eye opening interview with Chris Terrio regarding BvS and Justice League

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https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...v-superman/amp


Nothing earth shattering really, but it's interesting that for all the hand wringing and anger levied at Zack Snyder and Terrio over BvS being too dark and Warners trying retroactively to pin all of that on Snyder, Terrio seems to confirm it was the studio themselves that pushed FROM THE START a dark tone and direction. If anything it seems Terrio and a lesser extent Snyder kept the movie from being darker than what we saw.

For instance, according to Terrio,Warners was pushing for Batman branding criminals and wanted the movie to end with Batman branding Luthor. Terrio and Snyder gave in on allowing the branding,but fought the studio over Batman not learning and still continuing the behavior. They also apparently literally wanted Superman to actually kill and reign fire on the Muslim village when the terrorists kidnapped Lois Lane. Yes...in Warners original vision of BvS,Superman actually did what Lex Luthor attempted to frame Superman with in the final film.

With all the heat Snyder gets over making Superman and Batman grim dark, according to Terrio, what Warner Bros wanted before they decided retroactively they didn't, was much much darker and anethetical to these characters than what made it to screen. If anything Snyder and Terrio may have averted a complete disaster.

It also makes me wonder if the destruction porn in MOS was less a Snyder thing and more of a WB studio note given one of the biggest criticisms of Superman Returns was the lack of Action set pieces and the lack of Superman punching stuff.