Zack Snyder Hasn’t Veered From The “True Canon” Of Superman

<p>Zack Snyder just can&&num;8217&semi;t get away from the criticisms of decisions he made in his Superman reboot&comma; <em>Man of Steel<&sol;em>&period; With the hero snapping the neck of General Zod at the end of the aforementioned film&comma; fans have been upset to say the least&comma; about his decisions and the reckless destruction during the climactic moments&period; He has done damage control beforehand saying &&num;8220&semi;<em>I was surprised because that’s the thesis of Superman for me&comma; that you can’t just have superheroes knock around and have there be no consequences&comma;<&sol;em>” during last year&&num;8217&semi;s Comic-Con&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now he&&num;8217&semi;s back on the defensive before <em>Batman V Superman&colon; Dawn of Justice<&sol;em> is released in March&period; During the latest <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;blogtalkradio&period;com&sol;hall&lowbar;of&lowbar;justice&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;04&sol;28--batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-director-zack-snyder">Hall of Justice<&sol;a> podcast&comma; Snyder went on to say that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>people are always like &OpenCurlyQuote;You changed Superman&period;’ If you’re a comic book fan&comma; you know that I didn’t change Superman&period; If you know the true canon&comma; you know that I didn’t change Superman&period; If you’re a fan of the old movies&comma; yeah&comma; I changed him a bit&period; My point is that we don’t take liberties &lbrack;from the characters’ comic origins&rsqb;…what we’ve done is create a place where they can really be the mythological characters as designed in the comic books&period;<&sol;em>”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whether or not his statements are enough to soothe the fans of the character are up for debate&comma; but the mythology he&&num;8217&semi;s carved in his film is certainly unique compared to past representations in film&period; His &&num;8220&semi;true canon&&num;8221&semi; comment will likely ruffle some feathers&period; While you parse through your opinions&comma; look for his follow-up&comma; <em>Batman V Superman&colon; Dawn of<&sol;em> <em>Justice<&sol;em>&comma;<em> <&sol;em>in theaters March 25th&comma; 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Sources&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;blogtalkradio&period;com&sol;hall&lowbar;of&lowbar;justice&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;04&sol;28--batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-director-zack-snyder">Hall of Justice<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ew&period;com&sol;article&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;02&sol;man-steel-ending&period;&period;&period;-zack-snyder-makes-his-case&quest;hootPostID&equals;5b250b00838ac836042de08dba53d38d">Entertainment Weekly<&sol;a> &lpar;via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blogs&period;indiewire&period;com&sol;theplaylist&sol;if-you-know-the-true-canon-you-know-that-i-didnt-change-superman-zack-snyder-talks-man-of-steel-20160205">The Playlist<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;