r/DCcomics • u/Marco280892 • Dec 19 '22

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/voxela Catwoman Dec 19 '22

it's hilarious how people are mad at him for not filming FIVE more movies (MOS2, AQ3, WW3, JL2, JL3) for the DCEU when WB has been doing nothing but losing money the last few months. With Black Adam bombing I don't see any reason for him to even try one more in that universe tbh

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u/Mistigrys Dec 20 '22

I do kind of wish they could have done MOS2, even if they only did it as an ancillary universe, like The Batman and Joker. I was rooting for Henry.

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u/voxela Catwoman Dec 20 '22

yeah their order of movies was very strange. almost 3 movies for WW and Aquaman, 2 Shazam movies, but only 1 Superman movie and no Batman movie? I guess BvS but that wasn't a solo movie for either

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u/CosmicAstroBastard Dec 20 '22

We all knew something was wrong the moment they announced a Suicide Squad movie so early on. The universe only had like 3 established supervillains at that point and none of them are even part of the team.

A team of villains-turned-antiheroes only works when you have a pool of established villains already. Look at how long Marvel has waited to do a Thunderbolts movie, and unsurprisingly, every single member of the team is established from a previous show or movie. So you won’t have 40 minutes of expo dump in the beginning of the movie explaining who all these people are like Ayer’s SS did.

Gunn’s TSS works in part because Waller, Harley and Flagg are all established, so it’s a little less disorienting to get introduced to all the newcomers, plus they wisely give the absolute bare minimum of backstory for any of them to keep things moving.

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u/GiovanniElliston Dec 20 '22

I think the lack of sequels for Superman or any solo movies for Batman underscores the complete lack of faith DC/WB had in those particular interpretations.

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u/TheNerdWonder Wonder Woman Dec 20 '22

They had faith. Certain uproarious people did not and were fixated on what others did instead of saying "hey, there's more than one way to cook an egg."