What It Took for JAMES GUNN to Agree to Take Over DC STUDIOS 

I’m worried WB will set unrealistic expectations for superman legacy and then scrap the dcu when those unrealistic expectations aren’t met

I expect nothing and I’m still disappointed- Dewey

@@Lankystorm28415 I can actually see that happening lol

@@videogametv7448 I really hope they give superman: legacy a smaller budget. The DC brand is extremely damaged so there’s no way this film’s gonna be a financial hit. It just has to be good and lay a foundation to start winning back the audience the dceu lost

@@Lankystorm28415That is all facts. You are 100 percent correct

They wanted to also get it approved for RU-vid Shorts

It says that the chapters are auto-generated (thus auto-named)

@@isisbarfuss558 It's been 8 months, they could have corrected it...

@@92brunodthey don’t care about that stuff lmao

@@acez6756 they should care about crediting the right people, though

😆. So do I.

James Gunn is super talented, I'm stoked he's taking over DC as Marvel has been all around the place this year and everything else was kind of a let down or was lack luster.

It's an animated Superman film what's the big deal ? It's not like Henry Cavill is being replaced with a brand new actor in a brand new suit for a live action movie... That would be a huge deal

I hate marvel

​@@amanpotdarcavil is done lol

Woof. You couldn’t have been more on the money if you were Scrooge McDuck.

I am actually surprised that this hasn’t collapsed yet due to poor corporate management

Makes sense .gunn is a filmmaker

Honestly, sounds better than what Kevin Feige is doing. Splitting works between 2 talented individuals who excels at what they best at.

@@duongthanhtung492 Well what Feige is doing is actually better. It works.

@@alphanerd7221 What he was doing work. Not at the moment lmao. Splitting work is actually better in the long run. It takes less stress off of him.

@@duongthanhtung492 "What he was doing work." It never stops shocking me how people who write so poorly have every confidence trying to tell me what narrative fiction is good. Walk before you try to criticize runners.

Like he respected Adam warlock? By making him into a joke and 180 his origin.

I trust Gunn. Enjoyed Peacemaker. I don’t trust WB executives to not interfere with something they feel like is going to be popular or make a lot of money. Projects they don’t care about and leave alone, tend to be successful.

@@bofawhatsbofa4593that was odd. I felt like he made the decision during filming to leave for DC & Adam Warlock’s portrayal felt like “creative differences” were involved.

@@Bman32x I mean after seeing his other films, he did the same with lots of his characters. He turns almost EVERYONE into a comic relief.

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Agree...DC is agonizing right now, they need to put out great quality stories and slowly start to win back the trust from people. With quality, good stories, less controversies...all that stuff

I think quite a bit of those desires are going to be in place simply because they are losing money to such an extreme degree right now.

The key to that is to make less and make it end

Every DC film seem to cost $200 million + except Shazam. They should start with a good script.

I agree. The movies that should cost 300 million are the Justice League type movies (properly donde obviously). The rest have to be 100 to 150 million max. Everything everywhere all at once proved you can do action adventure sci fi for 40 million. Why can't you do it for double/triple that? It's not like the actors in Everything everywhere were unknowns, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh are big actresses and have been for years. Gunn has proven that he is taking that approach here. The actor for Superman is known but not that known and Lois Lane is going to be played by an A list TV actress but not a big A list actress that that the audience will think of as a "look it's her" and will think "look it's Lois Lane".

I have more faith in Gunn getting Lex Luthor right than - picking an example at random - Zack Snyder

Superman needs some humor because people gotta realize that behind the suit he’s just a chill, mellow, upstanding guy. He knows when to get serious when the situation calls for it. Does this mean he should be a comedic character? No! But Gunn has proven that he knows how to balance out humor and seriousness from scene to scene, even with goofy characters such as Vigilante and Peacemaker

That slapstick stuff marvel became obsessed with.... They force it in every movie 😂

@@alexanderwindh4830 Yeah, because Suicide Squad is a super serious movie with no slapstick humor at all huh

If you watch stuff like Batman the Animated Series, Justice League, etc there are TONS of slapstick moments in-between the dark/serious moments. Peacemaker also had a good balance between super silly and super dark. It’s all about moderation.

I agree but I think even if people dont catch on right away, as long as the films are good opinions will change. Its really just about quality over quantity and if every film is good on its own merit, people wont have much issue with going back and watching them all which is easier than ever nowadays with streaming services.

@@reaperraider999 Like a form of osmosis.

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq Idk what that is tbh😂

@@reaperraider999You mean osmosis ? I forgot why I mentioned it. Nope, drawing a big fat blank.

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq lmaooo

They did and we got the snyderverse

snyder is visionary not a great director though.

No

@@uzazil......Actually no. The WB higher up's made most of the decisions based on what they thought would make the most money. Marvel started out right and had Paramount back them financially. Then Disney came in and bought them out. I'm Sure Disney has their own input they put into the movies that they think will make the most money. But, most of the Marvel movies still stay on track and follow a cohesive story line driven by most of the Marvel Comics they're taken from.

@@NY_7 no Geoff Johns and Jim Lee were I charge of dc media. They hired Snyder. Then all the harassment debacle with Johns forced wb to take control after justice league

I see no benefits Synder was making *superhero movies NOT comedy movies with superheroes in them* like Disney WB-DC only cares about money wich means they're gonna make comedy movies wich is what sells it's great for non comic lovers who just wanna go and have a laugh but it sucks for people who actually love these characters now everyone can be a walking joke that tells jokes and punchlines 24/7 and character depth can just go fu - ck itself because the guy who made Suicide Squad of all things is calling the shots

The funny thing is, nobody did a classic Superman movie in 40 years; we only had Bryan Singer's fanfiction about Donner's Superman and then Zack Snyder's sad Space Jesus. For me, classic Boy Scout adapted into XXI century will be enough. Let him be kind and full of hope.

I think he'll nail it. He made me care about rat girl. If he can do that he can do anything

He will probably nail it, question is will audience watch the movie though? The Flash was a good movie but everyone is hating on it.

Interesting. I liked the first guardians. They didn't matter but he made it entertaining. Which caught on. But suicide squad... I had literally forgotten that existed.

same

That was BS. He wasn't fired. They delayed his movie. Big difference.

there is no guarantee. don't live in a bubble. The flash was great and it still failed at the box office.

​@@cartmanbruh23that's no shocker, look who was the star of that movie.

No They've been on freefall since WB forced Snyder to fasttrack the justice league

@@Pointman11111 They've been on freefall since WB hired Snyder in the first place.

@@nickkowak9628 no

​@@Pointman11111yes they have, snyder was a bad choice

@@the-quiver No he wasn't So who is correct of us now huh? Lol

He's still a good dude now?

why do you care about someones hair style? weirdo

Jumping directly to the third tier.

@@alphanerd7221 what

@@leftjab6145 "Jumping directly to the third tier."

@@alphanerd7221 of what

@@leftjab6145 Super heroes.

Lol DC is a bigger and much more complex universe than marvel so it won't work the same way.

Exactly, especially starting with the Flash?!? They should’ve canned that garbage

@@lesryglrhfohserI agree but it’s too expensive to can a film that late into post production

@@Lankystorm28415 they did it to “Batgirl” 🤷‍♂️. Honestly DC had the best opportunity to wipe the slate clean by utilizing the crisis on infinite earths done in earth-1 arrowverse/Chuck from supernatural wiping out the multiverse.

@@FOXCYBORGNINJA but batgirl had a relatively smaller budget and lets be honest, it sounded like it was gonna be CW level bad. Complete agree with all your other points tho. That would have been the best course of action to truly wipe the slate clean

Nope he only brings successful characters not flops .

DC Fans will definitely give him a chance but he needs to win the general audience, the ones that are have grown to love the MCU for years so he and WB needs to make sure that these films are focused on quality first over building up. The other factor to also worry about are the Snyder stans all over Twitter and certain DC Subreddits that rather have Gunn fail his universe just because of Zack Snyder's departure of the franchise. They rather burn WB and DC to the ground because of three failed attempts. All those guys want are their JL sequels that were inspired by Injustice video games and Final Crisis which ends in a fifth movie divisively

He needs to win back the dedicated DC movie fans. There currently isn't one right now. Despite what normies and media says DCEU had a dedicated fanbase who no matter how the movie was, would show up in theater and was genuinely interested to see how the connected universe story would progress. That's exactly why the phase 1 of DC movies till Aquaman all were a box office movie success. Even Suicide Squad despite how bad it was, made profit at box office. Media critics review don't matter for shit cause, literally every single DCEU movie that wasn't directly associated by Snyder somehow flopped at box office and costed WB money. Shazam 1,2 , The Suicide Squad, Wheadon's Justice League, Black Adam, Birds of Prey, the Flash and Blue Beetle is on their way now. It's an extremely bold assumption to think that you're gonna ignore the wishe's of the only dedicated fanbase of your to appease MCU fans and general audience and your movies would still be a success. MCU movies have a dedicated fanbase, no matter how bad or terrible some of their movies may be, those dedicated fanbase would still make those movies successful. DCEU had one and WB with their dumb decisions have managed to make them all lose interest in their DC movies. Gunn really needs to step up if he wants his DC movies to be successful in future. Firing Henry Cavil, who was universally loved by most DC fans while keeping his own The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker cast wasn't something that would make him likeable to most DC fans. I am not a Snyder fanboy and I love Gunn's work in GOTG movies but as a head of a movie studio, you gotta think about movie's financial success before anything else. I hope he starts delivering.

Another thing. The comic book community loves James. Only director that tells the fans what comics his movies will be based on. The community is BOOMIN right now

@@caesarknight2115 Comic book community loves James? I've been a comic book fan and part of many DC comic book community and I can assure you, most people don't love him as you think they do. But he has done some good things since taking over as DC head by promoting the associated comics for each movie.

Yeah that's the problem. Outside of snyder DC/WB had some good creatives both as executives and directors/producers/writers and still put out garbage. Just having someone who "knows the comics" isn't a surefire thing either as the marvel "creative committee" put out crap like iron man 2 and the first two Thor movies.

DC animation doesn't need any special push from him or anyone else. Warner Bro's DC animation has been the industry leader for decades now.

First project of the DCU is an animated show called Creature Commandos

A lot of ppl these days don't consider "a buttload of cash" as the first or best incentive when making major life decisions. Some of us value integrity and career fulfillment too.

@@danielvillalobos4265But a ton of money dangled in your face doesn’t hurt.

@@danielvillalobos4265 especially someone who has already made as much money as he has. At a certain point, creative people really are just thinking about what they can spend their time on that feels meaningful.

No, he should play poison ivy and he should shoot poison out of his nipples

@@thatswhatithought6519 You've changed my mind

He isn’t making the batman film genius 🤦‍♂️ His movies literally contain lots of well shot action, character development and sincere messages but of course you complain about the music.

@@mrbluesky4838 say it isnt so. All of his latest mcu and squad movies blend together. Sure it was fun the first time.

@@memq1987 So No Way Home and The Suicide Squad are the same thing in your mind?

The flash movie would create the dcu. The dceu and dcu are the same continuity, but the dceu timeline would be reset to dcu timeline.

I agree. I’m a huge fan of Gunn but what’s best for dc would be to reboot everything

@@Lankystorm28415 this is a soft reboot.

@@Lankystorm28415 reboot everything would be a mistake.

@@lilbigfan3782 why’s that?

Yes, but he still wouldn’t accept it because he would rather do creative plans over financial plans. Right now James Gunn can do what he wants for the movie, while Peter do financial planning of the movie.

i'm interested to see that as well

Nah my top 5 is flash and aint no way im giving money ezra cringe .hack snyder made this abomination flash who has goofy ahh run .my barry runs like season 1 tv show

There are quite a few reasons and they all played part: 1. Despite you admit it or not DCEU had only one dedicated fanbase and that was the Snyderfans. No matter how the movies were as long as it was part of Snyder's continued storyline, they would show up to see those movies and that's the only reason all Snyder associated DC movies are box office hit. Every other DCEU movies flopped at box office 2. The behind the camera drama about going behind Snyder and almost remaking Justice League, Wheadon treating the JL cast horribly and 2 of the WB executives being fired over them, really made general audience see DC movies negatively. 3. The Flash's initial test screening were amazing that's the only reason WB put so much faith into this and promoted the hell out of it. But there's big catch ( the movie was quite different during test screening). In fact by the time the Flash ended in test screening, every moviegoer at the theater felt super optimistic cause it hinted at an united rebooted universe where Cavil stays, Affleck stays and lots of new opportunities for future movies are set in place. But the actual Flash movie removed all of those and ended the movie on basically by a George Clooney came just for a single joke punchline. I was one of the people who saw the early screening of Flash and I loved it then and when I saw the actual movie in theater after it came out, I was furious. The movie was so so much better initially. Few people might have liked the final cut of that movie but it would have been universally loved by everyone if they released the test screening cut without editing. 4. Ezra Miller, who is being accused of quite a few nasty charges and him leading the movie is what made many fans don't wanna see it. Despite the fact most of the crimes he was accused of has been proven false at court but he's still not likeable among most of the fans. James gunn is a great filmmaker and I myself am a big fan of his Guardian movies and his Peacemaker series. But being a director and being the head of a studio are quite different roles. So far as the DC head, his decision making has only resulted into loss for DC. I hope he starts improving on that for the sake of every DC fan out there

Hahaha. Typo I guess

I don't think it's superhero fatigue, it's just bad writing fatigue. People showed up in droves for GotG 3 and Across the Spider-Verse this year

I believe he said Blue Beetle is the first of the new DCU. His first film will be the new Superman one.

Blue Beetle

Superman: Legacy will be the first true DCU film, planned and to be produced under DC studios. Every film coming out this year, even Blue Beetle, was written and produced before or during the planning of the DCU. BB just happens to be the one they’ll likely integrate/carry over.

@@rcbmmines4579it will be the first and last. That movie is gonna bomb big time.

@@rcbmmines4579 yeah its confusing. aparently gunn said that the blue beetle movie is dceu but the character is dcu.

Actually he didn't. Peacemaker in the comics is barely a thing. Gunn made him great

Ok, Terrance

The normies I know love James Gunn. They only watched Guardians and Peacemaker

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Well those are his two best things.