Creature Commands Perhaps it seems like an odd choice to be the first new project in James Gunn’s tenure as head of DC’s film and television division. Why start this post-Snyderverse era with a bloody and often sad Gunns animated spin-off? The Suicide Squadmostly from DC-Z listers like GI Robot and Dr. Phosphorus as well as public domain characters like Frankenstein’s monster and his bride? Why not skip straight to Gunn’s Superman film and save the quirky ambiguities until the brand has had a more proper reboot?

But Gunn didn’t reach the top of the comics, film and television mountain through big brand names. He did it with the help of characters that even most hardcore comic fans didn’t care about, from Rocket and Groot – a talking raccoon and a talking tree – in Guardians of the Galaxy to Peacemaker (a xenophobic idiot with a shiny bucket helmet) and Polka Dot Man (self-explanatory) in The Suicide Squad. Now that he’s the man co-managing DC Studios, Gunn has to lean towards the mainstream at least a little, but his heart obviously still belongs to the four-color freaks and geeks, as well as the Man of Steel and his better-known friends.

As such, Creature Commands feels very fitting for Gunn – he created the film and appears in animated form in the series’ opening credits, banging out scripts on a computer keyboard – although we’ll have to wait a while to see how much he foreshadows this, what other filmmakers will do while working for him and his co-chair Peter Safran. Not only Creature Commands offer a collection of absolute weirdos you’ve never heard of before, but it’s a delicate sonic balancing act. You assume you’re supposed to laugh at our unlikely heroes, and instead they’re gradually revealed as utterly tragic figures who deserve only compassion, not ridicule.

It’s like Gunn started it Guardian franchise with the third film with its dark plot about animal testing rather than the relatively light and nimble first part. He’s now both a more accomplished and professionally capable storyteller, so it’s easier for him to get away with it

Editor’s Tips Gunn’s staff includes Dean Lorey, who helped design Max’s fantasticHarley Quinn cartoon series where Gunn also appeared in cartoon form. Harleyhas probably barely managed to survive the purge initiated by Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie-hating chairman David Zaslav. However, it remains to be seen how long this show (and its entertaining spin-off, Kite Man: Hell yeah! ) can stay. It’s worth noting that some DC characters appear in it Harley and/or Dragon Man appear here, although presented very differently. But Harley In the past he has used characters that appeared in other DC properties, and for now Gunn is happily continuing characters and stories from things he worked on before the regime change. Nevertheless, there is news about the delayed fifth Harley Season and/or a Dragon Man

Renewal would be very welcome at this point. Creature Commands picks up a storyline from the end of the first season of Gunn’s Peacemaker

The Suicide Squad.

Related content This ragtag crew’s mission is to stop Circe (Anya Chalotra), a Wonder Woman villain who has recruited an army of whiny, toxic men who resent the fact that Themyscira is only for women and are trying for some reason , to invade a small European country ruled by Princess Ilana (Maria Bakalova). But this is just an excuse for Gunn to do two of the things he seems to enjoy most as a filmmaker: combining chaotic action sequences with unexpected soundtrack cuts and exploring the long-ago traumas that often turned his characters into makeshifts macabre family. Most episodes split their time between the current adventure and the origin story of various commandos. For example, we see how aimlessly the GI robot wandered around for decades after the war with no Nazis to kill, and this eventually leads to a scene where he is seen in more modern times with his weapons burning, in the film music for “Coin-Operated Boy”. from the Dresden Dolls. Another episode features a montage in which the Bride and Frankenstein compete in many eras and many different fashions (twenties flappers, sixties rockers), while Gogol Bordello’s “American Wedding” rages. The animation is clean and stylish, the set pieces coming together well every time.Although the Commandos all look ridiculous at first glance, Gunn quickly feels sorry for each of them. Even Weasel, a character played solely for laughs

The Suicide Squad becomes convincing, effectively tragic. The series’ affection for these outsiders is palpable throughout. When the bride says to Flag Sr., “You wanted monsters? You have monsters,” it is at a moment when she and most of her comrades have been portrayed in completely, sadly human dimensions. Although the fictional DCU government has tried to turn these characters into things they can use as expendable tools – an unfortunately timely commentary on how many groups are subjected to dehumanizing treatment – in the end they all come across as human. Even the robot, at least a little. It’s a strange show, but an effective and endearing one. The success or failure of Gunn’s

Superman I’ll have a lot more to say about the state of DC Studios in the short and long term, but this official starting point seems very consistent with what the man in charge likes to do. The first two episodes of