8 Critical Mistakes The DC Film Universe Has Made
3. (Seemingly) Not Having A Plan
The whole point of a cinematic universe is that each movie is meticulously crafted, intended to serve the entries that will follow it and build toward a climactic event - it's essentially TV. If everything isn't interconnected and the films don't impact each other in any meaningful way, can we really call it the 'DC Extended Universe?'
This connection between movies can only come from having a solid plan in place, and it's blatantly clear that Warner Bros. have no such thing.
Movies get announced left, right and centre, like Gotham City Sirens, Shazam, Cyborg and Green Lantern, and some just fade into obscurity, like the latter two, while Shazam bafflingly remains disconnected from the DCEU entirely and Gotham City Sirens appears to serve little purpose other than to capitalize on Harley Quinn's popularity.
At the end of the day, it's hard to be confident in a studio that doesn't seem to know what it's doing. The DCEU is becoming harder and harder to follow with each subsequent movie; it's a flurry of characters and subplots that lacks connective tissue.
This lack of a plan has other effects too...