James Gunn is living the great lifestyles at this time. 

The co-CEO of DC Studios is celebrating the trailer free up of his two pastime tasks, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Flash. The former used to be directed through himself, and the latter falls beneath his purview because the DCU’s new commander-in-chief. Nothing anybody says — no longer even snarky fans with witty comebacks — can derail his enthusiasm. If they are trying — smartly, let’s simply say he has no downside allotting the ones one-two punches he writes about so convincingly. 

That’s precisely what took place when one fan tried to poke amusing on the similarities between Ezra Miller’s upward gaze in The Flash trailer and Dwayne Johnson’s “Flying Black Adam” meme from Black Adam.

“Did they do Black Adam as neatly?” mentioned one fan, relating to the cinematographer Henry Braham, whom Gunn praised for his paintings on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Three and The Flash. 

The fan’s transparent try to shade Gunn (and Braham) for a loss of ingenuity in an instant backfired when Gunn wrote back, “No. I know it’s hard to consider he isn’t the one individual to ever shoot an individual’s face bent in opposition to the digicam.”

Gunn’s sucker punch comes following an identical comparisons between Will Poulter Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Johnson’s “Flying Black Adam” meme. Like Ezra Miller’s upward gaze, Poulter stares intently previous the digicam whilst in mid-flight, enlarging his forehead in the same means as Johnson’s. 

Since Gunn had no connection in any respect to the making of Black Adam, and Ezra Miller’s upward gaze seems to be not anything like Johnson’s meme (can’t say the same for Will Poulter, regardless that) there’s no actual joke here available. So, what’s the lesson, people?

In a world where enthusiasts can talk directly to influential creators like Gunn via social media and revel in cracking a shaggy dog story or two, it’s easiest to ensure mentioned funny story is, smartly, funny. Otherwise, as we noticed right here, Gunn will roast you faster than you'll say “Barry Allen.”

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