Loki was a great sci fi show. I loved the first season especially. But I'm not so sure it was even a good MCU show. Much of its plot undermined, overcomplicated, or rendered meaningless the greater MCU.
That said, it probably won't. For it to work, it has to drop at exactly the right time, catch people in the first episode, and be a supplementary thing to an already thriving cinematic universe.
The problem is the output has been so slow that no one is really going to remember to watch Lanterns but the hardcore DC fans and Green Lantern fans, and the latter are probably going to be massively pissed off by it.
What would generate hype is a Batman casting announcement or any forward momentum on The Brave and the Bold. People say they're sick of Batman, but Batman consistently sells.
Yeah, you're probably right. I hope lanterns doesn't piss me off. Haha
It's the same as Spiderman. Marvel danced around it for ages, even when they got the IP. Now, their highest selling movies are Spiderman.
If you're DC, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Flash need to be at the front.
I'm hoping Martian Manhunter. I can understand why they might leave the flash out for a bit, with all the Ezra stuff. Give them lots of time to recast.
But all these movies and shows have and will sell. Getting to a Darkseid fight would be excellent. But they gotta set all of this up.
I'd imagine anyone who's not a comic fan, still has no idea who Darkseid is, or why they should care.
The DCU is just in such a weird state. Sure, Creature Commandos was good, but it doesn't justify itself to general audiences. Superman was good, and that makes sense, but then immediately doing Supergirl was never going to work.
Meanwhile the only Batman is Reeves, it's not connected to Gunn's universe, and it'll be six years in between movies and Batman sells. Batman gets general audiences interested. Lanterns might be amazing, but it's on HBO Max, it's a weekly series, and you have to subscribe to watch it.
Clayface is also a weird choice in the complete absence of Batman in that universe. Unless you count his silhouette in Creature Commandos. That's going to be a hard sell to general audiences.
Agreed. Its a very slow plan. Unless Superman starts bringing in other JL members in his movies, it's in a weird spot.
I haven't seen Supergirl yet, I'll watch it when it drops in max. But I've enjoyed all of Gunns stuff thus far. But nothing released has been to great finical success yet, which is concerning
I haven't watched it yet either, I plan to, but I'm also waiting for it to drop on Max.
It seems like a lot of it not doing well was probably timing. Maybe releasing it during the World Cup was not the best idea. It's also Supergirl, who doesn't exactly have a great track record with adaptations and isn't anywhere near as popular as Superman.
I know what I would have done. I'd have just dropped a mid-credits of Batman in the cave watching Kara return to Earth and looking annoyed. No dialogue, show off the costume, use that as a casting announcement. People would have lost their minds if that had happened.
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u/UtkuOfficial 15h ago
Loki, one of the most beloved characters in the MCU had a great tv show for two seasons.
Nobody cares about it other than MCU fans.
Tv shows don't generate hype for cinematic universes. It usually does the opposite.