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2023’sDCmovies missed a number of chance to intimately heighten their stories . With the foundation of DC Studios , co - CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran are ushering in a unexampled connected DC on motion-picture show dealership , dub the DCU with 2025’sSuperman : Legacyto be their first moving picture cinematically . With the DCU on the fashion , the forgo DCEU dealership has devoted the 2023 calendar to let go of four more movies in 2023 inShazam ! : Fury of the Gods , The Flash , Blue Beetle , andAquaman and the Lost Kingdomahead of the upcoming reboot .
regrettably , DC Studios missed a number of primal opportunities with 2023 ’s slate of DC picture . Some of these opportunities include the removal of central conniption or characters from 2023 ’s DCEU motion-picture show that could have total to them and potentially boost the coil - out ofJames Gunn ’s DCU design , while others could have been mutually beneficial for both the DCEU and DCU and even helped create some potentially exciting ties between the two . Here are the 10 biggest missed chance with 2023 ’s DC movie releases .
The DCEU has been defined by incredibly compelling character ontogeny , which continued to evolve throughout the franchise ’s 10 years .
10Superman Not Appearing In Shazam!: Fury Of The Gods
It Could’ve Made Up For His Headless Shazam! Cameo
Superman drops in for lunch at Billy Batson ’s schooltime in the final conniption of 2019’sShazam ! , but the Man of Steel himself only appears from the neck down . While the scene itself is an endearing ending toShazam ! , Superman ’s face being becloud leaves something to be desired , and it is a blemish thatShazam ! madness of the Godscould’ve been rectified if Henry Cavill had made a more traditional , on - camera cameo in the continuation . In the end , it ’s a shame thatSuperman and Shazam never have a right DCEU meetingwith both heroes ' face seeable in eitherShazam!movie .
9The Flash’s Deleted Backstory Of Michael Keaton’s Batman
A Deleted Scene Showed Why He Quit As Batman
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Michael Keaton ’s Batman is re - introduced as an older , retired ex-husband - vigilante inThe Flash , and while the movie does n’t go much into his backstory lead up to his retirement , a deleted scene sheds some ignitor on why he advert up the cowl . In the deleted scene in question , as Batman and the two Barry Allens ( Ezra Miller ) head to Russia in the Batwing , the untried Barry mentions a hearsay thatBatman retired after kill a crook in the view of his child . While Keaton is in top Batman human body inThe Flash , this scene could have sum up another level to his return to the cowl .
Michael Keaton ’s Batman Appearances
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Batman
Tim Burton
1989
Batman return
1992
The Flash
Andy Muschietti
2023
8Blue Beetle Should’ve Maintained Its Streaming Release
Blue Beetle Didn’t Take Off At The Box Office
Blue Beetlewas originally greenlit as a streaming picture show for HBO Max ( later rename Max ) , and while it was at long last released theatrically , its muted film run indicate that it indeed is more primed to flourish on cyclosis . Aside from the announcement of the DCU reboot arguably being a cardinal factor in undercut the box seat spot fortunes of all of DC ’s 2023 releases , Blue Beetle is a much lesser - fuck DC fighter in the mainstream . In all , even with Xolo Maridueña bring back for James Gunn ’s DCU and with how polishedBlue Beetleis by streaming movie standards , Blue Beetle ’s full house might be on cyclosis .
7The Daughters Of Atlas In Shazam: Fury Of The Gods
The Three Sisters Could’ve Been Fleshed Out More
Shazam ! : Fury of the Godsintroduces a trio of original characters known as the Daughters of Atlas , with Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren portraying the antagonists Kalypso and Hespera and Rachel Zegler playing their more right - natured baby Anthea . Unfortunately , Kalypso and Hespera ’s villain persona inFury of the Godsdon’t give either an specially unique need beyond their lust for power . With the talents of Liu and Mirren , the comparatively caudex antagonist they limn inFury of the Godsis a bit of a disappointment when it comes to big - covert DC villains .
The DCEU ’s Justice League all show awful displays of power and fight accomplishment - we rate the Justice League ’s mighty moments of power .
6The Flash Could’ve Had More Multiverse Cameos
Grant Gustin & Brandon Routh Would’ve Been Great
The Flashincludes many DC multiverse cameosin the movie ’s Chronobowl conclusion , with stock footage and CGI - deliver cameos of everyone from Adam West ’s Batman to Christopher Reeve ’s Superman , and even Nicolas Cage ’s never - realized Man of Steel . However , the absence of Grant Gustin ’s Scarlet Speedster is still a turn of a head - scratcher , peculiarly afterGustin and Ezra Miller ’s Flashes previously met on theCrisis On Infinite Earthsmultiverse mini - series . Moreover , with Brandon Routh ’s Superman being the modern embodiment of Christopher Reeve ’s Kal - El , not having him drop in for a Chronobowl cameo palpate like a missed chance .
5Not Keeping Wonder Woman’s Shazam 2 Cameo A Surprise
The Movie’s Marketing Spoiled Diana’s Appearance
Unlike Henry Cavill ’s Superman , Gal Gadot ’s Wonder Woman is fully see in her cameo at the end ofShazam ! ferocity of the Gods , with Diana specifically using her top executive as a demi - goddess to quicken the departed Billy Batson . While Wonder Woman ’s cameo is a fun picture of wedge worship by Billy and the Shazam family , it was still spoiled out front of the motion picture , with multiple television spot forFury of the Gods , including Gadot ’s visual aspect . Had Wonder Woman ’s cameo been kept a secret , it could have added a dainty surprise toFury of the Gods .
4Not Keeping Henry Cavill’s Flash Cameo
His Superman Departure Was Already Heartbreaking
It was a big disappointment in 2022 when Henry Cavill finally regress as Superman in a cameo inBlack Adam , only for his full return to the role to be cancel just two month afterwards with the announcement of the DCU reboot . This also take to Cavill ’s filmed cameo forthe ending ofThe Flashbeing take out , with Cavill ’s Superman only present in a brief news report ( with Superman witness from behind ) and a CGI rendering of Cavill in the Chronobowl when Barry Allen first journey back in fourth dimension . The remotion of Cavill ’s right Superman show inThe Flashultimately realise his brief return that much more infamously short - lived .
The Flash ’s original end included Michael Keaton ’s Batman and Sasha Calle ’s Supergirl having been somehow brought into Barry Allen ’s existence , with Henry Cavill ’s cameo later filmed in reshoots , before the net ending that was used of Barry merging George Clooney ’s Bruce Wayne .
3Ben Affleck’s Batman Tenure Being Cut Awkwardly Short
He Had Another Cameo In Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom
Michael Keaton ’s Batman initially had a cameo inAquaman and the Lost Kingdom , as a result of the impact ofThe Flash ’s multiverse account , and this was later shift to Ben Affleck ’s Batman before the remotion of both .
2Not Bringing Cyborg Back Into The Flash
Ray Fisher’s Cyborg Was Left By The Wayside In The DCEU
Ray Fisher ’s Cyborg stands asthe character most redeem byZack Snyder ’s Justice League , but Fisher ’s tenure as Victor Stone was also cut short due to his public dispute with Warner Bros. Fisher ’s whistleblowing on the behind - the - scenes ugliness ofJustice League ’s reshoots led to an investigation into the billet , while Fisher publicly criticized then - DC Films prexy Walter Hamada for his treatment of it . Due to this dispute , Ray Fisher ’s Cyborg was removed fromThe Flashprior to motion-picture photography , and the site was never resolved to allow for Fisher ’s Cyborg to return in the film , a very inauspicious effect give the widespread eclat for Fisher ’s performance inZack Snyder ’s Justice League .
1Not Using The Flash As A DCEU-DCU Bridge
The Flash Multiverse Story Could’ve Connected Both Universes & Opened Many Possibilities
The annunciation of the DCU reboot come as a major left go for DC on celluloid , butThe Flash ’s multiverse story shows that it could have been much more streamlined . With the introduction of parallel realities and Barry Allen discovering all is still not veracious with his timeline by the final stage of the movie , The Flashcould easily have acted as a bridge from the DCEU to the DCU . Simply having the Scarlet Speedster leap from the DCEU to the DCU could have dress up the new DC enfranchisement with far less play and disappointment compared to 2023 ’s much jumpy transition from one DC universe to another .
Going this route could also have appropriate 2023 ’s DC films to thrive commercially without news of a reboot looming over them and arguably kneecap their box office prospect . Most of all , The Flashdirectly linking the DCEU to the DCU could have allow both universe to co - exist , with the DCU launch and the door being open for possible future DCEU stories alongside it . Unfortunately , not usingThe Flashas a gateway from theDCEUto the DCU is the enceinte miss opportunity for DC on celluloid in 2023 .
