James Gunn Assures Fans: No Homework Needed Before Watching DCU Projects

One of the biggest complaints about the MCU is its size and the number of projects it includes. For a while now, people have criticized the vast cinematic universe because you need to watch a lot of movies and shows to understand references or post-credit scenes in other projects.

This has been called homework since many casual fans don’t like having to watch Disney+ shows that tie into movies. For example, to understand ‘The Marvels,’ you needed to watch ‘Ms. Marvel’ and ‘WandaVision’ to know how Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan got their powers.

Now that James Gunn is creating his own cinematic universe known as the “DCU,” fans are curious if they’ll need to do the same amount of catching up before each new project. Gunn clarified on Threads that while all projects will be connected in theory across animation, TV, movies, and video games, each one will be perfectly understandable on its own.

No. Although they’re connected and in the same universe, every project should work as an individual story in and of itself.

This is great news for fans. Some fans might not be interested in watching ‘Creature Commandos’ because it’s animated, but they still want to understand the characters when they appear in ‘Superman.’ It looks like Gunn has found a solution for that.

The MCU recently tried something similar with the ‘Marvel Spotlight’ branding. Marvel Spotlight features character-focused standalone projects that are part of the MCU, but you don’t need to know about previous projects in the universe to enjoy what you’re watching. ‘Echo’ is the first project released under this banner, and there are more to come, including ‘Wonder Man’ and ‘Marvel Zombies.’

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