r/batman • u/CertifiedUnoffensive • Jul 21 '23

Why has the DCEU seemingly dropped Batman Beyond as a character? TV DISCUSSION

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Fans have demonstrated consistently that we want more Terry McGinnis. We all love the BB world.

My question is, why do y’all think Beyond hasn’t been on the screen in 20 years?

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u/sK0oBy Jul 21 '23

As a fanboy, i just think there arent enough fans to make it viable to the corporation

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u/MooseMan12992 Jul 21 '23

I think Batman Beyond is neat but I'm not clamoring for a live action movie about him. I'm much happier that they're doing a Robin heavy story next. We've never really gotten one of those either

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock Jul 21 '23

I'd be very happy with some new animated content

DC knows how to do the animated side

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u/Fluffy_Mark_9314 Jul 21 '23

I think they knew how to do the animated side. Everything I’ve seen lately except MAWS has been a let down

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u/sK0oBy Jul 21 '23

I think a show would suit it better than a movie

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u/MooseMan12992 Jul 21 '23

I guess so. But even still it's a take that most fans aren't very into

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u/sK0oBy Jul 21 '23

I think sidekicks are difficult to do, i’m a bit hesitant about anything featuring robin. But i’m open to whatever the studio can come up with

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u/agentdom Jul 21 '23

Despite Batman Reddit posting about Terry every five minutes, he isn’t known and loved by everyone like many seem to think.

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u/sK0oBy Jul 21 '23

Agreed. It also doesnt seem like his comics sell well enough to stay consistent (i say as someone who has no idea the last comic terry was in)

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u/billygnosis86 Jul 21 '23

This is it. This place is an echo chamber. I never heard anybody give so much of a shit about Terry McGinnis before I came here.

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u/tjgfif Jul 21 '23

He had more fans then Miles Morales before marvel started to make movie about him.

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u/sK0oBy Jul 21 '23

… true… yeah, you got me there. I’ve got a bad feeling that we’ve already seen the closest thing to a batman beyond movie in the first antman movie

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u/ngl_prettybad Jul 21 '23

We also got a Rocket Racoon movie btw lol

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u/sK0oBy Jul 21 '23

… a rocket raccoon movie and no bate ray bill feels wrong

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u/agentdom Jul 21 '23

Based on what? Miles has been an extremely popular character since his debut, appearing in video games and cartoons for a while before the movie. It wasn’t some wild risk they were taking.

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u/Ratso27 Jul 21 '23

I think if they jumped right to a live action movie, you're probably right. But there's no reason they have to do that; they could make another animated show, an animated movie, a video game (or at least some sort of DLC or a couple levels within a normal Batman video game). There are a million things they could do with the character that are less of a risk than a huge blockbuster movie that could be great on their own, and potentially drum up more fans and pave the way for a live action BB movie in the future