Is the DCEU dead or can it be revived?

 Hi Guys, 

It's been a while since I've used this platform to voice my opinion on comic book related content. 

Needless to say that after the release of the theatrical cut of Justice League back in 2017 and everything that followed I lost my interest in the DCEU for which I had had a lot of passion and love up until that point. The face-deformed Superman, the "thirsty" joke and everything that Joss and Geoff forced into the movie made me really upset and angry. I've been campaigning for the release of the Snyder Cut since day one knowing there was a whole movie locked away somewhere at WB that needed to see the light of day.

Since then every other release of DC movies has been met by myself with utter disinterest (Birds of Prey and Joker), pure disgust (Shazam) and a great surprise (Aquaman). Among the releases of these movies over the last three years I've realized that Whedon and Johns had won, their wish of seeing the DCEU turn into a Marvel duplicate had been realized. 

Even Walter Hamada, head of DC Films, repeatedly said that WB had no interest in pursuing a shared universe considering the under performance of Justice League. Once again WB proved that they had no idea what they were doing. They are in the business of making money and fail to realize how profitable a shared universe can be and won't pursue it because Justice League, a movie they heavily interfered with, failed their expectations at the box office. 

My enthusiasm and faith in WB, however, drastically changed in January 2020 when Ezra Miller popped up in Crisis on Infinite Earths Hour IV and I knew at that point that the power structure at WB had shifted and there could be hope for a shared universe/ multiverse down the line. 

Then the snydercut announcment, then Ben Affleck announcing his return as Batman in the Flash movie, so now the question is: Can the DCEU be revived or is it too late? 

Technically yes, the actors are still there under contract for their individual movies and it wouldn't be difficult to bring back all of them for a Justice League sequel and to tie in their individual movies. Zack himself gave us a hint in the Reel in Motion live stream a week ago that a Justice League 2 is not completely off the table and he seemed to be hopeful about a possibility of that happening. 

I guess it will all come down to reception of the Snydercut or rather how much profit it can generate. At this point, AT&T and WB should know that Snyder is a polarizing director. People seem to be drawn to his movies simply to profoundly hate on them therefore the Snydercut will definitely not be a critical success however if it can be a financial success then by slightly lowering the budget for a sequel they could green light a project that most DC Fans would love to see and most importantly for WB pay money to see. 

If enough people show support and interest in a sequel then WB will follow the money trail and allow for the DCEU to live again and for Snyder to complete his 5 movie arc vision. 

What are your thoughts on the DCEU potentially coming back? Would you love to see Zack's 5 movie arc completed? 

-theheroblogger

 
   #Hallelujah #Snydercut #Ben Affleck