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The Web-Swinger
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There's no reason Plastic Man has to be a complete comedy. It can be a funny, fun movie and still have serious themes and moments in it.
That's why I suggested a streaming show as I believe there's more freedom to play with serious themes. I'd hate for it to be a full on slap stick comedy. There still room for humor in a dramatic superhero film. Tonally it could be more like Ocean 11 instead of Shazam.Plastic Man could end up being too silly. A superhero film in the vein of Mask isn't something I wanna see. There's a risk it could be even more campy than Shazam.
Why should stretching powers only equal with fun? Why can't it be treated more seriously?
Could you imagine a stretching superhero closer to Nolans Batman? Would it work?
Yea I think you could get a balance of slapstick and drama. Maybe hinting at a dark side but keep the right amount of levity.For all its faults, I quite liked the more borderline homicidal Plastic Man of Frank Miller's TDKSA. Perhaps adapting it into a violent, hyper-stylised horror comedy would be a direction to go. I remember that Batman has a line about how if Plastic Man ever went rogue, 'absolutely no one would be safe'.
I'm still a fan of the more lighthearted characterisation that he's better known for, but I also think that Miller really built him up into being a truly dangerous opponent who was only just able to control his mania. I'd be very intrigued to see that iteration of the character be brought to the big screen.
Ok, then I want an Elongated Man film. Without the dorky elements from Arrowverse. It appears like the character is written as a combination of Elongated and Plastic there
Interesting idea. I was about to suggest the same myself.Speaking of Elongated man, would it be redundant to have Elongated Man as an antagonist to Plastic Man?
It would probably end like the first Fast and Furious with Brian letting Dom go free.The question is, who should win? The good guy or the villain (since he's the more well-known character)?