James Gunn and Peter Safran become co-rulers Warner Bros. ‘ New DC Studio DivisionBut in DC Studios’ sprawling cinematic universe, it looks like there’s only one head honcho who can direct the biggest superhero on the planet, according to a Warner Bros. announcement on Tuesday.
according to new movie black adam, James Gunn isn’t in charge of the DC movie universe, but neither is Black Adam. Amanda Waller, the woman who distrusted superheroes and created Suicide Squad, now appears to be in charge of all superheroes in the DCU.
[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for Black Adam.]
by the end of david ayer 2016 movie Suicide Squad, Amanda Waller (played by Viola Davis) is a ruthless government operative who runs a team of coerced supervillains that Batman threatens to shut down.by the end of James Gunn’s Suicide Squad, she was robbed by operatives from her home base and knocked unconscious with a golf club. The last time I met her was James Gunn’s 2022 series peacemakershe is somehow still a ruthless government operative, and the devastating mismanagement (twice!) of a team of coerced supervillains is exposed to the world press. black adamshe apparently has enough clout to get out of that scandal and dispatch an entire elite superhero team to the other side of the world. command superman.
First appearance of Waller black adam On the video screen, Hawkman told Hawkman to put on a suit and assemble a team to capture a very powerful superhuman who had just appeared in a foreign country. Hawkman, who also spends a lot of time with him, readily agrees. It doesn’t seem like he felt anything out of the ordinary about taking Waller’s orders.
She reappears in the film’s mid-credits scene via a drone-mounted hologram to give Black Adam a harsh word, warning him that he asked someone to check in. To black adamhas been widely suggested) Henry Cavill as Superman. Again, Superman apparently talks to Black Adam on the orders of Amanda Waller, who has made a name for herself by putting a bomb in the head of a murderer to commit war crimes. is there.
Logistically and commercially, it’s easy to understand the narrative function of Waller’s increased reach and power. Amanda “The Wall” Waller is the only consistent connective tissue DC films have, and Ayer’s has a lot to dislike. Suicide SquadViola Davis born to play herThe DCEU is a brand-oriented franchise whose leadership wants to remind people that an Oscar-nominated actress of her caliber plays a central role. It also makes sense how simply including Coulson helped tie the first round of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films together.
The problem is black adamHowever, it’s about mistaking Amanda Waller for Nick Fury.
It’s easy to criticize this as a misunderstanding of her character in the comics. She hates and distrusts people with superpowers. DC’s comics her universe has often been labeled as having more black-and-white morals than Marvel’s. black adam The Justice Society’s rigid norms have made it a fuss by itself, with the idea that it is ineffective and irrelevant. But Amanda Waller’s entire contract is doing whatever it takes to keep humanity safe from psychics, and there are absolutely no restrictions.
Amanda Waller, who directs the Justice Society action, simply contradicts DC’s comics, as well as Warner Bros. movie. black adam If Amanda Waller could tell the Justice Society to intervene in the affairs of other nations, if she could ask Superman to “talk” and visit a literal foreign superpower…why would she be the Suicide Squad? Why did you need to make Suicide Squad? Twice?
Inconsistent character behavior is not uncommon in a franchise of DC’s cinematic world size and complexity.However black adam Miss function (Waller builds useful connective tissue during the movie like Nick Fury) form (Waller recruits and dispatches superhero teams like Nick Fury). In the process, it speaks to the franchise’s core weakness: that copying the MCU structure takes precedence over exploring useful, fresh, and interesting ways that DC’s universe distinguishes itself from its superior competition. The DC Extended Universe didn’t need Nick Fury. Now Amanda Waller barely got it.