Fly, Eagly! This text accommodates spoilers for “Peacemaker” season 2, episode 1, “The Ties That Grind.”
“Peacemaker” season 2 continues its predecessor’s exercise within the post-credits scene recreation. Primarily based on the sophomore season’s first episode, titled “The Ties That Grind,” it additionally continues to maintain its tongue firmly in cheek. As an alternative of the grand schemes and stunning developments the Marvel Cinematic Universe tends to fireplace off in its stingers, “The Ties That Grind” merely revisits Peacemaker (John Cena) and Harcourt’s (Jennifer Holland) dialogue concerning the questionable deserves of DC Prolonged Universe Joker actor Jared Leto’s band, 30 Seconds to Mars. It is enjoyable, unserious stuff, and it is nothing new; “Peacemaker” post-credits scenes have all the time been passing moments of levity that vary from scabies helmets to Vigilante’s (Freddie Stroma) musings on geese and Locke’s (Christopher Heyerdahl) reliably outlandish habits.
The factor is, this strategy is not unique to “Peacemaker.” The post-credits scenes for James Gunn’s “Superman” are intentionally pointless but enjoyable moments the place Superman (David Corenswet) will get on Mister Terrific’s (Edi Gathegi) nerves and hangs out on the Moon with Krypto. Quite than setting something vital up, they merely humanize the characters and possibly supply the viewers an extra chuckle (which, actually, feels very good).
I discover myself hoping that this turns into the general modus operandi in Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe. In spite of everything, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has saturated the superhero market with fixed high-stakes stingers that successfully maintain the viewer hostage in the event that they need to see the most recent plot growth that will or might not quantity to something. This labored positive again within the day, however now, the overload is such that it is exhausting to care. Due to this, “Peacemaker” season 2 is a promising signal that the DCU intends to buck this pattern and embrace post-credits scenes as enjoyable little bonus moments as a substitute of all-important cliffhangers.
James Gunn is not a fan of taking post-credits scenes too critically
It is no accident that “Superman” and “Peacemaker” – each initiatives that Gunn personally oversaw — take a relatively unserious strategy in terms of post-credits scenes. This was already part of Gunn’s device equipment throughout his “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy period. There, his post-credits scenes usually function joke moments with characters like Howard the Duck (Seth Inexperienced). As Gunn instructed ScreenRant, his MCU expertise particularly contributed to his choice for a lighter contact:
“I discovered in my time at Marvel that, initially, the post-credit scenes of mine at Marvel that individuals favored one of the best had been the silly ones.”
Whereas Gunn additionally famous that he’d be open to extra conventional stinger teases in the event that they match within the scenario at hand and their payoff may be assured, his DC work up to now speaks for itself. Extra importantly, it merely works like a allure. As anybody who has witnessed Peacemaker furiously itemizing well-known figures who’re higher pictures than Steve Agee’s John Economos in “Peacemaker” season 1 and then returning in the identical episode’s post-credits scene to proceed his rant can attest, this strategy may be marvelous … particularly for many who know that John Cena improvised this hilarious “Peacemaker” rat.
In the meantime, Marvel can wheel out somebody like Charlize Theron as a shock post-credits scene character in “Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity” or get “Ted Lasso” standout Brett Goldstein to cameo as Hercules in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” solely to lose them in its ever-expanding multiversal combine. This is hoping the DCU continues to carry the levity fort and would not succumb to the cliffhanger stinger errors of its Marvel counterpart.
New episodes of “Peacemaker” begin streaming on HBO Max each Thursday.
