The new architect of the DCU — James Gunn — recently surprised everyone by praising a movie he didn’t make and whose actor is fairly controversial. We’re talking of course about Ezra Miller and the upcoming tentpole release The Flash. People who don’t like Miller are not happy about this.
In a video announcing the upcoming plan for the next 8-10 years of the DCU, Gunn called the film “a fantastic movie that I really love that resets the entire DC Universe.” No need to get into the intimate details of why Miller isn’t liked by a lot of people, but if you’re interested we wrote a whole thing about it.
The unfortunate truth is that if the movie is a big hit and Miller continues to behave then all will probably be forgotten. That’s just the way things work, and things seem to be trending in that direction.
Here’s a fun one about how Gunn and fellow DCU head Peter Safran are using Miller and how they rationalized it.
Here’s someone just realizing this is how it’s going to play out.
An inevitable reference to Homelander.
A fitting Justin Roiland comparison.
This person wants a boycott.
Pretty good nickname for Miller.
The consensus seems to be that the movie is too good to fail.
They get it.
The inevitable conspiracy theories are also being aired out.
At this point, it looks like the movie is coming out, barring some new revelation that paints Miller in an even worse way than they already are.
A trailer for The Flash is rumored to appear at this year’s Super Bowl. We’ll know more then.
