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James Gunn Says Peacemaker Is Bisexual Because Of John Cena - IGN
James Gunn has credited John Cena for making Christopher Smith a bisexual character on HBO Max's Peacemaker.
I do think it's interesting who was displayed as a part of the Justice League. No Batman in a JL group is crazy, but i'm assuming that's because Affleck is leaving and Batgirl is coming in?
So Gunn actually talked about it! He got Jason due to relationships with him from past talks, and Ezra was more a surprise that came in as an extra incentive. In-fact, Marvel was the one that shot Ezra's portion.
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‘Peacemaker’ Season Finale: James Gunn on Pulling Off [SPOILERS’] Shocking Cameo
"Peacemaker" creator James Gunn talks pulling off a massive cameo in the season finale and why he took so long to agree to make Season 2.variety.com
Loved it! and love how Gunn made it all happen.
My biggest take-away is the character arcs. Chris, Adebayo, John, are all better people now. Most notably, Vigilante is not!
I loved this more than The Boys and maybe Doom Patrol*.
*i read those Grant Morrison DP issues in high school so many of those episodes hit me right here.
You reached out and touched my heart.
IMO, this right here is the end of the debate of whether dropping a big event series like this all at once (i.e. almost everything on Netflix) or doing a weekly release strategy works better.
Biggest single day performance for a show, sure, that's great. But the finale viewership being up 44% over when the show debuted?!? They almost doubled their audience from when they dropped the first three episodes to when the finale happened, which would've never happened if they weren't releasing weekly.
I'm glad HBO Max, Amazon, Disney+, Apple TV+, Peacock, etc (pretty much all that aren't Netflix) have now moved to some form of weekly release strategy whether it's one episode per week or episodes are released in batches.
I remember before Disney+ really started it (as far as I know) by doing it with The Mandalorian that there was a lot of talk about if Netflix needed to change up the way they released things. They had so many shows out one after another that even a huge show like Stranger Things was in and out of the zeitgeist within a pretty short period of time and sort of forgotten pretty quickly. They have started changing a bit by releasing seasons shows of with a more established fanbase in parts. Ozark just took this route and funny enough, Stranger Things 4 will also be taking the route in May.I always thought a release schedule over time vs a binge model was better for allowing people to catch up and actually have time to have discussion on shows.
What made this show so great was exactly that - it was as loosely connected to the DCEU as possible and it was basically GotG if it was Rated R, which made it extremely likable.I wonder if this show will get Disney back on track with their shows a little more
Bigger is not always better and fans just want more characters they can love that make sense over....here is this character he's from "x" that makes this cool
But you can fit into great characters into the MCU without them connecting or even if they are connectingWhat made this show so great was exactly that - it was as loosely connected to the DCEU as possible and it was basically GotG if it was Rated R, which made it extremely likable.
I think the problem with Disney+ shows (both Marvel and Star Wars) is that they aren’t just telling a full and fun story based around a character for fun.
The Disney+ shows all have to fit within an existing Universe, whether it’s the MCU or the Star Wars Universe AND they have to be capped at PG-13 because Disney. That’s what puts Peacemaker above the Disney+ shows imo.
What you are describing is a problem of all of the shows being connected to a shared universe.But you can fit into great characters into the MCU without them connecting or even if they are connecting
The bigger issue is people in the MCU aren't focusing on the characters we have already. Loki I think people really like because it focuses hard on the main character and then on the two other main side characters
Hawkeye and Boba seem more wanting to just throw people into a show because its cool, even if they dont fit or are used in a poor way....like Why the F is jack in Hawkeye...he isn't a villain and basically takes away from the main story/characters and then you have Boba which while yes the mando stuff is cool its the wrong show...I hope they just focus on the main characters more andalso make better villains for the TV shows
PK is literally in the DCWhat you are describing is a problem of all of the shows being connected to a shared universe.
It was as loosely connected as possible.PK is literally in the DC
They make references all the time and had a Cameo at the end
So it can be done, my point isn't Moon Knight can't have Ghost Rider or Black Knight show up...its about them not taking away from the focus of the show and mainly just better Villains that work.
I bet in PK season 2 we see more hero's from other movies/shows but as long as Harley doesn't take away from the main cast, then cool.
Takes place after a movie in the DCU, has characters from said movie, then has cameo's from characters outside the movie PK came from, and every episode name drops someone from the DCU.It was as loosely connected as possible.