10 Major Resolutions For DC Movies In 2017

It's time to meet the Bat Family.

Batman Meet The Family
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Despite all of the criticism, all of the controversy and all of the excuse-making, the DC Extended Universe has made a lot of money. It also has a lot of fans (the two things are of course inextricably linked), and there remain major possibilities in its future. Sure, it's not the MCU, but that wasn't a home-run from day one either, and there needs to be a little perspective when talking about the fledgling failures of the shared universe.

That said, there have also been some crimes and missteps that were so wrong-headed and so obviously misguided that rectifying them in advance makes the film-makers and the studio look a little silly. And it's about time they starting owning their problems and not glossing them over with box office returns and the angry passion of a fanbase element that would accept Joel Schumacher's movies as AMAZING these days simply because they're DC.

2017 represents an important year for DC and Warner Bros even more so than the year just passed: they'll take the lead in the leading female character stakes by releasing Wonder Woman and they'll release the first Justice League movie, which already promises to rectify some of the issues with Batman v Superman. But around those releases, the studio needs to work pretty hard on refining their output and making sure they avoid some of the sins of the past.

Here are some things DC definitely need to do in 2017 to bring some success...

10. Do Whatever It Takes To Get Ben Affleck To Direct HIS The Batman

Batman Meet The Family
Warner Bros.

As it stands, Ben Affleck is still directing The Batman after apparently seeming to waver on the decision and making everyone think he didn't like the script he'd be shown. So far, the media suggests that he's flip-flopped on the decision, despite his affirmation on Jimmy Kimmel that all he's doing is taking his time to get the right movie out.

The thing is, Warner Bros (and most studios) have particularly tight deadlines on blockbusters. That probably counts doubly on The Batman, which has an incredible amount riding on it, and it's hard to imagine the studio are going to be happy to wait for their man to fine-tune a script until he's happy with it. Not when there are countless directors who would want to make a Batman film, on schedule and on budget and with minimum fuss when they charge in to take the final edit.

He might not have had the best 2016 generally speaking (at least in terms of critical response to his movies), but Affleck is a prodigiously talented director and having him make a Batman movie is a big deal for Warner Bros. It adds value to the entire DCEU and prestige and he should be given enough rope to do as he pleases.

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