Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) Part 1 - Because You Watched Starcrash

“Oh, you’re good. You almost had me.” 

The Distinguished Professors share their thoughts on the fanboy-demanded Snyder Cut of Justice League. Topics covered include the awful Justice League of America tvpilot that we covered in Season 2, a very brief reminder of good stuff Joss Whedon created in the past, butt shots for everyone, Berres confuses old movie snobs Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese, Frank Miller, Aquaman and the Atlanteans suck,Namor and the Atlanteans suck, the lousy air bubble effect, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, the blockiness of Batfleck, past and present Bruce Waynes, the 4:3 aspect ratio and IMAX, the role of Cyborg in this story, Ray Fisher and Charisma Carpenter’s statements against Whedon, limits of watching on HBO Max, theories about how to properly begin this movie, Flash as a Whedon character, differences in tone between the MCU and the Snyderverse, the satirical side of Frank Miller, Steppenwolf’s motivation, run time opinions and what could be cut, lack of plans fora DC cinematic universe, Gal Gadot should be the next Indiana Jones, Cyborg’s touchdown, problems with the hierarchy of power levels and Darkseid’s first appearance in the movie, problems with Amy Adams being cast as Lois Lane, change in direction for Pa Kent in this movie, a brief defense of Enchanted, the superiority of Margot Kidder and Teri Hatcher in the Lois role, the centrality of Lois to keeping Clark good and the video game Injustice, Mallrats and Larry Niven’s “Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex” essay, humans always bury our part of the magical macguffin, questions about the origins of the Amazons, modern DC heroes as the new gods (more on the actual New Gods next episode), and our discussion ofwhat super powers we’d want.