Bringing the JSA into the DCCU

[Jordacar]

Here's my idea:

Remember THE SAVAGE TIME? Of course you do. The JL goes back and re-fights WWII to stop Vandal Savage from taking the world, and they team up with the Blackhawks and Sgt. Rock along the way. It's amazeballs.

Okay, now suppose they want to do that story on the big screen (it's an easy sell; did I mention the JL re-fights WWII?) Only instead of the Blackhawks, they team up with...


...the JSA.



That's right, as a direct result of Savage mucking about with history, the JSA gets formed specifically to fight him. Of course it still takes the League to finally tip the scales in the allies' favor, but it'd be the perfect way to setup for a potential JSA stand-alone outing, AND acts as a shortcut to making the DCCU retroactively that much richer.

There would be other considerations; Wonder Woman's solo film is looking to be period set, so presumably she'd already be there fighting Nazis. They'd probably just contrive a reason for her to not time travel, because why would we need 2 Dianas when this thing would be bursting with colorful characters already.

That's the other thing, one wonders how many Leaguers should be going back when this film would be a 2.5-hour backdoor pilot for a JSA franchise. Still, I think a roster of similar size to the original 3-part episode would be plenty, especially given that was only 1 hour all cut together.

And oh yeah, following the original framing of the cartoon, they might as well have Affleck direct the thing, since Batman's only there at the beginning and the end.

 

[dude stannis]

I suspect the team led by Green Arrow and The Flash on CW will take on the team name Justice Society.

 

[Jordacar]

Y'know, I can't stop thinking about the implications this particular time-travel angle would present.

Most depictions of the DC Universe imply that everything was normal, or at least fairly grounded, until Superman showed up. The depictions that don't follow that route usually start somewhere in the middle (like Young Justice).

And so it's been so far with MAN OF STEEL. Sure, we'll soon see that Batman was around sometime before that, but it was a whole new ballgame when invincible flying humanoids began throwing skyscrapers at each other. And from there we'll have a world where superheroes are real and progressively stranger things start happening.

And then THIS happens. Even if the League is successful and history gets back on track, they'll return to a whole new world where costumed good guys were part of history long before the guy with the big red S first appeared. The world actually gets stranger and filled with superpowers RETROACTIVELY. It's like once these guys start coming out of the woodwork, it's only a matter of time before some ******* cooks up a time-machine and all bets are off.

 

[Rorschach2012]

I'm good with the JSA only being used in the DCCWU. It'd be cool if they could include them in the DCEU though, but i'm not clamoring for it.

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

you could set up the JSA in the wonder woman movie. have some of the JSA'er as background players. maybe a pre flash jay, and a pre green lanter Alan Scott.

 

[Fallen Angel]

you could set up the JSA in the wonder woman movie. have some of the JSA'er as background players. maybe a pre flash jay, and a pre green lanter Alan Scott.

That was my thinking too if they wanted the JSA in the cinematic universe. We know a portion of the Wonder Woman movie will be a period piece. So it's a perfect opportunity.

There's been rumours that this guy next to Chris Pine is playing Zatarra (Zatanna's pops).

 

[Rorschach2012]

Best way to introduce the JSA is to introduce the multiverse

 

[ArachKing05]

Best way to introduce the JSA is to introduce the multiverse

x2. It's not hard to introduce a DC Cinematic Universe "Earth-2" (and one directly derivative of Pre-Crisis continuity, as opposed to the FlArrowVerse's version)