That interview that Sarnoff gave was certainly intended to deflate fan enthusiasm for the movie, the TSS promotion (trailer) and other cast announcements (BA, Shazam 2) are routine things that they have to do as they have already waited long due to pandemic.
You believe that the interview, which featured like 10% discussion of the Snyder Cut, much of it positive toward the Snyder Cut, but mostlt geared toward positively discussion their other projects, was specifically intended to deflate fan enthusiam for the movie that they want people to pay to watch?
Fans can be as enthusiastic as they want about the movie. No one is stopping them.
Fans helped show there was a demand for it. HBO Max would never have finished this off for content if they were not convinced there was an audience for it. So, I don't disagree with a lot of what you're saying. I have made those points on the forum thousands of times. But by that same token, the fans had some role in making HBO Max interested in it. Again, no campaign and no public interest, then HBO Max I highly doubt ever makes it. Why would they have dusted off a cut no one wanted to see?
More than 1 star aligned when this whole thing happened.
Right, fans showed that they wanted it. But the reason it happened was not people wanting it. Otherwise, we'd have already seen MAN OF STEEL 2.
"Some role" is not "the reason it happened". The reason it happened is that it was almost done and they could leverage it during a difficult period of filmmaking and content production with a moderate investment.
The same scenario does not apply moving forward. This is the point. This project had leverage that other Snyder projects arguably will not.
Now if his new movie does incredibly well? Maybe then there are discussions.
The thing I find amusing is that not only did Warner encourage the multiverse idea, they dedicated an entire event to it in DC Fandome. The hopes of multiple worlds, multiple Batmen etc....actually started with them.
And they're already planning on using characters from the Snyderverse as it is, and were, before the Syder Cut became a reality. FLASHPOINT will feature Ezra's Flash and Affleck's Batman, and is rumored to include heroes from other film universes as well.
The whole point of the multiverse approach is not to development multiple universes; it's that WB can make largely self contained films, and not rely on interconnectedness except for occasional multiverse/team up adventures.
A Snyderverse in any real sense, would rely on interconnectedness. They're clearly moving away from that, and have been for several years now.
If they want to blame someone for the behaviour of some unruly fans they need look no further than themselves as they planted the seeds.
Uh...no. Fans are responsible for their own unruly and often toxic behavior.
The Suicide Squad even being a thing while the universe that bore it is allegedly dead just proves how much they have botched things.
What are you talking about? Wonder Woman and Aquaman are still a thing, too. So is Shazam. Those are all connected to the universe that bore them as well. As are Peacemaker, and various other spinoffs in the works.
