Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) – Part 2

“Everyone, this is Alfred. I work for him.” Welcome back to Because You Watched Starcrash’s extended exploration of Zack Snyder’s really long movie! You demanded it, and fanboys, you’re gonna get it. Topics covered include Vanderpool’s inability to use anything resembling human grammar to open the show, the intense awfulness of Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor, Thanos and Deadpool as Marvel ripping off DC, Luthor’s puppet master role in Batman v. Superman, the weirdness of being a voice actor, Luthor’s origins in the comics and changes over time into a corporate villain, Patrick Dempsey and that Transformers movie he’s in, art’s realness, the Atlanteans suck, Luthor’s motivation to hate Supes and simultaneously ally with Darkseid, the New Gods (minus Big Barda), DC/ WarnerBrothers’ lack of movie coordination, the Avengers Acura commercial, the independence of Wonder Woman’s opening scene and Diana’s change in perspective, a debate of the uselessness of resets in podcasting, Nazis as the universal movie villain, the verticality of 4:3 ratio, the invisibility of editing, excessive shots that don’t advance the story, the nebulousness of the Anti-Life Equation, the Anti-Life Equation as ripped off by Jesse Ventura vehicle Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe, Darkseid’s power set, Silas Stone’s death, Supes’s black outfit and its various meanings, the brighter palate of the Whedon cut, black and white being about contrast, the terrible Leto Joker, the inevitable ranking of Jokers, the self-indulgence of the Batman apocalypse vision, the Joker’s hypersanity, why Diana is better than the other Amazons, Bruce Wayne’s dumb horse, and Alfred’s fussing over the tea.