![]() ![]() ![]() There’s even the possibility that Keaton isn’t playing Bruce Wayne at all, but instead an alternate version of Thomas Wayne, Bruce’s father, who in the alternate timeline created by the events of Flashpoint in the comics, survived the shooting in Crime Alley, and instead spent the rest of his days devoted to avenging the death of his son.Ī couple of notable ones here: note that the one on the far left has two gun holsters, which indicate that it could be drawing a little comics inspiration from the no-longer-canon Batman: Year Two comics story. Instead, it just appears that Barry has either found a version of reality where his mother survived, but the upshot is there’s no Superman to defend against Zod’s invasion, and other things, such as Batman, have also shifted. But it’s not really made explicit that the scenes with Barry, an alternate universe Barry (again, more on that in a minute), and Keaton’s Batman necessarily take place on the world of Batman ’89. We don’t have to tell anyone that Michael Keaton appears to be playing an older version of his Dark Knight from 1989’s Batman and 1992’s Batman Returns. ![]() Not only is Affleck back, giving fatherly advice to Barry to not screw with the timeline, he’s rocking an extremely cool looking blue-and-grey batsuit! At least we know for sure these scenes take place in the main timeline, but then something happens and… Michael Keaton is…also back as Batman! But let’s start with what we know, in the “main” timeline of the DCEU where this movie begins… Ben Affleck is back as Batman! In the case of The Flash movie, it would appear that Barry’s messing with the timeline prevents (among other things) the emergence of Superman as we see in Man of Steel (more on that in a minute), but it also seems to have tweaked other things, as well. He successfully stops the murder, but in the process, drastically changes the timeline and ends up in a world he doesn’t fully recognize. The main thing you need to understand is that this movie is loosely based on the Flashpoint comic by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert, in which Barry Allen traveled back in time to prevent his mother’s murder at the hand of a mysterious super-powered killer (which Barry’s father wrongfully went to prison for). But really, Batman is the star of this trailer, in particular, Michael Keaton’s Batman, and there’s some fun stuff to unpack here. Now, there’s a lot going on here, and some of it may seem a little tough to follow if you haven’t at least seen Man of Steel, let alone whether or not you’re familiar with Ben Affleck’s Batman or the fact that he and Barry Allen have a kind of superheroic mentor/mentee relationship (which you need to have seen one of the versions of Justice League to understand). announced the new DCU plan from DC Studios, a plan which was studiously and diplomatically ambiguous about the status of Miller’s version of Barry Allen after this movie drops in June.Īll we know is that at the press event where DC Studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran announced that DCU slate, they said that The Flash “resets everything.” Gunn also praised this film as “one of the best superhero movies ever.” And the trailer? Well, both the trailer and the official synopsis of the movie are teasing a reset of some sort, even though the ‘verse that ol’ Barry is looking to restore appears to be the classic DCEU of Man of Steel and Ben Affleck as Batman fame. A film that just released its first trailer mere weeks after Warner Bros. A flick that boasts the impressive Andy Muschietti in the director’s chair with a script by Christina Hodson. The Flash movie…ah, what else is there to say after all this time? First announced before Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was even released, a movie that became a hot potato of scripts and directors even before Ezra Miller became a media sensation for all the wrong reasons. ![]()
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