Yet, your rebut to imsounoriginal was pointed directly at trying to make the case that Zack Snyder can't manage money and was dropped instead of "invited back" -
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Originally Posted by pottyaboutpotter1
Please direct me to the part where I called Snyder a “hack”, a term I’ve never used.
Your entire argument falls apart anyway when you consider Fantastic Beasts, a movie from the same studio, with similar hopes placed on it, with a heavier reliance on VFX (and IMO better VFX than Batman v Superman) and an Oscar winning actor as it’s star only cost $180 million to make compared to Batman v Superman and Justice League costing $300 million each. And it’s really only Ben Affleck and Jeremy Irons who could negotiate a massive salary out of the cast (maybe JK Simmons) so I doubt salaries are a reason. And Suicide Squad had very extensive reshoots but still only cost $175 million.
I think the simple answer here is that Snyder (and by extension Whedon) just can’t keep a handle on budgets (probably spending/shooting more than they need to, inflating the budget) while other directors for WB like David Yates and David Ayer can (making Suicide Squad relatively cheaply despite its production issues is probably the reason Ayer was invited back for Gotham City Sirens).
Justice League cost more than Star Wars: The Force Awakens and is the third most expansive movie of all time (with Pirates of the Caribbean 4 and 3 in front of it). That’s... troubling.
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...while you're
now pivoting your argument to be that WB is making him scale up production too much in order to be the biggest and bestest with their movie universe, then getting all SquareEnix about the box office. Same playbook, different play.