Not too long ago, James Gunn and Taika Waititi were considered the eccentric darlings of superhero cinema, with projects including the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, and Thor: Ragnarok cementing the anti-establishment filmmakers as the cool kids on the comic book block.

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Of course, that’s not exactly a sentiment that holds much water these days, with Gunn’s instantly polarizing tenure as the co-CEO of DC Studios kicking into high gear at almost exactly the same time the Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom has ignored Waititi’s decade-long stint of consistently acclaimed success to blast him as the single worst thing to ever happen to Chris Hemsworth’s Thor.

It’s entirely fitting that the duo collaborated fairly recently on The Suicide Squad, then, while Gunn offered his notes on how the Guardians should be handled in this summer’s Love and Thunder. However, negativity always tends to speak loudest on social media, and the former fan favorites now find themselves being compared for unsavory reasons relating to their respective “butchering” of iconic favorites.

Guess he wasn't funny enough for James Gunn's idiotic parody of Superman that will do for Superman what Taika Waititi did for Thor

So how many shit or dick jokes you guys think Superman will drop?

— Handled (@SoTired7593) December 15, 2022

can't wait for the Taika Waititi Superman movie with James Gunn's wife as Lois Lane.

— Ian (@ianklsdmbldr) December 15, 2022

fuck james gunn bc all he’s going to do is ruin dc the way taika waititi did with thor & he’s going to cast his dumbass brother https://t.co/JHJCjY33tb

— boy wonder (@thatwarboi) December 15, 2022

It's James Gunn

He is going to do to Superman what Taika Waititi did to Thor

Think he won't?

His Guardians movies are comedies. That's all they are. Superman will be no different

— Handled (@SoTired7593) December 15, 2022

The idea to put James Gunn and Taika Waititi in charge of everything is okay but I kinda wish they'd just go back go their weird little movies

— Cameron Williams (@MrCamW) December 15, 2022

I would like to think that James Gunn is not going to go down in history as Superman's Taika Waititi…#HenryCavillSuperman #DCStudios #Superman

— Mauricio RMC (@EnrealidadNoUso) December 15, 2022

A couple of moves not everyone agrees with doesn’t instantly turn a great director into a pariah, but this is the internet we’re talking about, so the hate train for both Gunn and Waititi is destined to continue gathering steam. You can only imagine what would happen were the latter drafted in to helm a project for the former’s DCU, and we kind of want to see it happen for the sole purpose of having online heads exploding like a scene ripped straight out of scanners.

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