Yeah if they think they can get away with convincing people to pay for cheap programming that we can already get on the CW, then the folks over at AT&T/WB have their head in the clouds.
Assuming the rumor is true, my only question would be is the DCU app just completely shutting down? Or will they just remove the original TV shows? Keep comics and other content?
I just...need the comics to stick around on some platform. I will miss the shows and just be grateful for the one season I got of them if that's the case, but dammit, I waited too many years for this comics service for them to take them all away again after less than a damn year.
One would hope they bring the currently established shows to their Warner app, but I don’t expect them to do anything I’d hope for because they usually never do.
You know they are saying the WB was not pleased with the footage they saw of Swamp Thing. However this show is very good which once again has me questioning how Justice League really looked.
It would be beneficial to move the shows to the WB app and continue them on there and not the CW. Public outcry will reach even greater levels compared to how it was with Swamp Thing’s cancelation if the CW move happens. I’d get a kick out of watching people curse off WB/AT&T and I’d participate in every form of social media promotions.
I’d like a platform for comics as well and it would be great if it stayed for a smaller monthly fee.
I've been of the belief for years that the problem isn't that WB doesn't see the potential for DC characters on HBO - I think they'd LOVE to get some of their characters on there, I'm sure HBO always got first look at any characters they were looking to bring to TV, and I'm sure there have been pitches - the problem, I suspect, has always been that HBO hasn't wanted DC Characters. They have a certain rep and brand, and for the longest time, superheroes didn't fit into that brand. Just like, once upon a time, medieval fantasy with dragons and witches and zombies didn't fit into it. Watchmen feels like a test-run for them in this department, imo, and if it's a hit, those floodgates will likely open. Please be a hit, Watchmen.
With the stuff these shows have established, I have no idea how they’d even move them to the CW or any other national cable channel. It’d have to be a premium channel like HBO.
They’ve only just begun *consistently* hiring the right talent. Prior to 2017, it was just Christopher Nolan, and before Nolan it was Burton (I could also make an argument for Greg Berlanti on The Flash). But still that’s 28 years worth of content with only 2-3 good creators across dozens of adaptations. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t paying attention to this stuff.
I’d rather it stay dead instead of them mutilating the corpse
Well the other thing is that I don't think A-list characters were ever the ones being pitched/offered, lol. I'm not sure even HBO would've turned down Batman. But WB only lets their A-listers appear on TV when they're struggling in the movies...for fear of "diluting" the brand. And Bats hasn't really struggled all that much in the period that HBO has been king, so I doubt he was ever on the table.
