[Zhihu Question] Why does Zack Snyder think Black Adam could still be part of the Snyderverse?
Because Zack Snyder and Liu Xiaolingtong are the very same person!
Director Snyder’s ultimate goal is to bring Sun Wukong into the DC Universe!!
And ultimately replace the DC Universe with the Journey to the West Universe!!!
The four great pieces of evidence that Zack Snyder is Liu Xiaolingtong——
Evidence 1: Facial resemblance
Take a look at Zack Snyder’s face. Doesn’t it look a little familiar?
It looks familiar because——
Look at the texture of the lips, the curve at the corners of the eyes, and the depth of the cleft in the chin!
Let me make the impression even stronger:
Isn’t it completely seamless? (I’m even starting to suspect that Hugh Jackman is actually Liu Xiaolingtong in disguise!)
Evidence 2: Treating it as his own child
As everyone knows, Liu Xiaolingtong treats Journey to the West as his own child, and regards any creation that departs from the 1986 version of Journey to the West as an unforgivable outrage. If you didn’t know better, you’d think Wu Cheng’en’s Journey to the West was adapted from the 1986 TV series.
As everyone knows, Zack Snyder treats the DC Universe as his own child, and regards any creation that departs from the “Snyderverse” as an unforgivable outrage. If you didn’t know better, you’d think DC Comics was adapted from Snyder’s films.
Evidence 3: Persecution
Liu Xiaolingtong says: I’ve been cyberbullied by netizens!
Zack Snyder says: I’ve been cyberbullied by Warner Bros.!
Evidence 4: Mastery of both dramatic and martial arts
As everyone knows, Liu Xiaolingtong is equally skilled at acting and martial arts: his dramatic scenes make audiences cry, his fight scenes make his master cry——a blossoming of both arts!
As everyone knows, the dramatic scenes directed by Zack Snyder are slow and leisurely, and so are the fight scenes; the dramatic scenes make audiences drowsy, and so do the fight scenes——a blossoming of both arts!
Conclusion:
Director Zack Snyder doesn’t actually exist. He is merely Liu Xiaolingtong’s secret identity!!
Here is the complete story:
To promote the culture of Journey to the West in the Western world and take the Journey to the West Universe global, Liu Xiaolingtong devised a grand plan with extraordinary foresight.
Step One: Infiltrate the enemy!
The best way to infiltrate the enemy is to become the enemy first. Liu Xiaolingtong decided to create a disguise for himself, use it to make a name for himself in Hollywood, and then, once his influence had grown, seize the opportunity to promote Journey to the West throughout the West.
To make his adventures in Hollywood easier, Liu turned himself into a Westerner and even gave himself a foreign name. His first choice was Zack Cheng’en, but the meaning was far too obvious. Then inspiration struck: he avoided Journey to the West and borrowed two characters from the name of Shi Nai’an, author of Water Margin, a work as famous as Journey to the West. And so he named himself Zack Snyder.
Step Two: Build influence!
Zack Snyder Liu Xiaolingtong brought the movement techniques he had learned from traditional monkey opera into Hollywood, replacing the golden cudgel in Sun Wukong’s hands with the spears of the Spartan warriors. And because he wasn’t familiar with American filming equipment, he accidentally sped up the shooting speed while making a film (which produces slow motion). The result was the signature “Snyderian aesthetic of violence” in 300. He became an overnight sensation in Hollywood.
Step Three: Take control of the DC film universe!
After becoming famous, Zack Snyder Liu Xiaolingtong won Warner Bros.’ trust and gained control of the DC film universe. Liu’s calculation was simple: first take the DC Universe global, make Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, and the rest household names, then graft them into the Journey to the West Universe at the right moment and bring Journey to the West seamlessly to the world.
Everything people have seen so far, such as Justice League and Batman v Superman, has merely been setup. According to Liu’s plan, the first real climax of Snyder’s DC Universe is actually Sun Wukong vs. the Justice League. Only the Monkey King could make the entire Justice League tremble and huddle together for warmth. That’s why Zack Snyder Liu Xiaolingtong made Steppenwolf so pathetically weak: to highlight how powerful the Monkey King will be later!
Once the Monkey King appears, the story’s center of gravity will shift East, and the original DC superheroes will gradually be pushed to the margins as supporting characters. Superman will join Guanyin’s order and become the “Superpowered Acolyte”; Wonder Woman will turn evil and lead the demon women of Spider Cave; Aquaman will become the Dragon King’s mount…
To smoothly introduce the Journey to the West Universe later on, Zack Snyder Liu Xiaolingtong has actually already begun secretly planting “Journey to the West elements” in the DC film universe, influencing the audience’s perceptions in advance—for example, the golden cudgel and the Water Curtain Cave:
James Wan, the director of Aquaman, is a Chinese-Australian director. Obviously, he is one of Liu’s allies, a member of Liu’s grand plan!
Setback:
Sadly, man proposes, but heaven disposes. Due to the impact of various unforeseen events, Zack Snyder Liu Xiaolingtong’s plan has suffered a major setback for now. But we don’t need to lose heart. After Liu’s tireless struggle, didn’t Zack Snyder’s Justice League finally see the light of day? Liu’s return to the DC film universe is just a matter of time!
Black Adam
As for the questioner’s point: why does Snyder think Black Adam is still part of the Snyderverse?
Think about it: what is currently the most closely watched “Journey to the West Universe IP” project anywhere in the world?
Without a doubt, it’s Black Myth: Wukong!
“Black Adam” and “Black Myth: Wukong”—you think that’s really a coincidence?!
Written by: Zhichao Wei
(The above is entirely fictional, just for fun, so please don’t take it seriously ^_^)
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