DC Fans Weigh In on the DCEU’s Many Failures

Over the last decade, comic book movies have taken Hollywood by storm. Franchise films are the cinematic standard (and most-likely recipients of box office triumph), but the DC Extended Universe has failed to garner the same critical and box office success as its Marvel counterpart (the Marvel Cinematic Universe). While some DC films boast strong ticket sales, they face critical condemnation. Other DCEU films, like the recent Blue Beetle — which currently boasts a solid 76% critics’ consensus on Rotten Tomatoes — receive critical praise but fail to get butts in seats. So, fans have taken to Twitter to discuss (and try to explain) the franchise’s past and current failings. 

DC fans need to step up and support new movies

There's a DC movie coming out this Friday and real DC fans are crying on Twitter about Superman killing Zod and why didn't he let Zod murder millions of innocent people. And they wonder why DCEU movies are flopping one after another😭 pic.twitter.com/ldC99ZOU7U

— 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘁 (@Itssan17) August 14, 2023

Does the DCEU need Zack Snyder to come back?

DCeu movies are succeeding critically now, getting 90+ ratings but struggling to even break even at the box office. On the other hand, critics hated the SnyderVerse but none of those movies were a failure.

Yes, DC needs the hype man aka Zack Snyder back. pic.twitter.com/MWRvBlsumd

— 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘁 (@Itssan17) August 19, 2023

If the Warner Bros had not destroyed it's own chances at success, the DCEU would have been the greatest live action cinematic universe ever. #RestoreTheSnyderVerse @wbd pic.twitter.com/4oHEO0rz3I

— 𝒮𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘦 🏳️‍⚧️ ★ (@SnyderQueen_) August 18, 2023

People blame Snyder for the DCEU’s failure; Is it his fault?

https://twitter.com/BladeKnight23/status/1693557598463648248

Yes, blame Snyder for the fact they've only been able to top his DCEU box office once and each time have had diminishing returns on Snyderless movies despite numerous "course corrections" over the last 7 years. Yep, definitely Snyder's fault. https://t.co/aiAevle4se pic.twitter.com/YUH902WB51

— SteMot (@steusmotus) August 21, 2023

TBH, Man Of Steel was a very decent (Decent doesn't = Perfect Masterpeice) movie (ON IT'S OWN) but BvS and the DCEU afterwards just went down the flusher… I'm sorry but Zack Snyder doesn't understand DC or it's characters https://t.co/LSOWRKVCWb pic.twitter.com/bgT6eip7Eg

— PJPandemonium@2003 (@PandemoniumPj) August 21, 2023

DC films got lighter, sacrificing their original dark flair in the process

Erm, people liked the DCEU until after Aquaman. They then started to realise that the tone of the movies were changing (to be lighter & comedic), which they clearly weren't interested in.
Hence the first 6 movies being in the top ten highest grossing DC movies. pic.twitter.com/AfSpasl8rb

— Restore ZSJL (@restoreZSJL) August 19, 2023

Maybe the mystical was the way to go 

The DCEU should've kept going with the mythical approach. pic.twitter.com/XxxjWxDxDU

— Kambit 🃏 (@UncannyKam) August 17, 2023

Can James Gunn turn the ship around?

Do you guys think James Gunn DCEU will be better than Snyderverse? pic.twitter.com/Yp7EBIQtkp

— Movie Talks (@MovieTalks33) August 19, 2023

Stop comparing DC movies to Marvel ones

We as DC fans have to get out of this mindset of needing to compare to the MCU. That thought process is what sunk the DCEU in the first place. https://t.co/Ul1LmAZLCj

— 𐌊𐌉𐌍Ᏽ 𐌁’𐌂𐋅𐌀𐌋𐌋𐌀 (@kingbchalla) August 19, 2023

Did DC start to copy Marvel, destroying its chances at individual success? 

It's refreshing to see a writer still care if the humor fits the characters. The MCU has spread this horrible believe that it doesn't matter as long as you make the audience laugh. It leads to bad writing.
Then the DCEU copied it and ruined films like The Flash.#indiecomics https://t.co/KKUJIDXlmr

— Pepe Lacroix (@LacroixPepe) August 21, 2023