In Defense of the DCEU - The Dawn of Snyder

Watch my next video in defense of the DC Extended Universe

The DC Extended Universe is dead and in its honor, we're taking a look back at every movie a show that made it one of the most interesting cinematic experiments of the 21st century.

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[LiivyPer]

I love the scene in Man of Steel when Clark is younger and he gets overstimulated by his super hearing. It's so sweet the way it shows how much he loves his mom and that depiction of how a kid would react to something like that is great

[quietchap]

That Zod line “Where did you train? On a farm?!” Always gives me chills.

[calebgonzalez]

Best line of the whole DCEU "this is Katana, she's got my back."

[aspacelex]

The short lighthouse fight immediately sold me on Aquaman, James Wan is the best at making superpowers feel kinetic but grounded.

[epicbruhmoment]

The insane action and beautiful vibrant colors of Aquaman make it clear to me that James Wan needs to direct a Green Lantern movie.

[thesixfootsixexperience]

I have personally maintained, ever since I saw it in theaters, that the opening scene of Batman V superman is an solid intro to the character of Bruce Wayne and thoroughly demonstrates why he would completely abhor Superman in that moment.

[cvmn]

Karen Fukuhara's Katana was one of my favourite things in the entire DCEU and it's tragic that she never got to come back.

[thekiss]

Julie Andrews actually turned down a cameo in Poppins because she (rightfully) thought it would steal the younger actors' thunder. You can tell that balloon saleswoman role at the very end was written with her in mind....

[marcj]

It's heartbreaking because in hindsight if they just took their time and was more patient, the stuff they were making had legs and could go on for so much more

[drakontisaraptikos]

Aquaman was an amazingly fun movie. It still stands out as one of the best in their entire slate to me with how imaginative and off the wall it is. Somehow a mix of Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Lovecraft and Super Heroes that just works.

[tskmaster]

"And let's get started with..." Green Lantern. "... Man of Steel."
That was what WB thought, too... eventually.

[ormoffat]

Aquaman was the last movie I saw in theaters before the pandemic. I remember my friend and I have really low expectations but knowing we were probably going to have fun. The movie cut to Atlantis and that theme in the score dropped our jaws dropped and people in the theater were gasping and whispering about it. It was fun, goofy, gorgeous, action packed, and sincere. There's just something so sincere about Aquaman in every scene. It wasn't trying to be the deepest or the greatest, I didn't need to be. It just felt like the movie was itself and that's all it kind of needed to be.

[ponderosabones]

I just want to say that the Enchantress transformation scene in the conference room in Suicide Squad is one of the most badass moments in the DCEU (along with the Karathen scene in Aquaman). Visually it's just really cool to look at, and I think really sets the tone for the character. It's just too bad that she's pretty goofy in subsequent scenes in the movie.

[FrancoDFernando]

24:32 Funny you mention this because 1) I believe Jason Momoa said he pitched Lobo to Zach Snyder for his role before auditioning for Aquaman, and 2) It's all but officially confirmed that he's going to play Lobo in Gunn's DCU

[_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: For Suicide Squad, the majority of the cast and crew got the tattoo "SKWAD" in honor of this film. The tattoos were even applied by some of the cast members, Margot Robbie and Will Smith.

[josephatherley]

You can simultaneously play the big fight scene from MoS of superman vs zod with the intro of that same fight in bvs where you see it from Bruce's and the others pov and they line up PERFECTLY.

[ltrain]

I find it hilarious that we had two separate teases of Superman vs Black Adam in the same year and nothing happened

[dubbingsync]

That scene just before the No Man's Land fight, is one of the few scenes in any films that always make me cry. There was something about it that just got to me the first time and it worked so well.

[TheSoulDivided]

Calling Suicide Squad a stumble is like calling Chernobyl a minor accident

[Derpalon]

Ben Affleck is actually my favorite live action portrayal of batman, he just unfortunately got stuck with a messy script. But he has the look of Bruce Wayne and the voice modulator when he wears the costume is way more intimidating than what they tried to do with Bale. I wish he got a solo movie.