Justice League: 7 Reasons To Be Positive About The DCEU’s Future

4. The Post-Credits Scene Makes It Seem Like DC Has A Plan

Joe Manganiello Deathstroke Justice League
Warner Bros.

For quite some time, DC's film division has been criticized for being too reactionary, and not having a firm plan for the DCEU in place.

Most of this criticism is based on comparisons to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the rock-solid plan that those movies are very clearly following. It's now expected that these movies are all part of the same big puzzle, and because the DCEU doesn't adhere to this rule, it can feel a little incoherent.

But this might all be about to change. Justice League's final post-credits scene - which features Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor and Joe Manganiello's Deathstroke discussing the creation of a league of super-villains - is definitive, deliberate, and has not just been put there as a throwaway easter egg.

For starters, the scene shows us a much more restrained version of Luthor (compared to the Jim Carrey Riddler version we got before), suggesting that DC listened to the hate Eisenberg received after BvS, and wanted to show us they were listening.

And after Joe Manganiello's involvement in the DCEU was left up in the air after Ben Affleck's Batman movie script was reportedly scrapped, to bring him back into the mix is nothing short of a statement of intent. They didn't have to bring him in, but since they did, they must have some idea how they'll use him.

Overall, this was a great little tease, and considering the above two points, it could certainly bear fruit in a future DCEU movie. Will Luthor recruit every upcoming villain to join his team, using Deathstroke as his tactically-inclined leader? Maybe - and wouldn't that be bloody awesome.

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