Happy New Year! Hope to see you post more in this thread! You were one of the main posters in the OG thread.
My guess is they'll go for the Reach arc. That one is probably the most iconic Blue Beetle story, though it's already been adapted twice in animation, with some changes. They could also even do their own take on the Black Beetle mystery, though who knows if it'd be as good as the YJ take. There's also the Posse and La Dama arcs... Let's just say, they have plenty of material to pull from.
From what I'm understanding, Blue Beetle was pitched as a Spider-Man: Homecoming type of film, so my guess is they might go for the La Dama story, and cast a big name Latina actress in the role (Salma Hayek? Hmm).
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Done with DC. Can't handle the constant whiplash! Time to go on a hiatus!
Happy New Year and thanks for the new thread Gato!
I skipped the poll, I don't want to choose between them, love them all.
As for the movie, I guess I'll re-post, ideally for me it would be a legacy film hopefully it would features Jaime, Ted and Garret in their roles.
Taking cues from the Hopkins/Banderas Zorro film, or if you prefer Douglas/Rudd Ant-Man, pretty much the same film beats, both featuring a legacy being passed to the next gen.
Some fun casting:
Love it ^, Salma Hayek would be great as the villain, further I'd take her presence back to Ted Garret's time, a sorcerous implement of the Reach. she embodies a manifestation of these ancient Lady-Death deities (including Mictecacihuatl, Nephthys, Kali, Izanami, Lady Styx, and others) that keep recurring among the ancient temples along with images foretelling of the beetle-scarab protector, that Garret encounters.
Slowly driving him mad(or so everyone believes), what he is really doing is uncovering an ancient omen and warning about her, all of which he leaves in his cryptic journals:
Until she re-manifests as Amparo Cardenas in Kord and Jaime's time.
As La Dama a mob underworld (Kingpin like) rival to Kord industries.
And finally revealed as the cosmic threat preparing Earth for the Reach, that now Jaime must fight.
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This may have been answered, but oh well...did Ted ever die in Rebirth continuity like he did pre-new 52, and if so, have they revealed how he is back?
I never picked up the Rebirth Blue Beetle series. Did they switch his scarab from science to magic-based? I thought I recalled reading that.
King likes to ignore current continuity, or combine them in order to reference classic stories, such as where he established that the first meeting of Batman and Catwoman in a yacht in Golden Age, and their first meeting in Post Crisis in Crime Alley both happened. The first one was proven by the existence of a diamond Catwoman stole that became her engagement ring, and the second by Catwoman's post crisis supporting cast Holly Robinson. So for King, all continuity can happen should he decided so.
I definitely lean more towards Ted and would love to see him back in a book (in costume) full time. That said, I don't think Jaime fans need to be denied their favorite character either.
Best case scenario (for me): DC FINALLY gives Ted and Booster a buddy action comedy book and Jaime either gets his own book again or lands on one of the Titans teams (or the YJ book).