The_Noble_Cause wrote:I know all this already. My point is...if the plan was for the movies to be "self-contained", as Young claims, why did The Batman script so heavily involve Deathstroke? Batman was obviously going to build off Deathstroke's appearance in JL (before it cut to ribbons)
I already touched upon this earlier. DC's plan was to set up characters in their team-up films ala BvS and JL to get them ready for their solo adventures. Instead of building their universe with solo films that led up to their teamups, DC wanted to work in reverse and set up their solo features from their teamups. The Marvel brand is the Avengers universe. Their solo films just add to that continuity. DC was to build their solo; self-contained stories through the Justice League and use Justice League to set up their DC characters. DC is not going to be a Justice League universe ala the Avengers. They are going to be an array of self contained characters from all ranges (including villains) that fit into loose continuity. That was always going to be the plan. Snyder referenced this as a "sandbox" approach.
Affleck's script did involve Deathstroke (and JL was supposed to set up Deathstroke in The Batman), but there's no evidence to support that Reeves WON'T be using Deathstroke for his Bat-universe. Sure he threw away Affleck's script, but that doesn't mean Deathstroke will be thrown out completely (I'm sure we'll be finding out more down the road.) Reeves could just easily work DS into his vision.
Reeves already said that his Batman is apart of the DCEU, it's just going to be a standalone film where it doesn't have to worry about what Superman or even Wonder Woman are doing to set up the next film franchise. Wonder Woman even did this. It was loose with continuity and only referenced a thing here or there to BvS, but that was it. Everything else was standalone territory.