{"id":21800,"date":"2020-04-11T20:39:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T03:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=21800"},"modified":"2021-07-19T21:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T04:27:01","slug":"studio-interference-ayers-original-suicide-squad-was-a-completely-different-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=21800","title":{"rendered":"Studio Interference: Ayer\u2019s Original Suicide Squad Was A Completely Different Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My oh my, what could have been. We all know the travesty that befell Zack Snyder\u2019s Justice League<\/em>, but the first film in the DCEU that got the brunt of Geoff Johns<\/strong> and Warner Bros.<\/strong> major tonal change was David Ayer\u2019s Suicide Squad (2016).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the poor reception (from critics and rabid opposing fans) of Batman V Superman<\/em>, WB panicked. Instead of trusting their directors, they wanted to change the tone of the DCEU. They wanted more light-heartedness and humor. In the end all that happened was another director\u2019s vision being ripped away, and the shift away from the darker more serious tone that was set up from Man of Steel<\/em> and BvS had begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johns has been a staple of DC Comics for years. He has created amazing stories and comics for quite some time (Green Lantern and Flash<\/em> come to mind), but he has done the DCEU no favors. None at all. Rumors of Johns\u2019 interference has been noted numerous times on multiple movie sets, but it seemed to have ramped up after BvS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Ayers\u2019 Suicide Squad was changed just as drastically as Justice League but flies under the radar because of its financial success and lesser known characters. Although Ayer has been humble and has taken the high road when talking about the changes that were done, he still has been vocal on social media responding to fans about what it could have been.
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\u201cIf the destination changes did the journey even happen\u201d<\/strong><\/p>David Ayer via Instagram in November 2019<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A subtle yet strong jab at those who twisted his intended version of Suicide Squad. The answer a yes and no. A journey took place, but it wasn\u2019t Ayer\u2019s, not completely. Some people were privy enough to see his original ideas on the big screen and they absolutely loved what they saw versus what became the theatrical release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lot of this never made the mainstream due to the eventual release of JL and the drama surrounding that production, but the changes in Suicide Squad were the precursor to the changes in JL and more. Ayer was making a comic accurate team-up movie that would have introduced key elements pertaining to plots and characters in JL. Many of these changes were to inject a sense of \u201cfun\u201d because the studio thought it might be too scary for the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some things that have been floated around. Some confirmed, and some yet to be confirmed or denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n