10 Quick Ways To Fix The DCEU
How To Fix The DCEU!
The DCEU is one of the biggest tragedies of modern cinema. In an effort to compete with the MCU, Warner Bros created sub-par movies that pale in comparison to the original source material. As a matter of fact, in some regards, DC’s multiple Arrowverse is vastly superior to its big screen counterpart.
With the absolute juggernaut that was Avengers: Endgame, coupled along with the dismal failure that was the Justice League, it would seem that lots if not all hope is lost for our poor caped-crusaders. However, that does not mean that Warner Brothers has given up on the DCEU just yet.
With Wonder Woman 1984 releasing next year and Birds of Prey releasing in just a few months, it is clear that Warner Brothers still has some fight left in it. Then there's Aquaman 2, The Flash's own movie and Black Adam. So there is reason for positivity, as long as it all works.
However, if the DCEU does not fix the main problems it still suffers from, the new installments are doomed to failure.
10. Slow Way Down
One of the main problems with the DCEU has been pointed out by fans time and time again - the movies are trying to advance everything too quickly.
They had the first movie of the series followed-up by the supposed big crossover event without any room to breathe. The equivalent would be the first Iron Man being followed-up by an Avengers movie. It just doesn’t make any sense.
Although it might seem counter-intuitive to try and take as long as possible, it will pay-off in the long-run when fans are dying to see the second part to a galaxy-wide event. Instead of rushing huge crossover movies, the DCEU should be world-building across multiple, smaller movies.
After all, why should the audience care about a world-ending event, when they know nothing about the world, who inhabits it and why they should care? If the DCEU took its time to develop its universe through fun and interesting movies, than a big team-up events would be all the sweeter.
There is no need to rush. The MCU only started to become big after The Avengers, an event which took 4 years, and several movies to build up to.