I wasn’t even aware a new Aquaman movie was being released.

what are your hopes for James Gunn’s DC Universe?

1. Harley needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine.
2. Whenever Harley is not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "Where's Harley?"

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

Looking back at all this wasted potential, what would you have done differently with the DCEU,

1. Don't try to cash money imitate MCU
2. Don't try to compete in a saturated market with a similar product
3. Hire actual screenwriters to plan continuity and style

and what are your hopes for James Gunn's DC Universe?

Don't try and just go back to animation since DC still dominates in that format.

Pay morbillions to make Batman Arkham Alsume remastered remastered version

#1 thing I would have done would have been putting Bruce Timm and Paul Dini in charge and left them alone.

"Yeah, just like the animated stuff, but live action. GO!"

When the review embargo was set for 15 hours after it opened in the UK, I knew the reviews weren't going to be favourable.

Hopes? None. Warner Bros. has no fucking clue how to use DC characters and ideas in theaters. They may get lucky with specific movies being decent, but the best movies are not even as good as the worst of the animated movies and series. They keep throwing money and names at live action, instead of focusing on telling good stories that stay true to the essence of the characters.

I don't see Gunn doing any better tbh. For one, he's going to be hamstrung by whatever Warner decides is the goal. For another, he's going to end up limited by whatever flawed view executives have of the servers characters. And then he still may not have a grasp of what either comics fans or non comic fans need from a movie featuring DC characters.

The movies don't all have to be connected by a single overreaching narrative, give us some standalones. Give us a feel good Justice Society movie and a utopian sci-fi Legion of Superheroes. It would also be nice to move away from the core Justice League team and world or universe level threats. Let Nightwing stop the Zodiac Master's plan to rob a series of banks.

I think they may go the MCU way this time and start working up with D Listers. If you can make Blue Beetle or Lobo or whatever unknowns work in a good movie, the. You get half a decade before the big hitters reappear and are anticipated.

Just put the A team on the animated series who seem to be doing a better job

Remember when Jered Lettuce morbed all over his enemies in that epic scene in Morbius, the 2022 masterpiece? Yeah, me neither, but I heard it was totally awesome. They should hone in on that, do stuff with timelines and bring him back as Morbius, the eponymous hero of the 2022 masterpiece Morbius and then have the entire cinematic universe revolve around him, since he already has awesome brand recognition and everybody likes him. Also, everything should be dark, depressing and gritty. Great idea, right?

Right?

Guys?

Iirc isn’t rotten tomatoes where you want to wait for the audience score because the critics are often out of tune with the audience? Not that I’m disinclined to believe the movie’s bad though, like you said DCEU has been pretty abysmal.

When I checked audience score was 77%.

Yeah. There was so much wasted potential in the DCEU.

But I don't consider Aquaman wasted potential at all. I'm a fan of the comic, but the source material never tried to be Black Panther, so a movie that did wouldn't have worked anyway.

Considering "The Aquaman" made it to 2 films, I figure Hasbro will be calling Jason Mamoa to star in a "Seaspray" movie any minute. Maybe have him cameo as Boat-guy-wity-parrot in a GI Joe movie, just for good measure.

My hopes for James Gunns version are pretty high. PeaceMaker is so lovingly made.

I do worry because I haven't seen James Gunn take on the unironically uplifting side of DC yet, and it needs to be there for the DCU to work.

I hate WB with a passion with how they fumbled the DCEU. What a shitshow.

The thing I would have done? Don't hire Zack Snyder to start a cinematic universe. And also tell him to take his daughter to a mental health professional.

My hope for the future is that they actually do a Justice League movie based on "The New Frontier".

I’m just confused at what the continuity is now. So with Aquaman 2, that’s the last of the old stuff and now it’s being rebooted with Gunn as DC’s Kevin Feige-esque person in charge? I feel like he’s been in that roll for over a year now, yet everything that’s been released is all part of the old continuity and was going to get phased out, so what was the point of all that then? Releasing stuff for a universe that’s getting scrapped (though will likely show up in 5-10 years in some crisis on infinity earths story or something).

Is it me, or he seems very high in the photo? Like a full deluxe package of weed after party, high.

As long as Jason can continue to travel around the world in his jet, everything will be good. Right? Right??

I was hoping it would be better than this. Aquaman 1 was not masterpiece but with James Wan flavor it was at least interesting.

That money could have saved starving refugees.