thread open for continued jonkling though.

THE JONKLING CONTINUES!!!

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Red Hulk obviously is taking them to sell so he can get the funds for his movie to not use Arial font on the poster, a noble quest the vile Iron-man is trying to stop him from doing 

You're close- I think he's using it to buy whey. my evidence is the other set with Red Hulk where he's absolute batman sized.

Captain America 4 is hilarious to me because at this point the movie could be pretty good and do fairly well at the box office for a post-endgame marvel movie and then still lose a ton of money just because depending on your source it's either closing in on OR SURPASSED the budget of Infinity war and Endgame COMBINED. For a SOLO FILM. And not even a "solo film" like No Way Home or Deadpool and Wolverine, to my knowledge there are zero big cameos in this movie beyond Harrison Ford refusing to grow a mustache and Giancarlo Esposito being typecast.

1 hour ago, ARC2149Nova said:

he openly accepts having to march Alderaan into war, hence why he heads back there in the film.

The US dropped the atomic bombs because a conventional invasion of Japan would've been catastrophic. The Japanese Empire needed to be shocked into surrender, a concept that was literally alien to them. It's not pretty, but that's why it was done. If Japan would've surrendered in ways similar to their Axis allies, or if the toll on the US military would've been acceptable losses, we wouldn't be talking about atomic bombs (or Godzilla or anime for that matter).

The Empire in and of itself, is not evil. The people in charge of the Empire generally were. Obviously Palpatine was a menace, and the most dangerous man in the galaxy bar none. Bar none. Vader was also twisted and evil, and most of the rich and elite Imperial High Command. However, I would argue that a galaxy as volatile and unpredictable as the Star Wars one would require whichever faction was in power to be strong militarily. It's why I prefer the New Republic in Legends over Canon. They understood the importance of being able to defend against whatever horrors of deep space were thrown your way.

To be fair, I'd consider it a character assassination if he DIDN'T decide that a functional planet killer was enough to move Alderaan to war.

Yeah, exactly. It's not a shining moment of morality, but there really was no good way to end the combat- by all estimates, the civilian death toll would have been just as high or higher as the Japenese government was essentially brainwashing their civilians to think american soldiers were literal demons and encouraging women and children to attack them. Although I think we still would have had atomics, seeing how far in development they were- somewhat more horrifyingly, I think without a combat usage in WW2 either side could easily have pulled the trigger in the cold war. Lord knows we got about as close as one can get even in the actual timeline of events.

Yeah, exactly. Mon Mothma's Legends characterization- essentially teetering on the edge of authoritarianism because she was so scared to trust anyone else with the burden of the decisions she had to make during the war- was so much more interesting to me than her kind of stupid canon decision to just gut the new republic military. I think it's a good move long term, but it needed to be accompanied by something along the lines of MASSIVE incentives for sector or system militias to vastly increase in power, whether it was tax exemptions for systems that would use a portion of the saved credits to build up stronger defense fleets, or even just arming their citizenry. The idea of just crossing your fingers that we wouldn't need the military doesn't feel at all reasonable, especially from the mother of the rebellion.

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

In that instance I was referring to the Rebel base on Yavin IV. While it seems mostly uninhabited, it’s possible some civilizations still resided there; this was in the same debate as “The planet-killer was only going to kill cities/Rebel bases,” thus the historic example.

Alderaan was mostly civilian, yes, so it doesn’t, doesn’t count. (Any Rebel facilities, if started there, would’ve been moved to Yavin, I believe.

Ah- I think it's uninhabited in canon and legends at that point in the timeline, but I agree that at least in theory Tarkin wouldn't particularly care if there had been innocents, seeing as he blew up a nonmilitary planet shortly beforehand.

1 hour ago, Clone OPatra said:

Nope, I signalled long ago that 2025 would be a return to the rules. We can keep this thread open for continued jonkling though.

The question is if the 2025 thread will actually have anything to be on-topic about. As they usually open a few days after the january sets release, if current rumors are true, we could just call it "Arkham Asylum 2025 rumors and discussion thread"

[Swordy]

8 hours ago, Max_Lego said:

But it was wrong from the very beginning. If you suspect someone of hiding potential spies (voluntarily or not), it doesn't mean those suspicious citizens should be treated that way).

Just wanted to reply to this and this alone, just so it’s clear:

I agree. That’s what fear produces out of a government. “All who gain power are afraid to lose it,“ is an apt quote, especially considering it comes from the man Palps himself. That’s how we acted in the early 1940s, sadly, and I see parallels to the Empire’s distrust of Wookiees and maybe most non-humans—a distrust born out of somewhat rational, somewhat irrational fear.

 

3 hours ago, Clone OPatra said:

Nope, I signalled long ago that 2025 would be a return to the rules. We can keep this thread open for continued jonkling though.

Ah, I see. Thank you for clarifying.

 

3 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

THE JONKLING CONTINUES!!!

The Jonkling Strikes Back

 

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Although I think we still would have had atomics, seeing how far in development they were- somewhat more horrifyingly, I think without a combat usage in WW2 either side could easily have pulled the trigger in the cold war. Lord knows we got about as close as one can get even in the actual timeline of events.

Hot take: I’m glad the Soviets stole the atomic bomb. If not, and America is the sole nation with the city-killer, I fear that the U.S. would’ve become like the Empire in Star Wars. The Cold War doesn’t exist without mutual agreed destruction. I’m not proud of them, per se, but I’m definitely grateful for the traitorous Americans involved in the Manhattan Project. (Benedict Arnold, on the other hand, was a slimy snake who’s only redeeming quality lied in his left boot.)

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The question is if the 2025 thread will actually have anything to be on-topic about. As they usually open a few days after the january sets release, if current rumors are true, we could just call it "Arkham Asylum 2025 rumors and discussion thread"

If the 2025 wasn’t supposed to be a return to normalcy (only for the DC thread, thankfully), I’d second this completely.

[CloneCommando99]

7 hours ago, Swordy said:

I vote we discuss favourite Christmas movies/songs,

Animated Movie: Arthur Christmas (highly recommend watching it, my favourite iteration of Santa’s elves)

Live Action Movie: Either Home Alone or Love Actually.

Song: Jingle Bell Rock

7 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

This debate is pointless. Yes, Palpatine is a fascist. Yes, he is evil. Yes, I am 100% on his side. End of debate.

I third this.

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah, exactly. It's not a shining moment of morality, but there really was no good way to end the combat- by all estimates, the civilian death toll would have been just as high or higher as the Japenese government was essentially brainwashing their civilians to think american soldiers were literal demons and encouraging women and children to attack them. Although I think we still would have had atomics, seeing how far in development they were- somewhat more horrifyingly, I think without a combat usage in WW2 either side could easily have pulled the trigger in the cold war. Lord knows we got about as close as one can get even in the actual timeline of events.

Back when I was doing my GCSEs, a factor in why Truman authorised the use a second nuke on Nagasaki was not only to make the Japanese surrender faster. It was a message to Stalin that the US didn’t just have one bomb, they had an arsenal. And they weren’t afraid to use it if the USSR overstepped their claim.

47 minutes ago, Swordy said:

The Jonkling Strikes Back

Aslume 2: Electric Boogaloo

[calebcold3]

I know I already have mentioned a potential Green Lantern mech for 2026 (When the HBO show is set to premiere), but do you all think we could get a LEGO Supergirl Mech for 2026? (since Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comes out in 2026)

It would be pretty interesting to have 2 DC mechs and 1 Marvel mech for 2026. I feel like instead of doing direct tie ins for now, LEGO views making Mechs based on the comics that a DCU adaptation is based on as a safer option (assuming we aren't getting any Gunn Superman sets next year) 

Also, IDK who the second figure would be in a Supergirl mech. Maybe Krypto? I said this when I brought up the Green Lantern Mech Idea but I imagine the Green Lantern mech would have Hal and John. 

[Agent Kallus]

1 hour ago, calebcold3 said:

I know I already have mentioned a potential Green Lantern mech for 2026 (When the HBO show is set to premiere), but do you all think we could get a LEGO Supergirl Mech for 2026? (since Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comes out in 2026)

It would be pretty interesting to have 2 DC mechs and 1 Marvel mech for 2026. I feel like instead of doing direct tie ins for now, LEGO views making Mechs based on the comics that a DCU adaptation is based on as a safer option (assuming we aren't getting any Gunn Superman sets next year) 

Don't assume we aren't getting sets/set DC said otherwise. 

1 hour ago, calebcold3 said:

Also, IDK who the second figure would be in a Supergirl mech. Maybe Krypto? I said this when I brought up the Green Lantern Mech Idea but I imagine the Green Lantern mech would have Hal and John. 

I feel like it's best to keep up with the battle in a box approach and include a villain to fight. Maybe Bleez for GL and Lobo for Supergirl.

5 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Captain America 4 is hilarious to me because at this point the movie could be pretty good and do fairly well at the box office for a post-endgame marvel movie and then still lose a ton of money just because depending on your source it's either closing in on OR SURPASSED the budget of Infinity war and Endgame COMBINED. For a SOLO FILM. And not even a "solo film" like No Way Home or Deadpool and Wolverine, to my knowledge there are zero big cameos in this movie beyond Harrison Ford refusing to grow a mustache and Giancarlo Esposito being typecast.

No *big* cameos? Well the dead stoneified Eternal is in it and he's pretty dang big.

But in all seriousness just look at the leaked  post credit scene:

Sam has broken bad with the American government and is in a alleyway.

A rat scuttles across a sewer grate holding a slice of pizza in his mouth.

Sam: Uptown Rat? Genetically distinct for the downtown rat? That's where it's at!!!

Mystery Voice: Sam Wilson ... I've heard a lot about you... I guess you're some sort of outsider now.

The camera pan to show us the source of the mysterious voice it's Robert Pattison Batman!

And with him with are the outsiders! In this film composed of Katana, Jason Todd, Halo Metamorpho, Black Lightning, Geoforce, Tigress, Looker, Catwoman and Now Captain America.

The credits start to roll again again but then we hear

Uptown Rat: Big shot batman putting together a crew? I'm in.

The Uptown Rat stands up revealing himself to be master Splinter!!!

The TNMT burst out of sewer grate!

Donatello: Scratch that! WE'RE in!

Mystery Voice 2: and don't forget me..

Camera turns to show

Scooby Doo: Scooby Dooby Dooo!!

Velma: and the mystery Inc crew!

Obligatory Venom Horse reference: obviously I'm here too.

Captain America will return in Batman and the Outsiders undo Brexit.

[Coryo]

6 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The question is if the 2025 thread will actually have anything to be on-topic about. As they usually open a few days after the january sets release, if current rumors are true, we could just call it "Arkham Asylum 2025 rumors and discussion thread"

Just putting a thought out there, but if the only Lego DC sets coming out next year are the 3 in January + Arkham later in the year, how about just having a joined 2025 Marvel & DC thread? It seems like quite a lot of the users are active in both.

2 hours ago, calebcold3 said:

I know I already have mentioned a potential Green Lantern mech for 2026 (When the HBO show is set to premiere), but do you all think we could get a LEGO Supergirl Mech for 2026? (since Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comes out in 2026)

It would be pretty interesting to have 2 DC mechs and 1 Marvel mech for 2026. I feel like instead of doing direct tie ins for now, LEGO views making Mechs based on the comics that a DCU adaptation is based on as a safer option (assuming we aren't getting any Gunn Superman sets next year) 

Also, IDK who the second figure would be in a Supergirl mech. Maybe Krypto? I said this when I brought up the Green Lantern Mech Idea but I imagine the Green Lantern mech would have Hal and John. 

I'd imagine if the Superman movie does well, then the more family-friendly movies like Supergirl would get actual tie-in sets rather than mechs. I can't imagine Lego not doing at least one set for The Brave and the Bold

Although I wouldn't mind if they did something similar to the Suicide Squad-adjacent wave in 2016, making comic-based sets using the characters featured in the movie. The fact that mechs are one of the only ways to get comic versions of DC characters now is making me miss the days of the CyborgCopter and Killer Frost's snowplow 

 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

4 hours ago, calebcold3 said:

I know I already have mentioned a potential Green Lantern mech for 2026 (When the HBO show is set to premiere), but do you all think we could get a LEGO Supergirl Mech for 2026? (since Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comes out in 2026)

I'm not assuming anything this point.

If the rumours about no more Superman sets for 2025 end up being true, then this theme might really be dead.

Getting four sets (three of which are just Batman) during the year of DC's resurrection would be unfathomably stupid, so I wouldn't even think about getting characters like Supergirl or Green Lanterns.

[Agent Kallus]

Where is your optimism my comrades?

[THELEGOBATMAN]

7 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

Where is your optimism my comrades?

My optimism hinges on the Schrödinger's Superman set.

[Murdoch17]

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

Where is your optimism my comrades?

What is this 'optimism' of which you speak? 

[psqidexslizer]

36 minutes ago, Murdoch17 said:

What is this 'optimism' of which you speak? 

I’ll do you one better. Why is this ‘optimism’ of which you speak?

1 hour ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

I'm not assuming anything this point.

If the rumours about no more Superman sets for 2025 end up being true, then this theme might really be dead.

Getting four sets (three of which are just Batman) during the year of DC's resurrection would be unfathomably stupid, so I wouldn't even think about getting characters like Supergirl or Green Lanterns.

I wouldn’t give up just because we’re getting nothing for DC’s ‘revival’. It took until 2015 until we were regularly getting sets for MCU movies and Marvel had a much better track record at that point than DC has now. Let’s not forget DC is coming off of several years of box office disasters. Do you really blame Lego for not going all in without knowing if this revival is going to work?

Edited December 3, 2024 by psqidexslizer

[THELEGOBATMAN]

20 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

Do you really blame Lego for not going all in without knowing if this revival is going to work?

Not going all in? No.

Not making even a single set for the most important DC movie in years for a character like Superman? Yes.

[CloneCommando99]

8 hours ago, calebcold3 said:

Also, IDK who the second figure would be in a Supergirl mech. Maybe Krypto? I said this when I brought up the Green Lantern Mech Idea but I imagine the Green Lantern mech would have Hal and John. 

Or Sinestro.

War Journal John/ New 52 Hal and Red Lantern Sinestro would be a dream come true. 

 

Why is everyone losing hope? It’s always darkest before the dawn.

If superman movie sets do not come next year then we just have more reason to Jonkle harder.

Edited December 3, 2024 by CloneCommando99

[Swordy]

6 hours ago, Coryo said:

how about just having a joined 2025 Marvel & DC thread?

"The Marvel and DC threads will be reorganized into the first multi-IP Aslume, for a stupid and Jonkling society.”
 

10 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Animated Movie: Arthur Christmas (highly recommend watching it, my favourite iteration of Santa’s elves)

Love that movie, although I’m always distracted by those strange accents. Can’t put my finger on what nationality they’re supposed to be. European, perhaps?

 

Off the top of my head, my favourites go as follows:

Favourite animated movie: Charlie Brown Christmas Special

Favourite live-action movie: Muppets Christmas Carol + Elf

Favourite song: …I mean, I’m boring, but I really love Silent Night. Second pick would be It Feels Like Christmas from the Muppets.

 

3 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

I’ll do you one better. Why is this ‘optimism’ of which you speak?

I’ll do you one better:

 

57 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Why is everyone losing hope? It’s always darkest before the dawn.

I think it’s darkest at midnight too, right?

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

I think it’s darkest at midnight too, right?

that is before the dawn

[Swordy]

13 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

that is before the dawn

So anything before dawn is darkest?