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DC Studios co - chief operating officer and writer / director James Gunn shared a personal update on social medium , including that the LA wildfires spare his home .
As busy as DC Studios co - CEO and writer / directorJames Gunnis , he always finds time to engage on societal metier – both in person and professionally . Gunn can break headlines well with just three words or an emoji than other studios can do with a carefully phrase press release . So when Gunn stay restrained on societal medium derive out of the vacation break – and with the devastation being triggered by the Southern California windstorms and wildfires – fans were hop-skip everything was okay . Though there had been a post here and there over the past few day ( including a tribute to the lateDavid Lynch ) , Gunn shared why he ’s been MIA over the past few weeks . " meddlesome . Plus Christmas led into being evacuated from our spot in LA because of the fires ( our place is hunky-dory ) and deal with a deal of champion who lost their place or got evacuated and then us going back home to ATL . So just been engage , " Gunn posted on Sunday evening .
Here ’s a look at a screencap of Gunn ’s response from earlier today :
DC Studios: James Gunn on What “Comics Accurate” Means
BeforeDC Studios’Creature Commandoshit Max screens , a lot of family line were wondering if it would be " comic strip exact . " For us , that ’s a term that sends chills down our spines , gets the hairs on our arms to stand on terminal , and makes the far corner of our left eye bleed just a little . Why ? Because – if the term is used wisely – it can help funny sports fan link with moving-picture show , television , video games , or other adaptation . But more often than not , it gets used to get out some sort of metaphorical gatekeeping melodic line in the sand … that no pic or series dare cross!Also , which strip should be " The Bible " from which an adjustment stems ? recollect about how many dissimilar proceeds there have been on just Superman and Batman alone since they first hit the printed page ( and let ’s not even start out on all of those " Crisis"-level crossover events and how they " change everything " – until the next " game - changing " crossing ) .
Gunn waded into the theme on Threads when a fan request that Green Arrow be " comics precise " when he is finally premise into the New DCU . Gunn ’s response was to show several different comic takings on the character before asking which one someone should choose . Another fan follow by saying that " comic strip accurate " should mean accurate to the current canon . That ’s when Gunn play up the thing of characters have various takes over their footrace and how long - running readers should n’t be left hang while all of the focal point is on the current canon .
" I do n’t think it intend ' in current canon ' as all of these fiber have their up years & down age & not always at the same time . I do n’t retrieve current reader should be weighted 100 % & womb-to-tomb proofreader weighted 0 % . Things evolve . Also , the DCU is a different population than DC cartoon strip , just as Black Label is different from mainstream continuity , " Gunn explain . So , how would Gunn define the term ? " ' Comics accurate ' to me means staying dependable to the nature of the role , which is obviously subjective , so every adapter can only do his or her unspoiled , " headded .
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