"What people who just see IP forget is that it's not just about the character," he said. "There's a reason people cried at the end of 'Logan.' At the end of 'Endgame.' There's a human connection made to the characters and those playing them."

"The DCU cannot survive another reboot this early in an established universe that people have been loving so far," said Liam Saul, a Canadian content creator. After surviving the Snyder era, he said, "it feels like a humiliation ritual to be a fan of these movies now."

Yup.