There's so much to say about this film, where it succeeds and what its implications of the WB process are. Below is a link to Dan Murrell's Spoiler review as he does some really great comparison between the two versions there and I feel I would be repeating a lot of it, so give the source a look:
As for that first fifteen minutes, it is genuinely astonishing. It also highlights the weirdness as Whedon is this TV writer, yet his version has so little trust of the characters and actors that they need to spell things out. It is again one of those things that probably added to the toxicity of the set as those actors have to go through these scenes where their agency is taken away and everything is made explicit after working with someone who appeared to trust their ability to convey things.
To add two things, first the score is magnificent. I've been listening to the Speed of Force theme, which played during that final Flash run, so much and it is now probably my official Flash soundtrack. And on the Amazons, even there we see their agency that was removed from the Whedon version. Not just their fight against Steppenwolfe, but also them firing that arrow because Hippolyta trusted that Diana would know what it meant. it was another small subtle moment that made it clear that she missed her daughter just as much as Diana missed her people. Or what about the comments from Diana to Arthur about their two peoples being enemies. While I think it was the Whedon version, not so certain about that, here it had another meaning as it managed to make it clear that no matter how much Diana and Arthur felt like they were outsiders, they still fundamentally considered themselves Amazonian and Atlantian, respectfully.
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As for that first fifteen minutes, it is genuinely astonishing. It also highlights the weirdness as Whedon is this TV writer, yet his version has so little trust of the characters and actors that they need to spell things out. It is again one of those things that probably added to the toxicity of the set as those actors have to go through these scenes where their agency is taken away and everything is made explicit after working with someone who appeared to trust their ability to convey things.
To add two things, first the score is magnificent. I've been listening to the Speed of Force theme, which played during that final Flash run, so much and it is now probably my official Flash soundtrack. And on the Amazons, even there we see their agency that was removed from the Whedon version. Not just their fight against Steppenwolfe, but also them firing that arrow because Hippolyta trusted that Diana would know what it meant. it was another small subtle moment that made it clear that she missed her daughter just as much as Diana missed her people. Or what about the comments from Diana to Arthur about their two peoples being enemies. While I think it was the Whedon version, not so certain about that, here it had another meaning as it managed to make it clear that no matter how much Diana and Arthur felt like they were outsiders, they still fundamentally considered themselves Amazonian and Atlantian, respectfully.