Zack Snyder’s Justice League remains overshadowed by its social media campaign
After four years and countless tweets, the Snyder Cut is here Mar 17, 2021, 9:00am EDT
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Early reviews are mostly littered with praise for the movie, calling it a win for fans of Snyder’s other superhero films (
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Man of Steel). Others acknowledge that, hey, at least it’s better than the original film released in 2017, which was spliced together by Joss Whedon after Snyder had to step back from the project to cope with the sudden death of his daughter. Whether the movie lives up to people’s expectations or not, the very existence of it the marketing behind it, what it represents to fandom as a whole is a turning point for online fandom.
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The Whedon Justice League Treated Fans Like Pigs at a Nostalgia Trough
Zack Snyder’s Justice League corrects a severe wrong.
One of the big debates over the past few years concerns the transformation of “art” into “content,” as entertainment is increasingly programmed to appeal to hypothetical viewers based on algorithms and data models rather than deriving from any distinctive or unique vision. This is not a new debate by any measure, but it has reached fevered intensity in the era of “peak content.” It is no surprise that this happens in an era that has rejected the idea of artistic vision for corporate fandom.
Zack Snyder had a huge challenge filming Batman/Joker scene
Wed Mar 17, 2021 at 3:47pm ET
Zack Snyder faced many obstacles to create his special cut for Justice League.
Yet, according to his wife Deborah, Snyder’s greatest challenge was filming the scene of Ben Affleck’s Batman meeting Jared Leto’s Joker, mainly because neither man could be in the same room together.
The Knightmare
The sequence appears to take place in the “Knightmare” scene for Batman v Superman where Batman is wandering a ruined Earth.
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As shown in a current museum display, this would have connected to Snyder’s Justice League sequel plans where Darkseid conquers Earth and Batman is among the few heroes fighting back.