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Many internet memes capture the tumultuous year that 2023 has been for theDCEU . Under the stewardship of DC Studios , first founded in 2022 , DC is headed for a new future cinematically with the proclamation of the DCU enfranchisement , which will formally get afoot with 2025’sSuperman : Legacy . Unfortunately , that means that the DCEU is effectively being fetch to a premature end in 2023 .
With four picture show debut in 2023 inShazam ! : Fury of the Gods , The Flash , Blue Beetle , andAquaman and the Lost Kingdom , the DCEU has had a decidedly rough year commercially . Many fans on Reddit and elsewhere on the cyberspace have illustrate this with hilarious meme , either addressing the general land of DC on moving-picture show , along with mining humor from 2023 ’s individualDCEU movie . Here are 10 meme that perfectly fascinate the DCEU ’s place in 2023 .
Several Marvel and DC task have give life to or recreate popular meme over the years , and some of them have rightfully break loose in fan recognition .
10Supergirl Rivals Batman’s Brutality
Supergirl Takes Lives With Ease In The Flash Movie
Ben Affleck ’s Batman dips into more savage methods of fight crime inBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justice , butSasha Calle ’s Supergirlproves herself to be far more sturdy when fighting villains inThe Flash . Reddit user SameBatChannel00points this out , describing Calle ’s Supergirl as basically an even more heavy wipe out machine than Affleck ’s Batman ever was during his downfall into darkness . Given that Affleck ’s Batman returns to being a hardy hoagy inZack Snyder ’s Justice Leaguewhile Calle ’s Supergirl kill right from the beginning inThe Flash , the dot itself is backbreaking to quarrel .
9Aquaman 2 Going The Way Of Batgirl
Batgirl Was Declared A Tax Write-Off By Warner Bros.
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The lurid cancelation ofBatgirlby Warner Bros. sent waves through the film industriousness and DC fandom alike and bring up big question about what forthcoming flick could be the next to be declared a tax write - off . Reddit user stanofnolanhas drawn some humour in this , with a meme design as a mock Variety article announcing thatAquaman and the Lost Kingdomhad been lost from Warner Bros. host . Obviously , Aquaman and the Lost Kingdomdid make it into theaters , butthe meme nose fun at how graphics , like movies , can take a sharp turn into becoming commodities .
8DC’s 2023 Box Office Misfortunes
2023 Hasn’t Been A Good Year For Superheroes
7Life As A Marvel Fan Vs A DC Fan
DC Fans Are In Disagreement With Their Studio A Lot More
While the MCU has hit a rough patch post - Avengers : Endgame , Reddit drug user Dry - Lemon1382shows the direct contrast of MCU and DCEU rooter and their relationships with their respective studio . With Marvel lover seemingly having plenty to smile about , DC fans have had a rougher go with sharp turn in their franchise , amid seemingly never - end calls for unreleased cut of movies and the completion of bare movie bow with the Justice League . It seems probable that only time will enjoin whether the upcoming DCU quells or intensifies the hashtag campaigns that seem to have become part and parcel of DC fandom .
While the Batman of the DC Extended Universe is a relentless figure , there are some genuinely queer memes that sum him up pretty well .
6No Rogues For The Flash Movie
General Zod Returns From His Man Of Steel Death
The Scarlet Speedster has a vast rogue ’s heading of villains , befittingly known as the rapscallion , which include Reverse - Flash , Gorilla Grodd , Captain Cold , Mirror Master , The tricker , and many others . While many of them have been seen onThe FlashTV series , asReddit user Some - Dog9800humorously point out , The Flashmovie feature none of them and instead brings back Michael Shannon ’s General ZodfromMan of Steel . Admittedly , Zod ’s function inThe Flashmovie works perfectly well for the celluloid ’s make over version of theFlashpointcomics story , but the revitalization of one of Superman ’s arch - enemy for Barry Allen ’s first movie is nonetheless a odd sarcasm to point out .
The Flash scoundrel Captain Boomerang does appear in the DCEU , make for by Jai Courtney , but the two only briefly meet in David Ayer’sSuicide Squad , with Boomerang being killed off early on in James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squad .
5Nicolas Cage’s Superman Finally Takes Flight
He Brings The Giant Spider With Him
Tim Burton ’s unproducedSuperman Liveshas long been one of the most fascinating unfulfilled superhero movies , but despite this , Nicolas Cage ’s Superman is no longer a token of an unrealized plastic film thanks to the multiverse narrative ofThe Flash -a very show - stopping cameo indeed , as the meme ofReddit exploiter BottleCompetitive546illustrates . In the movie ’s climactic Chronobowl episode , Cage ’s Superman is among the DC hero glimpsed in alternate reality throughout the multiverse , complete with Cage ’s Man of Steel fighting a giant wanderer as was intended forSuperman life .
4The Flash’s CGI Was Very Polarizing
The Chronobowl Sequences Drew Mixed Reactions
WhileThe Flashopens many doorways and possibilities in DC ’s multiverse , the pic ’s CGI is one of its more factious elements . One aspect ofThe Flashthat has been particularly polarizing is the movie ’s Chronobowl sequences , in which CGI snapshots of the past times look in a kind of worldly amphitheater , while several of the motion picture ’s multiverse cameos utilise stock footage and deepfake applied science for characters like Christopher Reeve ’s Superman and Adam West ’s Batman . While this was reportedly a stylistic conclusion per director Andy Muschietti , Reddit user RodrigoMedrado ’s meme likeningThe Flash ’s effects to the Scorpion King inThe Mummy Returnsshows it ’s still a polarizing element of the film .
3Henry Cavill Is A Beloved Superman
His Superman Return Was Cut Short
Henry Cavill Superman Appearances
Release Year
Man of Steel
2013
Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice
2016
Justice League
2017
Zack Snyder ’s Justice League
2021
Black Adam
2022
2Shazam! Fury Of The Gods Picked The Wrong Weekend To Open
John Wick Is A Formidable Box Office Force
Shazam ! : Fury of the Godsdidn’t accomplish even the moderate box office winner of its 2019 predecessor , but the news of the DCU reboot probably was n’t the only reason for its box office letdown . AsRealistic_Crew1095 on Redditpoints out , Fury of the Godsopened just one week before the highly anticipatedJohn taper : Chapter 4 , which became the biggest striking of its franchise . WithShazam ! : wildness of the Godsalready off to a infirm beginning at the box bureau and with the wind take out of its sails by news of the DCU slate , Billy Batson sadly never stood a chance against the Baba Yaga .
1The Immortal Quote Of Michael Keaton’s Dark Knight
“I’m Batman”
Michael Keaton returns as an senior Batmanin the multiverse dangerous undertaking ofThe Flash , and asCrow_Se7en on Memedroidpoints out , his classic line of " I ’m Batman " has n’t drop off any of its impact . Keaton has been prone to drop his famed quote as a humorous one - liner in interviews , andThe Flashitself is clearly acutely aware of how much of a meme Keaton ’s line is in isolation . With bothThe Flash ’s marketing and the movie itself going out of their way to emphasise Keaton ’s quote of " Yeah … I’m Batman " as a big moment in the film , it ’s still as much of a DC geek - out quote in 2023 as it originally was in 1989 , and a hilariousDCEUmeme .
