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10 years after Zod's snapped neck, Martha, "some kinda Suicide Squad", CGI moustache, rennouncing your wish, the hiearchy of power changing, and Speed Force PS1 graphics, the DC Extended Universe finally comes to a close. And it ends the same way it started - with a Rotten score.

Looking back at all this wasted potential, what would you have done differently with the DCEU, and what are your hopes for James Gunn's DC Universe?

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[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This is the case for when franchises get milked forever. They CAN'T die on a good note. Good notes is what promotes sequels. Only when they get a low note they start discontinueing.

It's why most franchise stories seem to end on dissatisfactory cliffhangers

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Sometimes it's not even "forever". Wonder Woman '84 was only the 2nd film and it shit the bed so hard it not only killed any future WW movie, but it tanked the Star Wars movie the director was supposed to do next.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the first Wonder Woman movie was garbage too so...

But hey the Zack Snyder cut of justice league was pretty dope

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

First 2/3rds of Wonder Woman was fine, but it fell apart at the end. WW 84 though, eesh. Bell to bell just trash, except Pedro Pascal who is a joy!

[–] BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 10 months ago

Exactly.

This is why I support the MCU going out on a limb with their new stuff. They're already on a dang limb, so own it. This will happen to them someday, too, and they know it! So when an opportunity comes up to risk everything to go out gloriously and respectably, you take it. If/When they're lucky, they'll find something new and squeeze a few more years out of it.

DC never did that without backsliding on it.

It's decreasing returns. I mean I know we've had disney princesses around for nearly a century, but you gotta take basic economics into account in this stuff.

[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Does Logan count as ending on a high note, or is that just waiting to be sullied by bringing Hugh Jackman back into the franchise?

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Wouldn't know. I kinda stopped paying attention lately lol.