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The Zack Snyder episode of Teen Titans Go! dropped a huge surprise. SnyderVerse fans have awaited this show since its announcement in July. They shouldn’t be disappointed. As a matter of fact, Teen Titans Go! basically delivered a love letter to Zack Snyder and his fans.
In addition, it also threw shade at Justice League director Joss Whedon and the old WarnerMedia regime.
While the daggers are subtle, they strike blood. The Teen Titans want Snyder to improve their 365th episode. Since they’ve completed it already, they search for Snyder to tweak it in post-production.
Thus, the Titans can acquire their Snyder Cut.
Zack Snyder Episode Of Teen Titans Go! Dropped Huge Surprise
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The premise is both clever and hilarious. Granted, it’ll fly over the heads of many children. Without a doubt, those same kids will ask their parents to see Snyder’s R-rated comics fare such as Watchmen and 300. Teen Titans Go! references both. In fact, the show also parodies Snyder’s Netflix movie, Army of the Dead.
The team wants special treatment for this installment. Therefore, their goal is to get Snyder for it. In one scene, Starfire says, “Indeed, he can fix anything in post.” Indeed, this line targets Whedon for his butchering of Snyder’s Justice League. Many agree that Zack Snyder’s Justice League was far superior.
Although they don’t name Whedon, the context is clear.
In another part, the group sneaks onto the Warner Bros. lot by crawling through a sewer. The line, “It does not appear that the Warner Brothers studio has performed in terms of the regular maintenance,” has double meaning. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav inherited a mess with this merger.
That’s no secret, and he’s still cleaning up the mess.
Zack Snyder Episode Of Teen Titans Go! Dropped Huge Surprise
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Snyder voices himself, and the episode shows him as a lovable figure. It’s about as far from the media’s character assassination as it gets. Furthermore, Snyder’s detractors, former company executives such as Ann Sarnoff, Toby Emmerich, and Walter Hamada, probably spat out their coffee when they saw this.
The show leaves the best for last. The Titans find themselves fighting Darkseid and his parademons in a nod to Snyder’s “Knightmare” vision. The animation turns dark and realistic, echoing Snyder’s style.
For a few minutes, audiences got a taste of a restored SnyderVerse.
It won’t be the last.