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Stryzzar wrote: Oh man. I just saw the news of Affleck stepping down as director and possibly leaving the Batman role. That really sucks, but I don't blame him given how badly DCEU was doing.

By MCU Netflix standards, it was Arrow Season 3/4. I have not actually gotten around to seeing it yet, but everyone is dumping on it. Main criticisms were the white washing, poor acting, and a stepdown in Netflix standard fight choreography.

Reasons for that was Heath Ledger's Joker left such a monumental legacy, they wanted to stand-out by distancing Leto's Joker with something radically different. But they made him so different he wasn't even the Joker anymore. Dreadlock Joker from The Batman was a far better take on a 'different' Joker than Jared Leto's one. I'm still not big on all these characters coming back to life like it's no big deal, but it was a nice touch with a nod to New 52 Joker's face. Makes sense. He has learned well from Daredevil.

Well that would be the best way to describe it. Except the action was better on Arrow. Because Season 3 was good and Season 4 was meh. Same quality with Iron Fist. However some of the characters were pretty enjoyable and very fun. Also the special effects are epic. The white washing was a hate on it that i never got myself. It is like critisizing Tony Stark or Peter Parker for not being black in this adaptation.

In fact why not go with the Joker from The Batman? He was different, but he was still somewhat the Joker. Gotham is quitting the ressurections apparently. Except for Butch as Solomon Grundy, but that comes with the character.