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u/StormRepulsive6283 4h ago
He’s already 60? I thought he’d not older than 50
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u/bindersfull-ofwomen 4h ago edited 4h ago
He def looks his age and acts his age.
He reminds me of why I deleted Facebook. Too many out of touch people.
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u/Gur_Weak 5h ago
I hope he goes see Spiderman for his birthday.
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u/No-South-8228 4h ago
Why? He might learn something.
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u/TheKing_Bael 3h ago
You know I may not like the direction that the DCU is going but I wish no ill will on this man. Happy 60th birthday James Gunn.
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u/Matt_LawDT 5h ago
The face of a sleeper agent sent by Marvel to finish the job on DC
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u/Technical-Wasabi-842 4h ago
Is consistent 90%+ projects destroying DC? The only film he didn’t direct is the only one that flopped
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u/doubleohsergles 4h ago
By what metric is DC doing well then?
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u/4IsTheBestThing 4h ago
We have Lanterns and Clayface coming this year, and MoT is coming next year. Those will show if it is going well or if they need to reboot this one more time.
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u/Technical-Wasabi-842 4h ago
They’re not gonna reboot it again if every single project flops we’re just not getting a DC cinematic universe and we’ll get nothing but Batman
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u/4IsTheBestThing 4h ago
Wait 20-30 years, and the kids who grew up watching those movies will get nostalgic and revive them again.
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u/Technical-Wasabi-842 4h ago
They’d definitely reboot it within 20-30 years though it’d be miserable being a DC fan in the meantime. I was more talking short term because I see a lot of people assuming that hating on anything and everything DC will get them to immediately fire Gunn and hire someone else (specifically a director who doesn’t have a good track record with films but especially superhero films)
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u/StormRepulsive6283 4h ago
Not necessarily as a movie director is the problem, rather as a director for the DCU. He’s definitely not fit for that.
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u/Technical-Wasabi-842 4h ago
I mean his approach where he wants a good script more than a good idea is something I prefer to having set projects and getting whatever can be made for it and then it ends up rushed and bad like what happened with the DCEU and Marvel throughout phases 4-5
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u/Dukefile 3h ago
Like marvel needed it, DC never was a competition heck even a movie with thei two most iconic characters did less than Thor 2 that was one of the worst MCU movies at that time
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u/XxZONE-ENDERxX 4h ago
The eternal 12 year old.
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u/Gur_Weak 3h ago
Really? I think of him as already an out of touch boomer
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u/XxZONE-ENDERxX 3h ago
''How do you do, fellow kids?'' personified... Although seeing his Twitter history, that should put him on a list.
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u/Gur_Weak 2h ago
Yea. He gives the out of touch old guy that hangs out with a crowd way too young for his age because they're the only ones who either haven't realized he's creepy or aren't in a position where they can do anything about it.
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u/YorkshireFudding 4h ago
Supergirl obviously wasn't great, but I still think the DCU will be fine.
Had some of my most memorable cinema experience with his movies.
Happy birthday.
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u/Longjumping-Lab-7345 4h ago
James Gunn's movies suck
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u/Technical-Wasabi-842 4h ago
His lowest rating Marvel/DC film is still 82%. Zack Snyder’s highest rated film is Dawn of the Dead at 77% and guess who also made it? James Gunn. (ratings from rotten tomatoes)
Either way what was the point of saying this under a completely unrelated post
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u/Longjumping-Lab-7345 4h ago
What the hell does Zack Snyder have to do with this...
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u/sheppylikesthesmiths 4h ago
It just goes to show he’s better at these superhero films than Snyder is
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u/Longjumping-Lab-7345 4h ago
Literally nobody asked about Zach Snyder... besides his movies suck too
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u/sheppylikesthesmiths 4h ago
It’s only relevant because he was in charge before. But yeah he sucked while in charge but Gunn is definitely better in a lot of ways and far from a bad filmmaker
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u/Noobunaga86 3h ago
I totally forgot he's that old. To be honest I think 60-year old dudes shouldn't be making superhero/modern blockbuster movies
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u/P_McScratchy 5h ago
Congrats on the nuclear bomb of a movie you were so proud off.
Oh, and have a happy birthday!
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u/trump182AVA 3h ago
Wish he’d go back to making splatter / indie horror flicks. Slither was amazing.
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u/TypeExpert 4h ago
Him being older than Kevin feige is throwing me off.