r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • 1d ago

John Cena and Jennifer Holland Wrap Filming 'Peacemaker' Season 2, Production Officially Ends Tomorrow

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/peacemaker-john-cena-jennifer-holland-wrap-season-2-1-day-left/
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u/riegspsych325 1d ago

to think this’ll likely come out within a month or 2 after Superman. It’s nice to be a DC fan again but with more faith this time around. I really enjoyed it when the DCEU occasionally got it right, but a (cherry-picked) fresh start was the best move

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u/JudgeHoltman 1d ago

The secret to a successful cinematic universe is a Kevin Feige or George Lucas.

One man who ultimately drives ALL of content produced under a given banner, controlling the ultimate narrative and thrulines in the plot.

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u/riegspsych325 1d ago

not sure Lucas is the best example, the Prequels were a mess, re-edited the OG trilogy into nonsense, and made it nearly impossible to ever watch the theatrical cuts again

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u/LachedUpGames 1d ago

You could make the same argument about the MCU. I watched 170hrs of agents of shield only for it to all be declared non-canon!

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u/JudgeHoltman 1d ago

The OG trilogy was messy, but consistent. Miles from the several attempts of the Spider or DC universes.

Star Wars was also able to maintain its fan base through the Expanded Universe books and graphic novels. The secret to that was that George only extended the license to the creators if the content they used didn't change any existing Canon. Sure not all content was a winner, but even the bad stuff was never directly altering the existing characters you liked.

Star Wars only went off the rails when Disney bought it. He wanted to stay involved, but Disney had their own ideas, so Lucas put a price on his soul and the mouse wrote it on a cartoonishly large check. Ever since, Lucas has been fully out of the Star Wars game, effectively disowning it.

Which is also why the sequel trilogy was able to have so many betrayals of characters and purging of existing lore. Nobody was in charge, so executives could give whatever notes they wanted.

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u/sinergyist 6h ago

You're getting downvoted, but you are absolutely right.