Today, as we continue our look back at the DCEU ahead of DC FanDome, The Post-Credit Podcast released our Wonder Woman episode (Apple | Spotify), which I have since effectively subtitled The Gal Gadot Appreciation Hour. She carries the entire movie, and therefore, the entire DCEU thus far. In fact, on today’s podcast, I argue that had it not been for Gal Gadot, Warner Bros.
would have buried the franchise six-feet-under after Justice League and started from scratch a few years down the road.When Wonder Woman came out back in 2017, the DCEU was in the midst of falling flat on its face, as Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad had failed to bring in either the critical praise or the box office success that the studio would’ve hoped for. Had Wonder Woman tanked the way it’s three predecessors, the DCEU’s reputation would have bee irrevocably sullied to the extent that Warner Bros. would likely end up rebooting the franchise as a whole.
