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Something about me? I have been a nerdy cinephile for as long as I can remember. Putting the two together is living my best life. That notwithstanding, I was born to express, not to impress, so I blog because I don't have friends. In other news, I like hashtags because they look like waffles, prefer my puns intended, and I always give 100% unless I'm donating blood. Thanks for reading.
It’s a simple conclusion that no person in Hollywood has benefitted from fans than Zack Snyder and his beloved — and bemoaned — Snyderverse. And now, it’s officially gone.
Stop the hashtags and Netflix petitions to crack open the coffers. Call off the butthurt and stifled comments to James Gunn and Peter Safran. There will be no continuation of the vision that brought us Man of Steel, Batman vs. Superman, and Justice League.
What will pain the legions of believers is that Zack Snyder pulled the plug himself on the “Snyderverse.”
The Snyderverse is Really Dead This Time
Oddly coincidental, Zack Snyder broke the news in the only suitable way possible–via Vero. This remained his renegade channel to leave cryptic notes canceling the static from Warner Bros. Discovery. The acclaimed director knew fans wanted to arrive where he was heading with this trilogy, so he let everyone know “it does exist.”
Following many months of his acolytes refusing that Rebel Moon is Zack Snyder riding off into the sunset, the Boss took to Vero in response to a rumor mill spinning out of control. Answering @OurMovieNews on X/Twitter, Snyder flipped his shovel of dirt.
This video goes out and the most vociferous Zack Snyder fans came with pitchforks and torches. It was going to be a riot. Only, not so much when Snyder did this.
That sound you hear is “TAPS” blowing. Faintly.
The stories about the culmination of how the Snyderverse came to be have reached “Urban Legend” status. It began as a hashtag resistance for what Warner Bros. put out in theaters and became a four-hour nerd utopia of DC’s most heralded characters on HBO Max.
Of course, the “Josstice League” hit screens with the thrust of a monkey’s manure fastball at a wall. Four years later, Zack Snyder’s Justice League arrived and filled the hearts of the DC faithful. It was a triumph. The film was so much better. Most importantly, when the rolling credits began, it proved the minions who spend all the money on these movies matter.
Fans do have a voice. They do have influence. And they forced the hand of Zaslav’s fiefdom to create the promised film before a devastating tragedy destroyed Zack Snyder’s momentum.
However, it’s time to move on and get on the James Gunn DCU bandwagon. For the sake of everything that Jim Lee and the rest of the massive geniuses have created at DC, let’s support this brand that has given nerds so much. WBD has treated DC characters like carnival toys left behind in the parking lot.
If Zack Snyder can wish James Gunn the very best, we can too. Onward and upward! (Yes, that’s a subtweet for Superman: Legacy.)
Something about me? I have been a nerdy cinephile for as long as I can remember. Putting the two together is living my best life. That notwithstanding, I was born to express, not to impress, so I blog because I don't have friends. In other news, I like hashtags because they look like waffles, prefer my puns intended, and I always give 100% unless I'm donating blood. Thanks for reading.
