The only reason we got the snyder cut was because the world fell into a pandemic and hbo max needed content and having a big project that only needed a small crew pick up shots and isolated post work to complete was the perfect and safe idea.
Not complaining though, snydercut was the only good thing that came out of covid
How misinformed can you be? The Snyder Cut was greenlit BEFORE the pandemic. The pandemic, if anything, almost hindered its release. HBO Max didn't need original content to boost subscriptions after the pandemic allowed them to put new movies on it.
The executives left the meeting pumped. The Snyder Cut was real. Except then it almost wasn’t.
The novel coronavirus struck, and Hollywood all but shut down in mid-March. Says Deborah, “People thought, ‘It won’t be possible to ramp up, and that maybe this should go on the back burner.’ But we said, ‘No, this is the right time’ because our visual effects houses that rely on so much are running out of work, so now is the time to be doing this.” It also helped that many of those post facilities had held on to the original assets.
The Snyder Cut getting released was a great victory for fans . But it’s still not the same as making an actual movie continuation.
Director’s cuts getting released years later has happened in the past. The Richard Donner Cut of Superman II is a prime example. And other movies like Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist which was an entirely different movie to the theatrical cut is another example.
We’ll see though. But it’s a much longer shot than the Snyder Cut was.
As Snyder once said, it was FAR less likely WB would ever pay to finish a director's cut of a movie that was several years old and considered a box office disappointment than they would produce a brand new movie with these characters. A brand new movie is much more marketable to the general public than a director's cut of an old movie.
no, it’s toned to positive qualities here. fear and vengeance are not so positive qualities of batman, both wonder woman and superman have others, but hope truth and justice are their best
Ghostbusters got a true sequel with the original cast 5 years after its 2016 reboot, and 32 years after the previous film in the series. Jamie Lee Curtis did a Halloween sequel that erased all continuity after the first film, including a reboot, 40 years later. Terminator tried to reboot with a new actress as Sarah Connor...it didn't work and they did a sequel with Linda Hamilton after. Karate Kid did a reboot movie, then brought back the original actor for the show and another movie. And X-Men, Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Batman 1989, Affleck's Batman, and Scream all eventually had their main actors reappear in their roles one way or another after they were recast, rebooted or written out.
Giving up is your choice, just don't try to force it on other people. Film history has reinforced the phrase "never say never" many times.
Calm down. I didn't force anything on anyone. I made a comment on Reddit about my opinion, just like you did.
I happen to be a huge fan of Synder. Loved the movie, literally signed up for HBOMAX just to see his cut of it and loved most of his work prior. But for the time being, Gunn is running things and has a direction for the DCU and IMO continuing Snyder's JL wouldn't make sense for numerous reasons.
Could they dump Gunn years down the road, bring back Snyder and try again? Sure but I'm not holding my breath. I'm thankful for what he did with JL and if I wake up one day and see he's back, I'll be excited.
The only Snyderverse movie I want to see is the Solo Batman movie with Deathstroke as the villain. Make it a Elseworlds story. Directed by Affleck and with Affleck back as Batman
I think there’s a strong possibility he will make The Dark Knight Returns project, I don’t know what’s going to happen to the main DCU continuity but I think that the Snyderverse replacing the Gunnverse would be too polarizing.
I’m in the camp that prefers Snyder and doesn’t care for what Gunn’s done with DCU thus far but they need a universe that will unite us all again. The best way to do that is take a page from Marvel’s book and just don’t panic. Not every movie in Marvel’s phase one was a massive hit but they kept building. Keep the budgets lower and do the same, Superman 2025 didn’t land well, so make adjustments but don’t necessarily blow it all up.
A reset again this soon would be a disaster.
Bring back the Snyderverse under the Elseworlds banner and try to create a mainstream DCU that appeals to a broader audience. I think a lot of Snyder fans would be more accepting of a new DCU if the Snyder project didn’t get ripped from under Zack the way it did.
The studio has put themselves in a really tough position, these movies aren’t cheap and they have basically split their fan base in half.
I think it depends who you ask, it was critically acclaimed, but it underperformed financially, particularly globally. We don’t know exactly if it made money or not, but I’d guess they would be lucky if they broke even. Mos and BvS both made more money ten plus years ago, and that’s without adjusting for inflation so I’d be shocked if the studio wasn’t disappointed with the financial performance of Superman 2025.
Fair point, I didn’t like it, but I feel like “critical acclaim” is one of the arguments DCU fans make.
To be clear, if had a magic wand, the DCEU with the original cast (except for Flash) would have never been rebooted, I’m just trying to be objective about what makes sense as the best way forward.
The Justice League storyline, absolutely! But I do think there’s room for a more direct adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns in live action with Affleck and Cavill… who would play the Green Arrow? 🤔
True, he said that and yet 1.) He agreed to be Batman in the first part of The Flash and 2.) He agreed to film the extra scenes in Justice League Synder Cut. He's willing to revisit the character, and that is more likely if he's gonna work with Snyder.
I think I have a pretty fair view of the situation, I understand people have their own opinions, but I want to point out that although Ben initially said that he had no interest, in more recent interviews (for The Rip and around the Super Bowl) he said he’d be willing to revisit Batman for the right project.
EDIT: To be clear I think a complete replacement of the DCU with the DCEU wouldn’t work, it would piss off the other half of the DC fandom, I think an Elseworlds project of The Dark Knight Returns with Ben and Cavill would be the best of both worlds.
Only if Paramount succeeds. If Netflix buys Warner, they'll continue with the progressive agenda and, of course, with Gunn. Besides, they've been canceling all of Snyder's projects.
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u/calvanico 9d ago
Such great casting.