If you’ve been keeping up with film news lately, I’m sure you’ve been hearing a lot about James Gunn and his new position at Warner Bros. If you haven’t, then let me tell you: Mr. Gunn has been put in charge of rebooting the DC Cinematic Universe… or the DC Extended Universe… or whatever it is they want to call it these days. And you know? I think it’s safe to say that people are generally pretty excited about this. Gunn, to his credit, has a good reputation with (comic book) audiences since he was the mastermind behind the successful Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, as well as the director of The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. It makes sense that fans are happy. DC seems to be in trusted hands.

Honestly, though, I’m a little nervous. Not because I don’t like Gunn (I do), but primarily because, in my opinion, a lot of the recent attempts at cinematic universes haven’t been going very well. I want this new DC universe to succeed, but in order to do so, it needs to learn from all the mistakes some other cinematic universes have been making as of late.

What mistakes, you may ask? I’m going to tell you! Keep reading…