10 Ways Suicide Squad Shows The DCEU Is Irreversibly F*cked

10. Extreme Studio Meddling

Batman V Superman was notoriously chopped down to fit an acceptable length, and while it had other problems besides coherence and pacing, it was a sign of some post-production meddling. Although that's positively laid-back compared to what's happened to Suicide Squad.

A rotation of editors - including bringing in the guys behind the trailers for one version - extensive reshoots and ultimately two vastly different cuts of the movie competing for test audience approval do not make for pretty headlines, and it was hardly unnoticeable in the finished product. The level of studio destruction is on a level just below what happened last year with Fant4stic, and sets a worrying precedent.

That's two movies out of three where some behind-the-scenes conflict has negatively affected the movies, and speaks so much about the approach to the DCEU when it comes to commissioning and completing films that will take a major shift to remove.

And on that note, let's not forget that Warner Bros. aren't the best when it comes to coming out of slumps. The late nineties was a dire time for mainstream cinema, but this studio in particular made a meal of every opportunity they had, only coming back thanks to their deft choices in the early naughties (Harry Potter and The Lord Of The Rings particularly). Now they're back where they were, making Tarzan movies nobody wanted and struggling with films about Superman's resurrection.