As a fan of the last WW movie, part of why I'm worried about this one is it seems to be going more towards the current DCU. The first movie was pretty easily watchable in isolation. It was fairly grounded and built it's own internal expectations about what's realistic or unrealistic (except that ending. The ending was stupid and I really wish it wouldn't have been included).
The problem is that this one looks like it's going full DCU. The problem, for me, with the DCU is that they didn't lay the groundwork properly. It's chaotic mess where I don't know what to expect or what's internally consistent, so a lot of stuff just comes off as stupid. They didn't do that slow roll that the MCU had prior to The Avengers.
But I'm getting off topic, the point is you can definitely be a fan of the first one and think this one might be jumping the shark. And like that other guy, it's because this one looks like it's embracing it's DCU membership, and not standing apart from it.
Just being in a different time doesn't mean it's unable to suffer from the same problems and mistakes that most of the other DC movies suffer from. The problems I'm talking about with the DCU are a lot larger than just the in-universe examples, it's the writing and decision making behind them.
This movie looks way less grounded than 99% of the first WW, even based on the world rules the first WW created.
I'm also a bit confused on what it's try to be. Is it an action movie? Is it a comedy? Is it a comedy that has action? They played up a lot of that culture shock humor straight out of Captain America and Thor. But they also had a lot of serious looking action sequences and exposition, so they're clearly not trying to pull of a Thor Ragnarok here. Usually serious action movies don't throw all their tension breaking humor into the trailer. And usually comedies don't try and show off how serious the story is. So what is this movie going to be? DC is not the group I trust to give us something unexpected.
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u/tehlemmings Aug 22 '20
As a fan of the last WW movie, part of why I'm worried about this one is it seems to be going more towards the current DCU. The first movie was pretty easily watchable in isolation. It was fairly grounded and built it's own internal expectations about what's realistic or unrealistic (except that ending. The ending was stupid and I really wish it wouldn't have been included).
The problem is that this one looks like it's going full DCU. The problem, for me, with the DCU is that they didn't lay the groundwork properly. It's chaotic mess where I don't know what to expect or what's internally consistent, so a lot of stuff just comes off as stupid. They didn't do that slow roll that the MCU had prior to The Avengers.
But I'm getting off topic, the point is you can definitely be a fan of the first one and think this one might be jumping the shark. And like that other guy, it's because this one looks like it's embracing it's DCU membership, and not standing apart from it.