PEACEMAKER Director James Gunn Says DC Was Not Happy About Christopher Smith Calling Batman A "P*ssy"

PEACEMAKER Director James Gunn Says DC Was Not Happy About Christopher Smith Calling Batman A "P*ssy"

In the upcoming fourth episode of Peacemaker, John Cena's titular vigilante talks about Batman in a less than flattering light, & James Gunn has now revealed that DC wasn't best pleased with his language.

By MarkCassidy - Jan 16, 2022 07:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker

Peacemaker is not exactly the type of guy to keep his mouth in check, but it seems one insult, in particular, ruffled a few feathers (no Eagly pun intended) at Warner Bros.

In the upcoming fourth episode of James Gunn's The Suicide Spinoff, Christopher Smith (John Cena) gets into an argument with his father's elderly neighbour after he insists that Peacemaker is not a superhero because he kills his foes and doesn't have a cadre of bad guys like Batman. Smith then calls the Dark Knight a p*ssy for refusing to put his enemies down for good even when they deserve it.

It's a funny scene, and Smith actually makes a few astute observations about the iconic hero, but it clearly didn't sit well with everyone at DC. "I was very surprised, because they were not too fond of Peacemaker calling Batman a p---y," Gunn revealed during an interview with TV's Top 5 Podcast. "I'm like, 'But he talks about all these other terrible things about all these other superheroes that are much worse than calling Batman a p---y.'"

"Not only that, Batman is the only one he makes a fair point about," he continues. "Everybody else he's really just believing stuff that he read on the Internet. Everything that he believes is kind of nonsense, and Batman is the only one he has a point of view on that makes any sense whatsoever."

Peacemaker insists that Aquaman... umm, "sleeps with the fishes" in the first episode, and also has a few rather outrageous things to say about Superman. So, what was it about the Batman scene that was perceived as being a step too far? Gunn has no idea!

"I don't know," responded the director when asked why DC was so bothered by the line. "You’d have to ask them. I don't know why him calling Batman a p---y is potentially more offensive than him saying Superman [has a poop fetish]. I don't understand why one was brought up and one wasn't."

Have you guys been enjoying Peacemaker so far? You can check out our review of the first seven episodes here.

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MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/16/2022, 7:05 PM
Because you can’t say anything wrong about their cash cow. Thought you knew Gunn. Pretty dumb to get mad at that especially considering the characterization of peacemaker
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 1/16/2022, 8:09 PM
@MyCoolYoung - So does that mean they were happy barely anybody did hear it?
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/16/2022, 8:38 PM
@MyCoolYoung - and they STILL let him do the scene. That’s how much creative freedom Gunn has at WB and DC.
Amaru
Amaru - 1/16/2022, 8:44 PM
@TheWalkingCuban - What are you even talking about? You really think no one watched Peacemaker?
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 1/16/2022, 9:29 PM
@Amaru - No offense, I like the movie, it was exaggeration on my part. But very few people did box office wise so the joke well not funny to me or you or anyone else on the site or planet, is still hilarious.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/16/2022, 11:08 PM
@TheWalkingCuban - peacemaker ratings bad?
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/16/2022, 11:11 PM
@McMurdo - yea that’s a crazy amount of freedom. No way they didn’t see the show before release
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 1/16/2022, 11:16 PM
@MyCoolYoung - 🤷🏾‍♂️Are they? If I wasn’t hurting on money right now I’d re subscribe and watch it, I’m a cbm, and this is connected to the DCEU… not a great endorsement but it’s spun off TSS, to me that is a good endorsement. I don’t watch shows that aren’t DCEU or MCU or you know, The Batman spin-off, whatever. Has to connect to a movie or I’m watching Hell On Wheels or Madmen or something. But yeah that 15 a month is more essential in my pocket than WB’s right now
Amaru
Amaru - 1/16/2022, 11:38 PM
@TheWalkingCuban - I mean, you're wrong, it made 185m at the Box Office but keep telling yourself whatever you want.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 1/16/2022, 11:40 PM
@Amaru - OK I will tell myself it’s a bomb. You can believe the truth that it was a success, just let me believe the lie please, I like denial. So much easier
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 1/17/2022, 1:15 AM
@MyCoolYoung - Honestly, WB's bizarre protection of Batman is always surprising. Like, Superman has such a pure image, so them being fine with saying he has a poop fetish, but fighting against a comparatively tame jibe at Batman would surprise me too, if I didn't already accept the fact that the studio was run by idiots.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/17/2022, 2:18 AM
@TheWalkingCuban - man I feel that. I haven’t been to work in 3 months now. Luckily I use someone else’s subscription for hbo Max
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/17/2022, 2:24 AM
@SerKurtWagner - 100% agree. I guess it’s because no one had cracked that Superman but just yet and Batman sells but this overprotective bs they have over Batman is downright weird.

But they are idiots. Do people think peacemaker has the ability to change anyone’s perception of Batman? Like when they see the Batman in 2 months and he says “I’m vengeance” people will say “no you’re a pussy” like come on
TanukiTrooper
TanukiTrooper - 1/17/2022, 6:16 AM
@Amaru - Actually, 185m was its budget. It made just over 167m worldwide.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 1/17/2022, 7:53 AM
@MyCoolYoung - Yeah my sister was using mine, why can’t she get it and I use hers LOL
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/17/2022, 12:34 PM
@SerKurtWagner - idiots who are currently empowering creatives in a last ditch attempt to not be the MCU yes. This, TSS, Reeves the Batman, the Joker, Emerald Fennel just won best writer and she comes out and says she has full control over a Zatanna script. Is there potential to blow it, of course. You’ll always have an Eternals here and there. But it’s looking up at DC and the Batman is just the icing on the cake
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 1/16/2022, 7:09 PM
Don't know why he would call Batman that...hmmmmmm....

comicfan100
comicfan100 - 1/16/2022, 7:11 PM
dracula
dracula - 1/16/2022, 7:12 PM
doesn't make sense when this Batman was doing this

https://gfycat.com/faintelementaryarmednylonshrimp
MeAreLegend
MeAreLegend - 1/16/2022, 7:14 PM
@dracula - I was just about to post this. Also the fact that DCEU Bats brands criminals so that they are later killed in prison
LameLuka
LameLuka - 1/16/2022, 7:14 PM
@dracula - well he didn't kill Joker and Penguin like Keaton Batman :P
dracula
dracula - 1/16/2022, 8:06 PM
@LameLuka - which makes no sense, if he is going to kill, why kill everyone but the mass murderer
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/16/2022, 8:39 PM
@dracula - I thinks TSS and Peacemaker will be considered a similar universe but different from the DCEU we know
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 1/16/2022, 9:15 PM
@dracula - but I like ben Affleck's batman. his physical,batsuit, attitude is what suppose batman should look like. the only thing is he kills because he's getting bored with the criminal in Gotham for 20 years and weary. despite certain people hating ben affleck's batman, I believe ben affleck's batman.it just zack did it too much with the character.
LameLuka
LameLuka - 1/17/2022, 11:14 AM
@dracula - who knows, maybe that are good for vigilanti business xD
eGGtheGreat
eGGtheGreat - 1/16/2022, 7:13 PM
I watched the first episode of Peacemaker last night. I enjoyed it. Will watch more.
JFerguson
JFerguson - 1/16/2022, 7:13 PM
Ugh. I don't watch the show but it sounds like the argument about killing his enemies was just played for jokes if not used to explore Peacemaker's mindset.

Still, it could never match actual good writing where the argument actually served the story in a meaningful manner like in Daredevil.




Repian
Repian - 1/16/2022, 7:16 PM
@JFerguson - You can't compare Daredevil to Peacemaker. Peacemaker is an absurd and funny comedy. It's a guilty pleasure.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 1/16/2022, 7:26 PM
@JFerguson

Those are two very different shows.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 1/16/2022, 7:36 PM
@JFerguson - You just literally compared The Suicide Squad with Logan
santoanderson
santoanderson - 1/16/2022, 7:17 PM
James Gunn: “And then Peacemaker calls Batman a pussy!”

WB: “Hey! Not cool!”

James Gunn: “And then he says Aquaman [frick]s fish!”

WB: “Well, that is true…”
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 1/16/2022, 7:19 PM
All dc uses is batman... Do dc should be scared
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/16/2022, 8:40 PM
@Lokiwasright - you englishing right now or?
Tensorpants
Tensorpants - 1/16/2022, 7:28 PM
Harley Quinn (the show) called Wonder Woman a c**t, so this is worse?
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 1/16/2022, 7:35 PM
@Tensorpants - It was animation, they can get away with a lot of stuff
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 1/16/2022, 10:50 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Not too much stuff apparently
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 1/17/2022, 1:18 AM
@Tensorpants - They also refused to let Batman perform oral sex in that same show that called Wonder Woman a ****, so their dubiously sexist brand of favoritism is fairly consistent. They literally only care about Batman's reputation, and treat it like a pre-teen boy's idea of machismo.
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