Zack Snyder Reveals His Love For The DC TV Shows And Why They're Remaining Separate From The Movies

Zack Snyder Reveals His Love For The DC TV Shows And Why They're Remaining Separate From The Movies

Teasing the existence of a DC Multiverse, Zack Snyder reveals here why they're not attempting to shoehorn the continuity of the TV shows into the movies and why it's better for fans that way...

By JoshWilding - Feb 04, 2016 04:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman vs. Superman
Source: Big Talk Radio
There's been a lot of discussion about Warner Bros. decision to keep their DC Comics TV shows separate to the movies, but now Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder has weighed in on how all of these adaptations work together. It turns out that he's a fan of what they're doing, and asked if The Flash is influencing his take on the Scarlet Speedster, he responded:

"This is the bottom line for me. I have 100% respect and love for what they're doing on TV. I think it's amazing. The joy and the fun of them speaks to the iconic, graphic nature of these characters. These characters are bigger than any of the actors playing them. Long after I'm done making a Batman v Superman movie, there will be someone else who makes it. It's almost like an American tradition now we've established that these characters will be played again and again, and they exist outside of us in this moment.

I think that's sort of the thing I've embraced, and as opposed to trying to shoehorn all of these storylines into a single universe, we let the characters exist in multi-universe, and therefore it's a lot more fun and a lot more value for the audience. They get to see their favourite and most beloved characters on different adventures at the same time in different universes and it really makes the meal a lot richer and a lot more fun. We get to go with these guys in all different directions and that's really the joy of what we're trying to do over here at DC."

Everything Snyder says here makes perfect sense, and it's hard to complain with his logic. It's also nice to see that he's not dismissing the TV shows and the importance they have in regards to telling the stories of these characters; now if only Warner Bros. would let different versions of characters like Batman and Superman turn up in shows like Arrow and Supergirl! While some sort of Crisis on Infinite Earths movie is probably unlikely, who knows what the future might have in store...
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scapegoatjones
scapegoatjones - 2/4/2016, 4:15 PM
ezra better be good mother[frick]er
TheAmarilloBlack
TheAmarilloBlack - 2/4/2016, 4:17 PM
MULTIVERSE!

You better respect TV, Snyder.

THEY'RE SETTING THE BAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLASH!!!
LlamaLord
LlamaLord - 2/4/2016, 4:19 PM
Look, I'm 100% fine with Batman and Superman not appearing on TV. They're just too big, and would take all the focus away from the other characters. But what I don't like is the other characters getting killed or written off, seemingly because they are to appear in a movie soon.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 2/4/2016, 4:21 PM
He didn't want to connect them after watching Arrow Season 3's weak ass Ra's al Ghul and season overall.
Nick56
Nick56 - 2/4/2016, 4:22 PM
Im happy that the movies and shows are separate but exist in a multiverse. That way they can keep the cancer that is Arrow far far away from the film universe.
THRILLHO
THRILLHO - 2/4/2016, 4:25 PM
Amell's reaction:
hardxcorexchamp
hardxcorexchamp - 2/4/2016, 4:27 PM
What I will never understand is if they are separate universes (which I'm perfectly fine with, in fact I prefer it that way) why can't the same characters (except the Flash apparently) be in both universes? It makes ZERO sense.
ShadowlordSavage
ShadowlordSavage - 2/4/2016, 4:55 PM
@hardxcorexchamp - Well technically there is a Superman and a Batman that do occupy the tv universes they're just not allowed to be fully seen, as to not draw away focus from what the characters the shows are chiefly about. For example, Wayne Enterprises was referenced in the first season of Flash, in was in Wells' the news paper article from the future.
SAMURAI36
SAMURAI36 - 2/4/2016, 4:57 PM
@hardxcorexchamp - You do realize, that not all versions of every character exists in each universe.There are some universes that don't have a Trinity at all.
Darth258
Darth258 - 2/4/2016, 9:22 PM
@SAMURAI36 - But those who existed were strangely killed off (see. Suicide Squad and Waller). I guees they either think the audience is dumb enaugh to confuse both iterations of those characters or they don't want to keep them both so people will make comparsions.-
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