Warner Bros. was trying to duplicate what Marvel was doing and lost sight of the true fans that Zack Snyder’s vision had built. There was true love for Man of Steel and Batman vs Superman. So what the critics didn’t like these films. They used Zack’s family tragedy to make a “marvel” type of movie in Justice League. And looked what happened. I hope they allow Zack to finish his vision. #ReleaseTheSnyderCut
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Warner Bros execs were the problem with Snyder's films and the results speak for themselves.
The same spin machine started up on Joker just like the rest of the films. Snyder's and Nolan's films were appreciated because they challenged the notion of what a superhero was through the character development like you see in Joker.
The WB execs who produce the content have a much shallower vision of story making and wanted bright colorful costumes as seen in Suicide Squad, Justice League and Aquaman.
The difference is clear. Nolan went on to create Dunkirk and Snyder wrote and produced Wonder Woman.
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If nothing else, it’ll hopefully be funny.
When Affleck and Gadot and Snyder all sign on, that means Warners has signed on. This did not happen by accident. This is part of a marketing campaign.
Remember when Ready Player One was being released and some burger chain said they were going to make "Spielburgers"? And Steven posted a video of him saying that they couldn't legally do that, but the the burgers were tasty? That was a planned marketing campaign, planned in advance, step-by-step.
Remember when the poster for Avengers was "accidentally" leaked in a viral video posted online by one fo the stars? All pre-planned.
A mild internet "conflict" sells.
The press needs to stop falling for this.
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DC Movies are not Marvel but they are appealing in their own way.
Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman is by far the best that came out of them. I love her and can't wait for her next solo movie.
I love Ezra Miller (in general) and the lighter touch he put in his take of The Flash but I can't stop comparing him to Grant Gustin who is fantastic in the TV show. Nevertheless I would like to see more of him.
And although I much prefer Ben Affleck as a director, he was perfectly inexpressive as Batman (which is as I always imagine Batman). So I wouldn't mind seeing more of him too.
And to be honest, Henry Cavill and Jason Momoa are too much eye candy not to want to see more of them.
And Cyborg... well, maybe Snyder's cut has something to make the character engaging.
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There is no Snyder cut. The actors are asking the studio to make one.
If Ms Gadot, Mr Affleck, and Mr Synder want to fund that project, I think it would probably be in the studio's interest to take a controlling cut of any money made off of it based on their funding of the original footage.
But should the studio spend millions for it? If they don't think it is worth their investment, they shouldn't have to. It is always easier to spend other people's money.
This doesn't appear to be a case of the studio censoring a project, it is a project they don't appear to want to fund. That is a serious difference.
One that Ms Gadot and Mr Affleck are deeply misrepresenting in a way that is far from the heroic characters the portray.
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@Edward Brennan Get informed, you're absolutely lost.
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I wonder if the people who want it released have ever seen a Snyder movie before? Who knew there were so many ardent fans of “being disappointed”?
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@James Tapscott Great movies, better than any Marvel. We will not be disappointed, I assure you.
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DC and Snyder can chip in a moderate amount which could certainly smooth out the rough cut quite a bit, especially if Snyder donates his time. In the end they easily make a profit on on a limited release, selling exclusive streaming rights to a desperate netflix and dvd/blue ray sales
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Bridging G/PG/R ratings in a story is an exercise of "too many cooks in the kitchen"; the food is edible but not distinctive and that's the case with the movie. You can watch it - but it's dull.
I think they should spend the money and put it on their streaming service when they launch.
I thought the darker aspects made these movies fascinating, and I think they are underrated visually.
They do have a villain problem - they don't use their best villains enough - the big bads are boring - more Lex Luthor against everyone, bring on the Joker.
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@Not that someone If by "underrated visually", you mean too DARK to see anything, I agree. WHY must so many of Snyder and other recent Hollywood's picture be so dark? Unless you're in a fully dark room as in a cinema, it's impossible to see what's going on for minutes at a time.
As for the psychological darkness in Superman, that should not occur until he has experienced a lot more tragedies, NOT in the first movie!!
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How curious that after the recent furor over whether superhero movies are good movies/"cinema", we are now hearing this story about potentially releasing a new version of a movie that wasn't even considered a good superhero movie when it was released.
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@not nearsighted:
"potentially releasing a new version of a movie"
It's all about the "autuer" theory of movie-making. Consider how many "director's cut" versions of movies have been released. With each new technology — 35mm film digitized for DVD, then again for Blu-Ray, then rescanned & upsampled for 2K HD, then upsampled again for 4K HD/HDR — autuer-class directors have reworked their output. Not to mention not-so-subtle reinsertions from the cutting room floor resulting in MPAA "unrated" status, or very substantial restorations of "lost footage."
Consider just one autuer: George Lucas, and his Star Wars saga. Each "new" release has updated special effects enhancing old scenes, and in some cases new digitally created scenes.
In my view, one of the most egregious examples of the autuer rewriting cinematic output and history is "Return of the Jedi." The original actor behind Darth Vader's mask in the death scene, Sebastian Shaw, appeared as the physically healthy, spiritually healed, middle-aged Anakin apparition at the very end of the 1983 release. Twenty-two-or-so years later, Shaw was digitally removed from that concluding scene and replaced with relative youngster, Hayden Christensen, from the execrable prequel trilogy.
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@A. Reader The thing is, George Lucas was/is a hot rodder and have you ever known a hot rodder who stopped tinkering with his car?
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