he said you'd come now let's
hope you're not too late welcome to
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and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 biggest changes in
zack snyder's justice league the time
has come
up your mother's trident you want to
kill me
i'm your best friend of life
but turned into this for this list we're
looking at the most significant tweaks
zack snyder made to his long-awaited
director's cut of justice league
do you think these changes improved the
film let us know in the comments
and as you might imagine a spoiler alert
is now
in effect number 10
the final battle i'm gonna take out that
tower and knock down that shield though
you get to steppenwolf watching the
theatrical cut of justice league
the climax caught us off guard with its
reddish orange skies and hellish imagery
it looked nothing like the dark blue
backgrounds in the early trailers
which we honestly found more atmospheric
snyder restored the blue hues for the
final battle
although that's not the only change joss
whedon added that random russian family
in his version
saying that he wanted to show quote what
it's like for the people on the ground
who picks this place to put down roots
people that have been kicked out of
everywhere else
while we get where whedon was coming
from this subplot didn't contribute much
and the family wasn't sorely missed in
the snyder cut steppenwolf receives a
more
violent end as well earning that r
rating
[Applause]
number nine martian manhunter oh
and some they've called me the martian
manhunter jean jones better known as
martian manhunter
is one of several heroes we had hoped to
see in the theatrical cut
allies from other worlds while we got no
such appearance in that version
snyder initially had plans for the
character on a commentary track for the
ultimate cut of batman vs superman
snyder mentioned that martian manhunter
was lieutenant general calvin swanwick
incognito
what's your source on this a tinfoil hat
in a storyboard that didn't make
whedon's version
martian manhunter was going to visit
lois lane's apartment under the guise of
martha kent
while actor harry lennox previously
appeared in man of steel and batman vs
superman
the snyder cut officially solidified
swanwick and martian manhunter as one
and the same
[Music]
the world needs you too lois number
eight
new music by junkie xl
whatever your thoughts on snyder's
filmmaking style are his movies almost
always have amazing soundtracks
junkie xl aka tom hulkenborg
collaborated with fellow composer han
zimmer on man of steel and batman vs
superman
he was set to work on justice league as
well but danny elfman replaced him
elfman usually goes hand in hand with dc
projects and while his justice league
score wasn't bad
it was a far cry from his batman days
junkie xl was brought back on board for
the snyder cut and his music did not
disappoint
particularly the crew at war power track
number seven steppenwolf's updated
design
[Music]
my lord for many
one of the theatrical version's biggest
letdowns was its villain
aside from being far less interesting
than his comic book counterpart
steppenwolf had a generic look
obviously rendered through cgi while
snyder's steppenwolf is still
clearly draped in cg his design is a
vast upgrade
not only is his armor infinitely less
silly but steppenwolf's facial features
are far more atrocious
in a good way while a cooler look is one
thing
the snyder cut also delves deeper into
steppenwolf's backstory and motivation
as well as his dynamic with darkseid
that said
steppenwolf isn't the only major
antagonist this time around
it shall be so my master
number six more aquaman
[Music]
before james wan made aquaman one of the
dceu's mvps
justice league didn't give jason mamoa a
ton to work with aside
from that one infamous line my man it's
hard to even remember what arthur curry
did in that version
you say a word about this you'll meet
every prawn i know
originally snyder planned to set the
stage for juan's film
aside from giving mara a more prominent
role willem defoe shot a scene as noitus
volkow
the time has come
take up your mother's trident there was
also to be more
exploration of atlantis mythos and
development for arthur himself
number five building a better cyborg
out of the central six heroes cyborg is
arguably the one who got the shortest
end of the stick in the original version
if these are gifts then why am i the one
paying for them
the film did little to flesh out victor
stone's life before his accident
his relationship with his father or his
personality
virtually everything about the character
is improved upon in the snyder cut
although the cg can still be hit and
miss nevertheless
stone finally emerges as somebody we
root for and empathize with
as opposed to just another member of the
team snyder described cyborg as quote
the heart of the movie
which shines through in the final
product we're still waiting to hear more
about that standalone cyborg movie
but his development here has us more
optimistic
he used that power to keep me alive
life but turned into this
number four superman in black
all the hopes and dreams of krypton live
in you know
i'm so proud of you we get that whedon
was going for a more lighthearted tone
with his justice league but
why lose soup's black suit it's one of
the most memorable aspects of the death
of superman's story arc
with superman's inevitable return we all
assumed he'd dress in black for the
occasion
i believe in truth but i'm also a big
fan of justice
instead whedon opted for traditional red
and blue
the snyder cut finally sees henry cavill
don the black suit
this version also restored the deleted
scene where supes meets alfred
i'm assuming you're alfred
master kent overall the superman here is
significantly different than in whedon's
interpretation
particularly around the upper lip yes
ma'am
number three iris west and the flash i'm
so sorry i'm i'm late
barry allen is another character who got
shortchanged in the theatrical cut you
know
there's more to the flash than quips
dostoevsky
the snyder cut makes more of an effort
to explore the death of barry's mother
the incarceration of his father
and his romance with iris west actress
kirci clemons was going to make her dceu
debut as iris in justice league but her
contributions were left on the cutting
room floor
iris finally appeared in this version
most prominently during a scene where
barry saves her from a potentially fatal
car accident
snyder also aimed to make more sense of
the future flash from batman versus
superman
which ties into our next entry number
two jared leto as the joker
a truce bruce
after the mostly negative reception to
suicide squad joaquin phoenix's
oscar-winning portrayal of joker and not
even getting a cameo in birds of prey
jared leto's future in the dc eu seem to
be up in the air
so you can imagine our surprise when
leto popped up at the end of the snyder
cuts trailer
complete with longer hair and messier
lips we live
in a society isn't that right
batman batman encounters joker in the
nightmare future
where society has become much much
stranger
you want to kill me i'm your best friend
although snyder didn't originally intend
to incorporate the joker leto was
enlisted after the director's cut got
the go-ahead
joker plays an important role in this
version having stolen the mother box
that allows the flash to travel back in
time
you need me
to help you undo this world you created
by letting her
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number one dark side
[Music]
we always knew that darkseid wouldn't be
the central villain in the theatrical
cut
at the very least though we thought the
film would set him up for future
installments
aside from a brief mention darkseid was
a no-show
for the unity
for dark side the trailers for the
snyder cut quickly established that
darkseid would play a meteor role in
this version
portrayed by ray porter darkseid made
his long-awaited live-action film debut
here
i will stride across their bones
and bask in the glow of anti-life and
all of existence shall
be mine this version also made room for
some of darkseid's followers
including assad and granny goodness
while we're sure the dc eu has even
bigger plans for darkseid
and apocalypse this was a satisfying
taste
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