Man of Steel

[The Laughing Fish]

Nolan went on record saying the "You are my son" scene was his favourite film moment by Snyder.

The moment in Man of Steel where Kevin Costner tells young Clark that whatever his origin, he's still his son puts a lump in my throat every time. Zack is best known for his facility with iconic image making, but his casting instincts are second to none.

https://view.email.hollywoodreporter.com/?qs=97b3ca3cc46d7695aaded2d29face4a98114f9a3565e5cda65268f401ccf1d1e9948eb859fd7b580a2e2e2a6bedd70308ffb221b3316d509668506b1f77ad1043b616a76e12e9d10

He may not get the casting 100% right all the time, but Snyder gets it more right than wrong, and Costner nailed the part as an emotional Jonathan Kent wanting to comfort his adopted son and teach him the weight of the consequences his decisions will cause.

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Nolan continues to praise Snyder:

"There's no superhero science-fiction film coming out these days where I don't see some influence of Zack," Nolan said. "When you watch a Zack Snyder film, you see and feel his love for the potential of cinema. The potential of it to be fantastical, to be heightened in its reality, but to move you and to excite you."

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/christopher-nolan-zack-snyder-influence-superhero-movies-1235850715/

Aside from Eternals, I remember GOTG Vol. 2 had Kurt Russell's Ego looking like he was dressed to resemble Russell Crowe's Jor-El, and some glyph animation of Ego's plans looked very similar to the glyph 3D animation of Jor-El showing Krypton's history to Clark in MOS.

Not too surprised about Nolan's endorsement, he was the reason why Snyder got the job to direct MOS in the first place. This is taken from the official MOS artbook:

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I can't remember if anyone has posted these before, but here is a collection of photos of Henry Cavill posing in a prototype Superman suit.

https://dailyplanetdc.com/2022/10/07/new-photos-show-henry-cavill-as-superman-on-the-set-of-2013s-man-of-steel/

[Travesty]

I've never seen those, that's actually really cool. I dunno, I may like that design a little more?

Thanks for the share. Very cool! 

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Former X-Men '97 showrunner Beau DeMayo went on record saying MOS influenced key scenes for his show.

https://meaww.com/x-men-97-episode-6-was-storms-flight-scene-inspired-by-man-of-steel-fans-hail-creator-beau-de-mayos-directing-skills
https://screenrant.com/x-men-97-episode-8-superman-origin-man-of-steel/
https://web.archive.org/web/20240531010911/https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/x-men-97-finale-superman-man-of-steel-showrunner-reference/

I liked DeMayo's comparison between Rogue's assault on Bastion in his show and Superman going apesh*t on Zod:

I was likely subconsciously influenced by this when writing the #xmen97 finale beat of Rogue punching Bastion. That's not Superman hammering Zod. It's Clark, a son furiously defending the woman who raised and protected him. The action is driven by emotion not plot.

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I haven't seen another summary of the entire planned Snyderverse storyline laid out as clearly and succinctly as this. I also wasn't aware of a lot of the story details.

One big takeaway is that it seems like the Snyder story grew (or was starting to grow) in the telling. It went from originally consisting of simply MOS, BVS, Suicide Squad and three JL films to eventually planned trilogies for Wonder Woman, Aquaman and probably The Atom too.