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title: 'The DCU Hype Is Kinda Dead'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=MBerkABfiN0'
video_id: 'MBerkABfiN0'
date: 2026-08-23
duration_sec: 1957
channel: 'Friendly Space Ninja'
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# The DCU Hype Is Kinda Dead

> Source: [The DCU Hype Is Kinda Dead](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MBerkABfiN0)

## Summary

The video is a critical analysis of the new DC Universe (DCU) under James Gunn, expressing disappointment with its early direction. The creator argues that despite a promising start with Superman, the franchise is already losing momentum due to systemic issues, a poorly received Supergirl movie, and a lack of focus on core characters.

### Key Points

- **Initial Hype and Promise** [00:03] — The DCU launched with Superman in July 2025, generating significant buzz. James Gunn's appointment was seen as bold, with promises of a unified universe across movies, TV, and games, and a focus on strong scripts.
- **Enthusiasm Has Died** [01:28] — Despite being a self-proclaimed 'DC shill', the creator's enthusiasm for the new DCU has already waned. He enjoyed Superman but feels the franchise is already losing general audience interest.
- **Systemic Problems Behind the Scenes** [03:15] — The core issues are systemic, related to behind-the-scenes decisions rather than the quality of individual products. The creator states the situation is a 'mess' with cracks showing too early.
- **Supergirl: A Missed Opportunity** [05:23] — The creator, a huge fan of the character, was disappointed by the Supergirl movie. He felt it stripped the character of her complex, darker comic book personality, making her one-dimensional.
- **Tone Mismatch and Visual Failure** [10:44] — The movie attempted to be a 'James Gunn movie' with a jokey tone and needle drops, which was a major worry. The creator also criticizes the film's visuals as 'ugly' compared to the beautiful, colorful source material, the 'Woman of Tomorrow' comic.
- **Supergirl is a Box Office Bomb** [14:48] — Supergirl is projected to lose Warner Brothers around $200 million, making it one of the biggest box office bombs in cinema history, on par with The Flash. This is a catastrophic failure for the second movie in the franchise.
- **Studio Interference and Competing Cuts** [15:28] — The film was plagued by an internal war over the final cut. Director Craig Gillespie's version was scrapped in favor of a studio cut, echoing the problems of the old DCU and contradicting James Gunn's promise of filmmaker-friendly vision.
- **AI Use in Production** [17:25] — Warner Brothers accidentally revealed in a behind-the-scenes video that AI was used to design Lobo's character. The video was quickly pulled, and insiders claim AI is also being used in the production of the next Superman film.
- **Overcrowded Slate and Lack of Foundation** [18:33] — The DCU feels like it 'started in phase 4' of the MCU, throwing audiences into the middle of a story without establishing core characters. The slate is overcrowded with obscure characters like Clayface and Jimmy Olsen, while the pillars of the Justice League (Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash) are missing.
- **Cancellations and Unfocused Plan** [27:09] — Many announced projects, including The Authority, Booster Gold, and a Sgt. Rock movie, have been cancelled. The creator argues that with 80% of the 10-year plan cancelled, it's unclear what the actual plan is.
- **Loss of Confidence and Frustration** [31:31] — The creator feels the DCU is repeating the same mistakes of the past decade. He is frustrated by the lack of a clear vision and direction, and is losing confidence in the ability of James Gunn and Peter Safran to deliver a coherent universe.

### Conclusion

The video concludes that the new DCU is already a disjointed mess, repeating the mistakes of the past. The creator's hope has flatlined due to a combination of a major box office failure, a chaotic slate, and a lack of a clear, focused plan for the core characters.

## Transcript

has been up and running for a little over a year now with Superman officially over a year now with Superman officially kickstarting it in July of 2025 under Saffron at the head of the newly formed DC Studios. There was a real buzz around
this reinvention of the franchise after some it's some [ __ ] and I was hyped just as much as everyone else. James Gunn was a bold but fascinating choice to run the new cinematic universe. As a very character-driven guy who really
values emotional storytelling, we were promised a new era, a new venture in the universe of DC comics that would regroup everything under one single cannon. the
movies, the TV shows, and the video games, all under the same connective tissue and the same actors to play their characters regardless of the medium. There was a real oath from James Gunn about the importance of the story,
promising that no project will be green lit unless the script is absolutely amazing. There's no sugar coating it. At the time this was all announced, I was hearing everything I wanted to hear. as a DC fanboy who desperately wanted good
DC media back on my screens. But here's the thing. Even though this new cinematic universe has just started, my enthusiasm towards it has already kind of died. And this sucks because like I've said in many videos, I am a DC
shill. I've always liked DC more than Marvel. It's always been my [ __ ] I am obsessed with DC characters from the comics and all I want is a good cinematic universe with some of my favorite characters. I like Superman a
lot. I made a whole video talking about it, so I'll invite you to go see that if you haven't. But I like the movie. It felt refreshing and fun, and it brought back the actual characterization of Superman being a kind, warm, and
friendly, chill guy with the powers of a god. After a decade of having a doormat with no emotions who was just way too good at aura farming, no offense to but I just think the writing never actually let him be the Superman. But
it, revived a character that I had loved for my entire life. And he made for a solid introduction to the universe, say for a few worries I was willing to let for a few worries I was willing to let slide. But since Superman,
sucked except for Superman. That's simply not true. Creature Commandos was a really fun animated series. Peacemaker is also a lot of fun. But there is a bigger, more prominent issue with the new DCU that has largely contributed to
myself and a lot of general audiences losing their interest in the franchise. And it's a bit more complicated than it appears to be. On the surface, the problems here are very layered and are largely systemic and have less to do
with the products coming out and more to do with what's going on behind the scenes and what decisions are made to build a new universe. and my guy. I don't think it would be hyperbole to say it's uh it it's been a mess. Shit's kind
of [ __ ] up over there. I don't I don't know what's going on. The cracks are starting to show way too early. And I don't think I'm going to surprise anyone when I say a lot of it became abundantly clear with Supergirl. But before we get
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sponsoring this video. You guys are the best. And let's get back to the show. A few weeks ago with my buddies Alex Ashenfield and Amanda the Jedi, I saw Supergirl in theaters. And I haven't talked about it at all, not even on
Instagram. Now, maybe it's been too long and you don't remember me talking about it. Or maybe you're new here and you simply don't know, but Supergirl is one of my favorite comic book characters of all time. She is such a fascinating
character to me and when she is handled well, I think she can be some of the best DC has to offer. About 5 years ago, I made a video explaining why I believe I made a video explaining why I believe the CW Supergirl series failed the
character of Cara Zorel. And in it, I explained in more detail why I think Supergirl is so interesting. Here's what I said. You see, in the comics, Supergirl and Superman are two very different people. Supergirl as a
very cold. She has a different philosophy than Superman. She has a different personality than Superman and they disagree on a lot of [ __ ] She's also known to have a bit of a temper. Like she's definitely not as nice as
Clark and she's way more of a brood than he is. She likes to fight. She's a warrior. She was trained in combat by the military of Krypton growing up. She's always eager to punch things. She's a no talk, no [ __ ] kind of
person. She's all action. Like if Superman faces you, he will always give you a chance to surrender before fighting. He will always try to reason with you before he jumps into a fight. Supergirl is not like that. She will
smash your face into a concrete wall first and then maybe she'll say hello if she's in a good mood. But the one thing that makes Supergirl such an amazing character in the comics, which is completely ignored in the show, it's her
complicated relationship with humans. In the comics, Supergirl is a little bit of weirdo. Clark has lived his entire life on Earth. So even though he has his challenges, living here is not as much of a struggle because he's human at
heart. He was raised by humans. But Cara grew up on Krypton. She wasn't raised on Earth and adapting to this civilization is a very different experience for her and not an easy one. She has a very hard time relating to humans and as a result,
she has a tendency to isolate herself from everyone. She's kind of a loner really. And because she didn't grow up on Earth, she also doesn't have the same blind love and dedication to humanity that Clark has. As a superhero,
Supergirl experiences way more internal conflict than Superman. She understands that life is worth preserving, but at times she sort of doubts humanity deserves to be saved at all. There are even times of crisis where she tells
people straight up that saving humans is not her priority. She'd rather just neutralize the threat. It's difficult for Cara to understand the fundamental implications of being human and she doesn't necessarily like humans as a
people. She questions their values all the time and it really affects her life homesick. She doesn't feel at home on Earth. She doesn't feel like she belongs. But at the same time, she doesn't really belong anywhere because
her home planet was destroyed. So, a part of her wants to believe she can find her place on Earth like Clark did. But the problem here is that, well, Cara doesn't have the same notion of time as Clark does. When she arrives on Earth,
because she was stuck in the Phantom Zone, to her it's only been 3 days, and planet was destroyed. Everyone she's ever known, everything she's ever known is now gone. It doesn't exist anymore. So, Cara is consumed by grief, and her
mental health is very unstable because of it. So, it's very hard for her to even attempt to find comfort on Earth. But also, like I said, Supergirl doesn't believe in mankind. She doesn't see the beauty in it that Clark sees in every
where she struggles so much to live amongst humans that she just leaves to find people she can relate to more. She spends time on Theoscira with Wonder on Earth altogether at some point and just leaves to hang out in space. Cara
that she constantly feels the need to repress and push down. So much so that when she fights Lobo and unleashes her rage after being taunted for too long, the power of her anger is so overwhelming that it attracts a Red
Lantern ring and she becomes a Red Lantern driven mad by the power of rage isolation and grief. I mean, hell, it takes her a while before she even creates a secret identity for herself. It's only a couple of years after
arriving on Earth and many intergalactic battles in between that she decides to planet. And all of that conflict within her is what makes her one of my favorite comic book characters. Supergirl is not just a female Superman. She's her own
character with a very different psyche. She's so much more complex than she appears to be, and she's definitely more layered as a character than whatever it is the CW did with her. So, as you can see, my passion for this character, when
handled correctly, knows no bounds. Want it or not, understanding Supergirl is understanding that she is a much darker character than Superman. Superman is the boy scout. Supergirl is not like you see
how cold and aura farmy Henry Caval Superman was. Totally wrong characterization for Superman. But that's what Supergirl is supposed to be like. Henry Caval has been playing Supergirl this whole time and he didn't
even know it. The tone of this movie should have reflected that. And James Gun himself has said when the movie was first announced that it was going to be a darker take on the character, but that
appears to have been untrue. I was kind of baffled by how hard this movie is trying to be a James Gun movie. And this was one of my big worries about the new DCU, that every bigger movie in the franchise featuring bigger characters
would try to have the vibe of Guardians of the Galaxy. And this movie didn't do anything to appease my worries. The whole gimmick with the jokey tone, the needle drops, the punk rock energy, everything is there. I mean, hell, the
director of the film said James Gun himself had the final say on the tracklist of the movie. He personally chose the songs for the needle drops and that's all good and dandy. But I do think it is part of the issue here.
this movie is depressing. I don't even want to talk about it. talk about it. >> Let's talk about it. What was that? >> The movie felt kind of soulless, which is insane because it's adapted from one
of the best comic books to come out this decade. A story with so much heart and decade. A story with so much heart and so much depth. Such an emotional tale with an incredibly complex Cara Zorel at the center of it. For those of you who
don't know, the Supergirl movie is entirely based on a Supergirl comic book by Tom King called Woman of Tomorrow, which was published in 2022. And it is, which was published in 2022. And it is, in my opinion, an absolute masterpiece.
It is just perfect. >> Perfect. Everything down to the last minute details. But I feel like the movie took the basic concept of the movie took the basic concept of the comic and then ripped everything that
made it deep and beautiful out of it. Starting with the visuals. And I mean, look at it. Look at the comic book. Look how gorgeous it is. Look how colorful
and vivid the style is. This comic is a visual masterpiece. It is [ __ ] art. And I cannot believe how ugly the movie is in comparison.
is in comparison. Brother, how how do you see this and end up with this? The thing is, the first time I saw the movie in theaters, I had time I saw the movie in theaters, I had some fun with the first 30, 40
minutesish. So, I cut the movie a lot of slack based on that alone, even though I recognized the second act was a boring mess. And boy, I mean, I I I cannot sugarcoat this, especially now that I've seen the movie again. The third act of
seen the movie again. The third act of Supergirl is like insultingly bad. It is, oh my god, it is so bad. But I came out of the movie being like, okay, it wasn't that bad. And then I saw it a second time.
Uh, yeah, I I was on crack. This movie sucks. I do think Millie Alco was a great casting choice for the character. She's doing her best with what she was given. She just wasn't given much. Cara is stripped of so many of her layers in
this movie that she ends up being a largely one-dimensional character. The other characters in the movie are all seriously underwritten, especially the villain. Holy [ __ ] man. The emotional bits of the story fall so flat, even
though the comic book made me tear up more than once. And again, the movie is ugly as [ __ ] Everything about this movie was so mishandled, it's kind of
crazy. And it showed with audiences because people didn't really connect with this movie. And the writing is kind of on the wall with this one. There is no denying the fact that Supergirl 2026 is a major failure for Warner Brothers.
Not only is it a box office bomb, it is now simply one of the biggest box office bombs in cinema history with it being projected to lose the studio around $200
million. That is a bigger bomb than MorbiiUs or like Catwoman and it's about on par with The Flash, which is currently sitting in the top three biggest flops of all time. And I cannot stress this enough, this is the second
stress this enough, this is the second movie in this revamped franchise. That is catastrophic. And what makes it even worse is all the behindthescenes drama and scandals around the film that have been emerging since it came out. The
been emerging since it came out. The making of this movie was a [ __ ] mess. Supergirl was apparently plagued by an internal war over the final cut of the film. The studio was aware for a really long time that the movie wasn't really
working and the director Craig Gillespie saw himself having to test a competing cut with the studio. Basically, he had a cut of the movie. James Gun in the studio had a different one. Both cuts existed at the same time and there was a
battle over which one would come out in theaters. The battle was carried over test screenings of both versions with test audiences and Gillespie lost. His cut was scrapped and the studio's cut was the one that came out in theaters.
Does that sound familiar? Because to me, this feels like history repeating itself. That is essentially what happened to David Heir on Suicide Squad where Warner Brothers essentially kicked him out of the editing process
and handed the movie over to a completely new editing team that usually edited trailers and that basically reinvented the movie to stir it as far away as possible from heir's very dark and sinister vision of the Suicide
Squad. And that then happened again with many DC movies in the old DCU. So watching the supposedly filmmaker friendly new DCU immediately stumble into another story about competing cuts and studio interference is not exactly
reassuring, especially when James Gunn has repeatedly sold this new era on the idea that filmmakers would actually be allowed to have distinctive creative allowed to have distinctive creative visions. Cool. Love that tiny problem.
It doesn't appear to be true. There is studio meddling all over this movie and it sounds like it was bullied into having the tone of a James Gun film. And added to that, it was just revealed a couple days ago accidentally by Warner
Brothers themselves that despite the hundreds of millions of dollars they put into this movie, the production didn't hire artists for concept art and instead hire artists for concept art and instead used AI. We know this because for the at
Brothers released a video about the behind the scenes of the film and for a brief moment, you can see Jason Mimoa with the director using AI to come up
with the director using AI to come up with Lobo's design. People immediately pointed that out. There were a couple of articles about it. And as an immediate admission of guilt, Warner Brothers pulled the video from YouTube
immediately. And now some insiders working on DCU projects are saying AI is also being used in the production of Man of Tomorrow, the Superman's sort of sequel coming out next year. So there is that. The fact that this was
a self-exposed by Warner Brothers is absolutely bonkers. Somebody got fired over this [ __ ] I'm sure of it. >> You dumb [ __ ] >> And speaking of which, why the [ __ ] was Lobo in this movie? Who
why the [ __ ] was Lobo in this movie? Who invited you? Who do you know here? Lobo feels so out of place in this movie. And well, that's because he is out of place. He's not part of the original comic book, and his presence felt completely
random. I like Jason Mimoa in the role, don't get me wrong. I do want to see don't get me wrong. I do want to see more of him, but like, why this movie? more of him, but like, why this movie? What justified introducing him here? He
doesn't contribute anything to the story. That was such a weird choice to make. I think I just struggle to understand why those movies are so overcrowded right off the bat. Superman was already throwing in a new Lex
Luthor. But then the movie was like, "Let's also introduce a [ __ ] ton of people. Here's a Green Lantern. Here's Hog Girl. Here's Mr. Terrific. Here's Hog Girl. Here's Mr. Terrific. Here's Metamorpho the engineer. Bizarro, bro,
calm down. We just started this thing. Pace yourself. Supergirl's decision to randomly shove Lobo in there was so [ __ ] confusing to me. There isn't even a Lobo project in the works. So,
he's in this movie kind of just because. And again, it feels out of place because he is out of place. And that is a signal to yet another issue. Despite me really
liking the movie, I did say something about James Gun Superman that really irked me at the time, I said that the beginning of the movie, which is also the beginning of a new cinematic universe, didn't feel like a beginning.
It felt like you were being thrown in the middle of a season of a TV show, which I found to be really jarring. And now that I see what they're doing with the universe, at least so far, I think this is already a big flaw of this new
franchise. the refusal to establish things. I think James Gunn is going off characters and that nobody really needs an introduction. We can just get going with the crazy adventures and people will get it. But the result of that is
that it feels like this new DCU has no foundation whatsoever. It just throws you in the middle of everything with little to no context. And that is one of the biggest criticisms I've seen about the DCU so far. The best worded comment
I've seen online about it is that the DCU feels like it decided to start in phase 4. And I don't think I could have worded this feeling any better. It's established for years and people are already familiar with it. But I don't
know this universe. It just started and there is nothing here that feels like we have a strong foundation to hold on to as an audience. But James Gunn is not concerned with that. And he already
wants to do a million side quests when the main quest hasn't been addressed. We just got a new Superman. We don't know what's going on with Batman. The Batman everyone is excited about is not even part of this universe. We have no news
on Wonder Woman. We don't even know if we're going to get a new Flash. Like, we have absolutely nothing about the Pillars of the Justice League. But we Pillars of the Justice League. But we get a Clayface movie, a Beist Batman
get a Clayface movie, a Beist Batman villain, and a Jimmy Olsen series. There's an Amanda Waller show in the works, a Swamp Thing movie. Tom King, who I mentioned earlier, is apparently making a Mr. Miracle series. Like, what?
This does sound like the side quest projects Marvel started dumping on us in phase four and five on Disney Plus. That's as if the MCU had started with That's as if the MCU had started with Iron Man, but then the next project was
Iron Man, but then the next project was Echko and then like Secret Invasion and Happy Hogan. >> Welcome to the Spiritual Oasis. You like >> Welcome to the Spiritual Oasis. You like Donkey Kong Jr.
are going to be awful. I'm just saying, yeah, I understand why people wouldn't necessarily be hyped or wouldn't necessarily feel as invested in this as necessarily feel as invested in this as you would want. The DCU just started and
it already feels so unfocused. It's kind of a mess. And I do believe that part of that is because of the James Gun method. Look, I know that this is James Gun's thing. James Gun loves to take obscure like sealist D-list characters from the
comics that people mostly don't know and make movies where they are kind of misfits with a heart who grow into unlikely heroes and blah blah blah. And the Galaxy trilogy is [ __ ] phenomenal. His take on the Suicide
Squad is one of the best comic book movies of the decade. It cannot be understated how good he is at doing that. He did the same thing with the Peacemaker series, and he was good at it, too. But my guy, this concept cannot
it, too. But my guy, this concept cannot serve as the building blocks of a DC cinematic universe. James Gun, I'm sure, is very aware of what everybody wants to see. You're rebooting the DC universe, okay? People want to see the Mount
okay? People want to see the Mount Rushmore. We want to see the Kryptonian. We want to see the Bat. We want the Amazonian. We want the Speedster, the Cyborg, the Atlantean. And I just think there's so many characters that you can
reinvent or bring to the big screen for the first time that could create genuine hype with audiences, either because they know them or because they're very popular comic book characters that were never brought to the screen. You want to
touch the mystical side of DC? [ __ ] Swamp Thing. Give me a Zatana movie. Swamp Thing. Give me a Zatana movie. She's such a beloved DC character with incredible lore that people who don't read comics have likely never even heard
about, but she is incredibly popular in the comic book world. You want to do the comic book world. You want to do horror in DC and your first choice was Clayface? Clayface, my guy, John Constantine is
right there. James Gun said himself that this first chapter of the universe is titled Gods and Monsters, who is a better character to introduce you to the monsters of the DC universe than John Constantine. Give Matt Reeves a John
Constantine movie. And as far as letting the old DCU in the rearview mirror, they're not even doing that. Apparently, the Blue Beetle guy from the old DCU is the Blue Beetle guy from the old DCU is coming back in the new DCU. same actor,
everything. And we're focusing on all these other guys without having a real vision for the big guys. But like, nobody watched Creature Commandos. Peacemaker season 2 largely flew under the radar. Nobody really talked about
it. Supergirl is being held as the worst movie of the year, and the trailers for Lanterns don't seem to have impressed anyone. There simply isn't a lot of hype for the show so far. And get this, lanterns wasn't even supposed to be a
part of the plan. That was not James Gunn's idea. It wasn't part of his vision. This is a project they inherited from the old regime and that HBO forced them to make because they wanted a true detective type show. This series has
detective type show. This series has been in development hell since 2019. It was initially being developed by Greg Berlante, the creator of the Arrowverse. And hey, at the time of making this video, Lanterns isn't out yet. It's a
couple weeks out, and I actually think the show looks pretty good. I think this is going to be solid. I I might turn out to be completely wrong, but I think it's going to be pretty solid, but it doesn't change the fact that there is no hype
for it. I'm not seeing anyone talk about it. So, long story short, I guess what I'm trying to say is as the absolute DC [ __ ] I've always been, I don't know how excited I am about the James Gun DCU right now. Like, when he was announced
as the new studio head, it felt like the savior had arrived after like a decade savior had arrived after like a decade of mid movies that just repeatedly broke my little heart. I was just so happy that we would get a fresh new take of DC
that would learn from the mistakes of this previous iteration. I was hoping for a more character-driven, focused universe that actually feels like a universe that actually feels like a tight-knit project, but so far it's been
just as much of a disjointed mess as the old DCU. We're not even three projects in and a lot of the projects that were announced for the next eight years are already being cancelled. One of the first things James Gunn announced when
he came into power was The Authority, which I believe was going to follow Superman in the roster, but that movie is apparently no longer happening. He also announced a booster gold series that was supposedly going to be a big
writer of the series recently confirmed that the project has been cancelled, too. Luca Guadinino, the director of Challengers and Call Me By Your Name. He was supposed to be making a Surgent Rock movie. It's not happening either. Even
the Amanda Waller series I talked about earlier that was in the works has just been announced to be cancelled along with Paradise Lost, a series about the Amazon, which I assume would have led into a Wonder Woman project that was
also announced to no longer be in development like a few days ago. That's judge the whole universe based on a couple of shaky projects." They have a couple of shaky projects." They have a 10-year plan. Yeah, but my guy, 80% of
the projects that make said 10-year plan are now cancelled. So, what is the plan? are now cancelled. So, what is the plan? I have part OF A PLAN.
>> AND THAT more than anything is why my hope for this new DC universe has basically flatlined. Supergirl failing would be one thing. I'm a huge fan and it sucks for me, but that's one thing. A couple of cancelled projects would be
Welcome to Hollywood. Even some questionable creative decisions would be survivable. But when you put all of it together, the cancellations, the overcrowded slate already, the
behindthe-scenes internal conflicts ruining Supergirl, the lack of any feeling that projects are being announced based on whatever James Gun afternoon, it becomes incredibly difficult to understand what exactly
we're building towards. We just escaped a decade of DC movies defined by reactionary decisionmaking, abandoned plans and a cinematic universe that seemed to reinvent itself every 18 months. So when Gun took over, I wasn't
expecting perfection, but I was expecting a plan that felt locked in. Instead, we're somehow back to staring at a giant board covered in random characters and desperately trying to figure out what the [ __ ] the picture is
supposed to be. There's been recent reports of a Catwoman series that was pitched and rejected by Gun and his team, as well as a Poison Ivy series that was turned down. And I want to trust James Gunn. In fact, he's pretty
much the only reason I still have any investment in this thing at all. Him and David Kornet, Superman, and Nicholas Holtz Lex Luthther, but mostly James Gunn. He's an incredibly talented filmmaker. He clearly loves these
characters, and when his sensibilities work, they really [ __ ] work. But his obsession with digging through the DC catalog for increasingly obscure Dist characters is starting to feel less charming when the actual pillars of this
universe are still missing. I love that Gun wants to give obscure characters Gun wants to give obscure characters their moment. But maybe, just maybe, we could establish the Justice League before Jimmy [ __ ] Olsen gets his own
television show. Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Martian Manhunter, anybody? Hello. Because at some point, the endless parade of deal characters stops unpredictable, and it just starts making it feel completely random. I don't need
another MCU where every scene is like an advertisement for the next six movies. I don't even need some gigantic Thanos style master plan. I just need to style master plan. I just need to understand what the vision is here. What
are we building? Who are the pillars of this universe? Why should I care about any of this as one interconnected franchise? Because right now, I have
absolutely no idea. And after spending the last decade watching DC repeatedly learn the exact same lesson about what happens when you build a cinematic universe without a clear direction, the fact that I'm already asking those
questions again is frustrating. and not exactly inspiring confidence. It really just feels like Gun and Saffron bit off way more than they could chew. James Gun, my guy, I [ __ ] love you and I'm going to keep
supporting you because I know what you're capable of and I am a huge fan. But for the love of God, I have been begging for 15 years, give me a coherent
begging for 15 years, give me a coherent DC universe, please. I cannot do this for another 10 years. And also, if you're remaking the Flash, make it you're remaking the Flash, make it W-ally West. Thank you.
still without cowboy. Break my groove. Got nothing to prove. Yeah. Astro.
Got nothing to prove. Yeah. Astro. Yeah. You will be disappoint.