Themes and Character Arcs in Zack Snyder's Justice League

In this episode of the Justice League Universe podcast we discuss our initial interpretations of the themes and character arcs in Zack Snyder's Justice League on HBO Max.

• Themes - stronger together, free will, second chances, and more (0:01:32)
• Introduction to character analysis (0:28:30)
• Bruce Wayne / Batman (0:29:13)
• Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (0:33:00)
• Victor Stone / Cyborg (0:38:16)
• Steppenwolf and Darkseid (0:46:29)
• Arthur Curry / Aquaman (0:50:38)
• Barry Allen / The Flash (0:54:52)
• Clark Kent / Superman (0:58:21)
• Lois Lane and Martha Kent (1:08:02)
• Comments on the Dawn of Justice Trilogy (1:11:30)
• Ending Remarks (1:18:40)

Written by Sam Otten, Alessandro Maniscalco, and Rebecca Johnson

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https://play.hbomax.com/

Ray Fisher second chances - https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1373741233571500034?s=20

Interview with Zack Snyder - https://geekvibesnation.com/interview-zack-deborah-snyder-talk-about-zack-snyders-justice-league-finally-coming-together/

MarVeVi on Black representation - https://twitter.com/marvevi_/status/1372941329555197953?s=20

Joe Morton - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-justice-league-star-joe-morton-thinks-fans-should-have-more-of-a-say 

JLU Podcast on the Superman/Snyder parallels - https://twitter.com/JLUPodcast/status/1372988361816739840?s=20 

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JLU Scene-by-Scene: Man of Steel Scenes 13-14

 In this episode of the Justice League Universe podcast we focus on Scenes 13 and 14 (Clark coming out of the water and the school bus flashback) of Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder.

• "Seasons" by Chris Cornell
• Clark stealing the clothes
• Flashback to the school bus
• Lana and Pete
• Young Clark saving the bus and the bully
• Listener Angelo Mugisa - Christian Connections

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JLU Scene-by-Scene: Man of Steel Scene 12

 This episode of the Justice League Universe podcast focuses on Scene 12 (flashback to school) of Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder.

• Clark adrift
• Clark's powers begin to manifest
• "Swim toward it" [the island]
•  What's wrong with Clark?

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DC and Marvel Comic Book Movies: Personal Ratings

Inspired by the Flitecast's full rundown of his opinions on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (in short, he is a fan of nearly all the MCU movies, but he gets frustrated by the segments of Marvel fandom that are "sore winners," and I agree with him), and given that I finally watched Avengers: Endgame a couple months ago, I thought it was a good time to revisit my personal ratings of the Marvel and DC comic book films.

The last time I did this personal ratings rundown, I was attempting to show that, although I prefer DC, I still like most of the MCU films. I use a 10-point rating scale, and for me a 6+ means that I liked the film, and back in 2016 my MCU average was 6.6. So yes, I did at the time like the MCU in general. For DC, my average was 8.1 so my tastes clearly align with that brand more.

Here is my updated graph of personal ratings, from 2008 when the MCU started until 2021 with Wonder Woman 1984. I focus on the DCEU films but in order to even up the numbers a little bit I also included the DC Films from 2008-2012 which were The Dark Knight, Jonah Hex, Green Lantern, and The Dark Knight Rises. Note that I am not adding these films to pad my DC numbers; in fact, my average rating for those 4 films is 7.6, so it is actually pulling down my DC average.

My personal ratings on a 10-point scale of Marvel and DC movies from 2008-2021.

JLU Scene-by-Scene: Man of Steel Scene 11

 This episode of the Justice League Universe podcast focuses on Scene 11 (oil rig rescue at seat) of Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder.

• Deepwater Horizon
• The Human Perspective of a Superhero
• Clark's Screams
• Helicopters/Helipads
• Forging a Hero

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Sam's new children's book http://www.MissingLettersBook.com

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JLU Scene-by-Scene: Man of Steel Scene 10

This episode of the JLU Podcast focuses on Scene 10 (Greenhorn on the Debbie Sue) of Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder.

• Snyder's commentary on the Krypton prologue
• Escape pod into the Debbie Sue ship at sea
• Greenhorn
• Clark roaming like Superman: Earth One
• Can you push Superman down?
• Clark's natural instinct to help

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Snyder Cut Round Tables - Episode 9 - RTSnyderCut

Back in June, right after the glorious announcement that Zack Snyder's Justice League would be coming to HBO Max, Sam and Alessandro co-hosted a roundtable for the @RTSnyderCut YouTube channel. They were joined by Omesh and Hamad to discuss the aspects of Batman v Superman that they think will be continued into the director's version of Justice League.

Sam: https://jluniverse.podomatic.com https://twitter.com/ottensam
Alessandro: https://twitter.com/raveryn
Omesh: https://twitter.com/PrimeEarthMook
Hamad: https://vero.co/hamadalmansouri