After I watched the youtube review that you linked to in another prior post - I realized that Whedon et company did something odd with the final fight sequence. They added this whole bit about the Russian family struggling at the site, and still living near Chernyble. (Which I'd forgotten.) I remember vaguely at the time - when I saw the film in 2018 - how perplexing that sequence was. It felt like it was in a different movie, and I didn't understand why it was in this one. It's almost as if Whedon and company thought, wait, we need a human element here - someone for them to rescue. (Because they took out all the previous rescue scenes or truncated them). So we have this family at the site where the bad guys are - huddling in fear. And our heroes have to save them. This made no sense. The villains went out of their way to pick a toxic environment. A family wouldn't have survived it. Also, I clearly didn't care about this family because I forgot they were in the movie.
So they add that bit, but take out all the other scenes??
I mention this because the Whedon version used that bit to show team work between the JL, but in reality it was just Superman zipping about and saving folks, with the Flash kind of aiding him.
Snyder's version is more about unifying and being a team, but at the same time retaining your agency. It's surprising - because Snyder tends to come across as somewhat Randian at times, but his theme is the exact opposite of Rand, if anything it questions Rand. Whedon's theme on the other hand is very Randian, very pro the strongest character, and kind of anti-team. The teams there - but only as sidekicks or to support the big power at the center. Whedon's story is obsessed with power dynamics, while Snyder's is interested in team building, sychroncity, and unifying individuals to meet a common goal, without losing what makes those individuals special.
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So they add that bit, but take out all the other scenes??
I mention this because the Whedon version used that bit to show team work between the JL, but in reality it was just Superman zipping about and saving folks, with the Flash kind of aiding him.
Snyder's version is more about unifying and being a team, but at the same time retaining your agency. It's surprising - because Snyder tends to come across as somewhat Randian at times, but his theme is the exact opposite of Rand, if anything it questions Rand. Whedon's theme on the other hand is very Randian, very pro the strongest character, and kind of anti-team. The teams there - but only as sidekicks or to support the big power at the center. Whedon's story is obsessed with power dynamics, while Snyder's is interested in team building, sychroncity, and unifying individuals to meet a common goal, without losing what makes those individuals special.