James Gunn’s DCU Is Over, and It Left DC in Worse Shape Than Zack Snyder Did

The more things change, the more they stay the same. In the case of the DC Universe, it’s as if it’s doomed to live in a perpetual state of crisis (and not the good kind from the comics). James Gunn’s time as the shepherd of the DCU is now over, and the franchise is no better off than it was during the Zack Snyder era – in fact, it’s even worse off. Before diving any further, there’s something important that needs to be clarified here. Everybody thinks that filmmakers and creatives have full control of the output, but that’s so far from the truth that it’s in another galaxy. Whether it was Gunn or Snyder, the corporate forces above them had major hands in shaping their respective fates. Snyder had to contend with the indecisiveness of a Warner Bros. regime that couldn’t decide whether it was licking its own elbows or butt, while Gunn went through two mergers and inherited a slate of lame ducks and bad decisions that started him off at an immediate deficit. Their jobs were never...

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