Australian Football League commentator and AFL Game Day host Hamish McLachlan came under fire on social media after sporting a Superman shirt as a means of showing enthusiasm for Australia’s upcoming Marvel-branded Etihad Stadium.
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But the iconic building-leaping superhero is the property of DC Comics, chief rival to Disney-owned Marvel Entertainment.
“I’m Marveling up,” McLachlan said at the start of AFL Game Day on Sunday (via News.com.au).
“We’re asking everyone today about superheroes because of Marvel,” McLachlan said later in the show. “I’m wearing Superman — he isn’t a Marvel character apparently, but he was my favorite superhero.”
Online commentators took to social media to point on McLachlan’s gaff, with one asking “why the hell” he was wearing a Superman shirt. Said another, “get your superheroes right. Superman is not a Marvel superhero you dill.”
Etihad Stadium owners Melbourne Stadium Limited announced last week they had entered into an eight-year agreement with the Walt Disney Company, a deal that will rebrand the stadium into Marvel Stadium starting September 1.
The stadium will boast the Marvel name and logo and feature an all-new Marvel retail store.
Melbourne Stadium Limited CEO Michael Green called Marvel “a powerhouse in the entertainment industry” and “one of the most recognized brand names in the world,” but a well-meaning McLachlan suffered from brand confusion and a subsequent lashing on Twitter for his mistake.
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Why the hell is Hamish Mclachlan wearing a Superman shirt on @7aflgameday? Superman is from the @DCComics universe not the @Marvel universe. pic.twitter.com/ryCKgdvDyn
— Mark E Mark (@MarkEMarkAU) May 27, 2018
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@7aflgameday Can some tell @hamishmclachlan that Superman isn’t Marvel ?
— Emmsy (@semmsy72) May 27, 2018
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Get that flog Hamish McLachlan on and ask him the difference between Marvel & DC Comics and to which one superman belongs to. #AFL360
— DAMIEN (@DamienDzanic) May 28, 2018
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Hamish McLachlan keeps talking about a “Marvel theme” for today’s show, but he’s wearing a Superman t-shirt. Pure noob. @7aflgameday
— Dan Ranson (@danranson_) May 27, 2018
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@7aflgameday Hamish get your superheroes right. Superman is not a Marvel superhero you dill.
— Peta (@gocats11) May 27, 2018
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Hamish McLachlan wore a superman shirt on game day… they aren’t marvel. They are dc – you absolute clown
— Dan Faulkner (@Daniel5Faulkner) May 27, 2018
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@Channel7 Can you please explain to and Hamish McLachlan that Superman is not part of Marvel Comics and is part of DC Comics ,Just shows how little accuracy is important to the Australian Sports media , if i were in charge of Marvel i would be pi553d off big time
— Looch (@spalliera) May 27, 2018
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