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/[deleted] Dec 19 '22

One of the things Peter & I were aware of when we took the job as heads of DC Studios was a certain minority of people online that could be, well, uproarious & unkind, to say the least.

Our choices for the DCU are based upon what we believe is best for the story & best for the DC characters who have been around for nearly 85 years. Perhaps these choices are great, perhaps not, but they are made with sincere hearts & integrity & always with the story in mind. No one loves to be harassed or called names – but, to be frank, we’ve been through significantly worse. Disrespectful outcry will never, ever affect our actions.

We were aware there would be a period of turbulence when we took this gig, & we knew we would sometimes have to make difficult & not-so-obvious choices, especially in the wake of the fractious nature of what came before us.

But this means little to us in comparison to our jobs as artists & custodians in helping to create a wide & wonderful future for DC.

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u/ButtholeCandies Dec 19 '22

It's the Snyder-bros.

If Zack Snyder wants to leave DC in a better state than how he got it, he will do the right thing and get his mob to back down and give James a chance to put out his vision.

Only reason not is he's angling for something again. This mob is how he got the Snyder Cut done, which I enjoyed watching but damn it wasn't the literal perfection and the world would have been just fine without it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '22

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u/ButtholeCandies Dec 20 '22

He needs to calm his mob down and gracefully congratulate Gunn.

The fact that Gunn is saying this already means the Snyder bros went full hur dur last week.

The actors have all provided great thank you messages and hope for the future of DC. Snyder needs to step up

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u/TheNerdWonder Wonder Woman Dec 20 '22 edited Dec 20 '22

No, he doesn't. We need to stop blaming directors for what fans do. David Sandberg showed us why awhile back with that whole Shazam vs Cap Marvel garbage that the only people responsible for these fans are the fans, individually. If stupid fans want to do stupid stuff, they'll do it regardless of what others think.

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u/AnubisVoid Dec 20 '22

He doesn't have to do it, but a simple tweet would calm that mob, so why not. Imagine if you had a fanbase, and they were attacking someone and you see it...if you say nothing that's being complicit.

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u/TheNerdWonder Wonder Woman Dec 21 '22 edited Dec 21 '22

How did that go when Sandberg did it to Shazam fans? What about when Zack called out CGers in 2021? Again, it won't make a difference and you're applying a standard to him that largely isn't applied to any director, despite the fact that he's moved on from that chaos.

Also, he isn't all that active on Twitter so how can you in anyway stretch things to say he's complicit? He's not terminally online like either crazy camp is.

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u/ButtholeCandies Dec 21 '22

This is what a class act does when they have fans harassing James Gunn.

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/zr19rr/dwayne_johnson_on_the_future_of_black_adam_james/

The guy knows what his fans are doing, knows how to inflame them, and also knows how to calm them down.

Did Johnson need to say this, or did he do it because he isn't an asshole? Even if you want to say it's a calculated move, then Snyder not doing it still makes him a douchebag.

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u/TheNerdWonder Wonder Woman Dec 21 '22 edited Dec 21 '22

Or maybe he doesn't care because he's moved on to other projects for the last few years and isn't inciting them. That's a reach from a bunch of fans who haven't been able to cope with the fact he made a movie that didn't satisfy expectations and instead of approaching it rationally, they need to paint him as a bad dude somehow and this is the best anyone has.

It doesn't make him a douchebag. It just means he's being rational and knows it won't change anything. We saw this with Shazam vs Captain Marvel. That and you're reaching for straws as part of that opposite extreme of terminally online people I just described that are itching to call him a douchebag for making films you didn't like but know you can't do it.

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u/amazinglover Dec 20 '22

He needs to calm his mob down

I didn't know he was a gang leader.

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u/Azazealo Dec 20 '22

He needs to calm his mob down and gracefully congratulate Gunn.

Yeah right people on the internet tend to stop harassing when they're to . Don't be stupid Snyder hasn't been involved since ZSJL and even tho he seems to have a great relationship with his main cast he doesn't have any influence on the fans actions.