Almost nothing has been consistent with the Gunn DCU. Everything has changed, some projects look like they won't even be happening or like they'll be stuck in Development Limbo for good. It doesn't seem much better than the DCEU, and in some aspects it comes off as worse.
Watchmen is his best DC film by a long shot.
I think his movies were perhaps treated too harshly. He's a good visual director and seems to actually enjoy DC, but like most directors given too much free reign, he needs someone to give him a story treatment, and an editor to tell him that he's already used 10 minutes of slow-mo.
His DC work was different. They took themselves seriously. A bit too seriously. To the point where we can laugh at it. It's unintentional shlock unlike intentional shlock where it's fun.
No. Even if you liked Man of Steel and his cut of Justice League Batman v Superman is still fucking garbage. The biggest issue with the DCEU was the lack of forethought that went into making it and they essentially luck themselves into success due to capeshit being a trend but they just do not hold up well when looked into as a shared universe. I hate because of the dreary and melancholic theme of MoS we're stuck with "heckin chungus" dork Superman now because there was nothing inherently wrong with the portrayal as goofy as the execution in some areas it opened up room for some character development if WB didn't get cold feet over the reception. The Synder Cut is really fucking bloated and feels like what was going to be a two part movie before they fucked up everything, its better than Wheldon's abortion but its such a low hurdle. I get Synder's appeal and hate but I will never get why people like current Gunn he's the definition of a one-trick pony.
Sure... Over time the franchise could be worth billions like the MCU, but then if a reset were to happen what would happen?
We don't know if that is for sure. They could be reusing the sets and shooting pick ups for the batman 2 and also doing reshoots for clayface.
The recent Marvel Swimsuit Special (and its Winter Break sequel) followed the trend of toned-down sex appeal when they reluctantly released and made the self-aware and snarky special after the success of Marvel Rivals. They sure love focusing about the blights of AI and capitalism instead of giving the audience a pinup special.
I’m on team WB will make the Batman universe both part of the DCU and the focused on the setting instead of reboot from scratch again.
It's feels like a weird thing to bring it up, but it does seem intentional, whether it is being done intentionally to avoid accusations of appealing to the "male gaze" or for some other hard to discern reason the women being cast in these roles are getting uglier. Maybe jokes about Harvey Weinstein functioning as some kind of quality control mechanism in Hollywood have a bizarre kernel of truth to them.
