Hey all, PCR here.
I’ve been seeing a lot.. a LOT of chatter lately about “Justice League 2” and how the Snyderverse should and will be continued and, I have to admit… it’s only slightly less annoying than when people were clamoring for The Snyderverse in the first place.
Let me be clear, was “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” better than Whedon’s? Admittedly, it felt like it had more gravitas to it and was a more ‘serious’ movie. That said, the whole concept of “The Snyder Cut” was bullshit from the beginning. Zack and his (vocal) fans on social media made it seem like there was a finished movie hidden in a file cabinet somewhere, when in reality, it still cost over $70 million to film. Snyder has also gone on record talking about the “torture” and horrible experience it was working with Warner Bros to get his vision made, to the point that the relationship has deteriorated immensely and reports are *now* coming out that WB wishes the ZSJL was never made in the first place.
My opinion? ZSJL was a creation of the COVID pandemic. Things were shut down, hardly anything was being filmed or created, and here WB had an opportunity to ‘relaunch’ something that didn’t get a resounding review originally into something, hopefully, better. Had COVID never happened, it is unlikely that Zack’s ‘vision’ ever would have seen the light of day. What’s worse, is that the whole “Release the Snydercut” movement was fostered by a VERY vocal minority of fans with severe entitlement issues, and *now* reports are floating around that this was all at least a semi-coordinated effort by Zack, his people, and fans with multiple social media bot accounts.
After ALL that, there is STILL a group of ‘fans’ SO hung up on this that they’re lobbying for WB to sell the rights to Netflix to continue the Snyderverse.
My question… when is enough enough?
He did his Superman movie ($258 mil budget, $668 mil box office), He did Batman vs Superman ($300 mil budget, $870 mil box office). Justice League *barely* doubled it’s money with $650 mil box office on a $300 mil budget. The movies weren’t great, weren’t reviewed well, and did not do the kind of money that was predicted for them. BvS has set a record for Worst Opening Week Friday to Second Week Friday Decline, and the worst Friday to Sunday of opening weekend decline since 2015’s Fantastic 4.. yet the entitled cries are the same.. “Just let him do his movie” He did. “Just give him one more shot..” Shot given. “Just sell it to another streaming service…” Oh, the streaming service that has a history of cancelling great content before Year 3 so they can save on residuals? THAT service?
It’s time for the ‘silent majority’ of fans to look at the ‘vocal minority’ and tell them to pound sand. The “Snyderverse” has come and gone.
It had it’s chance.
Let it go before we see crazed fans driving around in jacked up Pick-Up Trucks with huge “Justice League” flags flying from the back saying Zack got robbed…
– PCR
