Eagle-eared fans have noticed a pretty familiar voice in a key scene in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, that of director and Vero enthusiast Zack Snyder. While the filmmaker’s had an Icarus-like fall from grace after studio executives got cold feet about his vision of Justice League amid the critical savaging suffered by Batman V Superman, it seems he’ll at least live on in the DCEU/Worlds of DC in vocal form.
The scene comes in the surreal and much-discussed Knightmare sequence, in which the Caped Crusader dreams of a dystopian nightmare future in which the earth has been invaded by Apokalyptian forces, there’s a huge Darkseid omega symbol carved into the ground and Superman’s apparently gone full Injustice. It doesn’t look like much fun, to say the least.
Snyder’s cameo occurs when a truck arrives containing a very special object Batman’s ordered to be delivered, a fragment of Superman-killing Kryptonite. The Dark Knight walks to the truck and asks if he has it and the man in the vehicle replies, “Yeah, we got it.” Even in such a short clip, fans recognized those familiar tones and said on Vero to the director that they were “95% sure he read these lines,” to which Snyder responded, “Got me.”
Considering that the film’s now two and a half years old, there’s still a steady stream of trivia and hidden information trickling out about it, while its reputation has slightly improved after the disastrous mess that Justice League transpired to be. I pretty much hated Batman V Superman when I saw it at the cinema, considering it a load of portentous, self-importance guff. But, after some convincing from commentators here, I decided to give the Ultimate Edition a go.
Perhaps it was because the film had some room to breathe, or perhaps it was because I knew what to expect this time around, but it’s moderately turned me around on it and it may just do the same for you, if you haven’t watched it yet.
Published: Aug 22, 2018 12:58 pm