10 Scenes We’d Love To See In The Justice League Director’s Cut

Superman Remembers

Did Superman’s return to full health after his resurrection strike you as being over bizarrely quickly? Yeah, us too. Given the constraints of the runtime, it felt like a big opportunity to explore the newly-reborn Clark’s confused mental state was wasted. Well, in Zack Snyder’s cut, that was allegedly not the case.

One source has it that Superman is still muddled when he returns to Smallville with Lois, even almost attacking the curious townsfolk with his laser vision. With his powers going haywire, it actually takes Martha Kent to calm him down – reciting her speech from Man of Steel about imagining the world as an island. Clark then has a vision of Jonathan Kent (apparently Kevin Costner was back, as well) in the field. He tells his son to “embrace who you really are.” This finally does the job and Superman is truly back.

This sounds like a very satisfying sequence, particularly for longtime DCEU fans as it calls back to Man of Steel – not least in featuring another Costner cameo. Maybe it’s not completely necessary, but it would have added more texture to Superman’s rather rushed return in the theatrical cut.