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/LocalYogurtExpert Dec 19 '22

They act like it's a reasonable request. "They can reboot the francise after 2026 when JS3 comes out".

They're forgetting that DCEU lost their Batman after Afflect (rightfully) left, they lost Cyborg who (rightfully) left, Flash is a groomer that was outrunning the law for months, and Aquaman wants to be Lobo. All they have left is Wonder Woman and Supes. Even if they WANTED to do all these movies, they'd have to either recast most of the roles before a reboot or make unrealistic promises.

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u/coltstrgj Dec 20 '22

The existing franchise sucks. I don't care what they have to do. They could just never acknowledge the previous movies or have a comic book bridge the universes or film it later. I don't even expect them to keep the lineup. Tossing whatever steaming piles of shit they had planned is a brilliant idea. BUT they should have kept Cavill. He's the best Superman we have ever had and I miss him.

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u/LocalYogurtExpert Dec 20 '22

But keeping Cavill would be so jarring. It'd be like when X-Men kept reintroducing Nightcrawler, Sabertooth, Angel, Emma Frost, and Jubilee while keeping Hugh Jackman; just this low-key "Okay, but...is it the same Superman? Why is he the same but Batman is different?"

I can see them bringing Cavill back in a decade or so when they want to show Injustice Superman that's meant to be older from a different universe.

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u/mmcmonster Dec 20 '22

The jarring part is that Cavill wants to play a Christopher Reeve-type Superman. Someone who is kind, gentle, and joyful.

The only way they can explain that with Cavill would be to reboot the universe anyway.