WW's intro action sequence is awesome, and she goes toe-to-toe quite competently with Steppenwolf MULTIPLE TIMES throughout the film, and WW and Aquaman together are basically shown as being a pretty even match for Steppenwolf (and could probably beat him, in other circumstances). I can't figure out why Whedon wouldn't want to showcase this version of WW.

Same goes for The Flash - the bumbling, incompetent Flash is - it seems - basically Whedon's creation? His powers were dampened significantly in the theatrical film and in the final battle he's relegated to "helping some civilians in a car". He plays a massive, pivotal role here! It's also made quite clear that he's significantly faster than Superman... even in that first Superman sequence (which is again just overall so much better... and it was one of my favourite scenes from the original) it's shown that Supes can't actually keep up with him, he can see him and swing at him but it's "sluggish" with Flash still able to easily dodge the blows, he just makes the error of trying to shove Superman back and ****s himself up because obviously it's like hitting a wall. Also in the finale he runs at, and eventually exceeding, light speed so... yeah... Whedon did him wrowng too. I feel like Joss Whedon actively fangirls Superman and it really shows in his cut, and is a massive detriment to the entire film. This feels like an actual team of superheroes where everyone has a part to play, and that's how Justice League should be, not a B-team of incompetents who need Superman to save the day.

But yeah in general... the changes in the final act really are staggering. Completely different movie. And some of the stuff that was left out - the whole Batmobile sequence! :omgno: amazing, HOW could you leave that on the cutting room floor? I can only imagine it was unfinished and was one of the sequences that they finished up for this. Also there are NO civilians to be saved and it doesn't need them, so no silly scenes with Flash pushing a car along while Supes carries an entire building :facepalm:.

It was basically setting up Injustice, even hinting at it being an alternate timeline which Injustice is in comic form, and while it could in theory be epic it's not realistically happening is it so why go there :hmph:.

I prefer Wally West Flash but yeah, neither are the bumbling fool Whedon presents. In most cases he is faster than Supes, but to the be it can depend on the writer. I liked that WW and Aquaman worked together, they do that a fair bit as neither have full time civilian identities.

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Also a shot where Barry literally bursts out of his shoes immediately preceding this because he moves so fast when he sees the crash (hence bare feet here). Just an epic little touch that makes all the difference :shrug:

Sue Dibny, the wife of Elongated Man, was (apparently) murdered by a villain called Dr Light. A lot of the younger heroes (like the Titans etc and newer JLA members) were shocked by this, as up to that point he'd basically been a joke villain...
... But he was a joke villain because he was basically lobotomised by Zatanna's magic several years ago, after he broke into the JLA's headquarters and raped Sue. The no-kill rule was in place, but none of the JLA could bear the thought of imprisoning him or letting him go, so they came up with that idea.
The vote was split, with Batman as the tie-breaker. He was against it. But they did it anyway, and Zatanna erased his memories of the event. She did the same with Superman, as he'd be likely to tell Bruce.

I will add, it sounds "women in refrigerators", but it's not. Sue's death wasn't a plot device to drive Elongated's emotions, it was a catalyst which was the first of a handful of people close to hero's being hit.