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Now that the Snyder cut has finally and, by all accounts, improbably!
But a four-hour film streaming on HBO Max in the middle of a pandemic?
Well, thats an average binge, right there!
A note upfront: The two versions are fundamentally the same movie.
Instead, heres a rundown of all the substantial waysZack Snyders Justice Leagueis different from the theatricalJustice League.
This story contains full spoilers for bothJustice LeagueandZack Snyders Justice League.
Its cute but perhapstoocute, and Henry Cavills digitally erased mustache is … a problem.
The next scene is a showdown between Batman and a Parademon across the Gotham skyline.
Neither scene appears inZack Snyders Justice League.
New Score, Great ResultsZack Snyders Justice Leaguesimply sounds different.
Composer Tom Holkenborg (a.k.a.
Holkenborgthrew out his old score and started from scratchforZack Snyders Justice League.
You ever heard of that?
In the theatrical release, Batman responds, Thats not a saying.
This, apparently, was a Whedon invention.
New Characters Make the CutIris West and Vulko arent the only characters new to the Snyder cut.
Chinese actor Zheng Kai plays Ryan Choi, a scientist at S.T.A.R.
Labs alongside Silas Stone, Cyborgs father.
However, he doesnt see too much action.
He appears again at the very end of the film when he introduces himself to Batman.
Instead, Whedon filmed scenes with a mustachioed Superman and then digitally erased the hair.
The result is a Man of Steel with a very conspicuously weird upper lip.
Superman changes clothes for the Snyder cut, too.
A Radically Altered Climactic BattleZack Snyders Justice Leagues big final battle is quite different from the theatrical releases.
Aside from those broad strokes, however, this grand action sequence feels essentially all new.
This is a good change!
The fate of the world is explicitly at stake!
Supermans entrance, and indeed his whole role in the fight, is different.
Thats not how things go in the Snyder cut.
A New KnightmareThe theatrical version ofJustice Leaguefeatures a scene in which Batman has a vision of a dark future.
Batmans Knightmare, as the vision is called, sets up a possibleJustice Leaguesequel in which Darkseid has won.
One scene in it, Deathstrokes meeting with Lex Luthor, is a post-credits scene in the theatrical release.
Its Rated ROh yeah, the Snyder cut is rated R!
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