The very notion of “the Snyder cut” has divided a swelling corner of the internet for three years now. A big part of this division, alongside arguments of the cut’s quality and entitlement to release, concerned whether or not it even really existed. Oddly enough, announcements in 2020 of the project’s belated release only muddied the waters of this debate further. Reports suggested that reshoots would cost upwards of $70 million. Other announcements suggested that only a few minutes of new footage would be visible in Snyder’s Justice League. But with a new trailer projecting new footage—and something of a new vibe—that part of the argument may close. For better or for worse.
Every façade of Warner Bros’ Justice League has bred (what we can most conservatively call) controversy. Though the 2017 movie was almost universally panned, it still managed to sow the aforementioned division; communities of Snyder devotees manifested their fury as combat, assailing sources of skepticism of the director or the project he may have helmed had he not taken leave. Moreover, this past July saw Justice League star Ray Fisher vocalize accounts of abusive behavior by Joss Whedon on set. (Whedon took over production as director after Snyder left the project in mid 2017.)
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Toxicity notwithstanding, the volume of this passion encouraged Warner Bros to pursue formal production of Snyder’s version. Now that we have Snyder’s Justice League, which will hit HBO Max in March, we battle with how to digest it. Can those who’ve long touted its valor sight unseen reckon with it on realistic terms? For those who’ve decried its fandom’s abusive patterns, will it feel like a betrayal to give into organic curiosity? It’s all hard to say after only a two-minute trailer. But the imminent arrival of the movie will punctuate a longstanding chapter one way or another.
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