Zack Snyder Defends Making Batman Kill, Reveals ‘Batman v Superman’ Got R Rating Because MPAA Didn’t Like Them Fighting: ‘I Can’t Take That Out!’
08.03.2024 - 00:17
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Zack Snyder said in a recent interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience” that he doesn’t understand when fans’ hatred of his work becomes personal. Amid poor reviews for his latest directorial effort, Netflix’s “Rebel Moon,” Snyder read one article that referred to him as a “love him or hate him” filmmaker. “I have no issue with you not liking the movie,” Snyder said.
“That’s not the question. Who cares? The thing is, like, you would personalize. You’d hate me because of it.
I don’t understand that.” Snyder had to deal with a lot of fan hatred when he greatly upset comic book movie fans with the 2016 release of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” which featured a more aggressive version of Batman. Ben Affleck’s iteration of the superhero was one who branded criminals and even killed some of his enemies. The choice ignited outrage among comic book purists who claim Batman can never kill.
Snyder thinks such an opinion is outrageous, although he identifies with the passion of comic book fans. “That’s a lifestyle choice for a lot of people. It’s not like if I made a romantic comedy.
The people who love [comic book movies]…I love that they feel this passionately,” Snyder told Rogan during the podcast interview. “In no way would I criticize that because I live the same life. For those guys, it’s not just a movie.
And so on some level, you have to acknowledge that this is their religion and they feel strongly about it. It’s my religion, too.” Snyder said that he “tends to get in trouble” with comic book fans “because I do take a deconstructivist point of view. Because I care, I want to take [superheroes] apart.” “People are always like, ‘Batman can’t kill.’ So Batman can’t kill is canon.
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