Should Darkseid make an appearance?

[Grissom]

More than likely, we'll see him, but I was thinking, he may not need to make an appearance at all, just hinted at. They could have Steppenwolf be a true baddie and alludes to Darkseid's coming with his last breath (I'm pretty sure they'll be a last breath for him)

[The Laughing Fish]

Apparently, Darkseid DID make an appearance - in Snyder's cut of JL.

Earlier this week, on April 9th 2019, a fan podcast site called The Film Exiles investigated all the comments Snyder carefully left behind on social media e.g. filming every stroryboard he draws on camera, including Darkseid terraforming the Earth into the wasteland we saw in the Knightmare scene in BvS, and claimed actor Ray Porter played the villain. Check out the article in the link below.

Source: https://theexilesnetwork.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/ray-porter-was-cast-as-darkseid-in-zack-snyders-justice-league/

If you think this is just hearsay, Porter himself went on Twitter to say this about the news on the same day:

I signed an agreement. I must honor it. This has been a day of days because of you. I am very grateful and humbled by the things I have read. I am unable to confirm anything but my immense gratitude.

https://twitter.com/Ray__Porter/status/1115808869777674242

[thecolorsblend]

Weakest. Denial. Ever.

I thought denials were supposed to like "Wow, they said that? Hehehe, I have NO IDEA where these rumors get started. But man, that's WILD!"

[The Laughing Fish]

Just over here honoring the NDA

Source: https://twitter.com/Ray__Porter/status/1115767687676813312

Warner Butchers...just release the f***ing Snyder cut and show some respect for the cast, crew and fans, you soulless corporation.

[The Laughing Fish]

I was going to make another thread, but it's better to post this here because it's relevant to Darkseid. Another fact I discovered is Ares made an appearance in JL too. We just didn't know it.

He appears in Diana's narration of Steppenwolf's failed conquest of the galaxy; specifically, this shot where he takes a swing at Steppenwolf himself. No pun intended.



Here below is a screenshot from a DC fan's Instagram account, which not only contains concept art that resembles the character in that GIF above, but the actor who played  him - Nick McKinless - writing a comment to confirm that he wasn't even credited for his appearance in the movie. But what's telling is, he says they shot a whole action sequence with Darkseid. This leads to suspicion the war scene over the Mother Boxes was completely reshot to put in Steppenwolf instead. This goes to show Warner Butchers' approach to these non-disclosure agreements have been incredibly inconsistent, if they intend to hide Snyder's cut of the film from the public.



Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvoTqUXAleh/

Plus, if you go take another look at the closing credits of the movie, you will see David Thewlis getting credit for playing Ares, despite not appearing anywhere in the film. Thewlis, as you will remember, already played the villain in the solo Wonder Woman movie.



One thing is certain: whatever else Ares had to do with Darkseid in Snyder's intentions for the movie remains unknown.

EDIT: Scratch that last sentence. McKinless's comment, which was dated back less than a week before it was revealed that Ray Porter's role as Darkseid got cut from the movie, supports this Screen Rant rumour that Darkseid was meant to fight Ares in the war scene. The screenshot of the headline was shown in that Instagram fan account too, but I didn't see it somehow.

https://screenrant.com/justice-league-zack-snyder-darkseid-invasion-ares/

[The Laughing Fish]

To celebrate Father's Day in the US, Snyder logged on Vero once again, and uploaded this black and white picture of Darkseid from his cut.



At a glance, it appears the reshoots took portions of Darkseid's body to create Steppenwolf, who was completely redesigned from his cameo appearance in the BvS Ultimate Edition. And judging by the background in this picture, this supports Nick McKinless's comments about Ares fighting Darkseid in that History Lesson scene.

But I bet somebody will still doubt the Snyder cut actually exists.

[The Laughing Fish]

Ray Porter teased his Darkseid voice in support of the Snyder cut...

https://twitter.com/screenrant/status/1141429895421136898

...and he'll be at this year's Comic Con to support the movement. I got to say, for a guy who was cast as the evil dictator, he's appears to be quite humble. 

https://screenrant.com/justice-league-zack-snyder-cut-ray-porter-darkseid-voice

[The Laughing Fish]

Snyder uploaded another image of young Darkseid, giving us a closer look.



Somebody on the 'net compared that image to this screenshot of Steppenwolf in action.



Yet another example how Darkseid was completely replaced in that History Lesson scene.

[thecolorsblend]

The more we find out about all these changes, the more I lament the lack of a Snyder cut.

[The Laughing Fish]

The more we find out about all these changes, the more I lament the lack of a Snyder cut.

For me, the more find out about these changes, the more I despise Warner Butchers, as well as I wish I could kick myself so hard for ever getting duped by their lies in the first place.

But if there is any consolation, Snyder is encouraging the fans to keep on fighting for the cut on Vero.




Source: https://twitter.com/nexuspong/status/1140457025639342080