Batman/Superman Anthology Timelines

iceman109 said:
@Pro Bot I think your theory on Metropolis replacing NYC holds water because in the Artbook for Superman Returns the concept art for Metropolis has a similar layout to Lower Manhattan


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What's weird is the Metropolis in Superman & Lois, based partially on Earth-Prime but...somehow an alternate version (we'll see how the series ends), is in Kansas. But surrounded by a massive body of water.

I dunno any lakes in Kansas that go far beyond the eye can see.
 
selfishmisery said:
What's weird is the Metropolis in Superman & Lois, based partially on Earth-Prime but...somehow an alternate version (we'll see how the series ends), is in Kansas. But surrounded by a massive body of water.

I dunno any lakes in Kansas that go far beyond the eye can see.
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There's probably alternate geography going on their
 
I'm guessing on Earth 789 Northern New Jersey is part of New York while South New Jersey is part of a state called Gotham (because of the flag in an office scene)
 
Would Earth 97s Gotham City be in the same place also or would that be somewhere else you think?
 
I wish they officially separate Earth-96 and Earth-789 at some point, because, I don't know, it is starting to get very confusing to have an Earth undergo so many crisis and changes of face and be called a different number each time.
 
Jozaca said:
I wish they officially separate Earth-96 and Earth-789 at some point, because, I don't know, it is starting to get very confusing to have an Earth undergo so many crisis and changes of face and be called a different number each time.
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Plus different designations depending on if this live-action multiverse Earth peaks out into the comic multiverse somehow
 
Jozaca said:
I wish they officially separate Earth-96 and Earth-789 at some point, because, I don't know, it is starting to get very confusing to have an Earth undergo so many crisis and changes of face and be called a different number each time.
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Earth-9602, Earth-496 and Earth 1996 all refer to the exact same reality but in different multiverses. The thinking is that Earth-96 is supposed to be the reality of the Superman film series, including III-IV, and Earth-789 includes III-IV. One could easily argue that no universe merging happened and that Earth-89 includes Superman I-IV, and Earth-96 doesn't include I-IV despite the intention that it was supposed to I guess.

I don't agree with the idea that there's lots of Crisis changes though. Pre-Crisis Earth-89 and Earth-96 can be alt. versions because they get destroyed, and post-crisis is the real Donnerverse. There doesn't have to be any other changes here.
 
Pro Bot said:
Earth-9602, Earth-496 and Earth 1996 all refer to the exact same reality but in different multiverses. The thinking is that Earth-96 is supposed to be the reality of the Superman film series, including III-IV, and Earth-789 includes III-IV. One could easily argue that no universe merging happened and that Earth-89 includes Superman I-IV, and Earth-96 doesn't include I-IV despite the intention that it was supposed to I guess.

I don't agree with the idea that there's lots of Crisis changes though. Pre-Crisis Earth-89 and Earth-96 can be alt. versions because they get destroyed, and post-crisis is the real Donnerverse. There doesn't have to be any other changes here.
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But... he goes from having Christopher Reeve's face to Brandon Routh's and then to Reeve's again in The Flash (the movie). I know it is not so confusing:

Pre-Crisis:
-Earth-89 - Batman I-II + Catwoman
-Earth-96 - Superman I-IV + Returns + Supergirl + Joker in Daily Planet (Was it ever called officially Earth-78 or did fans deduce it from Earth-66, Earth-89 and Earth-97 designations?)

Post-Crisis:
-Earth-96/789 - Batman I-II + Catwoman + Superman I-IV + Supergirl + Returns + Joker doesn't massacre the Daily Planet

Flashpoint (DCEU, not Arrowverse)
-Earth-1-Flashpoint - Batman I-II (?) + The Flash
-Earth-96(?) - Superman I-IV + Supergirl

Post-Flashpoint
-Earth-96/789 - Back as Post-Crisis?

But the fact that characters changing actors is a plot point in The Flash makes me start wondering if there is more in there, even if it wasn't the intention.

Hum... It is the fact that the Joker of Earth-96 merges with his Earth-89 counterpart, that is dead by time of the Daily Planet massacre, the thing that prevents it from happening?
 
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Earth-78 was never an official designation. The official statement was always that Reeve is Earth-96, and that that includes all four films. It's... a little weird though, I get that.
 
Pro Bot said:
One could easily argue that no universe merging happened and that Earth-89 includes Superman I-IV, and Earth-96 doesn't include I-IV despite the intention that it was supposed to I guess.
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I suppose it's also possible that "Earth-97" is actually Earth-89 (as shown in Crisis Aftermath), so Earth-89 includes Batman I-IV/Catwoman, while Earth-96 includes the alternate comic book continuation of Batman Returns. In other words, Batman and Batman Returns are canon to Earth-89 (Burtonverse) and Earth-96 (Donnerverse). There's many different interpretations of this so there's not really a wrong way to look at it, I guess...
 
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