<img src="https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&amp;c2=36750692&amp;cv=3.6.0&amp;cj=1"> One of DC's Biggest-Ever Duds Inexplicably Deemed Worthy of a Do-Over
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The rose-tinted glasses have become so thick one of DC’s most colossal failures is deemed deserving of a do-over

Your move, James Gunn.

Very few movies are immune from being rebooted, but some are much better off left alone. Given its status as one of the most colossal failures in the history of DC live-action adaptation, we’d wager that Steel will be left in the trash pile for some time to come.

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A Rotten Tomatoes score of only 12 percent means that while it isn’t quite the comic book company’s worst-reviewed movie ever, but the fact it ranks ahead of only Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Catwoman, and Supergirl tells its own story, never mind a box office haul of less than $2 million against a $16 million budget ensuring a status the lowest-grossing wide theatrical release in DC history.

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In fact, the ongoing ironic embracing of Steel and its dangerous ascent towards misunderstood masterpiece status has been neatly underlined by a Reddit thread asking who should play the title role if and when the character ends up being rebooted at the hands of James Gunn and Peter Safran. The number one fan-casting candidate by a country mile? Shaquille O’Neal, of course.

Shaq so at least there are small mercies to be found.


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