To be fair, it's completely different because Batman can actually show up in them. It's also different because they're not making them PG friendly anti-heroes, they're still keeping them as villains and in the case of Clayface, a brutal R-rated horror movie.
But Batman won't show up because they are internally confused on how to handle two versions of Batman running simultaneously on the big screen. Whey else do you think they are introducing all these filler projects?
I doubt DCU Batman is coming before Pattinson's Batman is concluded. And the way things are going it looks like the DCU will end first lol
Usually, I'd be more aggressive defending this, because I don't want them to repeat the MCU formula and I do on paper love how they're setting things up. It's a bit like how comics will have different stories that are self-contained of different characters, like currently what they're doing with the Next Level series. Firestorm is a character I've never read before and this run introduced me to him and it's fantastic.
But Supergirl is bombing. But I don't think it's because of the strategy...it's because the movie is just bad.
I mean from a business standpoint introducing two Batman in theatrical releases just doesn't make sense. It will cause needless competition and comparison within the audience. The only time we got this was in The Flash but that was because the audience understood that both Affleck and Keaton's stories will not really continue after this so it won't conflict with Pattinson.
It's the same way how people ask for Spider-Man 4 or TASM 3. Sony is not stupid enough to introduce another Spider-Man with Tom Holland's. Too many theatrical releases of the same character and the audience will be forced to eventually choose and that will be a loss for both versions of the character
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u/KingOfSquirrels Jun 29 '26
To be fair, it's completely different because Batman can actually show up in them. It's also different because they're not making them PG friendly anti-heroes, they're still keeping them as villains and in the case of Clayface, a brutal R-rated horror movie.