James Gunn Explains Why Shared Universe in NOT Important to the DCU

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  • @daredevil5072
    @daredevil5072 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    Dc stories are most individual stories set in the same universe like heroes protecting their own city with crossovers only used for big world threats.

    • @-.Outlaw.-
      @-.Outlaw.- 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Literally how it was in marvel comics before the MCU lmao. Also that’s not how DC is anymore tbh

    • @Acacius0
      @Acacius0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@-.Outlaw.- yea it is and we all want lowkey DCU to be somehow be like MCU so let james follow the good old MCU fashion its not like marvel owns that tactic anyway lmmfao

    • @brownbearboxproductions3458
      @brownbearboxproductions3458 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not even really that , like green arrow may fight night wing or batman may encounter lex luthor as Bruce Wayne type thing once in a while but dmall and natural cameos

    • @Randomaccount9470
      @Randomaccount9470 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@-.Outlaw.-they all live in new York buddy

    • @-.Outlaw.-
      @-.Outlaw.- 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Randomaccount9470 not really no

  • @theMelMills
    @theMelMills 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Shared universe is very different from crossovers. A shared universe just means they’re all in the same universe whether they cross or not. But they’re included even by mention in the continuity. A shared universe doesn’t mean crossovers everywhere. So you can have different things in the same universe that can be their own thing without forcing unnecessary crossovers.

    • @heitoroliveira5166
      @heitoroliveira5166 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That was Agatha All Along are doing and what Eternals did and i very much apreciate. To me, the worst thing on MCU is that FOMO around new projects were you watch a whole 2-hour-long movie and feel no stisfaction and them a bad written/bad filmed post-credit scene pops to remember you "hey, next movie will be great"... but the next movie never is.

  • @BusterBarnes
    @BusterBarnes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    MCU made the mistake of making it necessary to watch average streaming shows to understand large plot points in their movies.
    Having everything fit into it's own understandable story whilst having an overarching narrative which eventually leads to a culmination is the best way to go forward. They just need to not the mistake of having for example something that happens in an animated project important to the LA movies, which I think they'll avoid doing.
    They just need to make sure if they tell singular stories they are clever with their budgets as some people may feel less inclined to watch a lesser named character if their narrative isn't crucial to the big picture. For example they should avoid something like Swamp Thing being a $200M movie if it's going to be very standalone and a "gothic horror". At most something like that should be $100M maybe even $80M

  • @gqd1975
    @gqd1975 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Good. I do not need everything to be connected. Just tell great stories.

    • @Myself_here
      @Myself_here 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The last thing your gonna get from this clown , he can’t help himself with his immature style unless you like that stuff

  • @summertyme5748
    @summertyme5748 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Shared Universes are hard. What the MCU did with the Infinity Saga may not be easy to reproduce.

  • @ginspirits9271
    @ginspirits9271 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I think he’s saying he wants lean more into each project being their own thing. Meaning crossover isn’t necessary, but some projects will.

    • @ginspirits9271
      @ginspirits9271 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also I don’t think he plans on playing it as safe as the MCU. Rather each project will take on its own unique and definitive nature, unrelated to others unless involved in Justice League or another team.

  • @TGOSE-v7y
    @TGOSE-v7y 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    We Need This New DC Cinematic Universe

  • @antran-jk8rw
    @antran-jk8rw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Gunn Better get people hooked 👀with the 1st 3-5 projects
    Cause if the audience doesn't find supergirl important than what about swamp thing or Peacemaker (a show I like)
    This is dc's last chance🤞

    • @heitoroliveira5166
      @heitoroliveira5166 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think if the movies were good and make the audience leave the theaters with a sense of satisfaction, that their money was well paid, they'll keep coming back for more movies. That's how DC Nolan's batman worked. That's how MCU worked. People like to think the shared universe is the one single reason MCU worked. But the other reason is that most movies had a baseline of quality that made people left the theater feeling well. They laugh, they watch some good action, good efects, they leave. Whem a new movie pop out "hey, look, here's a new marvel movie". Like 80% of the audience doesn't really care to draw all the conections as much as we do. So i think this approach is the best he could. If each movie keep being good, people will create an habit to keep coming back just the same way they got used to Marvel. MCU started to set themselves to failure whem made seem like every project should be a big deal, engeneered this FOMO around MCU projects, and them relesased like 6 or 8 in a 1 year span and mostly weren't really satsfacting for overall audience or fans. Make standalone movies with complete histories but keeping them in a cohesive universe without mandatory watch is a great approach.

    • @harryrao4296
      @harryrao4296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @anthran_jkr8rw this a bad idea if people shared universe are not important going watch everything its going fail

    • @lambtoon
      @lambtoon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It will never be DC’s last chance. It will however most likely be Discovery’s last chance still owning WB before selling it off themselves.

    • @harryrao4296
      @harryrao4296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lambtoon if sell themselves the notion of dc universe will gone for ever

    • @harryrao4296
      @harryrao4296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lambtoon do you think marvel or dc is more popular?

  • @michaelglatt100
    @michaelglatt100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I think the whole thing where everything from movies to video games and animated projects tie together in some way is excessive personally. Movies and shows, sure but not everything has to be linked and with the same actor and whatnot.

  • @Windows96_
    @Windows96_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Every movie doesn’t need post credits scenes and to scream explicit interconnectedness.
    Have good standalone movies and acknowledge that they’re part of the universe during the movie

  • @Hopeful-t5j
    @Hopeful-t5j 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I also think this is the best way to approach the DCU. They’re basically going to do it the way Marvel did with the MCU but they’re planning to do it. Better is how I feel and I’m 100% OK with that. Marvel has proven that this formula works DC just needs to make it their own.

    • @harryrao4296
      @harryrao4296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes that formuale gurantee money if people supergirl and authority dont connect anything nobody watch them this what mcu so sucessful @Hopeful-ts5j without a clear form of shared cohesion dc wil fail

  • @DragunovWayne
    @DragunovWayne 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    My dream is to play Tim Drake, I'm from Brazil and I train Karate and it would be an honor to join DCU 🦇

    • @Mike_oliver1313
      @Mike_oliver1313 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you actor?

    • @DragunovWayne
      @DragunovWayne 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Mike_oliver1313 I'm going to start studying theatre in 2025 after finishing high school and I'm learning English too

    • @Mike_oliver1313
      @Mike_oliver1313 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@DragunovWayne that’s too cool. Good luck to you.

    • @Fuko0139
      @Fuko0139 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Good luck mate​@@DragunovWayne

    • @superheroesmadness135
      @superheroesmadness135 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Keep dreaming 😂😂

  • @stillgrieves1015
    @stillgrieves1015 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Finally some good news. I don't have time in my life for shared universe unlimited flicks.

  • @maxordman4100
    @maxordman4100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We certainly don't need crossovers all the time but I do hope that he builds up the connecting storylines well.

  • @doc8013
    @doc8013 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The concept of being able to watch movies individually without sacrificing the experience because you haven't seen other things? Yeah, what a wild and controversial thing.

  • @khizeryusufzai2185
    @khizeryusufzai2185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My hype for the DCU just increased.
    Although I do hope we get some crossovers a bit often because I’d love to see a Blue and Gold movie or a Trinity movie

  • @tdtellem
    @tdtellem 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I'm tired of people acting like there are so many shared universe franchise.
    We have the MCU and that's it.
    Don't be lazy DC and connect these stories dammit.

    • @heitoroliveira5166
      @heitoroliveira5166 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The problem of shared universe never was the shared universe. The problem is unnecessary crossovers and engeneered FOMO to make you feel obligated to watch every single project and them delivery undercooked shit and use a unnecessary amount of conections to justify you keep coming back. Shared universe is cool, but it's a lot cooler whem is a cherry on top of a delicious cake and not a body spray on a pile of shit.

    • @Acacius0
      @Acacius0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      oh james will dont u worry hes just going for the good old MCU fashion back in the early days of marvel

    • @khizeryusufzai2185
      @khizeryusufzai2185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There’s only 3 successful ones
      1. MCU
      2. Conjuring
      3. Monsterverse
      All the others failed

  • @Nitesh22021990
    @Nitesh22021990 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If everything is not connected in this universe, I will be most relaxed, as I won't have to watch any previous stuff to enjoy next movie

  • @ethankillion786
    @ethankillion786 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As the guy who made that thread the other day about not wanting a cohesive universe:
    James Gunn is based

  • @jamespeak9653
    @jamespeak9653 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just make each project good

  • @richardcastagna7313
    @richardcastagna7313 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think people should be able to watch what shows they want unless there is a connection. You don't have to watch every DC movie or show that comes out just the ones that you think you like. You're not going to miss anything by not watching everything.

  • @gloriathomas3245
    @gloriathomas3245 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have no issue with shared universes I think they should be limited to TV where it's proven to have a greater success, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Stargate being prime examples. When it comes to films though I'm not a fan because it limits creativity.

    • @heitoroliveira5166
      @heitoroliveira5166 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stargate is genually awesome. I also thing Arrowverse did great with shared universe despite their obvius limitations in budget and even screenwritting. But you could tell they did their best.

  • @CalebByRamen
    @CalebByRamen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Yet hes the reason Superman and Lois is ending seasons early.

    • @ClashMasterStudios2
      @ClashMasterStudios2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That what I'm Saying I use to never like Superman Character until Superman and Lois I started to like him alittle More Normal Teen like me Only Read Manga are Webtoon

    • @doc8013
      @doc8013 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Actually no, he isn't. I believe the actress who plays Lois just reiterated that recently.

    • @Acacius0
      @Acacius0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      no not really

    • @BusterBarnes
      @BusterBarnes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Not really, CW just trying to cover up how they can't afford to keep it going. They've literally had to cut half the supporting cast to part time roles because of budget cuts

    • @khizeryusufzai2185
      @khizeryusufzai2185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No that wasn’t his fault. That was WB, they still control the CW. Same way Joker 2 is a WB project.

  • @dro2k728
    @dro2k728 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So lanterns being vital to the overall narrative they’re building is just irrelevant now ?

    • @Stumme-40203
      @Stumme-40203 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, it’ll probably come to play in a crossover event.

  • @ReasonbyNight
    @ReasonbyNight 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope it will be like that!

  • @jarhett2
    @jarhett2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    After watching the latest episode of "the Penguin" i realized that Bob Kane and Bill Finger probably didn't design batman to be in a universe with other superheros...And I believe that if the DCEU is gonna make anything stick we need different versions of these heroes. To represent a different interpretation of the characters. Comics have a long history of story telling, as long as the story is good, good vision and direction to go along with it the DCEU should be solid 🤷🏽‍♂️ i dont mind having 4 different Batmen or 3 different Wonderwomen, just as long as they are completely separated and have they're own story. We don't need an across the spider-verse live action DC version. It's okay to have separate stories...

    • @DayneAW
      @DayneAW 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is one of a few reason DC mythology struggles to translate to live action.
      Reboot Batman over and over and over and over again...as a human, that could never actually have metahumans in his storylines, then Wonder why we can't have Batman and Superman in the same story.
      So, we make Batfleck superhuman, doing superhuman things.
      Battinson won't have metahumans, unless they make him superhuman too.

    • @DayneAW
      @DayneAW 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Then in order to have a Superman story, that the audience likes, they have to make him as human as possible.
      They need small town Clark Kent, but then want a planet busting powerhouse of Superman.
      We could get into other aspects of DC mythology like the "Speed Force".
      DC mythology doesn't start with basic physics, like Marvel does.
      This makes it hard to do live action storylines.

    • @khizeryusufzai2185
      @khizeryusufzai2185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah. Not everything has to be as grounded to earth as people are wanting. But they also have to do it in a way it translates well knowing screen.

  • @TreFKennedy
    @TreFKennedy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just want the DCAU in live action

  • @robertcoggeshall3071
    @robertcoggeshall3071 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Should approach it like the jlu. All these disparate project Gunn has lined up don't seem to interconnect much.

  • @Whalewraith
    @Whalewraith 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Seems like Gunn has been at DC for years and we still haven't seen anything yet.

  • @IMZ44
    @IMZ44 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a gut feeling homie is going to talk that comment back or downplay it.

  • @omegamaximus1727
    @omegamaximus1727 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That’s great, Start off stand alone then build up the main event.

  • @dolphinsfan3245
    @dolphinsfan3245 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still believe in James Gunn and what he's going to do with the DCU

  • @TheGrayGhost92
    @TheGrayGhost92 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some people will watch it anyway cuz of curiosity

  • @stankdelicious6479
    @stankdelicious6479 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Continuity was never DC’s strength…they were better at story first & continuity third. James seems to understand this…

  • @trueLuminus
    @trueLuminus 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why is this so difficult a concept to grasp for these people? Star Trek has been doing it forever, now. You don't have to watch DS9 or the Enterprise D movies to understand what's happening in Voyager, but they take place in the same universe at the same time. It's really simple. Geez, walking is the new running for these people.

  • @jm2621
    @jm2621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think this is dumb
    Because people have no problem watching 10 sports games etc a weekend, watch commentators podcasts etc
    And that’s way more work than watching a film every couple months and or a 30-60 min episode where games are 3 plus hours so this whole burn out is just people not really invested in it

  • @jmcclain8237
    @jmcclain8237 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just give me a Worlds Finest.

  • @SmedleyTracy-d1r
    @SmedleyTracy-d1r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Flatley Squares

  • @TheMystic-Portal
    @TheMystic-Portal 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great job Gunn, do exactly what we’ve always had 🤦‍♂️

  • @NorrisColin-l3f
    @NorrisColin-l3f 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ora Plain

  • @MalikWill
    @MalikWill 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Let Gunn cook

  • @soggycipscomedy665
    @soggycipscomedy665 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The DCU is slowly growing on me now.

    • @harryrao4296
      @harryrao4296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @soggcispcomedey665 they mudding waters to many video games comics cartoons into the same canon that not being a shared universe just complicates things ever further this is going to fail

    • @Acacius0
      @Acacius0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it didnt even start give it a james lmmfao

    • @soggycipscomedy665
      @soggycipscomedy665 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Acacius0 Hold up let me explain. I am NOT a synderfan or a hater for the DCU, I am just neutral about it. You can still have opinions on things that haven't started.

    • @Acacius0
      @Acacius0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@soggycipscomedy665 yea but give it a chance could be epic

    • @soggycipscomedy665
      @soggycipscomedy665 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Acacius0 Are you liking your on comments!? BE honest!?

  • @Dr.JHamilton
    @Dr.JHamilton 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Marvel over reached. They should have shared stories in their movies, than other shared stories in the shows. Only get everyone involved in the end of a phase, if at all. DC must learn from this.

  • @jasonnicholson4488
    @jasonnicholson4488 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Sounds like MCU 2.0 👎

    • @danielkeller1337
      @danielkeller1337 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly, he's trying to outsmart Marvel, yet Marvel knows how to gain profits and put the multiverse together without failure and fan backlash like these Marvel like wannabe manbabies.

    • @Acacius0
      @Acacius0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      that's a good thing + we all wanted DC to be like Marvel anyways so st up bozo

    • @Acacius0
      @Acacius0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@danielkeller1337 "marvel wannabes" lmmfao st up cultist as if only marvel can use this strategy and no one else can use that 💀

  • @joeguido2931
    @joeguido2931 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is.

  • @TerrellAustin19941
    @TerrellAustin19941 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool

  • @shkarzakaria2108
    @shkarzakaria2108 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    comics are not canon

  • @Myself_here
    @Myself_here 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DCU is dead on arrival , I’ll be back to see you optimistic cultists blame Snyder fans when the general audience is fed up with the goofy immature tone , that belongs to Deadpool , not Superman

  • @CBandu
    @CBandu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    james clown is back with explanations

    • @Acacius0
      @Acacius0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      snyder cult is back with hate for no reason

    • @CBandu
      @CBandu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Acacius0 lol Snyder is even more clown than gunn

    • @Acacius0
      @Acacius0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@CBandu that is something agreeable

    • @MisterW99
      @MisterW99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You still gonna watch Superman in 2025

    • @CBandu
      @CBandu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MisterW99 hell no

  • @matthewgaudet4064
    @matthewgaudet4064 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good keep Disney style Mickey Mouse away from DC. Not all we need is to prevent Whedonisms. and Jokey Quips.

  • @BobbyMoore2-mp8wb
    @BobbyMoore2-mp8wb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😂

  • @pedrolozano5449
    @pedrolozano5449 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Now James Gunn mention that is not important the shared universe on the DCU?? What? If when he started as CEO he mentioned that everything will be connected and now does not?
    the DCE is dead before to start......WB needs to fired James Gunn because is not the answer to DC.. he started since 2022 as CEO chief in DC as kevin Faige in Marvel studios and now everything since then has been failure to DC movies, all 2023 and 2024 as well and he now backwards to his first comments when he started and now this wow, james gunn is a failure and eat his own words

    • @Ice-tc5vn
      @Ice-tc5vn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I said before he doesn't know what he's doing. He's screwed up Hal Jordan's, Guy Gardner & Booster Gold's casting.

  • @yaruliymachine3737
    @yaruliymachine3737 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DC universe is dead

  • @mattye88gaming
    @mattye88gaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    James Gunn is the biggest numpty, it’s not important yet he said himself everything including games will be in one universe . Sounds important too me and will have sprinkles like MCU

  • @TheMystic-Portal
    @TheMystic-Portal 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cause you don’t need to understand the lantern cores to understand the darkest night story line 😂
    Can’t wait till people who are against a connected universe stop getting the job to do a connected universe 🤦‍♂️

    • @PhysiqueFuel
      @PhysiqueFuel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly

    • @khizeryusufzai2185
      @khizeryusufzai2185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t think that’s what he meant

    • @TheMystic-Portal
      @TheMystic-Portal 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@khizeryusufzai2185 when you say it doesn’t need to be connected, yeah he does

    • @khizeryusufzai2185
      @khizeryusufzai2185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheMystic-Portal he didn’t say that. He said it will be easier for people to get a hold of the plot. So you won’t be forced to watch something you won’t like, such as a Swamp Thing horror movie for non horror fans or people who don’t like dark comedy such as Creature Commandos.
      Kind of the MCU became in phase 4. People felt forced to watch projects they didn’t like such as She Hulk sitcom or a terrestrial drama such as the Eternals.
      He’s just making it simpler for people to watch what they want to, while keeping the universe connected.

    • @TheMystic-Portal
      @TheMystic-Portal 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@khizeryusufzai2185 yeah that’s a lot of words saying the same thing.
      You had to do that with comics, so why not do a connected verse like that over making Neo fans and normies happy when this stuff is only a billion dollar movie operation due to the success and popularity of the comics 🤷‍♂️

  • @solomac4067
    @solomac4067 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So basically no justice league no time soon right?