Elseworlds
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Sep 26, 2026
Adam ChapmanHOST
So it's not the mainline universe.
Adam ChapmanHOST
It's an Elseworlds universe.
Adam ChapmanHOST
that they've called now Absolute, which essentially is that there's an inherent darkness or evil that kind of runs underneath everything.
Adam ChapmanHOST
So everything's a little bit darker and twisted.
12 MINS LATER
Nathan StrzokGUEST
um and you did it's very kind of you and it's um it's i'm glad also that you sent us some comics that i'm not gonna go oh man i'm already like trying to make sure my shelf space is at a premium um that's not a book i'm ever gonna read again whoops i would read this again i would loan this out it's great
Adam ChapmanHOST
It did feel like a calculated risk, but I did feel that you would probably feel that way.
Adam ChapmanHOST
It's interesting your idea there that this felt like a world you wanted to read more of, and that's often a question I have is when we do these types of rereads, does this make you want to read more? I think part of what that is is that obviously they knew that they were probably going to keep going, so this didn't have what some Elseworlds miniseries sometimes have, which is this kitchen sink mentality that we've got to throw in everything because this is the only, you know, bite of the apple we're going to get for this world.
Adam ChapmanHOST
This felt like it was parsed out.
StephanieGUEST
So it could over-perform based on just, uh, the normie not really knowing about Clayface, um, and just thinking that it's a body horror movie.
StephanieGUEST
I'm actually kind of curious to see, because that project was supposed to be an Elseworlds project.
Brett DasovicHOST
Mm.
StephanieGUEST
It wasn't supposed to be a part of James Gunn's DCU.
Brett DasovicHOST
Okay, yeah
StephanieGUEST
... and, uh, Joker 2.
StephanieGUEST
You know, all of those movies were all Elseworlds.
StephanieGUEST
They're labeled Elseworlds.
Peter RiosHOST
Um, let's do a couple CGS things here at the top.
Peter RiosHOST
If you didn't hear in a previous episode, go check out the CGS app because we've now included the reading log, and we ha- we've had a couple people join from the Discord and elseworld, uh, elsewhere, which is awesome.
Shane KellyHOST
Elseworld?
Peter RiosHOST
Elseworld.
Shane KellyHOST
Wow.
Shane KellyHOST
If we can do that, that would be awesome.
Jason AaronGUEST
You know, I mean, it all just kind of grew from the, the, the changes that I made to his origin, you know? Like, I mean, I always kind of looked at Absolute as like, it's part, it's part, you know, uh, Marvel, uh, Ultimate universe in that we're doing kind of modern takes on these char- characters and retelling stories that we've seen before.
Jason AaronGUEST
But it's also not entirely that, and it's also partly like, um, an Elseworld, right? So some of it is about, well, what happens if we change this and change that? And I, you know, I knew I wanted to make his path darker.
Jason AaronGUEST
I think some of it came from, you know...
Jason AaronGUEST
I think the same time I was kind of researching Superman stuff, I was researching Bug Wars stuff.
TaylorHOST
I don't know why they tried so hard to make this character Superman.
TaylorHOST
Like, they're trying so hard to be like, oh, we have to make him exactly like it, when in fact, Smallville's an Elseworlds story.
JosephHOST
Yeah.
TaylorHOST
So, the fact that once he's Superman, we gotta make sure he's doing the exact same things that Superman did and had, which in this case is the robots, because we just saw with the movie, these are the same robots.
DallasHOST
I thought there were a couple like cowardly storytelling decisions made.
DallasHOST
But I think this is a really great Elseworlds comic.
DallasHOST
It makes a lot of sense why it's so popular.
DallasHOST
The artwork is really strong.
AnneHOST
And yeah, it is a super interesting story.
AnneHOST
I'm super excited as someone who's not nearly as much of a history and political buff as Dallas is to hear his takes from that side of it.
AnneHOST
But I think as a really fun Elseworlds character look, this is one of the most interesting takes on Superman I've seen.
AnneHOST
Definitely one of the ones that... takes the most chances, whether or not they all land is up for debate.
JackHOST
And Chris Pine has been offered the role of Batman but not accepted it.
JackHOST
And the reason why I'm mentioning any of this Is because James Gunn, even though he announced that this is an Elseworlds project, it's not going to be in the DCU.
JackHOST
He also said that every animated project is going to have the same actors in live action.
JackHOST
So is this essentially them just announcing the full cast of like the new Batman movie and everything like that?
JoshHOST
I don't really know why they would say it's Elseworlds if this was going to be the Batman cast.
JoshHOST
If Chris Pine, if that was the guy they were going to tap to be the DCU Batman, which I don't know how I feel about that.
JoshHOST
That's an entire conversation.
JoshHOST
Mason Thames, yeah.
Matthew CarrollHOST
Chris Pine has been offered the role of Batman.
Matthew CarrollHOST
The animated film is yet another Batman Elseworlds project, even though it will live under the DCU banner.
Matthew CarrollHOST
Thames name will be familiar as hiccup in the live action, how to train your dragon.
Matthew CarrollHOST
And Kim played the character of podcast in both Ghostbusters afterlife and Ghostbusters frozen empire and established name with some up and comers.
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Jay SissonPANELIST
Are you going to rewrite this to shoehorn it into the DCU? Like, is this going to be a DCU thing? And he was pretty clear.
Jay SissonPANELIST
He said, no, like it's its own project.
Jay SissonPANELIST
It's its own Elseworlds thing.
Jay SissonPANELIST
We're not going to try to make it fit or give it ambiguity that it has to be connected to all these other projects.
Jamez5000HOST
That being said, you know, knowing that this is an animated and a stop motion film, I don't know how serious of a tone it's going to get.
Young PhilHOST
Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is going to be Elseworlds.
Young PhilHOST
It's not going to be something that's in canon.
Young PhilHOST
Yeah.
Dominic BrayHOST
And I'm actually more looking forward to the Batman 2 than I am any other DC project.
Dominic BrayHOST
And he's not even DC, it's Elseworlds.
Dominic BrayHOST
Yeah, me
Harry DrakeHOST
too.
Dominic BrayHOST
It's not, it's Elseworlds.
Dominic BrayHOST
It's not a DC project.
Dominic BrayHOST
Yeah,
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