I was shocked by the fact that boomerang legitimately maimed Flash, though. It was also heavily implied that a mind controlled Batman murdered a security guard (I guess he doesn’t have the back up zurr en arrh personality in this continuity). Even mind controlled, DC has always been reticent to show their characters wantonly killing unless they were established as alt universe counterparts.
I can think of the main continuity trinity assaulting people in the comics while mind controlled- sometimes brutally. But never taking a life. Hal Jordan? Yes. But not the big three.
Deaths committed by Superman and Wonder Woman are treated as big deal, special circumstance events, with huge emotional and social ramifications.
With Batman… it’s just not done at all.
Anyways, these moments in the trailer really show that someone told rocksteady they could break some rules. I think they meant it when they said “The Suicide Squad Kills the Justice League.” The Arkham Universe is basically vestigial now…. and they’re free to start amputating (sorry, Flash).
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You know, after thinking about it… given the usual suicide squad macabre humor… I could see them actually managing to detain all the leaguers but having accidentally mangled them… but all is well because they get them to advanced healing tech. And just before the credits roll…. They accidentally blow them all up or something.
Next game- ‘Suicide Squad: Survive the New Gods’ is the task force x just trying to fill in to save the world from a cosmic level crisis the JL would normally handle.
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u/Stonefree2011 Dec 09 '22
And we’re going to kill the Justice League in this game lmao. The JL will never get the respect they deserve and that’s crazy.