The original post: /r/movies by /u/Odd_Advance_6438 on 2024-12-24 01:23:12.

One of my favorite opening scenes, and one of the best sequences Snyder has ever directed. Condenses a really in depth alternate history into a 5 minute sequence set to “the times they are a changin”

We see the rise and fall of costumed heroes, and after reading the “before Watchmen comics” the fate of the Minutemen seems even sadder. Dollar Bill is killed from his cape getting stuck in a revolving door. Silhouette is killed in a hate crime after revealing her homosexuality. Mothman is forcefully sent to a mental hospital after a mental breakdown. In the corner of the last supper scene, you can see Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis confiding in one another, a little Easter egg to their own relationship that they always had to keep secret

There’s something incredibly disturbing to me seeing the images of these cheesy golden age parodies having such dark ends, which I think is really well done. The contrast of Dollar Bill’s bright blue and red starred suit being covered with blood in a very unceremonious situation