Possibly the least scathing meme related to this franchise. Also, the Snyder Cut
does exist now, so...
Being a multi-film franchise means there's inevitably going to be a sizable number of memes. Being a multi-film franchise with divisive early installments means there's going to be enough to fill an encyclopedia.
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In General
- "Release the hype engine"
◊ Explanation Based on Zod's quote "Release the world engine" in Man of Steel, used whenever fans welcome significant news regarding the DCEU. It can also be used for other kinds of hypes. - "I want pictures! Pictures of Batman!!!" Explanation It took less than one hour after the announcement of J.K. Simmons' casting as James Gordon to get the first posts along the lines of Spider-Man.
- Director's Cut Extended Universe Explanation Once it was announced that WB was going to release an extended Suicide Squad cut with 13 extra minutes on home release, this joke, and variants similar to this, exploded over the internet. Adding to the joke is the fact that the home release of Batman v Superman had an extra 30 more minutes, which kick-started this joke in the first place, but wasn't so obvious at first. The demand for an extended or even alternate cut of Justice League has kept this meme from going stale, though Warner Bros. ultimately didn't add anything to the home video release.
- DLCEU Explanation Due to the home media releases of Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad having extra footage that was removed from the theatrical versions due to Executive Meddling, quite a few people have joked that Warner Bros. is looking to make extra profit by cutting out footage from the theatrical versions of the DCEU films to release on home media to give people an incentive to buy the home media versions in the manner of video game DLC.
- DCEU 1 Oscar, MCU 0 Explanation After Suicide Squad won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Makeup, many pointed out that the MCU has still yet to win a single one despite being farther along in their cinematic universe and being better-received than the DCEU's 3 starting movies; on the flipside, prior to the 91st Academy Awards, the MCU had more nominations for Oscars than the DCEU, having been nominated 8 times for Best Visual Effects (all 3 Iron Man movies, both Guardians of the Galaxy movies, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Doctor Strange), once for Best Sound Editing (Iron Man), and Best Hair and Makeup (Guardians of the Galaxy). Likely on it's way to Discredited Meme status due to Black Panther (2018) winning 3 Oscars - Costume Design, Original Soundtrack and Production Design - on top of being the first Superhero movie to be nominated for Best Picture
- Wonder Woman is carrying the DCEU on her back! Explanation After her role in Batman v Superman was considered one of the better parts of the highly divisive movie, which was then followed by her own movie being the first critically well-received DCEU movie, many fans and viewers joke that Wonder Woman has become the savior of the franchise.
- Ben Affleck's extremely bored and tired "I don't know about that, we'll see what the future holds" when asked if he'll play Bruce again during the Justice League press junket.note As of August 2020, Ben Affleck has confirmed that he'll make at least one more appearance in The Flash
- "Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!" Explanation A YouTuber, Chris Stuckmann, tweeted an "improved" version of the Batman v Superman script including this line. Fans of the movie gleefully mocked it.
- Some fans have taken to joking about the seemingly endless series of negative and/ludicrous and/or unproven rumors about the films by wondering what bizarre story will get passed around next by notoriously unreliable outlets like We Got This Covered and making up their own ridiculous ones.
- Articles and videos ruminating about why the franchise hasn't been as accepted as the MCU and others about how to "fix" or "save" the DCEU absolutely litter the internet and it's not unusual to come across multiple ones with completely differing perspectives, leaving fans confused as to what exactly detractors are looking for.
- "Can [current DC movie] Save the DCEU?" Explanation Used in mockery over any bloggers or YouTubers that claim the next DCEU movie could ruin the franchise if it isn't a critical success, with the joke being that several DCEU movies have already gone into production around the time the meme started., followed by "X movie shows the DCEU is heading in the right direction" when it seemingly doesExplanation A statement that started with Wonder Woman and has been repeated for Aquaman and Shazam..
- "Batgirl fans are so toxic!" Explanation Used ironically by fans of the Snyder Cut to mock detractors who claimed their fanbase had entitlement issues for demanding Warner Bros stop witholding content, only for those same detractors to find themselves sympathizing with the talent behind Batgirl once the studios shelved it.
- Following the announcement that the newly established DC Studios would be rebooting Superman with a new actor, calling the future of the entire DCEU into question, a number of fans began joking that the higher-ups deciding a Continuity Reboot would fix their damaged universe proved that the DCEU had ultimately followed the comics after all.note DC Comics is notorious for using such reboots in an attempt to reinvigorate its shared universe, most notably with Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1986 and The New 52 in 2011.
