I don’t get it. From what I understand it, the Snyder cut was a far better version than the original (not my opinion, I never watched the original and I have no access to HBO Max.)
Lotsa discussion – not about the joke itself, but the implication that everyone should “get it”, or be ‘smart enough’ to google it, etc.I’ll put my $0.02 in:For one, I agree with the earlier poster: if you have to google a joke, it’s not a good one. It’s referring to a specific piece of knowledge or pop culture that many don’t have. For example, I have a close friend who is so ignorant of/indifferent to pop culture that she doesn’t even know what the Hunger Games are about.For another: good humor is less so when it’s so narrowly specific…I’d offer that good humor is timeless and anyone can “get it”. Do you think that in 3 or 5 or 15 years, anyone is going to have the vaguest idea what ‘the Snyder effect’ means?If you want a good example of a “timeless” joke: go to youtube and look up Buddy Hackett telling his famous duck joke.
I have never figured out why people like the darker films, to me it is just a production that was cheap with the props and by going darker, just hiding the details. Most of the Batman movies are a great example of using a darker approach resulting in mediocre stories that are not entertaining or worth watching a second time. Today’s comic, judging by the comments, is an example where it is not working here either.
They REALLY need to keep that guy away from superheroes. FOREVER! Anybody who thinking that the idea of Batman NOT KILLING is “f***ing stupid” has no clue about how superheroes actually work.
MikeJ almost 3 years ago
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AFFICIONADO almost 3 years ago
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pschearer Premium Member almost 3 years ago
From Wikipedia:
Zack Snyder’s Justice League, often referred to as the “Snyder Cut”, is the 2021 director’s cut of the 2017 American superhero film Justice League.
charliefarmrhere almost 3 years ago
I guess you had to be there, to understand what the joke is here.
Doug K almost 3 years ago
Today is going to have more “Doom and gloom” than usual – but it will be a Marvel – which seems wrong (like it’s in the wrong universe).
Scorpio Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I don’t get it. From what I understand it, the Snyder cut was a far better version than the original (not my opinion, I never watched the original and I have no access to HBO Max.)
Imagine almost 3 years ago
Wasn’t it snide enough already?
Frankolino1313 almost 3 years ago
Crappy cartoon today.
Doug Taylor Premium Member almost 3 years ago
The dark smoky background reminds me more of The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder.
Gent almost 3 years ago
In glorious 4:3 ratio cinemascope. Har har.
Durak Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Clever, actually.
That’s the trouble with the older comics. It needs younger readers, but the oldies don’t get the jokes aimed at the younger kids and vice versa.
blairleroys Premium Member almost 3 years ago
The 2017 movie was 121 minutes long. The director’s cut is 242 minutes long.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Things are a bit dark in the Snyder Universe. If you mix it with Tim Burton you get an invisible movie.
1953Baby almost 3 years ago
WONDER WOMAN ROCKS!!!!!
clarkl almost 3 years ago
Explain?
eds47 almost 3 years ago
Verry good….
whitnemr almost 3 years ago
That, and about 2/3rd’s of it needs to be in slow motion to make it agonizingly long.
ideations almost 3 years ago
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IWannaBeLerxst almost 3 years ago
Lotsa discussion – not about the joke itself, but the implication that everyone should “get it”, or be ‘smart enough’ to google it, etc.I’ll put my $0.02 in:For one, I agree with the earlier poster: if you have to google a joke, it’s not a good one. It’s referring to a specific piece of knowledge or pop culture that many don’t have. For example, I have a close friend who is so ignorant of/indifferent to pop culture that she doesn’t even know what the Hunger Games are about.For another: good humor is less so when it’s so narrowly specific…I’d offer that good humor is timeless and anyone can “get it”. Do you think that in 3 or 5 or 15 years, anyone is going to have the vaguest idea what ‘the Snyder effect’ means?If you want a good example of a “timeless” joke: go to youtube and look up Buddy Hackett telling his famous duck joke.
Kip Williams almost 3 years ago
Cavemen are so funny.
raybarb44 almost 3 years ago
Or the end of the world?…..
delennwen almost 3 years ago
I hate movies that are so (literally) dark that it’s really hard to see on the screen or the computer!
carlostercero almost 3 years ago
Agree; if you have to do research to understand a comic strip, the writer has failed.
ragsarooni Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Whew! Thanks 4 explaining this one…..I also said”huh?” as I read it…..lame,really lame…..
ira.crank almost 3 years ago
Obviously a snide or sarcastic remark to put a cloud over everything.
ImaginaryFriend almost 3 years ago
I have never figured out why people like the darker films, to me it is just a production that was cheap with the props and by going darker, just hiding the details. Most of the Batman movies are a great example of using a darker approach resulting in mediocre stories that are not entertaining or worth watching a second time. Today’s comic, judging by the comments, is an example where it is not working here either.
zeexenon almost 3 years ago
Four hours of that? I don’t think so!
metrofxr almost 3 years ago
Superman, Darker version.
dv1093 almost 3 years ago
It’s getting more and more that I don’t “get” this strip. This is just another example.
Corpse Horn Light Premium Member almost 3 years ago
They REALLY need to keep that guy away from superheroes. FOREVER! Anybody who thinking that the idea of Batman NOT KILLING is “f***ing stupid” has no clue about how superheroes actually work.
bobgreenwade almost 3 years ago
Well, more Amber Heard = more “creep factor.”
pamela welch Premium Member almost 3 years ago
This is very funny — LOLOL