Cereal At Midnight

Let's talk about James Gunn's THE SUICIDE SQUAD ! With many happy audiences members but underperforming box office and streaming figures, there's a lot to discuss and examine, including the future of Warner Bros and how they create and market movies based on DC Comics properties. To unlock over 100 (!!!) exclusive episodes of Cereal At Midnight PLUS access to our secret Facebook group, live streams, and more, visit Patreon.com/cerealatmidnight Thanks to those who make what we do possible by their support! Cereal At Midnight Review of The Suicide Squad

When I learned that James Gunn had been fired from Guardians of the Galaxy III  by Disney back in 2018 over decade-old social media posts, it seemed inevitable that the competition would come knocking on his door. I could almost see the email: "Hey James, it's *redacted* from Warner Bros! Just saw the news about you and Disney. Listen, we'd LOVE for you to come here and do for the DC brand what you've done for Marvel. We'll give you a huge budget, and you can do whatever you want. Make us a Guardians of the Galaxy movie with DC characters!"  When the trailers for The Suicide Squad  (not to be confused with 2016's Suicide Squad ) surfaced in the lead up to this movie's release, it sure did look an awful  lot like Guardians of the Galaxy  with a fresh coat of paint and an R-rating. I hoped I was wrong.  I was not wrong. The Suicide Squad  is Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy  if Guardians of the Galaxy  had no boundaries, limitations, or likeabl...