Love or hate Zack Snyder's Justice League, it's hard to deny that The Flash's trip back in time was pretty damn cool. The visually stunning sequence featured Barry Allen racing back to undo Steppenwolf's victory, giving us a glimpse into original plans for the Scarlet Speedster that would have seen him time-travel in both Snyder's Justice League sequels and his own solo outing.
Now, "Snyder Cut" VFX Supervisor John DJ Des Jardin has revealed that Warner Bros. executives were unable to wrap their heads around The Flash's trip through the Speed Force.
"It’s funny, because that was always in the story. We shot that way back in 2016. It was something that, I don’t know what it was, the mood of the studio at the time, they just didn’t get it, to be honest," he explained. "They were just like ‘I don’t understand this,’ and maybe it was the previous nature of it or the post-vis nature or whatever, but it was one of the first things they threw out after they pulled Zack off the movie, sadly."
"I really loved the breath and depth and scope that he gave those big ideas that are in that imagery."
It's crazy to think that the theatrical cut of Justice League wasted so much time following Barry Allen rescuing a random family when the entire final act could have been so much cooler.
Whether Warner Bros. has now managed to figure out the Speed Force and time-travel remains to be seen, but it appears the upcoming The Flash movie will follow Barry as he travels through the DC Multiverse. That should be a blast, though we hope the Speed Force isn't glossed over there!
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