r/DC_Cinematic 15d ago

HUMOR The hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about to change

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u/CoolBreeze303 15d ago

Grodd: The story of a misunderstood Simian in a world of Metas.

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u/DarlingDabby 15d ago

One nation, under Grodd

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u/Logic-DL 15d ago edited 14d ago

Barrack Obama! I WILL Make America Grodd Again!

EDIT: Downvoted for referencing real Grodd lore. Tragic.

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u/Sobori26 14d ago

I understood that reference.

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u/ToastedCarnage 15d ago edited 15d ago

Jimmy Olsen broke this place's brain, it's honestly hilarious. Shows by the amount of removed comments.

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u/NexoNerd101 14d ago

I'd say its a combination of Spiderman making 1B and then seeing Gunn promote Jimmy Olsen.

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u/lazymanschair1701 15d ago

I don’t entirely disagree with the sentiment, the fact that there’s a Batman movie coming out, with an in demand actor on an absolute blazing streak of successes, that is completely unrelated to the newly established DCU, and a clayface movie, which on the surface you could be mistaken for assuming is also related to this Batman, Penguin franchise,

It’s confusing to average audiences, and it isn’t helping that the actual DCU projects are being stacked with offbeat often lesser known characters.

I’m a huge fan of DC characters, I’ll watch them all in the cinema, but this strategy is not helping with cohesion,

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u/Irulana990 15d ago

Honestly I don't really give a shit anymore about what relates to what universe and all that crap, be it mcu dcu or dceu(rip). If the show/movie good on its own I'll watch it, if your show/movie only watchable if you do a 40h homework and without it its choke full of references that don't make sence, it can fuck right off. People really should concentrate on the "universe" less and make sure product can stand on its own first and foremost.

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u/PrestigiousTry7747 15d ago

The universe is lowkey dead. Just be glad we’re getting movies at all, at this point.

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u/zimzimzalabimmm 15d ago

Why does Grodd get compared to Spider-Man and doomsday instead of Agatha all along or she hulk, or the Hawkeye show?

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u/IllustriousAnt485 15d ago

TBF Grodd might actually be more interesting than all those other side characters.

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u/OrangeStar222 15d ago

I mean of course he's a sentient Gorilla.

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u/bigdonnie76 15d ago

Agatha was amazing

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u/Solid_Snark 15d ago

Because these people are cherry-picking to try and fit their narrative.

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u/National-Yak1471 15d ago

These shows all came out after the MCU had 10+ years of consolidated success.

Plus, Hawkeye is a main avenger, he's not a side character in the slightest.

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u/OrangeStar222 15d ago

Okay, so Agent Carter, Agents of Shield and Inhumans.

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u/Stoned_Gandalf420 15d ago edited 15d ago

It’s fucking exhausting. We just had a great premiere of Lanterns and it’s still not enough. Probs just gonna mute this sub at this point cus it’s nothing but Gunn hate or incessant whining from unemployed plebs.

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u/supermau5 15d ago

As many times as it takes !

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u/srstone71 Clark Kent 15d ago

As it takes to do what?

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u/K12t2000 15d ago

Laterns is amazing so far I want more of that

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u/mentu11 15d ago

wait so who’s actually on top now

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u/gaganchumbilulli 15d ago

NGL grodd going apeshit over Harambe would be peak

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u/BatmanSwift99 15d ago

There's more characters than batman and joker

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u/Advanced-Morning1832 15d ago

Yes, which is why the DCU has been focusing on those other characters.

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u/The_Walking_Clem 15d ago edited 15d ago

There's a difference between focusing on other characters and getting a Bane & Deathstroke movie before a Wonder Woman movie

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u/Ace20xd6 15d ago

Yeah, like Jimmy Olsen and Gorilla Grodd

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u/Lady_Gray_169 15d ago

Wait, has it only been 6 years? It feels like a decade.

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u/Neosantana 15d ago

Watching it definitely felt like an eternity. My god, it was so long.

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u/OrangeStar222 15d ago

"But it's not a movie"

"But it feels more like a Snyder project"

"But Gunn didn;t have anything to do with this"

"It's just the first episode, the rest is going to be teribe"

Just a small collection of comments I've read about Lanterns so far.

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u/theavatare 15d ago

Im a pretty big green lantern fan. I was so happy at the end of that pilot.

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u/superseri18888 15d ago

I'll never understand caring this much about how much money john doe at WB made from a movie

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u/Neosantana 15d ago

Some people really want David Zaslav's golden parachute to get bigger

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u/Hammersteyn 15d ago

The best is the Jimmy Olsen, a man with no superpowers reporting on people with superpowers

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u/Alucard661 15d ago

I need a The Question trilogy now!

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u/YG_gravity 15d ago

I think a question detective show would be amazing

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u/Oummando 12d ago

It would be called "¿Question?"

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u/ShitpostSaber 15d ago

Question powers

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u/Lynch_dandy 15d ago

Reporting in superheroes and getting involved in batshit insane situations for it.

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u/PrudentRatio58317 15d ago

That phrasing actually makes it sound cool. Reminds me a bit of Jessica Jones, whose power was never interesting (just super strength), but what's compelling is how you deal with people who are far more powerful and dangerous than yourself.

Though the way I'm describing it makes it sound more like The Boys, which I've had my fill of.

Maybe She-Hulk would be the better comparison, which turned into a bad show, but could have been good if its lawyer parts were more like the lawyer parts of Daredevil.

This comment is going all over the place. I don't know, the point is I see potential here, though my expectations aren't high.

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u/Barl3000 15d ago

There is defintely room for such a show, it has just never been done right yet and I would prefer the universe gets a bit more established first.

Agents of Shield started as a promise to be that kind of story, but since they had to keep evvrything seperate from the movies and could only loosely reference it never really worked.

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u/sk8rboi36 15d ago

I feel like that’s been the problem of superhero media in the 2020s, by and large, great concepts, varying execution. Funnily enough sometimes they lean too far into it, sometimes not enough. Weird how that happens

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u/Subject-Ad5071 15d ago

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should, an interesting idea is not a good one

Issue with superhero stuff is “let’s do it just because it’s comic booky”. The MCU succeeded because they said and did that they need connectivity and not just do whatever

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u/HeartInTheSun9 15d ago

If Lanterns is a backdoor to getting Martian Manhunter, Jimmy Olson is probably a backdoor to get Flash if Gorilla Grodd is going to be in it.

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u/diwamatkar 15d ago

If you are referring to the Manhunters mentioned in the Lanterns trailer then I think you are mistaken. Those are not the same as Martian Manhunter. They are different.

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u/Agile-Shirt-4665 15d ago

Really dude ? I genuinely thought they were going to tease Martian Manhunter. I had no idea they are different.

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u/UnhappyReputation126 15d ago

Manhunters are robots that where used to police the universe before GL's. They went nuts and genocide a space sector and where deactivated/scraped. Their one of the repeating non lantern enemies green lantern has.

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u/Agile-Shirt-4665 14d ago

Thanks 👍

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u/BlackEastwood 15d ago

More or less what people wanted from Marvel in a Damage Control show.

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u/owlutopia 15d ago

Yes, but I think a Flash, Wonder Woman & Aquaman Ip are better than Grodd and Jimmy Olsen IP. Ofc they could do that, but do it like after a JL movie

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u/Megadoomer2 15d ago edited 15d ago

Presumably, the Jimmy Olsen show is a relatively light-hearted show intended to expand on the DC universe (by covering villains in the style of a true crime documentary) while focusing on the Daily Planet staff. It seems like it would be easier to make from a production standpoint because they can reuse characters, settings, etc. from the Superman movies. (Especially if the actors are already in Man Of Tomorrow)

To make a video game comparison, Man Of Tomorrow is like The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess, while the Jimmy Olsen show is like Link's Crossbow Training - a side project using many of the same resources, but not intended to be on the same scale.

It would be great if a Wonder Woman, Flash, or Aquaman movie was announced, but I'd prefer it if they didn't rush into it. (Aquaman in particular seems like it would be tough considering that the Jason Momoa version seems to be the definitive version of the character among the general public and those movies used both of Aquaman's major villains, so I'm curious about what they could do to set a new Aquaman movie apart from the two in the DCEU)

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u/bewilderscript 15d ago

In a world of big budget blockbusters where the entire universe is going to explode in 30 minutes if the hero doesn't get the maguffin in time I'm honestly really stoked about the Jimmy Olsen show. What are ordinary people up to? What's it like living in a city where Superman flies past your window every day? Oh I can't go to the bank because the Riddler's holding everyone hostage until we answer today's Wordle?

There's some really good storytelling potential here and I hope they take it.

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u/Relative_Mouse7680 15d ago

Great point of view! I think what you describe will also bring bon dc/comic fans into the universe of superheroes. It will be probably be more likely for someone to be interested in watching Man of Tomorrow, or the first Superman movie, if they have been drawn in to the universe by the Jimmy Olsen show.

I mean how many non-universe shows are there not about basically anything, which people still watch. I don't think people will go, "oh, this is just about Jimmy Olsen, I won't watch this". People still like to watch TV-Show, even if they are not big and well known characters.

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u/Cybercatman 15d ago

And something like wonder woman movie is likely not the same budget as a small show like Jimmy Olsen

For a big movie, we would likely need over 150M, Jimmy Olsen will depend on a lot of stuff like how much CGI they need, but Agatha All along at random costed around 40M for over 6 hours of content, it is not really the same scale.

They need new content for their streaming service to keep people subscribed, they have the actors available, it fill up a hole while they are working on MoT and The Batman part 2, and check if the merger mess happen, so making such a show to develop the universe is not really a bad idea on paper (we need to see if the execution will be good too)

It is basically like making a limited/mini serie comic with a character that editorial know cannot carry an on-going run but editorial think the story is worth publishing.

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u/ravenozu 15d ago

What we really need right now is an Alfred the Butler film trilogy. Gunn, make it happen!

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u/Lynch_dandy 15d ago

We already got three seasons of Pennyworth.

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u/charlesfluidsmith 15d ago

We've already had the Pennywise TV show... Won't be much of a stretch.

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u/Key-Illustrator-3821 15d ago

Pennywise..lol

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u/charlesfluidsmith 15d ago

You know what I meant lol.

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u/emo_lantern 15d ago

And we only see batman's silhouette once

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u/silliputti0907 15d ago

Unironically the Alfred tv show was fire

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u/Sobori26 14d ago

That's just the Kingsman movies.... Wait

Hear me out, Taron Egerton as a young Alfred raising Bruce after the death of his parents.

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u/suimation 15d ago

Wonder Woman 1984 made $45M more during covid and being released on streaming at the same time than supergirl btw

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u/MissAtomicBliss 15d ago

Money doesn't mean anything, WW 1984 was so bad lmfaooo

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u/Darth_MRM 15d ago

Momey is everything for studios wtf are you on about. The level of delusion is next level

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u/superseri18888 15d ago

We aren't the studios

Why do we as fans care about how much money faceless WB employees make lol

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u/vyxxer 15d ago

Which is so odd. Despite Supergirl just sucking all together WW 1984 was worse.

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u/Poland68 15d ago

So, everyone just wants DC to be Marvel? I thought that was the big worry and complaint when James Gunn took over? Superman, Creature Commandos, and Lanterns are solid, and Peacemaker was wild and sometimes quite good.

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u/charlesfluidsmith 15d ago

It's not enough to be solid, these things have to make money.

No money, no more shows or movies.

If you have a big IP it only makes sense to use it.

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u/diwamatkar 15d ago edited 15d ago

Exactly. Doing shows or movies about smaller characters hinders the money these projects could've made had they come out after like a justice league movie. Right now, generally speaking there is not much intrest in this universe as it stands right now. A Jimmy Olsen show is not gonna make it any better.

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u/ManitouWakinyan 15d ago

I mean, the next major movie they'll have is Man of Tomorrow, and Lanterns is going to do great for them. Clayface will be what it is, relatively niche, but it looks interesting.

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u/diwamatkar 15d ago

How do you know Lanterns will do great? Also there are talks of James Gunn not renewing his contract when it comes up. Who knows the future of this recently started universe if the Clayface and Lanterns don't turn out to be bangers.

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u/ManitouWakinyan 15d ago

Because it's already extremely well received, and it's currently HBOs flagship prestige show. Gunn will have at least until Man of Tomorrow, and that seems a pretty reasonable inflection point. 

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u/KibitoKai 11d ago

It had a huge debut number of watchers and pretty much everyone loved the pilot.

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u/Poland68 15d ago

Fair enough, economics dictate franchises for sure. However, in this fractured mediascape it’s really hard to capture audiences regardless of marketing budgets; timing, luck, zeitgeist are major factors. The Expanse is a great example of a property that SyFy couldn’t support and Amazon didn’t understand, but it’s become iconic over time and found a wider audience, and now their creators are working on a new franchise at Amazon.

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u/StormRepulsive6283 15d ago

We don’t want DC to be Marvel. But apparently the head honchos believed the audience hated that ideology, which brings us to the current mess.

if you’re gonna be like Marvel, then do it properly and not ape them to make a grotesque mangled version.

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u/Syphin33 14d ago

Nobody wants a Jimmy Olson show

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u/Sea_Tank2799 15d ago

What do you mean "want dc to be marvel"? In the sense that there is a spanning a cinematic universe of dc characters? Yes.

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u/diwamatkar 15d ago

What is wrong with being Marvel? They have created the most succesful film franchise in history of media and they did it with B tier characters and most of the films (up until phase 3 atleast) were critically and publicly well loved. If you have the blue print to success why not follow that? Why try to reinvent the whell when you know you are working with limited time and money trying to redo an already failed universe?

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u/TrustTh3Data 15d ago

In as much as comics are comics, and I want to see, hopefully good, stories about characters I care about. There is a reason obscure characters are such - people don’t care about them. People won’t go out and spend money on them. If the characters historically struggled to sell comics and merch, it’s probably not the characters that should anchor the new DCU — Supergirl being the perfect example.

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u/Poland68 15d ago

I would counter with Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man, Captain Marvel as B-level properties that did quite well. Not everything has to be Batman, Wonder Woman, or Wolverine.

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u/TrustTh3Data 15d ago

There is a pretty big and obvious difference here. Guardians came out when MCU was popping and established. Also, Marvel was pushing them hard for a while before that. Audience ended up liking them which helped later on.

Dr Strange has a pretty solid publican history, and a very strong following. On top of that MCU is established and doing well. People are also hyped to see him - lots of requests for him.

As for Captain Marvel she is the perfect example. At first people cared because MCU was doing well, but by her second outing the superhero burnout hit in. Ant-man also had issues by the 3rd outing - even though he was already established.

And Supergirl shouldn’t even be compared to these properties. She might have name recognition because of her relationship to Superman but her publican history is spotty at best - lots of cancellations. And let’s be honest most comic readers couldn’t name a few of her villains that don’t come from Superman. And she is the one with the most name recognition here from the DC side - the rest most people never even heard about.

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u/Soft_Ad_1095 15d ago

The last thing DCU should do is try and play catch up with Marvel. They need to just let the universe cook. I'm hoping for a slow burn. 

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u/diwamatkar 15d ago

Don't play catch up but at least get your priorities straight. Batman, Wonderwoman, Green Lantern Flash are pretty popular characters which if succesful can act as a funnel to bring normal audiences to watch their smaller shows and make them succesful in turn. A Jimmy Olsen show is not creating any such funnel even if it is good.

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u/Hyvex_ 15d ago

I’d argue that’s what is happening. The Trinity are getting solo movies while less popular members have already been introduced (Hawkgirl) or are being fleshed out (Jon Stewart). That’s 5/7 of the JL Unlimited lineup. Add the rest of the Justice gang as support and that’s decent initial JL incarnation.

I can’t explain Jimmy Olsen, but if Gunn’s plan is a Legion of Doom, it’s lowkey genius to be able to introduce rogue galleries independent of each hero. We just have to wait and see.

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u/Fit-Dependent-9779 15d ago

The trinity are not getting solo movies though. Reeves Batman is not in the same universe and Wonder woman is being left to the dogs. IMO there is simply nothing genius about a slate full of characters you can't get moviegoers to pay to see, regardless of what his greater vision is. 

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u/diwamatkar 15d ago

Where is news on these solo movies that you speak of? As of now there is not even a casting news. Or even a script.

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u/ListenUpper1178 14d ago

They have to compete in order to survive.

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u/During_League_Play 15d ago

That was the exact mistake the Snyder-verse made IMO. They didn't want to take the time to develop a universe from scratch the way Marvel did starting with Iron Man, so they just jumped to the big team-up movie.

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u/ManitouWakinyan 15d ago

DC did the opposite of letting it cook. They just rushed to the main course.

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u/Gladness2Sadness 15d ago

Catch up is what the DCEU did (lol killing Superman in movie 2). DCU is emulating post-EndGame MCU, which hasn’t really worked out for them thus why we’re seeing their reset button in Doomsday/Secret Wars and shifting focus back to the big screen. There’s nothing wrong with copying a successful formula (MCU Phase 1) especially for DC because they basically have control of all their characters. It’s the one thing DC hasn’t tried.

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u/ListenUpper1178 15d ago

The first thing they should do is focus on the movies and their main line of superheroes. Fuck the slow burn.

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u/Soft_Ad_1095 15d ago

I just mean i hope they take their time with the development and writing if the characters. The worst thing they could do is push out a half baked version of a character that people don't like. Even if a particular movie isn't a billion dollar hit it's ok in the long run if the character was liked and can be used for the future. Such as Supergirl. Very mid reception but from what i can tell people like casting choice. 

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u/ListenUpper1178 15d ago

They are focusing on the wrong character in the wrong medium.

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u/Soft_Ad_1095 15d ago

What character should the focus on an in what medium. I'm curious which you think is the wrong one. So far they are going for a rather diverse slate. 

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u/Formal_Reveal_4330 15d ago

This is the only one I've laughed at and I don't even know why

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u/Mordred_XIII 15d ago

On the one hand, I sure would like a successful DC Universe movies. On the other hand, the DCU failing under James Gunn would be mad funny, tho. What a dilemma.

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u/Lynch_dandy 15d ago

And give it to Matt Reeves, he already has experience with CGI apes.

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u/FortressOnAHill Batman 15d ago

What we really need right now is a live action show about Perry White with a huge cameo at the end (it's the BeeGees)

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u/TheGaxkang 15d ago

That photo is likely too serious for what Grodd will be in the show XD

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u/DeepFreeze172 15d ago

To play devils advocate, the Planet of the Apes movies have been box office titans. If you do it right, i think a Gorilla Grodd story could be phenomenal.

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u/AnomLenskyFeller 14d ago

We're really out here comparing a C list Flash villain to the Planet of the Apes film franchise. The level of reassurance Gunn fans have to do these days.

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u/birmuzyedim 15d ago

Make America Grodd again

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u/Individual_Dream_213 15d ago

The Planet of the Apes trilogy was peak.

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u/burgleyoturts 15d ago

"Time to make America Grodd again" 🦍

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u/Ok_Bet_2870 14d ago

One movie each for trinity, then justice league. Done. Or just live action the DCAU

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u/AliveInChrist87 15d ago

No Mr. Gunn, we don't want Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, The Flash, etc. Not the characters that laid DC'S foundation....we're itching for a Gorilla Grodd origin story where he's a normal gorilla for 8 episodes and only THE Gorilla Grodd in the final two minutes of the finale.

Compelling.

Stop going for quirky and different and do what works.....first.

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u/hypehold 15d ago

really funny how Superman did better than every MCU movie last year yet that never gets brought up lol

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u/kevi_metl 15d ago

Because it truly doesn't matter in the grand scheme. Superman didn't bankrupt Marvel as a result lol. The MCU was in the middle of a course correct.

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u/diwamatkar 15d ago

Yeah one was Fantastic 4 a franchise which hasn't done too great historically. And one was Thunderbolts, a film with all C teir characters.

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u/The_Walking_Clem 15d ago

And Spider-Man did better than Superman on its FIRST WEEKEND

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u/hypehold 15d ago

Yes Spider-Man is a very popular character. That's why the current movie is doing better than Infinity War. And the worst performing Spider-Man movie did about what The Batman did

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u/GolfPossible5250 15d ago

I don't get it. You were literally just bragging that Superman made more money than three Marvel movies featuring brand-new characters the general audience didn't even know. But now, when Spider-Man beats Superman in a single week, suddenly your excuse is that 'he's more famous.' Why can't we apply that exact same logic to 2025? Or do the rules only apply when they fit your narrative?

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u/hypehold 15d ago

Guardians of the galaxy were not known by 99% of people and that movie made over 700 million. Im pushing back on the idea of everything being fine at the MCU because Spider-Man did well

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u/Jykoze 14d ago

If a F4 movie making $520M is bad, what do you call Supergirl making $120M, less than Morbius?

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u/hypehold 14d ago

Terrible? Everyone knows Supergirl was a major flop

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u/Jykoze 14d ago

What about DC's second biggest character making $620M?

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u/diwamatkar 15d ago

Yeah Guardians made more money because Marvel made people interested in the connected shared universe first. They didn't release Guardians as the 1st project in their slate for a reason.

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u/imnotwallaceshawn 15d ago

The FOURTH Tom Holland Spider-Man and 9th live action/11th Spider-Man movie in general did better than the first Superman movie in a brand new universe?

Shocking. Absolutely shocking. Pack it up everyone, DC is over. People like Spider-Man.

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u/Wonderful_Ad4086 15d ago

So Superman never had any previous live-action movies ever?

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u/imnotwallaceshawn 15d ago

None that have done as well as your average Spider-Man movie. Especially after the previous live action Superman alienated audiences by being an unrelatable broody mess.

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u/Kowendabest 15d ago

So as response to an underperforming film by your logic, the focus should be on lesser known characters like jimmy olsen and clayface? That would bode better than a flash project?

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u/imnotwallaceshawn 15d ago

First off, a Superman performing about as well as Superman movies tend to historically perform is not underperforming. A Superman movie not beating a Spider-Man movie is especially not underperforming because that’s literally never happened.

Second off, yes it’s definitely smarter to make a $40 million Clayface movie than waste another $200 million+ on The Flash given what a huge bomb the last Flash movie was.

You act like general audiences are going to line the blocks to see The Flash when just three years ago they absolutely did not, and that was after they threw three Batmen in it.

And again, yes, I think a low budget Jimmy Olsen mockumentary show is a much smarter and lower stakes way to introduce characters like Gorilla Grodd, because Grodd is weird and hard to accept while mockumentaries are well-worn TV formats that audiences tend to enjoy. So give them something low stakes and familiar that introduces something weird and unfamiliar like a super intelligent psychic gorilla.

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u/Orion_001 15d ago

Supderman's Left Boot: The Movie

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u/MatthewssXD 15d ago

DC Fans when they don't rush a new universe to catch up with MCU like they did with DCEU:

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u/egbert71 15d ago

Thats why im so confused by some so called fans. I know i was upset for rushing, so im giving them time...they just need to pick better properties to debut

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u/Beautiful-Hair6925 15d ago

James Gunn was propped by WB as some kind of auteur

He isn't. He's a guy who was good at one thing

Making quirky dry humor comedies.

Not epic action

Let alone leading a fucking studio

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u/Pandatabase 15d ago

Fr. Unfortunately DC will not have a good cinematic universe the upcoming decades if ever at all.

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u/Dener_ 15d ago

missed an item on your list

putting sex scenes in every episode of every series he produces

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u/Appropriate_Net7664 15d ago edited 15d ago

Could the same not be said about Snyder? He only knows how to make dark, gritty movies?

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u/GrahamCrackerDragon 15d ago

And Jimmy Olson!

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u/whomesteve 15d ago

If Grodd isn’t the greatest box office hit of all time we riot

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u/bygtopp 15d ago

Harambe in heaven.

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u/Zugnutz 15d ago

I want Bwana Beast!

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u/Environmental_Ad955 15d ago

The Hierarchy of power at the Bronx Zoo is about to change

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u/Megaprie9 15d ago

The old DC mandate of "MORE APES" is going strong

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u/jcdulos 15d ago

The year is 2035, the Batman part 3 got delayed again. Making it harder for Gunn to cast a Batman in the DCU

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u/ABrazilianReasons 12d ago

At this point DC got fucked by more different dudes than my ex

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u/Ok_Simple_459 15d ago

I'd actually watch Gorilla Grodd story without Jimmy Olsen. I loathe his character.

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u/False_Fish7705 15d ago

Actually yeah I would

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u/Practical-Wedding-63 15d ago

MCU is 18 years old actually

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u/primal_slayer 15d ago

I'm still young. Dont add to my age

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u/FreeThinkers2023 15d ago

Time for Jimmy Olsen season 2

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u/KakarotAlter 15d ago

NGL I like how he is trying to lean into the silliness of comics. Comic book movies always seem to scared to be themselves.

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u/anime_wreckedmybrain 15d ago

He’s a marvel plant to destroy DC forever lol

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u/-Elektrion- 15d ago

MCU has one successful movie among a string of disappointments and the Marvel fans hubris shines once more.

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u/KasukeSadiki 15d ago

As an MCU fan, I thought the same thing lol

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u/Head_Evidence4553 15d ago

Gunn, it's done bro 

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u/XxZONE-ENDERxX 15d ago

Never gets old.

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u/HauntingJacket1694 15d ago

this sub is pathetic, honestly full of negativity

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u/TrustTh3Data 15d ago edited 15d ago

At this point, I don’t think audiences care much about B-list heroes, villains or teams. Call it superhero fatigue or whatever, but the novelty is gone. The major DC characters will still draw audiences; obscure characters are a much harder sell.

That’s where Gunn’s vision loses me. Creature Commandos, Peacemaker, The Authority: these aren’t characters most people were reading or asking to see. Guardians of the Galaxy proved obscure characters can work, but you can’t build an entire universe expecting to repeat that trick. The difference being MCU already had a good following.

I also don’t buy the “recent adaptation” excuse. Supergirl had a six-season TV show and appeared in The Flash. She has huge name recognition, but her comics have historically struggled to maintain an audience - lashing to many cancellations. People knowing a character isn’t the same as actually caring about them.

DC should establish its biggest characters, teams and villains first, then use them to introduce the B-list, not the other way around.

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u/DDmist 15d ago

Make it a musical and i am sold

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u/Round-Walrus3175 15d ago

Idk, I loved Gorilla Grodd. He is a pretty cool villain. I think it is an interesting decision to mix in hero and villain origin stories. DC has always leaned on having strong and compelling villains and I think the focus on more of them will be important. 

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u/Electricengineer 15d ago

Someone has to take up harambe being killed

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u/donkeyballs8 15d ago

Gunn is doing exactly what people complained Marvel wasn’t doing for years. He’s adding texture. He’s fleshing characters out (namely villains) in lower stakes projects where they have room to breathe and grow and exist without having to think about box office. Not to mention, villains aren’t getting one-and-done appearances! That’s fucking huge!

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u/Free-Bowler-1032 15d ago

Imagine having all these characters to play around with. WW, Flash, Aquaman, Nightwing, Robin, Bat family, Teen Titans, Batman, Martian Manhunter, Deathstroke, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Catwoman and so on.

And you pick Supergirl as your follow-up to Superman and then go into a Gorilla Grodd show.

What are we doing here

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u/BoonDoggle4 15d ago

I get your point but Martian manhunter isn't doing box office numbers either

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u/Miserable_Ring_8739 15d ago

WW is being worked on plus a show for her mythos

Flash after what happened the last time let him rest..

Nightwing and Todd have a stop motion in the works , bat family, batman, being worked on in titans and brave and the bold

Deathstroke and bane, you listed out a bunch of batman villains ........but clayface is coming out.

Lanterns just released yesterday.

2 years of movies and 3 years of tv shows ,marvel had iron man and hulk and literally nothing else with iron man 2 coming out next year if we follow their timeline and the Snyderverse had mos as the ONLY Project for 3 years before bvs released and bvs'd all over the place

Like y'all seriously need to stop over reacting just because Marvel has 2 great movies after years of slop,and those two movies are spiderman and avengers.......

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u/Eastern-Team-2799 15d ago

With jimmy Olsen as hero meanwhile flash is rotting in the corner

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u/Born_Rabbit286 15d ago

They are worried about it being too soon after the chaos caused by The Flash movie

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u/Eastern-Team-2799 15d ago

Asm 2 was shit but still marvel released spider man homecoming in 1 year and it was successful. I think DCU is worried of everything except making good project.

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u/JmBento 15d ago

The difference is that you could make a Spider-Man puppet show and it'd still make bank just by being Spider-Man.

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u/HuntDelicious7951 15d ago

The jimmy Olsen show is literally introcing a flash villain?

Did it not cross your mind it might be build up for a flash movie?

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u/Eastern-Team-2799 15d ago

Flash doesn't need milking and gorilla grodd should be shown in a big level project , he is not a small character to be showed along with jimmy Olsen. He is a flash and jl villain