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The significance of including this shot in Zack's version of the film says absolutely everything you need to know about his Superman vs the Superman the corporate douches who own the copyright prefer to see.
Like of course it's slowed down, of course it gives more time to character, of course it deals with the horror that Clark faced on the night he died & the fact that he died at all. That's all to be expected with Zack.
But more than that, it firmly and irrevocably establishes Snyder's Superman as a Superman for the people. A Superman for the masses. For the working class. For the people on the street.
At Clark's real funeral, Bruce scoffs about the circus of the military funeral that was held for Superman, and Diana observes, "they don't know how to mourn him."
That's true. Of the establishment. Of the military. Of the people in power. They don't know how to mourn him. Folks at DC and WB and studio execs ALSO don't know how to mourn him.
But in BvS, the PEOPLE DO. The candlelight vigil around his monument is BEAUTIFUL. And it's overlayed on Bruce's words of HOPE for a reason. That crowd knows exactly how to mourn Superman. They know WHY to mourn Superman. They know how to honor him.
Fuck I got the quote wrong 
Zack, "honor" is so much better. Please forgive.
But that's the strength of "If you seek his monument, look around you."
Like... FUCK. Joss sees a world dependent on Superman. Zack sees a world inspired by him. I can't think of a single thing less nihilistic than that.
Like... FUCK. Joss sees a world dependent on Superman. Zack sees a world inspired by him. I can't think of a single thing less nihilistic than that.
I think the film challenges, and I would challenge, establishment like @DCComics and @wbpictures to question what honors Superman. Because what honors Superman honors humanity & the spirit he represents.
And it's so important that this cold, sterile, government made monument has a persistent piece of street art, of working class expression scrawled across the bottom. Because the people on the street knew exactly what honored him. They do. They live because he died.
For anyone to remove that shot from this film is an unavoidable expression of what Superman means to them. What Superman means to too many people. But certainly not what Superman means to Zack Snyder, and not what he meant to Seigle and Schuster.
It makes me think about how & WHY BvS saw "False God" scrawled across that statue that was destroyed in the fight.
Maybe less a statement about Superman. Maybe more a statement about the statue.
Maybe less a statement about Superman. Maybe more a statement about the statue.
We see Doomsday size up the statue. We see Clark standing in front of it. We see the actual Superman used to destroy it.
And perhaps most importantly; we see it is never rebuilt.
The debris isn't even cleared away! The destruction becomes part of the new monument!
And perhaps most importantly; we see it is never rebuilt.
The debris isn't even cleared away! The destruction becomes part of the new monument!
The image of Superman, the idea of the man & who he might be & what he stands for, destroyed & rebuilt, destroyed & rebuilt.
It's a commentary on the public's relationship with Superman but also a great allegory for the way this IP has been treated over the last 80 years.
It's a commentary on the public's relationship with Superman but also a great allegory for the way this IP has been treated over the last 80 years.
