My idea for Absolute Nightwing

 

My idea for Absolute Nightwing.

Now, after the success of the Absolute Universe, here is my take on Nightwing. Now, in issue 9 of Absolute Batman, Dick Grayson is introduced as an EMT, and he clearly doesn't like Batman, and it's likely he won't see Bruce as a father figure since he's around the same age or a little younger. Also, I don't see Dick Grayson becoming Robin in this universe; instead, he becomes Nightwing. 

I read somewhere that Scott Snyder hinted that Nightwing won't be a sidekick to Batman but will be his own hero. Which, to be honest with ya, I like: seeing Dick Grayson already being his own hero is a fascinating idea.

Now, here are my ideas of Absolute Nightwing and what makes him different from the mainstream Nightwing.

1. This Dick Grayson is an EMT, but he's also around eighteen years old.

2. His father, John Grayson, is still alive, like Martha Wayne is. His mother, Mary Grayson, is dead, and she died in a freak accident at Haley Circus. His father left the circus with Dick, and they started a new life in Gotham, as they were originally from Bludheaven. 

3. Dick Grayson doesn't like Batman's methods, and he thinks he takes things too far. However, he would later meet Batman, and the two don't get along, but they become brothers after both have lost a parent. Also, I would have both Martha and John date, and it's the funniest scene where both Bruce and Dick are shocked to see each other and even more stunned that their parents are dating. 

4. He takes the name Nightwing because his grandfather was called Nightwing during his time at Haley Circus. The costume is black, the symbol is red, his mask covers all his face except his hair, and he uses ecrima sticks that stun foes. He also knows martial arts, and he is an acrobat. He doesn't beat his enemies to a pulp like Batman; instead, he takes it easy on them. 

5. Tony Zucco is Talon in this universe, and he was the one who killed Mary, as he was in love with her. Talon would be the first foe he would fight, and he would learn that his father, John, was a member of the Court of Owls and had given it up to be with his mother, Mary. However, Tony was in love with Mary and obsessed with her, but after she chose John. He killed her as if he couldn't have her; no one can. The Court of Owls in this universe has more beef with Nightwing than Batman. 

6. Also, like Batman, one of his biggest foes is one of his best friends. That is Roland Desmond, who is Blockbuster in the central DC universe. Still, in this universe, he's best friends with Dick Grayson, having grown up together, and he would eventually become Blockbuster. However, he's not a massive guy when he becomes Blockbuster; it's more than that: he's taller, with a toned, fit body, and his eyes turn red, becoming a raging monster.

7. Nightwing would eventually leave Gotham for Bludhaven, and there he would reunite with his best friend, Roland, but later learns he has become Blockbuster. 

8. Nightwing would meet Flash at some point, and that would set up the Titans of the Absolute Universe. Nightwing would meet Starfire, but this Starfire is a formerly enslaved person whose planet was destroyed by Blackstars, and her sister, Blackfire, is a member of the Blackstars. Blackfire wanted revenge on the rulers of her home who made her and her sister slaves. She joined the Blackstars and destroyed the planet and everyone on it, but Starfire didn't want this, so she escaped and landed on Earth.

Starfire meets Nightwing, and the two of them develop a romance for each other. As well, he helps her fight Blackfire, which would set up the formation of the Titans, including Nightwing, Flash, Starfire, Zatanna, and Blue Beetle, who is Dan Garrett in this universe. 

9. The first volume is him becoming Nightwing and avenging his mother's death at the hands of Talon and the Court of Owls, the second volume is him returning to Bludhaven and reuniting with Haley Circus and his best friend but he has become Blockbuster and taken over Haley Circus, turns into a crime business, and the third volume is him meeting Starfire and forming the Titans and batting Blackfire. 

That's how I would write absolute Nightwing, and I know Scott is already planning to bring in Robin, but I don't think it will be Dick Grayson. They will likely have him as Nightwing now that he's older and whatever Scott does I'm excited to see it either way because I am loving the Absolute universe.

The Emperor's New Groove Celebrating 25 years of this classic gem.

 

My Emperor's New Grove Review

To celebrate 25 years of this classic Disney film —one of my top favourites and always fun to rewatch —The Emperor's New Groove. This movie is so much fun —the animation is excellent, and the characters are fantastic and memorable, like who doesn't love Kronk? Seriously, name someone who doesn't like Kronk because this character has a zero-hate fanbase. He's the Ted Lasso of Disney characters. I love this movie since I was a kid and I still do to this day. 

Love this scene, and this is how you do a good break the fourth wall joke. This film has great, break-the-fourth-wall jokes. 

Now, a fun fact: the film was originally called Kingdom of the Sun and was going to loosely adapt The Prince and the Pauper. Owen Wilson was going to voice Pacha, except he's a twin of Kuzco, and Laura Prepon, aka Donna, was going to voice his love interest, named Mata, for Kuzco. Also, Yzma was going to be a more sinister witch, and her goal was to block out the sun to bring about eternal darkness and regain her youth. The film was going to be a musical, too, and Yzma's son, Snuff Out the Light, is on the soundtrack album because it's a great soundtrack. I wish we'd get to see this film, but overall, I'm happy with the film we got with Emperor's New Groove. Let's face it, though, none of us wants a Disney live-action remake of Kingdom of the Sun. 

The film is about Kuzco, the emperor, who's spoiled and acts like an entitled brat. In the movie's opening, he breaks the fourth wall and tells the audience that he was the nicest guy, only for them to ruin his life. We see the opening and how he has a great life as emperor, but he's a selfish jerk. David Spade nailed it as Kuzco; he had the right voice for it. 

We then meet Pacha, voiced by John Goodman, and he's one of the best characters in the film, and we all know that scene where he talks about the sun and the hills sing around his village. It's one of the funniest memes. Kuzco wants to destroy his village and build his own water theme park, not for his people. As well, the village will have no home after this. It's funny how Kuzco comes off as the film's villain, but later we learn he's become a llama and grown into a better person. 

Now, Yzma is the villain of the film, and she is so funny, and if you read my top ten best Disney villains, she's on there. Yzma was voiced by the late Eartha Kitten, and she does a great job in this film. Yzma wants to take over the empire and get rid of Kuzco, and by doing so, kill him. Also, we all love this one joke here.

Lol that never gets old. 

Why do they even have that lever?

Now, Yzma and Kronk have dinner with Kuzco, and they think he's been poisoned, but he's turned into a donkey because Kronk got them mixed up. As he says, Yzma needs better labels on her potions. 

Yzma orders Kronk to kill Kuzco, but he can't bring himself to do it. I love the scene with Kronk and his shoulder angel and devil. It's so funny. 

Kuzco ends up being Pacha, and he agrees to help him, but only if he builds his summer home somewhere, to which Kuzco says no. Pacha saves Kuzco from some jaguars, and we get that waterfall scene that has so many memes now.

This film has the most memes and gifs of a Disney film. 

Later in the film, Kuzco and Pacha get to know each other, and Pacha tells him that one day he will end up alone, with no one to blame but himself. 

This is a good scene because it develops Kuzco's character by showing that selfishness is not a good thing, and that if he keeps thinking only of himself, he won't have anyone to help him. 

Later in the film, the two of them are on their way back to the palace when Pacha falls from a bridge, but Kuzco doesn't save him. Until he loses, the two fight, and the bridge breaks.

The two of them work together, and Kuzco saves Pacha's life. Later in the film, the two go to a restaurant, where Yzma and Kronk are trying to kill Kuzco. Pacha tries to warn him, but he doesn't listen, and he leaves Pacha, only to realize he was right. 

Like he said, he's all alone, and it's his own fault. Kuzco even tells himself that everyone watching knows what happened. 

Later, Kronk remembers Pacha and tells Yzma that if they go to his village, they will find Kuzco.

 Eventually, Kuzco and Pacha become friends again, and they return to the village, only to find Yzma and Kronk there, in one of the best scenes with Pacha's family. Pacha's family are great in the film and the daughter is the voice of Toph from Avatar the Last Airbender. 

The chase scene in the movie was hilarious too, and I love how when they get back to the palace. Yzma and Kronk are already there, and it makes no sense.

LOL. 

Also, this scene had me rolling. 

Everyone can agree we would rather see a dagger than Yzam's you know what.

Now, of course, they take some potion, and this is also considered one of the saddest moments when Yzma tells Kronk she never liked his spinach puffs. 

It's even on the top list of most heartbreaking moments in Disney films. Of course, Kronk switches sides but ends up falling down a trap door. However, the trap door leads up the palace for some reason.

That's for hating Kronk's spinach puffs! 

The film ends with Kuzco and Pacha defeating Yzma, and she is turned into a cat. Afterwards, Kuzco apologizes to everyone for how he treated them, and he doesn't build his summer on Pacha's village. Instead, he goes there for the summer. The film ends with them dancing, and Kuzco has a family with Pacha's family. As for Kronk, he becomes a scout master, and Yzma joins the group.

With Us.

Emperor's New Groove is genuinely one of Disney's best films, with a great voice cast and a lot of humor. It's hard to believe it's been 25 years since this film came out, and I still love it to this day.

I give it a 9 out of 10. Emperor's New Groove is one of my favourite Disney films ever made. 

Fun fact, I met Patrick Warburton and he's a funny guy. 

He read a Kronk meme for me, and it was perfect.

Absolute Batman Animated Series Fan Cast and Ideas

 

Absolute Batman Animated Film Fan Cast and Ideas.

Now, since Absolute Batman has been a big hit with fans, and let me tell you, I've heard great things about it. The Batman comics weren't doing well, especially with Tom King's run on Batman, but Matt Fraction has done a good job with the first issue of the relaunch and Scott Synder's new Batman is a big hit. So here is my fan cast for an animated Absolute Batman series. Now it would have to be different from Cape Cursader, like it's set in a universe created by Darkseid, and in this universe, Batman, who's not a billionaire but an engineer, his mom is still alive. Still, his dad is dead, and his childhood best friends are his enemies. I've read Absolute Batman, and I'm hooked on the series because I hadn't read a Batman comic in a while, and Scott Snyder restored that love I had for comics with this fresh start. 

Now first here is my fan cast for a 

Absolute Batman animated TV Series fan cast. 

Will Friedle as Bruce Wayne/Batman

He voiced Batman before and although he said he won't voice Terry McGuiness aka Batman Beyond. I think he can still voice Batman but if it's Bruce Wayne. 

Iain Glen as Alfred 

Zazie Beetz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman

Grey Delisle as Maratha Wayne

Bruce Greenwood as Jim Gordon (The voice of Batman from Under the Red Hood.)

Krystal Joy Brown as Barbara Gordon 

Nolan North as Harvey Bullock 

Rino Romano as Thomas Wayne (He voiced Batman in The Batman.)

John DiMaggio as Joker 

J.B. Blanc as Bane 

Omar Benson Miller as Killer Croc 

Steve Blum as Mr. Freeze 

Liam O'Brien as Harvey Dent 

Jason Marsdens as Riddler 

Jason Spisak as Penguin 

Robin Atkin Downes as Roman Sionis/Black Mask  

James Arnold Taylor as Mitchell Malone 

Tara Strong as Harley Quinn

For fun heres who I would cast other DC heroes in Absolute Universe.

Sam Daly as Kal El/Superman

The son of Tim Daly the original voice of Superman as Absolute Superman. Nuff said. 

Stephanie Lemlin as Diana of Themyscira/Wonder Woman

Zach Aguilar as Wally West/The Flash 

Kimberly Brooks as Jo Mullein/Green Lantern

Christopher Gorham as John Jones and Nyambi Nyambi as The Martian  

Mark Hildreth as Hal Jordan/Black Hand 

Phil Lamarr as John Stewart/Ain Aur/Yellow Lantern

Now here are my ideas for a an Absolute Batman Animated TV Series.

5. This Batman series would work as anime too. 

Absolute Batman should be a Batman animated series that is more applicable to adults than kids, like this movie has blood, gore, nudity, and swearing. It needs to be more hardcore then Cape Cursader. Also artist Nick Dragotta says he wants an aniamted series too but he wants it in a anime style like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. I'm down for that too.

4. The first season he would face off against Black Mask, Bane, and Joker.

One interesting thing about Absolute Batman is that his enemies used to be his best friends growing up, like Killer Croc, Two-Face, Riddler, Penguin, Matches, and Catwoman, who is his girlfriend. In the film, we see how close he was to them until they learned he was Batman, and Bane turned them into villains, and they hate Bruce for this. In the first film, he fights Bane and Mr. Freeze as well. It's actually Joker pulling the strings.  

3. This a middle class engineer Bruce Wayne fighting crime as Batman. 

Unlike most versions of Bruce Wayne, this Bruce Wayne is not a billionaire; he's an engineer who became Batman after his father's death. His mother is still alive and serves as an essential role model in his life. Alfred appears in the show, but not as a butler; he's an agent who fights alongside Bruce. Scott Snyder has given us a fresh new take on the Dark Knight, and I have to be honest, after reading it, I love it. 

2. Joker is the billionaire and the main villain of the series. 

The Joker in the Absolute universe is a billionaire, not Bruce Wayne, and he's actually the one pulling the strings; he would be Batman's primary foe to fight. Since they released what the Joker will look like, I have to say it seems Pennywise mixed with Ultimate Green Goblin and Death Note. I like it a lot, to be honest, and I love how Joker is the one who turns everyone Batman cares for into villains with Bane's help, of course. I would make Joker the villain working in the shadows, and when we get to a future film, he's the main villain of it and the endgame.

1. The show would be elseworld project and successor to Tomorrowverse.

Now, Tomorrowverse animated films were not as good as the old animated films, except for Long Halloween, which was great. Turning the Absolute universe into animated films would be a great idea, offering a fresh new animated take on their existing universes. I would make Absolute Batman aniamted series and go for four or five seasons and I would include Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and many more to expand the universe.

So that's my fan cast and ideas for an Absolute Batman Animated film.

Let me know what you think.  

happy Halloween 

to all my viewers!