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Man of Steel. It was a shot in the arm for DC movies, and the Superman character in film. Why they didnt follow up with a direct sequel, and instead released that dumpster fire Batman v Superman instead, I will never understand.
They wanted their own marvel cinematic universe
You'd think after the second or third time they tried to skip a rung on the ladder and smacked their face in humiliation they would have learned. At least it seems they've learned now and put people who actually understand story in charge rather than people who just chase box office numbers.
I will forever be mad about that. I was defending Man of Steel, while others shit talked it. I thought it was a great beginning for a Superman franchise. Sure he killed Zod, but imagine how this will change Superman to never want to kill again? But they never went back to do a solo Superman movie. Poor Caville was shafted hard by WB suits who wanted their own Marvel franchise.
DC tried launching into their own DCU way too fast. Whereas Marvel setup most of the major characters beforehand and let it simmer for a little bit before jumping into the ensemble movies, DC just tried jumping right into their cinematic universe. DC just can't seem to do anything right when it comes to their movies unless by accident (or if it's an animated movie). Maybe James Gunn will be able to turn it around and put together something cohesive, but it's hard to tell where anything starts or stops with DC now, it just feels like a convoluted mess. Plus, the whole superhero movie trend may be dying out anyways thanks to Disney's/Marvel's lazy writing.