Nobody should ever stop thanking Patty Jenkins for Wonder Woman. Not only did it singlehandedly resurrect DC's chances of establishing a rival to Marvel's cinematic universe, it's established a positive atmosphere around Justice League - one that the trailer was able to take advantage of.
It may not look as bright or inventive as Thor or even Infinity War, but it does look like it's learnt the mistakes of DC's past, i.e., making Batman kill and resolving entire thematic confrontations through the uttering of a mother's name. Jason Mamoa's Aquaman looks really fun in particular, and Ezra Miller's Flash is far and away the most exciting thing about the film, a prospect enhanced by the revelation that Barry Allen's first solo outing will purportedly revolve around the Flashpoint storyline.
It might be easy to poke fun of the prospect of DC rebooting their universe so early, but utilising the Flash's time-travelling tendencies in such a way to fine tune some of the franchise's cinematic oddities could actually end up being a stroke of genius.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
