"It now appears that the cutting movement itself is a miracle, a feast for DC fans, a victory for the audience, and a miracle for movies."
This article is long, I hope you can read it patiently and witness this miracle that belongs to our audience with me.
Four years ago, when I just entered high school, like other kids, I like superhero movies, especially Marvel’s comics. At that time, I just thought it was a cool thing to watch these heroes on the big screen save the world. . I heard that "Justice League" was going to be released, so I stepped into the theater and watched the movie as soon as possible.
If you step into the theater like me to watch this "Justice League" directed by Weiden, then unfortunately you will witness a disaster with me. After watching, the only thing that impressed me was Batman's "i am rich" superman who crushed the villain and the ending film "come together" of The Beatles. At that time, I didn't know what DC was, and I didn't know what was under the mask. What a tragic fate the master of, the superman in the shirt also faced a difficult choice, Diana of the demigod blood also lost his love, and knew nothing about the guide shears.
Now that four years are fleeting, I have gradually discovered that even on the big screen, the original superheroes have something they cannot save, and their hearts will be shaken and they may even fall into the endless abyss without care.
Off the screen, the reality may be more cruel.
The bumpy road to DCEU
The story of the biggest rival MCU
In 2008, the sound of hammering from the cave announced the arrival of "Iron Man" and also heralded the birth of MCU, the future largest film commercial IP. Eleven years later, this epic will be the same. With the sound of hammers ushered in the final game.
After ten years of foreshadowing, Marvel has formed three film stages with 22 movies. In 2018 and 2019, they swept the world with "Avengers 3" and "Avengers 4" respectively.
The names of superheroes such as Iron Man, Thor, and the US team are also engraved in the hearts of the audience, becoming a common memory belonging to a generation, carrying the youth of hundreds of millions of young audiences around the world.
Those young children who are said to be playthings holding comic books now have the opportunity to go to the theater to express their emotions. The author and I also witnessed the peak of the Marvel universe with everyone. Even though I was in high school, I was still in the second grade. In the theater, he shouted the most classic phrase "I have no regrets in this life, enter Marvel" to vent the excitement in my heart that has nowhere to rest.
There was "Star Wars" in the 70s, "Back to the Future" in the 80s, "Jurassic Park" in the 90s, "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" in the 0s, and what we have is MARVEL and DC only However, compared to the glorious record of the former, the latter always looks a little bleak, at least in the hearts of most passersby.
After seeing Marvel's success here, Warner next door naturally couldn't sit still. His two biggest IPs, "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings" have just ended, how can they contend with this increasingly dominant rice Where's the mouse? They thought of DC, which was once equally brilliant.
Although there was no movie universe before, DC still achieved outstanding results, whether it was "V for Vendetta" (in case it was impossible to pass the trial in English) , which was regarded as the bible by fans , and "Watchmen", which attracted fans' applause. Or maybe it is Nolan's "Batman" trilogy that is still changing the ceiling of the movie. They all represent the glory of DC in the past.
It's just that all of this comes to an end with the release of the last Batman trilogy "Batman the Dark Knight Rises" in 2012. And this year happened to be the year that Marvel’s first stage finale "Avengers" was released, the latter scoring US$1.5 billion in excellent commercial performance worldwide.
One era is over, and another era has just begun.
DCEU first appeared
One year later, in 2013, "Superman Steel Body" directed by Zach Schneider was released, which opened the curtain of DCEU (DC Expansion Universe).
In this movie, Zach Schneider regains his deep style, oil painting pictures, religious metaphors, profound topics, and wonderful fights, discussing the question of the sense of belonging of Superman.
It's just that the film's $600 million global box office and mixed reputation for Warner can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.
However, Warner still chose to let Zac continue to serve as DCEU's chief planner, directing "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."
In this movie, Zha Dao let himself go even more, added a lot of comic stalks and reflected his strong personal style more thoroughly. Compared with the front part, it has laid a lot for the follow-up development of "Justice League" and DCEU. Foreshadowing.
However, because he wanted to do too much, Zach accidentally handed Warner a 183-minute version of "BVS" ("Batman v Superman"). Warner will eventually castrate the 151-minute version in order to delete and delete at the box office. Show it to the audience. If the reputation of the previous work is mixed, then the evaluation of "BVS" can be regarded as polarized. At this time, fans of Zach Schneider's attitude were divided into two distinct groups. One group liked his style (Zaslin), like me, and the other was Zahei, who hated Zach Schneider's movies extremely.
Say a truth, for me, "BVS" into the pit DC I make, I also have the opportunity to see first is 183 minutes cut version of the guide, it is in this movie Zach tried to investigate about the "human nature The theme of "Divinity" allows me to see that DC has taken a different path from Marvel's family-friendly story and formed a completely different style.
In this movie, the superman, who is at the top of our ethics, has also begun to be questioned, and even finally sacrificed in the day of destruction. People's world begins to shake, and we lose Superman and we start to be confused. The world is not good at all. , Only with the departure of Superman, the dim starlight disappeared.
All of the above have made me indulge in the dark but profound DCEU constructed by Zach Schneider.
A disaster
Back to the topic, due to the lower than expected box office performance, Warner's internal confidence in Zac began to shake, so that when the Justice League was filmed, two producers were selected to be around Zac.
In this much-disturbed environment, Zach worked hard to photograph the Justice League in his mind, trying to use this work to rebuild the already fragmented DCEU.
At this time, unfortunate things happened. During the filming process, a bad news came in March 2017 that Zach’s daughter Qiu committed suicide. The Zach Schneiders, who had planned to deal with the matter in a low-key manner, hoped to devote themselves to work. Let yourself forget the pain of this family's death. But work did not eliminate this feeling. Zach and his wife announced their withdrawal from the Justice League shooting in May.
"I have made a decision to quit this movie and spend more time with my family and children who need me."-Zach Schneider
Faced with the departure of Zach, the chief director of "Justice League", where will this disorientated giant ship go?
Warner didn't know, but in order to catch up with the release node at the end of 2017, Warner chose to hand over the directorship to Joes Weiden, who has directed "Avengers 1.2". The original three-and-a-half-hour movie was forcibly deleted for scheduling. It was 120 minutes, so Weiden made a lot of supplement shots and incorporated a personally entertaining style, and finally presented the 120-minute public version of "Justice League" to the audience. For movie fans, every frame of modification is It is already unacceptable, and such a dismemberment-like change is devastating to the film.
In addition to the shortcomings of the film, the film has become a joke of film critics and the existence of DC fans who are unwilling to mention the existence of DCEU . The future of DCEU is even more uncertain .
Almost destroyed
This kind of rule called "producer centered system" is implemented in Hollywood. The producer is like the decision maker of the movie. From investment, script to filming cycle to the final film editing, release, and distribution...all he is responsible for. .
The final editing rights of the most important film are also in the hands of the producer, which determines the final appearance of the film to the audience.
Producer Centered System
In the history of the world's film industry, the producer-centered system was formed and developed in Hollywood in the 1930s. In the 1930s, Hollywood gradually formed a whole set of production system with "producer-centric system" as the backstage and "star-centric system (abbreviated as star system)" as the foreground. The names of movie stars became a kind of value expression. The "star system" also makes the star a "serialized standard product" that the producer promotes to a broad audience.
This Zach Schneider version of Justice League seems to be the same as other unreleased movies, as it has never existed. As a victim of Warner's struggle with Zach, it disappeared into the long river of film history.
But the real story is only about to begin now.
A miracle#Release The Synder Cut
If you are looking for a hero, you might as well look around you
For DC fans, this terrible theater version is obviously unacceptable. After watching the film many times, many fans discovered that the film itself has serious plot logic bugs, and problems such as rigid transitions . These All confirm that Zach's version has undergone a lot of changes, and even the overall style is very different from the original. The "Justice League" he originally wanted to present is definitely not what it is today.
At this time, a somewhat crazy idea appeared in the minds of DC fans. Is there a version of "Justice League" edited by Zach Schneider?
So this seed was planted, and this great movement was kicked off by a Chinese girl, Fiona. She established a website to release the guide cutting and called on fans from all over the world to participate in the guide cutting movement.
Fans from all over the world also responded and joined the massive guided-cutting movement spontaneously. At this time, they were not sure whether there was a guided-cutting version of "Justice League". .
However, they were greeted not with encouragement, but with a mocking vision of the outside world. They couldn't understand why these lunatics would put so much effort on something that didn't exist. It was a waste of time.
Another blow also followed. Warner announced that there was no Zach Schneider version of "Justice League". That was the darkest period for DC fans and the scissor movement. In addition to external doubts, internal rifts also began to emerge.
Since Zach Schneider’s extreme fans began to enthusiastically tout Zach’s films, and even thought that as long as they weren’t made by Zach, the comic films were not worth watching, and their gangster acts were also called "Zaslin" by other passers-by audiences. , Even other sane DC fans have been contemptuously called "Zasli", and the cutting movement has become more and more difficult.
However, they did not give up on directing and cutting, nor did they give up on Zach, the director they love, did not give up DC, this comic company they love, they continued to speak out against the doubts of the outside world, by raising funds, renting billboards, and even I rented an airplane to pull banners and so on, hoping that Warner could hear their voices.
The great thing about this movement is that fans use their personal power against the giant capital of Warner, but also that fans don’t know when the game will end, whether it will be a victory or an empty basket, just like someone said. Yes, Zach’s version of "Justice League" may take decades to be released.
However, it is gratifying that the fans are never alone. They encourage and accompany each other and support each other.
Just like the slogan before the Justice League release
Being alone is hard to save the world, justice is not alone
I dare to ask how hard-won the seemingly fragile but such a solid connection created by a movie is in an era where the Internet has alienated interpersonal relationships and everyone is in a sprawl.
Because of the movie, everyone has crossed the barriers of language, class, country, age, race, gender, etc., and worked together in one direction. This kind of greatness does not need to be said.
Their voices are gradually being heard by more and more people. Wonder Woman's actor Gal Gadot, Aquaman's actor Jason Momoa, Super Super Henry Cavill and others all support the cutting movement, and Zach Schneider also Frequently interacted with fans on social media, and confirmed the existence of guide shears.
Everyone is still full of hope at this time. Although they don't know when the guide is released, everyone believes that "Zach Schneider's Justice League" will one day be seen again.
Faced with the enthusiasm of the fans, even Warner, known as the biggest villain of DC, could not sit still and began to discuss the matter of guiding and cutting with Zac. All this was going on in secret, and the fans were unaware of the matter.
Until that day, May 21, 2020, a day long enough to be recorded in the annals of history, a day that fans may never forget.
In a seemingly common "Superman Man of Steel" fan discussion, Zach showed everyone the first promotional image of "Zach Schneider's Justice League". HBO Max, Warner’s streaming media platform, was launched in the year.
What a movie, what an art
The whole circle was boiling for a while, the fans chanted
We are victorious!
You can’t imagine that for the coming of this day, the Guiding Shearing Movement has gone through three years from 2017 to 2020. How much ridicule and doubt everyone has endured, and how much effort has been put into it, but fortunately, he has arrived. This moment belongs to all Ordinary people who are running around while guiding the shearing movement.
They used actions to interpret the power of fans. This kind of positive rather than fanatic behavior finally allowed the capital to see the power of fans and compromise. Perhaps you would say that the guiding shear is also for profitable business operations.
Throughout the history of film, we have witnessed how many good movies have been sleeping in the warehouse forever because of the consideration of commercial interests, and the layers of dust are covered, making it more difficult to see the sky again.
Because I have experienced the taste of defeat, I know how rare the fruits of victory are.
The heroes in the movie did not abandon us, and in reality we did not abandon the hero.
This is a victory for fans, a victory for movies, and a victory for art.
As BA said, "All of this is too artistic, too cinematic"
He is like a miracle. He returns the film to the author's film, which belongs to the origin of the film and gives the creator the right to control his own work.
As I said when evaluating Fellini’s eight and a half
The privatization made many people unable to understand the story, but it also left countless treasures for future directors .
The influence of the guided shearing movement will gradually ferment, and it will be written into the history of film as a rich and colorful stroke, and it will become a good story, and it is more than that.
#RestoreTheSnyderVerse
But the story is not over yet. After watching "Zach Schneider's Justice League", maybe many fans, like me, are actually full of regrets. Although the guided cut version of "Justice League" is ushered in, they look at Zach like this. The fact that the great DCEU concept cannot be realized is even more heartbreaking.
Fans therefore launched the next campaign #RestoreTheSnyderVerse#, hoping to make Zach’s grand vision come true through hard work again, even though it is more difficult this time than last time, but didn’t we also come here four years ago?
The way forward is still uncertain, but as long as everyone is united, they will be able to reap victory.
RestoreTheSnyderVerse
If you support this movement, welcome to express your own voice on Twitter at 2:14 pm on March 25th, and support this movement, let them know our strength.
Talk about yourself
I was actually lucky. I participated in the offline fan screening of "Zach Schneider's Justice League" and experienced this movie on the big screen.
From the fans spontaneously organizing the screening, I also feel the enthusiasm of this play.
Warner is not brave, Zaslin is brave!
We yelled this before the movie started. I also wrote the following text in Moments
Do DC fans live in hold? How can we not burst into tears? It’s really fortunate to be able to watch Zach Schneider’s version of the Justice League on the big screen with everyone.
You can see the excitement in my heart
"A person who can't give up anything can't save anything."
I think no matter how many beautiful words are used to describe Zach Schneider's Justice League, it will look pale and weak compared to the great shearing movement behind it. In the movie our heroes finally won, and this time outside the movie, our audience also won. Just like that sentence, if you are looking for a hero, please look around you.
My Three Lives is fortunate to be able to see this movie that has been buried in the abyss, this DC movie, this legendary movie on the big screen . I know he has many shortcomings, but I also know the weight of this hard-won victory.
He carries the expectations of the fans, and the expectations are full. I have the honor to participate in it and realize my dreams with everyone.
Four years later, the heroes are still there. Just as the justice behind the construction of the Justice League, he may be late, but he will never be absent. I think we are the same. At that time, in 2017, I stepped into the theater and watched the public version of Justice League, and now it’s 2021. The four years seems to be long but fleeting, but it turns out that he is worth the wait and will always be!
Justice will be absent but it will never be late .
Take a look at the "Justice League Guided Edition", a miracle created by ordinary people. We have created history and witnessed history.
As Zach said, "Thank you for your perseverance and hard work. Without you, this thing would not have happened."
Dedicated to all those who love movies
If you are looking for a hero, please lower your head and look around you. Each of us is a hero!
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