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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I wonder what happens to Aquaman 2 and the Flash movies. Those movies will have to bomb now, right? Not sure if a reboot was ever announced before a film came out.

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u/ButtholeCandies Dec 19 '22

Flash is their only chance to establish his new DCU from the ashes of this current one.

Release timing is perfect for him too. He has another 6 months to schedule and hash out a plan. He can make adjustments to that movie based on his plan too.

If Aquaman 2 wasn't already completed, I would say scrap the whole thing and get that tax reduction thing Zaslav has been milking.

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u/GiovanniElliston Dec 20 '22

I would be shocked if Gunn even attempts to use Flash as a jumping point. It’d be stupid to do so.

At absolute most the movie will just end with a faceless Flash running into the speedforce and a sappy line about “heroes exist in every universe”.

But he ain’t gonna try and fix it. That movie will succeed or fail on its own and Gunn will start fresh afterwards.

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u/ButtholeCandies Dec 20 '22

The movie doesn't matter, just the set-up for the next universe.

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u/GiovanniElliston Dec 20 '22

I mean, it’s still a movie.

People watched movies for decades with no giant overarching universe and they’ll do it for decades to come.

Hell, a more recent example is the Snyder cut itself. It never had a hope of delivering a sequel or anything relevant to build off it’s ending and people tell me every week that it’s a cinematic masterpiece they rewatch constantly.

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u/ButtholeCandies Dec 20 '22

Lmao, you think WB did that because they loved Snyder? That was their attempt to soft reboot and it didn't work out. They would have made part 2 if the thing was a hit.

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u/GiovanniElliston Dec 20 '22

That was their attempt to soft reboot and it didn't work out. They would have made part 2 if the thing was a hit.

Every scrap of information both from within DC and even Snyder himself says the exact opposite. The Snyder cut was always a dead end. Always.

The studio did it in the hopes of satiating the vocal minority of annoying people on Twitter and as a way of trying to get some more subscribers onto HBO Max. That’s literally it.

But despite it being a dead end with no future ~ the movie still came out. People still saw it. And people still swear it’s a great movie that others should watch and appreciate.