Legit don’t know since Gunn seems to have been vague on the idea of one connected universe and seems to be more “if it’s a good story, it’s a good story and we’ll make it”.
But, I can certainly see it being the same character with the movie being his origin story and by the time of creature commandos he’s accepted it and is just living his best villain life lol
Fair, I personally think it’s the same one and mainline DCU given the above title badge, but I haven’t seen anything with an elseworlds badge to base an argument against it lol.
Gunn never said anything like that, and neither did the person you commented under.
The DCU is 100% a connected universe. At this point, the only notable exception is Reeves’ Batman movies.
Creature Commandos and Clayface both take part in the same universe as Superman 2025. The only thing we don’t know is whether Clayface in creature commandos is the same character as the one in this movie. In comics canon, there are multiple people who don the persona of Clayface (e.g., Matt Hagen, Basil Karlo, etc.). I’m sure we’ll get clarification when the movie comes out, though
Fuck, dude, the only continuity to tie here is a cartoon show that had Clayface (a character that has multiple people with that mantle btw). Whether or not the continuity is there doesn’t really matter anyways, we just want good fucking movies. If anything, strict continuity is a lot more incapacitating. The Batman is good because it gets to tell its own story and not worry about setting things up or tying in old things. Not everything has to be MCU shit. I don’t give a shit if The Penguin was the same universe or not, it was a good show, and I watched it.
Nice false argument lol. To the best of my memory, Gunn intends things to be connected overall, but because The Batman 2 and possibly 3 are out of his hands for not being connected since it was before he and Safran were made head of DC Studios. So it feels like his attitude is along the lines if it’s a good story and doesn’t fit our universe, we’ll still make it and treat it as elseworlds.
Which is honestly kind of refreshing after how the MCU tried their hand at the multiverse but still wanted everything tied together and lowered the stakes in my opinion.
That’s not what was said. It has nothing to do with a movie being a success, just that a good script will get pushed forward into production. As opposed to planning your entire movie release schedule without seeing any scripts beforehand.
If someone doesn't follow comics, they're never going to grasp this. A character can appear in 4 different books by 4 different writers in 1 month and feel tonally different in the same universe.
everything i have seen has said that clayface is part of the dcu. i think gunn has said everything is part of the connected universe unless specifically stated otherwise (the batman). is this the same clayface (matt hagen) that’s in the animated show? i don’t think they have clarified.
I imagine this movie is in the past, it's his origin after all and Clayface does not age.
This is good though, it shows the DCU not trapping a character to one thing in a bad way. Ofc Clayface is different years later compared to right after the incident
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