Zack Snyder has a approach of stirring up DCEU feelings with a single submit, and this week was no exception. The filmmaker jumped on social media and dropped one other black-and-white throwback, this time spotlighting the Amazon warriors of Themyscira.
It’s a placing picture by itself, however for longtime DC followers, it additionally reopens the dialog round a by-product that after felt inevitable and now feels painfully out of attain.
The picture highlights the fierce Amazons who made such a robust impression in Zack Snyder’sJustice League. Snyder stored the caption easy: “Don’t mess with the women of Themyscira. Warriors. Sisters. Legends.”
The picture may spark your memoty of the prolonged Mom Field battle sequence, which wasn’t given the identical weight within the theatrical lower however grew to become probably the most talked-about sequences within the Snyder Minimize.
That battle totally locked Themyscira into place as a residing, respiratory world throughout the DCEU. The Amazons weren’t simply there to protect a MacGuffin or assist Diana. They have been disciplined, unified, and mythic, with a way of historical past that felt historical and earned.
Snyder’s model of Themyscira seemed that whole tales have been ready to be informed past what we noticed on display. In actual fact, the plan was to dive into Amazon historical past, their inner conflicts, and the broader mythology of the island, all with out relying solely on Surprise Girl as the point of interest.
One Instagram consumer, @movement.picture_updates, remended followers: “I bear in mind when Zack Snyder revealed that he needed Darkseid’s Feminine Furies to invade Themyscira and have an all-out brawl towards the Amazons in Justice League 2. We have been robbed.”
The concept of the Amazons going through off towards Darkseid’s Feminine Furies nonetheless appears like one of many largest missed alternatives of all the DCEU period.
Again in late 2019, Patty Jenkins revealed she was creating an Amazon-centered spinoff movie titled The Amazons. The undertaking was designed as each a prequel and a sequel to Surprise Girl, exploring the origins of Themyscira whereas additionally bridging the hole between Surprise Girl 1984 and a deliberate third movie.
Jenkins wasn’t set to direct however remained connected as a producer. Connie Nielsen even confirmed she would return as Queen Hippolyta. Then, like many threads from DC’s unique long-term plans, the undertaking vanished because the studio reset its route.
