CONFIRMED: James Gunn is the be the best thing to happen to the DCEU/DCFU/suicide squad 2 FIGHT ME

Tonight we have confirmation that James Gunn is at the least, writing the
Suicide Squad sequel.

in an announcement Dc daily host Tiffany Smith said:
"It's official that we have got a new member of the DC family: acclaimed writer/director James Gunn has been attached to write Suicide Squad 2. Gunn is poised to bring a completely fresh take to the franchise after the first film was written and directed by David Ayer."

Previously Gavin O'Connor was to draft the sequel screenplay.

He both directed and produced the Accountant starring Ben Affleck.

But when Birds of Pray was green lit, the two scripts were two similar? 

So he left and we get Gunn. which until I looked all this up I just assumed 

Birds of pray was on the ever-growing DCEU announced but scrapped heep. 

Ayer was obviously never coming back not just cause the film

was a mess but he himself has said he did not enjoy the process 

and was unsatisfied with the outcome, via studio interference.

Gunn is said to be bringing a completely new take on the Suicide Squad.
leaving me to wonder if this is a Sequal or a reboot? The Film, to date,
has no set release date but with Gunn joining, I'm sure that will change.

As well, The questions as to whether the most disliked interpretation of the Joker, portrayed by Self-fashioned method...actor. Jered Leto will return {please let it be no, PLEASE LET IT BE NO} as they don't have the best working relationship. As you will learn below James Gunn is a spicy Boi when it comes to tweets, like this 2012 doozy,Gunn Tweeted "Driving home from Vegas Treading stories about what a dick Jared Leto is" Gunn could be referring to Leto's Antics on the Set of SS or his difficulty on Blade Runner 2049. Where he insisted on being led around as if he were blind...because he was portraying a blind man. Or it could be some other thing between them personally.either way it spells trouble for the actor.

If you are even slightly connected to any news feed or YouTube channel that

covers all things pop culture or nerdy, then you were probably aware of the
rumors that the Infamous former Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn
was in talks to write and possibly direct suicide squad 2. The DCEU as been on 
shaky ground since it launched. Suicide Squad was met with mixed reviews 
but was a box office success. Panned by critics and lukewarm with fans. 
both praising the feel well bemoaning story and edtis. Like a majority of 
the trailers not appearing in the finished film.

That's why this could be the single best thing to happen to the

dceu/dcfu/dc-no-one-cares-till-you-make-a good-film-universe.

Now I find this hard to believe but some of you may not know the

hubbub around Mr. James “Edgelord” Gunn's termination form Marvels
Guardians of the Galaxy and taking over the universe building/planning
from Kevin Feige.

He got his start writing for a studio called “Troma entertainment.”

Known for their raunchy, edgy, exploitation, horror/comedy films.

Let’s just say they are not for kids, contrary to what the toxic avenger

Saturday morning cartoon might have lead you to believe in the 80’s.

His first, to my knowledge, writing credit was Tromeo and Juliet.

It’s a cute modern take on the Shakespearean classic. Set in NYC,

narrated by Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead. And involves things like

a father beating his daughter to force her into an arranged marriage

to an older man, a young boy witnessing a buxom woman he desires

have cunnilingus performed on her pretty intensely. And young Juliet
taking a potion that, I shit you not, transforms her into a hideous Gwar
inspired cow monster,  complete with a three-foot penis. This film was
a cult classic and released in 1996. Well before any Disney contracts
were signed.

as well as James Gunn did a mockumentary with his then-wife

Jenna Fischer of “The Office” fame called “lollilove”. Its 100%, not pg.

It’s probably closer to Nc-17 for the language and sexual themes.

As pretty much, you’ll note a pattern here, all of Gunn’s work and

life have been.

Probably the panicle of Gunn’s edginess was a 2008 web series

starring Nathan Fillion of Destiny fame and MANY porn stars called

James Gunn’s PG porn. You can read about it on your own.

But what caught Disney’s eye, we can gather, was Gunns success

writing the 2002 live action Scooby Doo starring Freddie Prinze Jr.,

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini and

Rowan Atkinson to name a few.

The film cost 84 million to make and banked 275 million worldwide.

So it deemed a sequel. Now you may say, but Automatauntaun,

that movie sucked? It has a 30% on rotten tomatoes? Well, you probably

don’t have a relative or friend with kids. Cause out of the over 16 people

I know with kids 10 can give you a DEEP Synopsis of the plot of this film.

Burned into there memory. And if you didn’t notice Disney’s Marvel films

are targeted at family’s with kids.

I know?! I’m the worst! You want a Nc-17 X-men! And Iron Man! And

Capetian America! ( he is alone in a room with a woman, he then

apologizes and leaves)

But guess what?! You only go to see a movie once maybe twice.

And my sister and her husband take their 5 kids to see their favorite

film usually three times, at 20 bucks a pop. That’s way more profit

then you and your bff. Not to mention you don’t buy the overpriced

blocks and legos and all that. Nor do you buy each child their own copy

of the DVD because sharing is hard.

So you're not marvels core audience. Get over it.

Scooby Doo 2: monsters unleashed didn’t do as good but,
at 25 million to make, getting 181.5 million worldwide, it more than broke even.
Again not to mention the DVD sales and merch sales.

So Gunn proved he could do the family friendly thing.

But I feel the NEXT big thing James Gunn did that made Disney say

“that’s the no-name Pervy edge lord we want to direct our long shot family-

friendly film!” was 2006’s “Slither”.

Slither was a box office failure. Coasting 15 million to make and only

netting 12. The horror/comedy let down not only the studio but the distributors, who all distanced them self from the production. But it did the other thing Disney needed to see. It was a critical smash and a cult fave. Garnering buzz on all the right talk shows and podcasts.

Being praised by the likes Entertainment Weekly's #1 on their

"Must list:Ten things to do this week” of April 14th, 2006.

It garnered a positive aggregator score of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Which was as good as securing him his next gig regardless of box office.

It went on to be in Peter Travers Rolling Stone magazine

"Top 25 DVDs of the Year". And Ebert & Roeper guest critic

Michael Phillips said Slither was his DVD pick of the week.

Ironically Ebert & Roeper Gave it two thumbs down when they got back.

These two things showed Disney that Gunn had the potential to make a film the

A: appealed to kids in the age range of 5-15

B: enjoyable for the youngn’s parents without making them feel it’s too

harsh for their precious snowflakes

C: Garner those ever so precious 18-24’s that detest being pitched too.

And

D: have the potential to get a profit off a franchise that has -5 name

recognition, and whose book counterpart sales never par with the big

names already on celluloid.

Gunn was willing to take risks, could make films others might shy

away from and had the street cred and pop culture knowledge so not

to be seen as...

When they made this decision they were both aware of the nature of a

lot of his work and the nature of his tweets in question.

So why then when Mike Cernovich brought some of Gunns decades old

edgelord tweets from his earlier career Disney/Marvel acted

like it was news too then? When a corporation like Disney brings you

in to direct a family film, pretty much all they make, they do a

deep dive on you. They KNOW what they are investing in.

It went up late July 19th early July 20th. On the eve of a large

San Diego comic con panel for marvel. And they moved with

shocking speed to fire him. Gunn posted an explanation/apology

to Twitter you can read here if you so desire.

Blame it on #meetoo, blame it on #Pizzagate, or like most of the

media try and blame it on trump {citation; seriously this article implies

Trump made Cernovich Mainstream and thus is at fault for Gunn's career

torpedoing, note you need a subscription on some platforms to read

because they are very much not obsolete as a platform}

But, in my humble opinion, It was cause parents just don't understand.

That’s why Disney fired Gunn. People like my sister and her

husband are are tired of having to explain to their kids all these

things they shouldn’t have too till they are, I don’t know, past the

age of 8 at least? Like why a tree is giving someone something

called s blowjob. Or why three men would rape a baby,  

( James Gunn really went there).The reason Disney dropped

Gunn like a Michelle Wolf comedy special was they feared losing those parents with 2-5 kids over losing you { the author is assuming

your one of those precious 18-24 they so keenly desire}. As they,

overall buy the toys. And that’s the real money.

They were aware because my next example is this blog from “ladygeekgirls”

entitled “James Gunn is a sexist, Homophobic Jerk.” Posting about his now

deleted “50 superheroes you most want to have sex with.” Blog

With raunchy comments like “[on batwoman] “I’m hoping for a dc-marvel

crossover so that tony stark can turn her; she could also have sex with

nightwing and still be a lesbian”

And urging her readers too “#boycottgunn #boycottgunn #boycottgunn

#boycottgunn #boycottgunn #boycottgunn”

And if you read the comments there was indeed a campaign...in 2014.

Make no mistake. Disney was WELL aware of all of this. As I have outlined

it's partly WHY they wanted him.

Now, you may be wondering why this winding, overly lengthy outline of his

career and the controversy I stated you are probably well aware of?

Well, it’s cause James Gunn is exactly the kind of Edgelord Suicide Squads

NEEDS. It's plot was literally a mess and a forgettable mishmash of one-liners.

From poor special effects, illogical characterization, and probably the worst

Villian. The film was the ultimate bait and switch pretty much removing ALL
of Jerad Leto's joker. {maybe a blessing} It’s only appeal was

lots of…Recognizable music and Pop cultural references.

Sound familiar? It also felt like something was missing?

Like...

It didn’t feel like they were in danger from the giant gray thing in the sky that

seems to be DC’s go to bad guy. I did not feel they were down and out. Like

they where maybe NOT the A, B or even F team. I felt like I was supposed

to believe they were the good guys? Not bad guys and flawed people I

liked besides that point. And most of them seemed too competent to be caught, the characterizations were all off. Well, slipknot...he seemed, just right.

The reimagining didn’t work

Well...ok. This did, this was maybe Jai Courtneys best work. But in

the Interest of keeping the age-old internet tradition of starting flame

wars alive

Fight me.

Now, a franchise in need reinventing dated characters that don’t

necessarily work on film, That has lots of pop cultural references,

Using modern pop songs as a backdrop and story device,

And a complex plot involving the scum of their universe well still keeping the

“villains” relatable, likable and memorable. Who could we turn to for that?

Oh, maybe the guy who took a lackluster book with no name recognition

in the general public or even most comic book fans and made it into a

773.3 million household name.  That’s who. And he would be right at

home in the black humor of the plot. He can turn people's heads being

blown off into laughs ( they have bombs in their heads if you didn’t know,

suicide squad, ya know.)  The psychotic nature of many of the cast would

play well into his writing style. The banter between them would be just

endlessly better than…that...thing we got.

His casting choices would probably be amazing. You KNOW dave Batista

is gonna come along for the ride as well as Michael Rooker and his brother

Sean Gunn {Nepotism, well and alive LITERALLY EVERYWHERE}

Not saying Will Smith and Margo Robbie were not good picks but...

everything else was….

Questionable…

The DC...films are in desperate need of that special something that

they are all missing. A cohesive script. A smidge of situational comedy

wouldn’t hurt either. All of which Gunn has proven HE CAN BRING.

Dc fanbois are always crying how they love the dark, monochromatic,  

visually hard to see, frowny, Prozac infused, color contrast-less,

snyderverse. Well, James Gunn would be the perfect man to bring

that to life!

But,  NOT HOT UNWATCHABLE GARBAGE.

James Gunn should not only write but direct the ss films. Dc is

in a bad place. WW2 might be good but so what? Her whole cast

and soon her universe is gone, save for Aquaman. Sure Wan and

Momoa’s film looks not as bad as Dc’s civil war Batman vs Superman.

But it also looks like a superhero movie that was trying to compete

with Sam Rami’s  Spider-Man. And I don’t know about you but the

Momoa letting out his millennial whoop bit is being beaten to death

in the trailer alone. I can only imagine how many “AAAAALLL RIIIIGHTS”

and “MA MAAAN”s we are gonna be bombarded with cause dc’s execs

be like

Which saddens me greatly as Momoa is the only person that I

think could rehabilitate Aquaman. Cyborg was never happening to

be honest. Flash has never moved despite the irony it’s a movie

about the fastest man alive. Superman/Man of Steel two is also, most

likely, never happening with news that script elements are being given
to the green-lit super girl film such as the villain and scenario.
If we do get a superman, its almost certainly being recast.

We have, and will, never get a Batman standalone film with Batfleck.

{Fight me} All due to poor writing, characterization, and reception.

And I'm not going into the SLEW of films DC announced that never

even got to casting. It's a lot. A lot of things have been made a big

deal of and canceled due to the poor receptions and returns of what

used to be the most financially sure superhero film label out there.
Tim Burtons Batman, and the Christopher Reeves series of films
WERE the standard.

James Gunn would be the witty, original, off-kilter shot in the arm the DC...

film...place...group need if they want to even attempt to compete with

Marvel who is retiring their biggest names. Now ending their phase 4

of films, the end of the story started with Ironman one over ten years

ago and setting up their phase 5 films and the new franchises that will

drive their overarching tale. And with Marvel/ Disney recently re-acquiring

their long coveted finale two pieces of the monetary triforce, the Xmen and

the first family, the Fantastic Four, DC is set to be left in the dust with NO

brand names, No universal continuity and NO plots that their own fans truly

feel are being done justice. I love DC. and I have been so insanely furious

with the way the studios have handled the choice of direction, casting tone

and plots. And when I say Studio it's not a dog whistle for

#Releasethesnydercut. Snyder shockingly was the wrong man to do...

literally anything apparently. But I want these stories.

I WANT a Capullo Batman. I WANT a Jim Lee Superman.

I WANT a Ostrander Suicide Squad, and I think James Gunn is our best bet.

And hopefully, we will get him as a director as well

Why is everyone so upset over Ruby Rose as Batwoman?

So today I saw the first images of the new CW Batwoman that will be joining

the Arrowverse,

and I have to say, I was hella impressed. This is better than anything I could have imagined. And MUCH BETTER than the horrifying image of Teen Titans Batman. Apparently, they didn’t get the note that he’s NOT the one wearing the hockey pants.

If you hadn’t heard. A VERY small portion of the internet was VERY upset with the casting of Ruby Rose as Kathleen Kain: The Batwoman who will be making an appearance in the annual CW superhero crossover event, this time focusing on DC’s Elseworlds tales. Which are in my humble opinion, some of DC’s best stories. What I wouldn't give for a Red Son story.

You might remember Ruby Rose from John Wick 2. She was the bodyguard.

She did well for what limited work the role was. For comparison, the suit is surprisingly accurate.

My only complaint is the gauntlets would be better red. But otherwise, I can deal.

But many of the internet, cannot.

See some people are just never happy. In the comics { since her retconing/reintroduction}

Kathleen Kain is a lesbian. Very openly. And has a long time lover, Maggie Sawyer.She is also an Ashkenazi Jew. Putting her in the top percentile worldwide of IQ tests. Which means she is probably smarter than Batman. she is also white.

You would think the casting of Ruby Rose, a heavily tattooed fashion model, and actress who is familiar with light stunt work, and who is also a very publicly open lesbian for a very long time, she claims since the age of 12 I think, would be a perfect fit?

But then you would be assuming that you're talking to a logical

NON INSANE person.

On August 7, Princess Weeks of the Mary Sue wrote:

“She is without a doubt someone with star appeal, but at the same time,

it does seem like a relatively safe choice. I do wish they had chosen

someone non-white in the role, just because I think that added

diversity would be really great”

See the issue for her is that Batwoman isn’t a black trans woman with vitiligo who identifies as a twin souled Eastern pondhawk dragonfly that is also paraplegic.  Batwoman, in the books and LITERALLY ALL MEDIA TO DATE, is portrayed as a white woman and more recently, a Jewish lesbian. Picking a person to accurately portray this who also happens to be a lesbian in real life, is a woman but isn’t Jewish is the end of the fucking world cause I said so “PROBLEMATIC.”

Her outrage isn’t about accuracy, or something fans of the universe WANT to see. The fans are juiced. Every person I know is hyped. It’s not even that it isn’t an obscure Elseworlds interpretation of the character. It’s a political ideology. Most of these people that are upset DON'T EVEN REALLY READ THE BOOKS. They mainly scour Wikipedia for info to write their articles, hitting key notes and are familiar with the characters, at most having seen a dc animated film and maybe read a collection. And trust me if they did make Kane a genderfluid, non-binary, Wolfkin with 4headmates...

it still wouldn’t be enough. Cause in the oppression Olympics they are always raising the bar.

She admits the studio actually clearly went on to tick more boxes with a female showrunner, but then complains that she hopes the writers are queer? Isn’t that a banned word? Aren’t we supposed to say “LGBTQA+ writers?”

“In addition to having a female showrunner, I hope the series does try and get some queer women writing the character and come up with some interesting drama that doesn’t include babies. Please stop breaking up lesbians because of babies/kids.”

Is that a thing? Did Greg Berlanti make White Canary lose her mind and become straight for one episode and get knocked up and decide she needed to stay straight for the kid? Was there an episode where Mr. Terrific got wasted and slept with someone and said "Well I'm havin' a baby...guess i gotta be straight now!" Did I miss these page-turners? It’s such an odd statement. Wouldn’t you want the best writers you could get? And maybe you’ll find a great writer who has had LGBTQIA+ experiences themselves or a family member/friend to pull experience from? What if Paul Dini and Grant Morrison where announced to write? Is it not good enough cause they are sic white men? Is their hand in reinventing the character and making her LGBTQA+ not good enough?

Wait? Can she really be LGBTQA+ if sic men wrote it? By Weeks standards apparently not.

See I prefer the best writers, whoever they are, over a room of identity box tick hires who might not be the best writers {cough Gabby Rivera cough}.

{ahem! All of high guardian spice ahem!}

I love Robert Smith, the frontman and songwriter of THE SINGLE GREATEST BAND IN HUMAN HISTORY, The Cure. I can already hear keyboards furiously clicking away about how Morrissey is superior. But, Robert Smith is crucial for my example. He writes the most beautiful, emotional, tortured love songs. And the most upbeat exciting ballads of romantic flings. The problem is Bobby has been married to his high school sweetheart Mary Pool, whom he met in drama class at St Wilfrid's when he was 14. They are together to this day. My favorite quote from him is

“ I lie a lot, especially in interviews.” He has never lived the THOUSANDS of experiences of heartbreak, the excitement of new love or failed romance he has written about. He has been “lying”

That’s what actors do. They lie about who they are portraying and how they are feeling. Any c list actor who can wear a skin-tight suit, dye her hair red, and do some high kicks would have done. Come on, it’s the CW. And it’s a one-shot till it gets greenlit. I’m not ragging on anyone cause I love the CW portrayals for the most part but, this isn’t a Scorsese film. But instead, the CW Said, “ let’s get a lesbian actress who looks like Batwoman and has some action experience." As well they could have picked any successful hot showrunner who have made a knockout show to handle this but, let’s make sure we pick a woman. The Vampire Diaries executive producer Caroline Dries was who they went with. I’m sure she will do good. I’m sure her work on TVD was one of those "you do the best with what your given” scenarios. So I’m going in with an open mind.

But no, Not good enough.

She goes on to refer to Arrowverse  having a lot of problems, with representation

I guess Chris Holt portraying Mr.Terrific, which they altered to be gay JUST FOR THE SHOW, was not enough. As well, creating Alexandra Danvers portrayed by Chyler Leigh for Supergirl JUST SO THEY HAD A LESBIAN CHARACTER who had a HUGE coming out subplot was not enough. Legends of tomorrow made White Canary portrayed by Caity Lotz LGBTQA+ when it didn't have any massive plot significance for the show. They just thought it was cool to have a person of an alternative lifestyle on the team.

And Flash has the Police Captain David Singh, Barry’s Boss, portrayed by Patrick Sabongui who is openly Gay and its dealt with as if it's completely normal for this universe to have a Gay man in a position of authority and power who is masculine and not a stereotype. No one in the show or the fandom even batted an eye. It was just "oh that's a neat little bit of world-building they did making the police chief openly homosexual."

They didn't make a huge deal of it. It's just mentioned that his husband is named Rob. Which is such a great way to do it. As it signifies how normal it is IN THE ARROWVERSE.

Rob even ends up playing a part in the alternate timeline story when Barry creates the shows equivalent of a Flashpoint. Not to mention Greg Berlanti THE ARROWVERSE SHOWRUNNER IS HIMSELF, GAY.

Ironically no one ever got upset when Wentworth Miller an openly Gay Actor, was cast to play Leonard Snart: A.K.A. Captain Cold an openly straight character…

That's probably cause Mr. Miller brought an amazing new interpretation to an otherwise kinda bland villain. WHICH I FOR ONE LOVED. And I think everyone was also juiced to see him reunited with his Prison break co-star Dominic Purcell, ( Also a BOSS} who gives an equally fun performance as Heat Wave.  

Well, the very angry identitarians decided this sin was unforgivable. They get on twitter and actually insulted a fellow female LGBTQA+ member of their community for being cast as a female LGBTQA+ community member, not being lesbian enough, not being a woman of color and not being an actual Ashkenazi Jew. I'm shocked they didn't Bring up that Ruby Rose isn't an actual cape-wearing vigilante. Which is funny as finding an Ashkenazi

Jewish person of color would be a bit complex.  See Ashkenazi Jews tend to be of a unique phenotype and haplotype.

They tend to be pale-skinned, some have red hair, and most are labeled

as white. Like Gal Gadot who is an Ashkenazi. So finding a person of color who is an Ashkenazi could become problematic.

But I’m sure they are out there. The question remains, How many of them are in

acting? Do they have what the showrunners and directors looking for? And how
many can carry an action drama targeted at a 12-25 demographic and have name/Face ID?

{For reference Gal Gadot}

Rose was justifiably upset.  So upset she locked her accounts to private.
Before she left twitter she said:

“Where on earth did ‘Ruby is not a lesbian, therefore, she can’t be batwoman’ come from has to be the funniest most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read. I came out at 12? And have for the past 5 years had to deal with ‘she’s too gay’ how do y’all flip it like that? I didn’t change. I wish we would all supporteach other and our journeysWhen women and when minorities join forces we are unstoppable…
when we tear each other down it’s much more hurtful than from any group.
But hey/ love a challenge I just wish women and the LGBT community
supported each other more, My wish was we were all a little kinder and more
supportive of each other…Sending everyone my love and gratitude, it’s been a
rollercoaster of a year, this month especially.”

On her Instagram Rose said

“This is a childhood dream. This is something I would have died to have
seen on TV when I was a young member of the LGBT community who
never felt represented on TV and felt alone and different.” The post has
received more than 400,000 likes.
clearly, comicsgate and the high council after her.

If you wanted to see a prime example of the stupidity people are arguing in
favor of Princess Weeks insane arguments click here and here. It was hard
to find good examples firstly Because Ruby deleted her Twitter account.
Secondly, every article about Ruby Rose leaving Twitter spends 65% of the
body talking about Rose Tico and racist nazis? Then posting people trolling
Mrs.Tram by smashing her figures. which is irrelevant to the situation.
then saying “ surprisingly the fan outrage came from other members of the LGBTQA community demanding more fair representation of marginalized peoples and communities.”
Aaaaand never posting their tweets. They had a hard time grasping the fact that

Ruby Rose was overwhelmingly embraced by fans and straight men,
and even the comicsgaters.

{ Wonder why?}

They also Omitted that many who were irrationally cranky “let down” admittedly had no idea who Ruby Rose or Batwoman where.

My favorite response to this nonsense was a Gavin Mitchell.

If you wanted to see the mostly positive outpouring from fans, including sic males of all backrounds you can click here. Most everyone is excited. Especially considering how Teen Titans character designs ended up...

Thankfully, Ruby Rose, Caroline Dries and Greg Burlanti stood their ground and didn’t pull an Iron Fist S2 { I am working up to a review of that...nightmare}

If you are looking forward to seeing Ruby rock the red and black bat suit
like I am, The Arrowverse crossover begins filming next week, supposedly
and will begin airing Sunday, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. on The Flash. It will focus on
the Elseworlds stories this year And "only" be between Arrow, The Flash, and
Supergirl as their attention turns to Arkham Asylum and its madness.

I mean all of this sounds amazing but,

Why so serious?