Zack Snyder has never been shy about sharing his thoughts on the characters he brought to life in the DC Extended Universe, and he still seems to enjoy revisiting his time leading the franchise. The filmmaker often posts behind-the-scenes details or throwback images from the fictional world he built and, this week, he did exactly that with a new post highlighting one of the franchise’s most intimidating villains. But along with the image came a bold claim I’m not sure I can fully get behind.
The director recently took to Instagram to share an image of Darkseid from Zack Snyder’s Justice League cut, along with a strong statement about the character’s place in DC lore. In the caption, Snyder made it clear he believes the ruler of Apokolips is the ultimate big bad of the DC universe:
