Supergirl's Failure Sends DC Fans Back to Zack Snyder's Movies

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The DC Universe was launched with the promise of quality by James Gunn , the co-CEO of DC Studios. No film, he assured fans, would enter production without a script that everyone was satisfied with. The implication was the broader superhero cinema, and the preceding DC Extended Universe , had stopped prioritizing good storytelling. However, the critical and commercial failure of Supergirl , the second installment of Gunn and Peter Safran 's franchise, has blown the lid off the issues that continue to plague studio-mandated franchise movies. It was reported last week that Gunn and director Craig Gillespie didn't see eye to eye on Supergirl 's final cut, resulting in a movie that left most audiences shrugging their shoulders. A common complaint about Supergirl is that it is too generic to stand out, and almost as a collective response, fans are now revisiting one of the most unconventional products of the superhero era.