1. Getting rid of Henry Cavill as Superman
We don’t know what James Gunn and Peter What’s His Name were thinking when they decided to get rid of the best actor in the role since the late vaunted Christopher Reeve, but this injustice was foolhardy and dumb. And whatever point they were trying to make was lost because Cavill was the catch you needed to keep folks interested. Goofy is as goofy does.
2. Ezra Miller debacle
While Marvel has Jonathan Majors’ foolishness to contend with, DC has its own weirdo in Ezra Miller. You can’t be mediocre in the day job and dumb in your play around time and think folks won’t notice or care. We’re not going to see a terrible Flash movie while knowing Miller is garbage, too. Absolutely not.
3. Snyder Cut precedent
We’ve harped on this before: Do not open the Pandora’s Box of releasing a Director’s Cut just because the original movie fell short. Everybody and their daddy are going to want to do that when their much-ballyhooed project doesn’t meet expectations. Oh, and it turns out that Snyder was faking some of the support for his still-not-great Justice League cut. Make it make sense.
4. James Gunn and Peter What’s His Name hired
Unfortunately, we know who James Gunn is, and we don’t care about Peter What’s His Name still. There hasn’t been one good decision to come out that brain trust yet, and we’re still not sure what exactly is the plan going forward. So far, all we’ve seen is Cavill fired, Miller allowed to finish up a movie despite his troubles, and The Rock not retained. Huh?
5. Black Adam done for now
So, apparently, people didn’t like Black Adam. OK, but we’ll take a movie with promise and potential with a passionate lead in The Rock over a soulless project any day. The rationale behind not using Black Adam is about as smart as firing Cavill, and Gunn and Peter What’s His Name’s brain trust managed to muck it up in one stone’s throw. We hope The Rock laughs all the way to the bank when their future endeavors fail and he’s still making cash off the likeness that they continue to use for the comics.
