Board 8 > How did the Snyder Justice League movement gain steam?

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I think its neat that he got his film made, but.why did people suddenly care about Snyder?

I thought people only liked 300 and were disappointed with him from Sucker Punch onwards. Man of Steel was divisive I guess.


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I feel like it started as a meme that went beyond the meme into a real thing people thought other people wanted.

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It started as just a hardcore group of Snyder super fans, and then it picked up steam from DC stans, MCU haters, trolls, anti-establishment teens, and people supporting it ironically/for the schadenfreude.

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I'm convinced it was astroturfing, though I base this on no evidence.

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Oh, I forgot one group, Joss Whedons growing hatebase.

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A pandemic happened and HBO was desperate for movie content.

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I think it was a meme that got out of hand and people started actually believing it

Seems like the kind of thing that would be driven by some weird comic movie YouTube people, like the kind of guy who makes a bunch of videos about stuff Brie Larson says or whatever

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there's definitely a group of hardcore snyder fans out there.

i don't get it either but they exist.

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I haven't seen either version, but wasnt the first JL a mess obviously stitched together from two very different approaches? If I were a big DC fan I'd also want something that was at least one person's cohesive vision

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DC fans desperate for their cinematic universe not to blow ass, grasping onto any lifeboat they can find in a sinking storm

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MoogleKupo141 posted...

Seems like the kind of thing that would be driven by some weird comic movie YouTube people, like the kind of guy who makes a bunch of videos about stuff Brie Larson says or whatever

This is part of the story too. "Fun" fact is that comic books had their own gamergate (aptly referred to as comicsgate) and while they're not totally connected, there was a degree of audience overlap before the Snyder cut stuff REALLY took off in momentum.

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didn't snyder himself say something like "i'm not associated with comicsgate in any way and i think they're a bunch of misogynist assholes"? lol

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Mr Lasastryke posted...

didn't snyder himself say something like "i'm not associated with comicsgate in any way and i think they're a bunch of misogynist assholes"? lol

Most of the comics pros comicsgate people idolize end up doing this! It's funny every time

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Theres also the fact that the whole reason he had to leave the film was very tragic, makes it easy for people to want to root for him

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It'a hell of a good movie. Same way as Army of the Dead being an absolute trainwreck and contender for worst movie of the year

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Snyder's Justice League was originally planned to be two parts, and he filmed 4+ hours. So, when the final product came out and it was trash, people wanted to see what his original vision was. Of course, the Snyder cut still isn't his original vision, but it was obviously closer. I'm not sure why anyone thought his version would really be any better since his last two DC movies weren't good either, but they did. Maybe it was the fact that the Director's cut of Watchmen was better than the original?

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

Most of the comics pros comicsgate people idolize end up doing this! It's funny every time

I see this pop up on twitter sometime, there's always some hyper-rational 'Is it okay if I DM you so we can talk about this more and you can learn the truth' message afterwards, it's hilarious.

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ChichiriMuyo posted...

Maybe it was the fact that the Director's cut of Watchmen was better than the original?

so was the director's cut of batman v superman, apparently, though i haven't seen it.

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