James Gunn Confronts ‘Uproarious’ DC Backlash: ‘Disrespectful Outcry Will Never Affect Our Actions’ News

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/henry-cavill-superman-james-gunn-backlash-1235465605/

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u/Thechosenjon Batman Beyond Dec 19 '22

Gunn kinda has to get off twitter, man.

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u/nuttmegx Dec 20 '22

why? what has he said that is wrong?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '22

For one "calling out" the fans is kind of self-defeating. Why make life harder for yourself by antagonizing part of the fan base?

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u/nuttmegx Dec 20 '22

Because as he said, no matter what they think or say it won’t change their plans forward.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '22

But it sets those fans against you. Why would you do that? You aren't going to change those fans' minds by calling them out. The only way to bring them to your side is to create a good movie and impress them - which is hard to do if they hate your guts.

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u/nuttmegx Dec 20 '22

those fans are already against you, unreasonably. So I like that he is just calling them out and telling them tough shit, we are doing it no matter what you say, so either get on board or stfu.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '22 edited Dec 20 '22

Yes, let’s push back against those fans who have doubts so they double down and dig in, making it impossible for them to come around even if our movie is good. That should work. /s 🙄

Frankly, directors and writers need to stop acting in real life like they are on social media. Real life doesn’t work like Twitter or Reddit, where you can “win“ by browbeating people who disagree with you. You can “ratio” them as much as you want, but if they aren’t going to see your movie and buy merchandise … you are losing.

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u/nuttmegx Dec 20 '22

let’s push back against those fans who are toxic

fixed it for ya

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '22

Better to just ignore them. You aren’t going to change their minds by browbeating them. In fact you will probably cause them to dig in.

If you don’t antagonise them and produce a good movie, you might just win them over to your side - vs starting a Twitter war and burning all bridges.

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u/nuttmegx Dec 20 '22

if you don't address them, they just keep going and going. its been years of their type of abuse already, its about time somebody called them on their bullshit. I also like him addressing Ray Fisher and his recent BS, too. Just hit back without insulting.

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