1. As Frontier mentioned, having a connected universe doesn't negate having great standalone movies
2. What the connected universe really gave us was a chance to see characters featured that we never would have seen had they been focused on standalones only. Do you really think we'd have seen an animated John Constantine had they not been able to connect him through Batman? The Judas Contract was literally one of the first three movies announced for the animated originals lineup but they didn't actually make it until they were able to introduce the Titans in Justice League vs Teen Titans, and Jaime Reyes really had no other chance to get into one of these without it. I know that the world was completely destroyed before we could see it, but it was pretty much Connor Kent's (and Steel's) only shot at getting featured in a movie that wasn't just the Death and Return of Superman, and when they did a standalone version both of them were removed to simplify it. If you ever want to see a movie greenlit again that isn't Batman or Superman, a connected universe is pretty much your only option
3. If they wanted to make that transition, literally the least they could do would have been to give the universe they've been building an ending that isn't "Everybody and everything is dead and there is no future and no hope."
The thing I disliked about their last attempt at a connected universe was I really didn't care for the designs of any of the characters. Or the characterizations. Or the plots. All these things just spilled from one movie to the next regardless who headlined it and it just kinda ruined the whole thing for me. It was like if every DC book was written and penciled by your least favorite creative team. I know a lot of this was based on the Nu 52, but at least with the Nu 52 there was a distinctive creative team and approach with each book.
I really do miss the old stand alone movies of the pre connected universe era, especially the adaptations like DKR, Red Hood, New Frontier, The Elite, etc. Although some of the newer one's aren't bad either, like Harley Quinn, Ninja, and Soul of the Dragon.
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I don't think the designs were bad. I mean, if you didn't care for the art style in general, I get it, but the characters and costumes still looked recognizable and detailed.
And they moved on from the New 52 pretty fairly early into the run of films, and I think the plots of the movies started picking up as a result.
(I'd take five Tucker movies over Batman and Harley Quinn, but that's just me).
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That Harley Quinn movie was probably the worst DC animated thing made since B:TAS started.
Embarrassing for everyone involved.
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I'd still take that over any of the interconnected movies any day. At the end of the day, I just found them rather forgettable.
That's exactly the reason I did care for it. It was just a very nice change of pace for me compared to how bland I felt the interconnected movies were.
Last edited by phonogram12; 01-27-2021 at 12:46 PM.
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I don't necessarily see why that's a bad thing. These are very versatile characters. For example, I enjoy Dick Sprang's Batman every bit as much as I do Lee Bermejo's.
Like I said, it was just a nice change of pace from the interconnected movies, which I've already stated that I didn't care for.
Last edited by phonogram12; 01-27-2021 at 01:31 PM.
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I liked that one, too. Not as much, though, because I just felt they played it way too safe. I would kinda describe it as one the lesser episodes of Justice League (but then again, I kinda felt that show played it on the safe side, too, until they expanded their ranks with Unlimited).
Last edited by phonogram12; 01-27-2021 at 02:09 PM.
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Keep in mind that you have about as much chance of changing my mind as I do of changing yours.