Probably 1979 and 1982 for the events of the Burton films
Batman/Superman Anthology Timelines
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Probably 1979 and 1982 for the events of the Burton films
For bad or for good, that trailer sure felt very late 90s/early 2000s
I don't think either Burton movie is compatible, as BoP's premise is that Batman, his allies & enemies operated in secret and the public didn't know they existed. More of a Blade/Buffy/Men in Black approach.
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I wouldn't count any films as canon to Earth-203. Earth-203 would probably be more akin to a similar parallel world. Small elements like Selina being a metahuman are shared.
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These are clearly different timelines that won't resemble the same way they did before once it merges with another.
Events, characters and etc can be altered by inference (aka the human imagination) to adjust to a single linear timeline.
Certain elements be erased from a merge, but again, that's left to the imagination when you start mapping it all out.
Batman Forever and Batman & Robin as we see them in the films in their entirety are THE ORIGINAL timeline (Earth-97) shown to us.
Events, characters and etc can be altered by inference (aka the human imagination) to adjust to a single linear timeline.
Certain elements be erased from a merge, but again, that's left to the imagination when you start mapping it all out.
Batman Forever and Batman & Robin as we see them in the films in their entirety are THE ORIGINAL timeline (Earth-97) shown to us.
@selfishmisery can you elaborate further?
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From 1995-2019, there was no talk of them even being different timelines for the most part. That was just theorised.
Earth-97 was a joke about release dates coinciding with reality numbers. It wasn't a proper designation to begin with.
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There's a reason why Earth-97 was always noted with "[Unofficial Number]" at the end of it.
So, if Earth-89 is the Schumacher-specific sequels, the new Batman '89 comics and novels are not set in Earth-89. Since Batman '89 is set in the same universe as Superman '78, which is supposed to be Earth-96 based on official word and references made during Crisis on Infinite Earths, logically those sequels would be part of the Donnerverse.
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If you treat Birds of Prey as a parallel Earth or divergent timeline from Burton/Schumacher films it's probably better to assume it takes place in the future. From time when it was made. It would explain it becoming "New Gotham" City. Even when the show aired that was the vibe I got. That this a different Gotham, characters are older, some appear to have died. This is the Future.
In terms of appearances of the Joker after he died in the 1989 movie. Anyone see images of Ray Nicholson in Smile 2. Jack's son! The Joker having a son is probably simpler explanation than a resurrection. Certainly in terms of age around the time of that Crisis newspaper headline.
In terms of appearances of the Joker after he died in the 1989 movie. Anyone see images of Ray Nicholson in Smile 2. Jack's son! The Joker having a son is probably simpler explanation than a resurrection. Certainly in terms of age around the time of that Crisis newspaper headline.
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Alfred is immortal I guess.
I had no idea Ray Nicholson was in Smile 2, that's awesome. He's just like his daddy.
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That's crazy.
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If you did that, it's probably 2012-2019 timeline-wise. The divergence would be Selina's death and Bruce's retirement, loosely speaking. Obviously it's more inspired by the film series than directly related, but still, makes sense.
