- Creature commands Episode 4 showed off the DCU's Justice League for the first time.
- However, DC Comics' most iconic superteam doesn't appear in the expected way.
- Showrunner Dean Lorey says fans “shouldn't infer” anything from the brief scene either
Creature commands Episode 4 has given us our first look at the Justice League of the DC Cinematic Universe (DCU), but not in the way many would have predicted.
I didn't expect the fourth episode of the Max series, titled 'Chasing Squirrels', to mark the supergroup's debut in James Gunn and Peter Safran's rebooted DC Universe, but here we are. Well, I'm using the word 'debut' pretty liberally here, because they only appear in the briefest scenes in which showrunner Dean Lorey says that you and I “shouldn't infer” anything from said sequence.
Full spoilers follow immediately. for Creature commands' fourth chapter, so come back now if you haven't streamed it yet.
As I said, the scene in question is not a complete introduction to the DCU's Justice League. Seven minutes into 'Chasing Squirrels', Circe, the apparent villain-in-chief of the series and who is one of the big three teases, shows ARGUS boss Amanda Waller a vision of the future. Creature commands which predate Wonder Woman's debut in the DCU.
But I digress. Circe, who was captured by the eponymous team in the fourth entry of one of Max's best shows, attempts to tell Waller, Rick Flag Sr., and John Economos that Princess Ilana and Pokolistan, the nation she rules, are not They are what they are. seem. In an attempt to convince them further, Circe says she can use her clairvoyant abilities on Waller to show her a vision of a potential future where Ilana and Pokolistan tyrannically rule the world.
This is where the Justice League shows up, at least. You see, as part of Waller's vision, we see the Justice League, plus many other DC heroes and anti-heroes, crucified, impaled on spears, or lying dead on a floor full of skulls. Among those represented in this sequence are the iconic trifecta of DC superheroes, also known as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.
However, they are not the only ones. I also saw Robin, Peacemaker, Supergirl, one of the Green Lantern Corps, Hawkgirl, Vigilante, and what appears to be a comics-accurate Aquaman (with blonder hair) among the dead. Let me know if you cast anyone else, like The Flash, Cyborg, and Martian Manhunter.
Circe's premonition raises many questions. How powerful is the country of Pokolistan if it is capable of not only conquering the world, but also defeating so many metahumans? Is this a future that willpower Will it happen or can it only happen if Task Force M doesn't stop Ilana? And is there anything we should read about the Justice League and the deaths of their fellow heroes in this DCU Chapter One project? Unfortunately, if you came here looking for answers to the above and any other queries you have, Lorey can only give you one answer, but it's pretty categorical anyway.
“That scene is specific to the story. [of Creature Commandos]” Lorey responded when I asked if it sets up future scenarios in the DCU. “It's not really meant to infer anything, but, you know, it was meant to do what it does, which is show a very dark view of the world. if something is not done to prevent it. But no, I would say fans shouldn't infer anything about Justice League. [from that]”.
Consider that case closed then! for more of me Creature commands and broader DCU coverage, see next section.
