Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Graham Day, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, Zack Snyder’s Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
Following the death of Superman, Batman sets about putting together a team of superheroes to fight a threat that is charging at Earth from across the cosmos.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 86th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 20th March 2021.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
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- Mike Fleming Jr. at Deadline announces that Warner Brothers have chosen Zack Snyder to direct Man of Steel, October 2010.
- Nicole Mello at Comic Book Resources argues that Snyder’s movies fundamentally misunderstand Superman, February 2021.
- Keith R.A. DeCandido at Tor.com argues that Man of Steel is “a deliberate trashing of the character of Superman”, March 2019.
- Adam B. Vary looks at the box office performance of Man of Steel for BuzzFeed, June 2013.
- Zack Snyder weighs in on fans mocking Batman v. Superman at Comic Book Resources, March 2021.
- Mike Fleming Jr. at Deadline reports on the $100m profit that Batman v. Superman made, March 2017.
- Simon Brew at Den of Geek looks at how the failure of Batman v. Superman to break a billion is seen as a failure, May 2016.
- Devin Faraci visits the set of Justice League for birth.movies.death, June 2016.
- Peter Sciretta at /film reports from the set of Justice League that Warner Brothers intend to go “full Marvel”, June 2016.
- Steve Weintraub at Collider reports from the set of Justice League, June 2016.
- Anthony Breznican at Vanity Fair offers an account of how “the Snyder Cut” came to be, February 2021.
- Zack Snyder talks to The New York Times about his journey back to “the Snyder Cut”, March 2021.
- Rob Cain at Forbes reports on how the theatrical cut of Justice League actually made a loss, November 2017.
- Scott Mendelson at Forbes on how the failure of Justice League may ultimately have saved Warner Brothers’ DC projects, February 2018.
- Zack Snyder talks to Deadline about why Zack Snyder’s Justice League is a film rather than a television show, March 2021.
- Walter Chaw at Film Freak Central reviews Zack Snyder’s Justice League, March 2021.
- Matt Zoller Seitz reviews Zack Snyder’s Justice League for RogerEbert.com, March 2021.
- Robbie Collin reviews Zack Snyder’s Justice League at The Telegraph, March 2021.
- Owen Glieberman reviews Zack Snyder’s Justice League at Variety, March 2021.
- Rebecca Alter, Abraham Riesman and Kathryn VanArendonk discuss WandaVision at Vulture, February 2021.
- Martin Scorsese argues that “Marvel movies aren’t cinema” at The New York Times, November 2019.
- Martin Scorsese discusses the different between “art” and “content” at Harpers Magazine, March 2021.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist discusses the release of the theatrical cut of Justice League as an example of the contentification of media, March 2021.
- Michael McDonald at Comic Book Resources reports on the dedication of Zack Snyder’s Justice League as “For Autumn”, February 2021.
- Allan Showalter reports on the decision to close Zack Snyder’s Justice League with Allison Crowe’s performance of Hallelujah, February 2021.
- Deborah Snyder talks to CinemaBlend about the inclusion of a billboard for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, March 2021.
- The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention reports on the fundraising by fans of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, February 2021.
- Barrett J. Brunsman at The Cincinnati Business Courier reports on the product placement of Gillette in Justice League, October 2017.
- Product Placement Blog discusses the product placement for Mercedes Benz in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, March 2018.
- Zack Snyder talks to IGN about the decision to end Zack Snyder’s Justice League on a massive cliffhanger, March 2021.
- Owen Gleiberman at Variety argues for Zack Snyder to be given the opportunity to make a sequel to Zack Snyder’s Justice League, March 2021.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist argues that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has moved away from the idea that with great power must come great responsibility, January 2021.
- Richard Newby at The Hollywood Reporter discusses the relationship between the power fantasies of superhero cinema and the backlash to protest culture, June 2020.
- Elizabeth Sandifer at Eruditorum Press argues in defense of Sucker Punch, May 2015.
- Matt Miller at Esquire looks at the absurd drama over Henry Cavill’s mustache during the reshoots for Justice League, August 2018.
- Adam B. Vary at Variety reports on Ray Fisher’s accusations against Joss Whedon, July 2020.
- Gal Gadot talks to Variety about her involvement with the investigation into Joss Whedon, December 2020.
- Alex Stedman at Variety reports on the outcome of Warner Brothers’ investigation into Joss Whedon, December 2020.
- Will Thorne at Variety reports on Joss Whedon’s departure from The Nevers at HBO, November 2020.
- Rebecca Alter at Vulture reports on Charisma Carpenter’s accusations against Joss Whedon, February 2020.
- Larry Fitzmaurice reports at BuzzFeed on Michelle Tratchenberg’s allegations that Joss Whedon was not allowed alone with her in a room, February 2021.
- Danny Elfman talks to The Hollywood Reporter about using nostalgic music cues in the theatrical cut of Justice League, November 2017.
- Danny Elfman talks to Billboard about scoring the theatrical cut of Justice League, November 2017.
- Michael Wilkinson talks to Comic Book Resources about the decision to put Superman back in his classic red and blue costume in the theatrical cut of Justice League, March 2018.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist discusses how pervasive nostalgia is in modern pop culture, January 2020.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist on the pandering nostalgia of The Rise of Skywalker, December 2019.
- Nicholas Bakalar at The New York Times reports that women are actually safer drivers than men, April 2020.
- Emily VanDerWerff at Vox reports on how superhero movies became an increasingly absurd escalation of recreations of 9/11, May 2015.
- Dana Stevens at Slate discusses The Dark Knight as an interrogation of the War on Terror, July 2008.
- J. Hoberman at The Guardian discusses The Avengers as a cinematic recreation of 9/11, May 2012.
- Andrew O’Hehir at Slate discusses the politics of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, April 2014.
- Henry Farrell at The Washington Post discusses Captain America: Civil War as a study in unilateral foreign intervention, May 2016.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist argues for Zack Snyder’s Justice League as a reconstruction of the superhero genre after the trauma of 9/11, March 2021.
- Adam Chitwood at Collider reports on Zack Snyder’s original plans for his Justice League trilogy, January 2019.
- Math Erao at Comic Book Resources reports on Zack Snyder’s original plans for a romance between Bruce and Lois in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, February 2021.
- Larry Niven discusses the potential sex life of Superman in All the Myriad Ways, 1971.
- Phil Owen at The Wrap reports on Zack Snyder calling out fansite Geeks and Gamers for their hate, March 2021.
- Zack Snyder talks to The Playlist about his plans to develop a “faithful retelling” of the King Arthur legend, February 2021.
- Zack Snyder talks to Directors Guild of America Quarterly about his abiding love for John Boorman’s Excalibur, Summer 2010.
- Jackson Ayres at The Los Angeles Review of Books looks back on the challenges in categorising the “dark age” of comic books, February 2016.
- Mike Cecchini reports on the influence of The Dark Knight Returns on Batman v. Superman, August 2015.
- Zack Snyder talks to The Guardian about how Batman v. Superman takes its cues from The Dark Knight Returns, October 2015.
- Susana Polo at Polygon discusses the influence of The Death of Superman on Batman v. Superman, March 2021.
- Abraham Reisman at Vulture discusses what it means to discuss Batman and Superman as antagonistic forces, March 2016.
- Adam Nayman at The Ringer discusses the cult that has developed around Zack Snyder, March 2021.
- Anthony D’Alessandro at Deadline reports on how Aquaman became a breakout hit with female movie-goers, December 2018.
- Amy Adams talks to The Daily Mail about her first reaction on seeing Henry Cavill shirtless, March 2016.
- Ben Affleck talks to Collider about his plans to use Deathstroke as the primary villain in his Batman movie, October 2016.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist discusses the influence of Superman II on both Man of Steel and Zack Snyder’s Justice League, March 2021.
- Francis Ford Coppola talks to Vulture about recutting The Godfather, Part III as Mario Puzo’s Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, December 2020.
- Siddhant Adlakha at Collider discusses the history of The Donner Cut as an antecedent to The Snyder Cut, March 2020.
- Huw Fullerton at The Radio Times looks at the complicated debate over when and how The Snyder Cut actually existed, May 2020.
- Jackson Arn at Film Comment reports on Steven Soderbergh’s experiments with editting existing movies, April 2015.
- Vaneta Rogers at Games Radar takes a look at Batman’s complicated history with firearms, April 2020.
- Mark Zambrano at ScreenRant looks at the weird exceptions that exist to Batman’s “no firearms” rules, November 2016.
- Chaim Gartenberg at The Verge reports on Jared Leto joining Zack Snyder’s Justice League, October 2020.
- Morgan Sung at Mashable explains the “we live in a society” meme as it applies to the Joker, February 2021.
- Kim Masters at The Hollywood Reporter reports on Jared Leto’s disagreements with Warner Brothers over Joker and Birds of Prey, October 2019.
- Joe Manganiello talks to The Hollywood Reporter about returning for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, March 2021.
- Joe Manganiello takes Variety on a tour of his Dungeons and Dragons campaign and parlour, May 2020.
- Amber Heard talks to Entertainment Weekly about rumours that she had been fired from Aquaman 2, November 2020.
- Chris Murphy at Vulture reports on Ray Fisher being removed from The Flash, January 2021.
- Sam Warner at NME reports on “The Ayer Cut” of Suicide Squad, October 2020.
- Ezra Miller talks to The Hollywood Reporter about coming out as non-binary, November 2018.
- Chancellor Agard at Entertainment Weekly reports on the Ezra Miller and Grant Morrison script for The Flash, March 2019.
- Zack Snyder talks to Vanity Fair about the ending cameos in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, March 2021.
- Andy Behbakht at Screenrant takes a look at the Green Lantern cameos in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, March 2021.
- Harry Lennix announces Batman v. Superman at San Diego Comic Con, July 2013.
- Grant Morrison talks to IGN abotu writing Final Crisis, February 2009.
- Grant Morrison talks to Interview Magazine, October 2014.
- Amber Townsend at Comic Book Resources reports on Grant Morrison coming out as non-binary, November 2020.
- Grant Morrison talks to io9 about their extended feud with Alan Moore, November 2018.
- Jason Sacks at Comics Bulletin takes a look back at Grant Morrison and Howard Porter’s Rock of Ages, April 2016.
- Chris Terrio cites Frank Miller and Grant Morrison as influences on Batman v. Superman and Zack Snyder’s Justice League to The Wall Street Journal, March 2016.
- Peter Suderman discusses the influence of “widescreen comic books” on the modern superhero blockbuster at Vox, May 2016.
- Jerry Boyd discusses the idea of Darkseid as the living embodiment of fascism in The Jack Kirby Collector, December 2010.
- Richard Newby writes at The Hollywood Reporter about the importance of having Cyborg take on Superman’s arc in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, February 2021.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist on how Zack Snyder’s Justice League treats Superman as an ideal to strive towards, inspiring another generation of heroes, March 2021.
- Daniel Woburn at Screenrant discusses the increased diversity of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, June 2020.
- Borys Kit and Aaron Couch at The Hollywood Reporter discuss rumours of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Superman movie centring on a black Superman, February 2021.
- Kate Erbland at IndieWire reports on Ava DuVernay’s plans for a New Gods movie, August 2019.
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