# Best supehero trilogy ever
OH MY GOD
Remember when Rebecca Sugar was a character in Sailor Moon who worked as an animator.
Found on Twitter. So the Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Whedon was hired against Zack’s wishes. TBH the “everything’s fine” narrative the studio put out last Spring when it was announced Zack was leaving always sounded fake to me, and now it’s clear I was right.
So this seems like what really happened: Zack’s cut still wasn’t deemed FUN enough for Johns and WB execs, they decided to bring in Whedon to make more like Avengers. Zack was not happy but was willing to go along, presumably for professionalism and if he was there maybe he could salvage some of his vision. The the tragedy happened, he realized he just didn’t have the energy to do reshoots that would essentially be a never ending battle with his bosses, and left the project. And with him gone nobody was there to defend his vision and so most of his footage was junked, and what little was kept was almost entirely dubbed over with Whedon’s dialogue so only a handful of scenes are remotely Zack’s.
i fucking knew that hiring Whedon was a mistake, WE ALL DID
BUT NOOO LET HIM DESTROY WHAT SNYDER HAS PUT HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO, SHIT ON WHAT FANS THINK.
GOOD. FUCKING. JOB, WB.
Look I know the odds of WB successfully course correcting its course correcting are slim. Like everything is still screaming at them to make it jokey and Ragnarock is minting money and Geoff Johns is still Geoff Johns:Silver Age Shill, so like there’s no guarantee. But at the same time the fact that the movie is bombing creates an opportunity, because in Hollywood money talks. If this movie was a hit we could kiss Zack’s vision for the DCEU goodbye, but now there’s an opening.
Critics set the narrative for the DCEU after BvS, they said it was a flopped, unloved, and too dark. WB catered to them and the reviews didn’t improve, but now the critics are stuck between a rock and a hard place, they can’t say there weren’t any jokes or smiles, but they also can’t admit it should’ve been more serious. Which means they can’t set the narrative as easily as before. So now it’s our time to speak up.
Sign the petition asking for Zack’s cut. Tweet WB and Geoff Johns telling them how disappointed you were with Whedon’s changes. Make it known how much you loved Zack’s movies. Let them see there are people who love these movies and the care that went into them, and want them to stay that way. If we’re loud enough they might take notice and realize they’re never going to be Marvel but there’s a demand for superhero movies that take their characters seriously!
I thought you might like this Zack throwing shade at WB lol. BTW that’s his Vero account.
dc fans: hey where was iris west? where are all the cyborg scenes? where is clark affirming his marriage to lois lane? where is wonder woman’s extended fight? where is the black superman suit? where is the lore on darkseid and apokolips? where—
joss whedon:
