- Does the Zach Snyder cut of Justice League exist?
It is an argument that has been brewing for months.
Fans have take to the web to voice their anger and
they demand to be taken seriously!
And no we are not talking about the current petition
to remake The Last Jedi and yes, that is a thing
that even Rian Johnson jokingly wants.
No, we are are talking about the fan outrage
over the missing Zach Snyder cut of Justice League.
Snyder-ites are still trying to convince everyone,
someone, anyone (echos) to release the alleged
cut of Justice League that supposedly existed
long before Joss Whedon took over directing duties
for the DC team-up flick which, according to sources,
was a three hour cut and only included
the principal photography and none of the re-shot footage.
Now despite being told last fall that the mythological cut
simply does not exist, fans have persisted,
taking to all of the the various social media outlets
to trump at their cause and just this last weekend,
and they even took their quest to AT&T,
the soon-to-be new owners of Warner Brothers,
harassing customer service reps to release the Snyder cut.
Even though we gotta hand it to these fans
for being informed as to which corporate giant
currently controls things, 'cause that is impressive,
maybe, just maybe,
the AT&T customer service line isn't exactly
the right place to formally lodge your Snyder cut requests.
But despite all of the denials from the Warner Brothers
camp that a Snyder cut exists,
it turns out they may have been less than forthcoming
because now we're hearing from an artist who's worked
on many DC films, including Justice League,
that there is, in fact, a full Snyder cut.
This last weekend, Justice League storyboard artist,
Jay Oliva tweeted, "Zack isn't the kind of director
"who creates the film in the edit bay.
"It's all planned out meticulously from beginning to end.
"That's how MoS and BvS was done", adding,
"everything was shot that was storyboarded" and that
"It may not be 100% polished, but all of the
"planned scenes were shot and edited into a full timeline."
As for the visual effects, Oliva offers this up,
"Of course there are still vfx that is unfinished
"but I never inferred that the film was 99% done.
"Rather that Zack's vision was all shot except
"for a few reshoots planned."
So does this mean that the Snyder cut does, in fact, exist?
Well, if Jay Oliva says its true, then yes.
An assembly cut of Zach Snyder's version of Justice League
does exist, yes, it's minus a few reshoots that Zach wanted
and obviously it would need an entire team to add in the
special effects, but it sounds like some timeline
of his film is out there.
But the big question remains, would Warner Brothers
ever release this cut?
While there's always a possibility that the angry fans
could convince the WB that they must release his OG cut,
considering how much behind-the-scenes drama
Warner Brothers has had with the DC cinematic universe
of late, we aren't going to hold our breath.
Now, it is worth noting that there is precedent
for releasing a different cut of a DC film
that was not finished by its original director.
Back in 2006, we got the Richard Donner cut of Superman 2,
which was a Donner-supervised alternate cut of the film.
Richard Donner was taken off the film back in 1977
and it was completed by another director,
so fans still hoping for a Justice League Snyder cut
can look to Superman 2 to help plead their case.
At the end of the day, it would be super expensive
to restore the film back to the original
Snyder-planned storyboard, finish all the visual effects
and then add in it's post production elements,
but doing so could help show the fans that DC is still
listening to them and if the Snyder cut is bad,
then maybe DC and WB could show the fandom
exactly what they're missing.
Nothing.
But what do you folks think?
Do you think the Snyder cut exists and if so,
will it be released sometime in the future
and do you really think AT&T reps care
about releasing a cut of the film?
No they don't!
Let's discuss!
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