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

Warner Bros. have made a big deal about how the DCEU will be a director-led endeavor, an attempt to throw shade at the MCU's producer-focused structure that has filmmakers working within a set format. The message was meant to be that this was the auteur superhero franchise (something Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy worked as a neat precursor to), but based on what we saw in Suicide Squad that's not the case.

For the most part, this doesn't feel like a David Ayer film. There's moments that do - the laser bullet blasts - and some things that fit his twisted world view - the forced vibrancy - but strip that away and you have something with a very similar aesthetic to Batman V Superman. This isn't an isolated situation either; Wonder Woman has a distinct Dawn Of Justice feel to it as well, and the only reason that's doesn't appear true of Justice League is because Warner Bros. are in major apology mode in that one (ironically meaning that film will likely be the least-Snyder).

Snyder's "style" has infected everything, and with the studio pigeonholing every film in the edit, we're winding up with films that all look and feel the same, regardless of what was promised. Synergy is good, but you don't want it to be Snydergy.