lacubs

why did they release the back and white version on HBO MAX?, i thought they wait was for the dvd for that version

DJariya

DVD version?

Both versions are HBO Max exclusives. Why would they release one on a streaming service and one on physical media? That would make absolutely no sense.

Dimension X

I watched this last night, and really enjoyed it (aside from a few things like the Cyborg playing Robin Hood thing already discussed above, which bothered me for maybe thirty seconds, before I forgot about it and watched the rest of the movie). I didn't even notice the 4:3 aspect ratio after the first couple of minutes, but I watch a lot of 4:3 stuff anyway.

lacubs

i know it's make no sense but it's schedule to be release on blu-ray on May 25 https://www.thevulcanreporter.com/ne...-release-date/

MysterioMan007

As much as I enjoyed this version of the movie, I still had some criticisms of it. But that quote explains why I generally don't like Zack Snyder's stuff. I get what Draven is saying about it and I'm not going to tell him he's wrong for feeling that way. While I enjoyed the movie, I can't honestly say it's the version I wanted. I would've liked something closer to the Justice League animated series from back in the day. A little more light-hearted and fun. I don't remember HATING Whedon's version, but I've never had the desire to rewatch it. Snyder's a little dark for my tastes, but since it's the "multi-verse", I can accept what he did and enjoy it or what it was... however, I'm not going to be upset by them not continuing the "Snyderverse" or if they decide to continue with it since we're getting different versions of characters these days.

Runaway

I own all X-Men movies, MCU movies and DCEU movies on DVD or Blu-ray but I actually didn't buy Justice League, which I realized when I wanted to watch it again for comparisan. The Snyder Cut I will buy.

GoldenJCJ

I thought this was an interesting article about the differences in how the two cuts portray women. 1 or 2 times may be a coincidence, 17 seems pretty intentional.

https://www.insider.com/zack-snyder-...y-scenes-women

IBJoel

Whedon is a faux-feminist monster. We know this now and we could see a lot of issues with male gaze in JL 2017. I do think some of those examples in the article are disingenuous. The "hammer women" use the same actors and shots for both versions, from what I recall. The infamous "butt shot" of WW is actually still in Snyder's cut (just, thankfully, cropped differently and more tastefully). Some of those examples I think are more interpretive (especially now that we can retroactively apply what we know about Whedon), but I'd say most are spot-on.

One thing I wish they mentioned in the article is that WW essentially doesn't have an arc in Snyder's version. In Whedon's, she's still hesitant to rejoin the world and lead the team, but Batman is encouraging her to take the role throughout the film and she eventually makes the decision to lead the League into battle. Let me be clear that I 100% think Snyder is better working with women (and frankly, people in general).

Runaway

As long as sex sells actors and actresses will always be sexualized in one way or another, it may be even necessary for the movie if the audience should receive the character in the same way as it is by other characters in the movie, but scenes like Flash lying face down on Wonder Woman's boobs is just unnecessary and just a wet dream of a teenage boy. Aquaman sitting on the lasso was a funny moment, but instead of using it to talk about Diana's hotness, he could've shown more of his insecurities.

Dimension X

They missed at least one more - When Steppenwolf is retrieving the Mother Box from Atlantis, he shoves Mera up against a wall and chokes her. In the Snyder cut, he tells her "You can't escape," and she answers "I'm not trying to," and fights back using her hydrokinesis. She starts extracting all the liquid from Steppenwolf's body (out through his mouth, nose, and eyes), then, fighting for his life, he throws her to the floor. In the Whedon cut he just shoves her against the wall, then throws her to the floor, without her getting a chance to fight back and show off her superpower. Of course that could've been a studio cut to keep the violence down so they could get a PG-13 rating.

whotony

I didn’t realize that’s what she was doing.

I thought she was removing the water to make him heavy and gravity would take over.

Dimension X

That's just my guess, partly due to the red tint of the liquid.

They were in an air bubble, talking. She could only add water.

fujishig

I think that's the scene right after. She is definitely manipulating the water/blood in his body when he's up close, then later (or before?) she drops him

Why So Blu?

Yeah, that was an awesome scene.

Xander

Well, I've made it through part 4 so far. Man, it's...a lot. SO....MUCH....slow motion! I swear half the movie so far is in slow motion. Music choices are bad, except for WW's theme. That creepy song the women sing for like ten minutes while Aquaman slowly goes in the water? Too long. Saving Iris? WAAAAYY too long. I like some of the choices. I like Barry, mostly. Don't like Cyborg at all. Batfleck is fine. WW is the best character, but it seems like she has less to do? Did she get the most scenes cut from the other version? Some of the plot is terrible. Darkseid just....forgot.... that he got his ass kicked on earth? You'd think he'd remember the one planet that defied him. Definitely seems darker and with less comedy. There is some good stuff. Love Alfred and fun seeing "J Jonah Jameson" as Gordon. Gonna finish up tonight, but this really could have been trimmed down a lot.

SmackDaddy

I've seen this mentioned many times. I don't think it's that huge of a deal.

There's a line from WW's narration as the ships are retreating along the lines of "fading from view, anonymous among a trillion worlds". Also, Darkseid wouldn't know since he's not anywhere near earth during JL. Steppenwolf is just bouncing around destroying worlds to get back into Darkseid's good graces, and wasn't there when Darkseid was defeated, so he doesn't know until the mother boxes tell him.

Draven

Maybe I'm misrembering the timeline, but don't the boxes tell him the equation is on Earth after he's already been fighting Atlanteans and Amazons? Didn't realize he was on Earth again?

fujishig

Yeah, I mentioned it before but that seems like a gigantic plot hole.

In his original invasion, it looks like the Anti Life Equation is etched in the ground when he first lands (I could be wrong). He then gets freaking defeated by an axe to the chest and leaves three motherboxes there, and forgets about it for thousands of years until Steppenwolf happens to come to Earth again (and even then he's like skeptical about Steppenwolf's findings).

How many worlds axed Darkseid in the chest? He just let that go?

SmackDaddy

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It's Steppenwolf doing all that not Darkseid. Darkseid never sets foot on earth in the "current" timeline. Steppenwolf doesn't talk with Darkseid until the mother boxes tell him that the anti-life equation is "here".

​​​​Darkseid only sets foot on earth during the old gods battle and during the knightmare sequences. He only talked with Steppenwolf via whatever that morphing stone is and only saw earth during the final battle through that portal.
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Why So Blu?

Yeah, an ordinary axe by the God of War. It's already been mentioned that Ares could have kept going. Shit, he'd probably be able to take them all on. That'd be dull, though. Remember, WW killed Ares in the first WW film, so I guess they were going on the whole "only a god can kill another god" rule. Uxas was not a God yet, otherwise he'd be able to Omega beam everyone out of there.

fujishig

Right, but how did he forget about Earth and the motherboxes that were there and the antilife equation etched on the ground during his "old gods" Lord of the Rings battle?

fujishig

I'm not arguing that Ares couldn't take down young Darkseid, I'm saying how did Darkseid never go back and completely obliterate them as soon as he feasibly could? Certainly an army that could defeat him would stand out among the thousands of planets that succumbed to him.

Why So Blu?

Well, ZS already answered it, so read what he says:

https://screenrant.com/zack-snyder-j...on-forgot-why/

ZS quote:


Article quote:

fujishig

Did those scenes just not make the 4 hour cut?

Toddarino

I don’t give a shit about Joss, but I think some of that stuff is a bit of a reach. Maybe looking for something that isn’t really there.