Ryujin
Legend
I agree. Maybe one or two films in that vein would work, but not a whole "cinematic universe." It was more an idle thought about how Gunn's usual comedy bent would be made to work in an otherwise serious film.Well, in that film, Rickman wasn't the protagonist - he was just stunningly good at chewing the scenery in an entertaining fashion.
Heroes as antagonists would be up his cynical alley, I guess. But I don't know if a universe of that will be palatable for a decade or more.
I would say that "Brightburn" is at least some small evidence that Gunn could oversee a project that's quite dark and serious in character. I can't think of any other evidence to support that inference, however.