Geoff Johns can insist that the DCEU has a solid strategy in place all he wants, it’s not going to erase the fact that the inconsistency issues in the DCEU are just as bad they are in the MCU. The one big difference between them is that the Marvel heroes that have made it to screen are a lot greater in number and yet are a lot more fragmented than the DCEU. So far the DC film shave at least been alluding to the fact that there are other heroes out there and they have yet to be tapped for their potential. In the Marvel universe there are a host of heroes that can’t possibly be seen onscreen together simply because they’re owned by different companies. This seems like a big slap in the face to comic book fans everywhere since in the comic books heroes and villains have been seen to cross over time and again whether it be into one another’s territory or into each other’s different universes.
DC’s movie strategy however seems a little more problematic mostly because they don’t seem to have one. There’s always hints that their movies are connected in some way but the fact remains that you see little if anything of certain heroes that should be able to easily interact with one another onscreen in the same movie at some point. Batman vs. Superman was one such movie, was was Suicide Squad, but there have been few other instances in which we’ve seen more than a glimpse of other superheroes that might be crucial to the story line.
Of course Justice League could change all that since it is finally bringing the titular group together, sans Superman of course, so that they can combat a greater evil than any of them can handle alone. Yes, even Wonder Woman, the daughter of Zeus, cannot handle Steppenwolf on her own.
But that still leaves the issue of standalone movies that could have nothing to do with the main DCEU universe, which is problematic to fans and in some ways very confusing to those that so desperately want to see some form of unity in the comic universe. Just imagine if the MCU and the DCEU ever try to do a crossover as they’ve done in the comics. That collaboration stands about a less than one percent chance of ever happening thanks to the fact that the Marvel superheroes are all owned by different companies.
As for DC right now it’s productions aren’t just fracturing thanks to having no real set plan in place. They’re also experiencing other production issues and problems that are unforeseen but still highly troubling since they can’t seem to solve them. Getting the right cast, finding the right director, deciding upon the right story line, and creating a believable plot line are all issues that the DCEU has been having as of late, and unfortunately they keep hitting at the wrong time. At this point it might take a small miracle to make everything go the way it should.
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