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  1. Yes, the film is good and better than the original cut, in general, but there are one thing to consider, and another that detract it from the previous cut: 1) If the movie was released in 2017, in theaters, with Zack Snyder directing it, he would have to cut it down to 2-2:30 hours, and the final result could be even worst than what we saw previously. 2) I didn’t see my beloved heroes on Snyder’s cut. Wonder Woman, in his vision, is an executioner, not a warrior. She kills twice at cold blood and just for pleasure. There is no reason why she did killed that unarmed terrorist, and she would never do that in the comics, or any other “hero” per say. Anti-heroes or vigilantes would do that. And, at the end, decapteting a Fallen enemy is just cruelty that, again, we don’t expect from her. Also, the last battle is gruesome. Aquaman stabed Steppenwolf in the back, Superman tortures him, by punching and taking of his horn out of pure merciless... he did not had a chance against Superman as his first hit showed. It was just a matter of disabling him and sending him back to his home world. That is what the “real” Superman would do, but in Snyder visionary vision, his moral is as good as the guys he fight against...
  2. There is a lot more to add to the article. The problem is much more deep than it seems. I'm an international collector. I must rely on stores that sell abroad, but since my country over taxes the products from abroad, I use eBay to buy things. Even buying from scalpers, most of time, the figures cost less than buying them from official stores. Me and most of collectors abroad don't have the chance to buy the figures we want in our countries, so eBay is the best, and some times, the only solution. This feeds the scalpers more than anything. There are people with shitloads of money around the Globe, and are willing to pay whatever it costs to have what they want. Some people also like to buy just to show off, and won't save money to do that. Yesterday, selling something rare was a job, very respectable. People would go to an Antique Store, and the seller usually tells a story about that product and justify why that was expensive. For example, I would think that Toybiz Marvel Legends series 1 should be sell for more than 1000 USD. Those figures have an history, they started it all in therms of 6" figures (I'm disregarding Spiderman classics for a reason), super articulated, the very standard of the industry nowadays. Today we have eBay, and it is not about Antiques, it is about interest, scalpers have rare items and wait until they see someone selling a similar item for a given price. Then, they put theirs on sale for more, if that sells, the other scalper sell it for more, and so forth... So, the easier solution was distributing items worldwide, with enough quantity that everyone get what they want. But that is not that simple. The production costs of figures is not cheap, and even a highly demanded figure is going to be a peg warmer if it is over manufactured. Doing what is considered "enough" quantity is also a problem, because scalpers are not dumb, they know the business, and they know what is more demanded, and just buy it all, or all they can. This is true for the new GI Joe line, GI Joe collectors are known for spending lots of money for their collections, so the natural move was buying everything they can and re-sell for an insanely amount of money. So, if figures sold out, they end up in the hands of scalpers, and they charge whatever they want, if figures become peg warmers, then, the companies loose a lot of money, and end up giving up the line... Is there a solution for scalper problem? Yes, there is one, and that solution cannot rely on the collector only. There is no control of people worldwide that cannot buy what they want locally, or people that just want to flex their collections. Auction sites, like eBay should have limits to the price charged, I don't know how much, but should have a limit. They may leave the bidding going on limitless, but the "buy it now" should be cut down, with a button to report the seller if he disrespect the rules. Re-sellers, like Amazon, should also put a limit on the stores that sell through their platform. It worked beautifully during the first months of the Coronavirus pandemic, with scalpers cleaning out drugstores everywhere and re-selling in Amazon for 3 times the actual cost. They just permanently ban those sellers and they ended up sitting on a pile of products they want to scalp people... Those things would not solve the problem, but they would certainly reduce the range of the scalpers... Sorry about my English, it is not my native language...
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