Batman: Gotham By Gaslight - 10 Ways It Could Save DC's Animated Films
8. It's Running Away From Their Weird Universe... Thing
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Again, one of the most refreshing things about the next DC animated feature is that it'll be departing from the company's bizarre animated universe. That particular interlinking world sits in this bizarre plain between the fantastic universe of old and DC's mainstream one, and well, it's just kind of there, isn't it?
We know that DC will be continuing to develop that universe with the upcoming Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (a particularly cringey title, we know), but that's the only upcoming release we know of so far. Indeed, it would be nice if DC could just go back to doing adaptations like Gaslight, or, at the very least, making quality original features.
We know they have the talent for it, even if it hasn't always felt that way these past few years. Either way, a return to proper adaptations can only be a good thing - particularly if they're back to DKR quality.
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.
