It doesn’t take a deep knowledge of DC Comics lore to recognize that there are some, uh, inconsistencies between 2017’s “Justice League” film and the other DCEU features that spawned from it. Clearly, that’s the result of Zack Snyder leaving the production and Joss Whedon taking over and turning the superhero film into…something else. And so we shouldn’t be all that surprised that “Wonder Woman 1984” filmmaker Patty Jenkins doesn’t find herself concerned with contradicting the 2017 film.
Speaking to CinemaBlend, she spoke about the inconsistencies between her “Wonder Woman” franchise and the “Justice League” film that was released in 2017. And you know what? She’s not the least bit concerned that they don’t play nice together.
“The ‘Justice League?’…No, I think that all of us DC directors tossed that out just as much as the fans did,” said Jenkins. “But also, I felt that that version contradicted my first movie in many ways, and this current movie, which I was already in production on. So then, what are you going to do? I was like… you would have to play ball in both directions in order for that to work.”
She added, “The only thing I have done, and have always tried to do, is—I knew, when Zack was doing ‘Justice League,’ where she sort of ends up. So I always tried… like, I didn’t change her suit because I never want to… I don’t want to contradict his films, you know? But yet, I have to have my own films, and he’s been very supportive of that. And so, I think that ‘Justice League’ was kind of an outlier. They were trying to turn one thing into, kind of, another. And so then it becomes, ‘I don’t recognize half of these characters. I’m not sure what’s going on.’”
While some might see that as a rebuke of Joss Whedon’s vision for “Justice League,” which was summarily disliked by critics and fans, it seems as if Jenkins just doesn’t really consider that film canon in the grander continuity. And she doesn’t think that other filmmakers look at “Justice League” as the model of the DCEU moving forward. Now, when it comes to Snyder’s original vision for the team-up flick, which is set to be released on HBO Max next year, perhaps Jenkins will have a different thought about whether or not her films tie into it.
Or better yet, how about it’s not such a big deal that DC films don’t line up in the same way that Marvel Studios features do? Let’s just hope for good movies and not stress over if they perfectly align. “Wonder Woman 1984” is set to arrive in theaters and HBO Max on December 25.
