Ah. The DC Extended Universe… Not to channel every sports teacher I’ve ever had, but jeez, what a disappointment.

From Batman v Superman to Suicide Squad, the DCEU has seen it’s fair share of dodgy pictures. (We’re just going to brush over the bloody brilliant Wonder Woman so I can make my point.)

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I’m feeling nervous about the upcoming Justice League. Understandably. So much so that I may have done a little wee when I went to The Justice League Experience in London. It was either the nerves or the fact that I was considerably hungover on the day, and had zero control of my bladder. TMI?

Launching the new movie, cast-members like Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot and Ezra Miller descended into Holborn, London, each to conduct interviews with the press in their own individually-themed rooms, and… I went a day after, after the A-listers had all gone. But, erm, I did get to speak to the cleaner who worked there. His kid’s going to be eight this week, so there’s that.

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This installation had five themed rooms, one for each member of the Justice League, and some were great – in Diana Prince’s (for you, Mum, that’s Wonder Woman’s alter-ego) study, you get to don her iconic metal bracelets, which FYI, don’t block bullets. I learnt the hard way. And don’t even get me started on The Flash’s room. Well, you got me started… His set seemed to be a perfect recreation of what can be seen in the trailer, along with a sofa you can pose in. It’s better than it sounds.

Meanwhile, other characters had rooms that looked like the before on Changing Rooms.*

* I wish there were more shows like this, so I didn’t have to use such niche references from the 90s.

Batman, who is kinda the most prolific character in the superhero genre, had an all-black room. He was stood in the middle of it, like an angsty 13-year-old who just listened to My Chemical Romance for the first time, and… That was it. I mean, I wasn’t expecting Jeremy Irons in the corner pouring me tea-after-tea à la Alfred, but at least hire Kevin Spacey to do it. I hear he’s got a bit of time on his hands.

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At the end of the day, the event was free, and it was cool to see the costumes worn by the stars, just a day before the actors themselves had stood in that room. Plus, I got to meet Aquaman, so I’m kinda just deflating from squealing.

And there was no Superman film, so nope – he’s definitely still dead from Batman v Superman. There’s definitely no way he’s coming back. Nope. Zero. You heard it here first.

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