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You may remember David Ayer's 2016 Suicide Squad was pretty much universally disliked. So why does the trailer for James Gunn's upcoming sequel have people so hyped?

Warner Brothers dropped the trailer for the new film today. It stars Idris Elba, John Cena and Margot Robbie, among others.

For starters, people seem excited that it's in the hands of James Gunn, who directed the colorful and whimsical Guardians of the Galaxy films, rather than Ayer.

It also helps that the cast seems much more suited to a lighthearted supervillain romp than the dreary Ayer version (Leto's Joker is nowhere in sight). Elba steps in for Will Smith as "Bloodsport" and has a much more "disappointed dad" vibe while Nathan Fillion, Pete Davidson, Peter Capaldi and Sylvester Stallone seem to give the film a much more comedic tone.

It's a pretty stark turnaround for the public perception of Suicide Squad, a franchise whose first entry seems widely regarded as a miss. The movie's set to simultaneously release in theaters and on HBO Max on August 6th.


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Dracorex

>article goes out of its way to shit on Suicide Squad

Me, who genuinely enjoyed Suicide Squad:
:(

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King Crimson

Well the first Suicide Squad was a pathetic attempt to copy the success of Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy and now for the sequel/reboot/whatever they got the man himself to do it and he's already proven his talent for writing action movies about an ensemble of misfits so yeah, I'm excited for this.

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A Concerned Rifleman

James Gunn: "Pathetic. THIS is how you do it."

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Timey16

For one it looks like he actually understands what the Suicide Squad is about: Black Ops missions in enemy territory without official US government support… it's why they use villains rather than soldiers, because if the villains get caught nobody will wonder what they were doing there.

They are not supposed to go up against other superhumans.

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Raul Satisacro

Except… the villain is Starro.

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WarLordM

I think the Thinker and a bunch of central American mercs are also working with Starro

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PYRO

And THIS… is how you know James Gunn had his creativity.

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