About The DCEU Redux

## Overview

**The DCEU Redux** (known on YouTube and MyCast as **The DCEU Project**) is an entire redoing of the DC Extended Universe. It goes back (hence the name 'redux') to the original film *Man of Steel* and pretty much restarts it from there, although the release date is changed to 2011, and replaces Martin Campbell's *Green Lantern*. Despite this, the Arrowverse remains intact in this universe. There is a long winded history of my initial idea to now that you can read here.

In terms of just a generalization though, it pretty much came from my own wants from a DC cinematic universe that simply wasn't (and really still isn't) happening in the actual DCEU. So, using *Man of Steel* as an initial blueprint, I went from there. As well as not trying to copy the Marvel Cinematic Universe either (more about that below). Obviously some things are tweaked, as I wasn't a huge fan of what Zack Snyder and David S. Goyer initially went with, with the character of Superman, making him dreary and depressing. Then making two great friends in the comics fight for nonsensical reasons. Then Justice League introducing the New Gods. It's just too overstuffed when you really need to let the audience breathe. That's what my version does. It starts with a *Man of Steel* trilogy and then gets into human based villains in *Justice League*. It develops Superman as the main character and giving him a story arc. Making him relatable to an audience that doesn't think his character can work because he's "too powerful".

## Frequently Asked Questions

### The Site

**So why are all of the pages protected?**

This is very much my baby. While I understand that Fandom promotes Community, this is my project. Not saying users can't edit certain pages about the site. They can, but under my strict instruction. I will either let certain users edit pages, or I will "hire" (although I use the term loosely) people I trust to make pages and edits, or even both. I will promote Community with this project, but there is a certain strictness to it that I will keep enforced. I just can't trust certain people on the internet.

**Will actors or characters get their own pages?**

Maybe eventually down the line, but for right now, I want to focus on movies, TV shows, and mini-series. Seasons to TV shows and possibly episodes will also be added eventually.

**Why a wiki?**

I was inspired by Roy Westerman's Earth-27 and DaDoctorWhoFan's What if Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? wikis to finally make my own. I thought it was the easiest and most digestible source of information for this project. Plus, I wanted to make them seem like real movies with their own trivia, reception, and box office.

**Why are the posters so terrible?**

Not an artist, and too poor for Photoshop.

**Hey what are these videos you speak of?**

Great question! The playlist for my DCEU Project videos is right here.

**What the heck is MyCast?**

It's a fan casting site that I sorta started this idea from. Click here for more of a general idea of casting and whatnot.

### The Movies

**WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ZACK SNYDER?**

Alright Snyder fans calm down. This Redux will probably not speak to you, so if reading this will just make you angry, then feel free to not explore the site. But if you are interested then please read ahead.

In my initial overview, I stated I wasn't a huge fan of Zack Snyder's reintroduction of Superman after 7 years of not being on the big screen. I still like the movie in it of itself. But to launch a cinematic universe with this type of tone? I don't think so. It received mixed reviews from audiences and wasn't a huge box office draw. It shows that it wouldn't work but the DC higher ups didn't expect failure, so they chugged along. I don't hate the movie nor its kinda sequel. In fact, I was a huge defendant of these movies when they first came out. But after reading a lot of comics, and learning the foundation of what really makes Superman the hero he is, I lost faith in these movies, and saw what they really were. Decent action flicks with pseudo-religious themes and surface level ideas. So, Zack Snyder will be purged from its conception.

**Why is Aquaman some prissy blond? What happened to Khal Drogo?**

I wanted the introduction of Aquaman to be more like his comic book counterpart. While Jason Momoa did a fantastic job in his solo film, I wanted the more clean cut look from the comics is all.

**Is any of the trivia actual trivia?**

I want to say 99% of it is fake. They were made up purely from this universe. However, there is one or two little facts that was repurposed for this universe with certain names changed and whatnot. If you are desperate to know then feel free the comment, but almost all of it is fake.

**Why isn't it like the MCU or the flip of that?**

I didn't want to straight up copy the MCU for two reasons. One, it would be copying. The way the MCU did it was their thing. While everyone else is trying to straight up copy it, I wanted DC to do their own thing. Two, I didn't want the "Each member gets their own movie before the team movie" to be the be all and end all for cinematic universes. You could JUST have a team film without the need for set up. *Guardians of the Galaxy* didn't need solo films for every member before their team up. Not every ensemble film needs hours of set up for each and every character. Sometimes a couple movies focusing on one character is all you need. I did consider making *Justice League* the first film, but I felt that that would've been too similar to George Miller's *Justice League: Mortal* and I really wanted it to be its own thing (despite using him for this *Justice League* film, haha).

**Does COVID exist in this universe?**

I made this entire universe long before COVID was even a thing. I very much tried to make it work in this universe, but there was really no room for almost a year long break from television and film. While now it is REALLY unrealistic considering half of the projects right now wouldn't exist, or be as long as they are, I decided that in this universe, COVID never happened. I wanted to try and be as realistic as I possibly could (ignoring Post-JLV of course) but this project was mainly to show that with some planning and if WB actually cared, we could get a great DCEU. And that's what it still is in the end. Just even greater wish fulfillment now.

Any additional questions that have not been answered here, please post in the comments below.