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Original ShowsPopularTrailersGameplayAll VideosJustice League: Snyder CutZack Snyder's Justice League Deleted Scene Finally Lets Joker Say 'We Live in a Society'
Well, at least we've got that out of our systems.
By Rebekah ValentineUpdated: Apr 2, 2021 7:14 pmPosted: Apr 2, 2021 6:39 pmZack Snyder continues to provide audiences with the bizarre things they demand to see online, having shared an alternate version of a scene from his cut of Justice League, in which Jared Leto (as Joker) finally gets to say "We live in a society."Okay, the exact line is "We live in a society...where honor is a distant memory." He's responding to Bruce Wayne's promise to honor Harley Quinn's dying request that he kill The Joker slowly, which takes place in a dream sequence at the end of the film. There's a bit more to the scene that follows that also differs from their encounter in the actual Snyder Cut, too.If you're not sure why this is a thing, it's because the line "We live in a society" has been used as a part of Joker memes online for the last few years, evolving from goofy absurdist humor into either a phrase taken way too seriously, or used to mock people who took it way too seriously. Until now, The Joker had never actually said any variation of this line, though the line as it's said in the above cut was included in a trailer for Justice League from back in February.This alternate scene was posted today to Zack Snyder's Twitter account and did not appear in his original four-hour long cut of the film, though Snyder shared it today to promote the just-released Justice is Gray version on HBO Max, which puts the entire film in black and white. Zack Snyder's Justice League, whether in black and white or in color, includes a number of differences from the original 2017 Justice League, and earned an 8/10 in our review. Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine. A previous version of this article erroneously indicated that this scene was viewable in the Justice is Gray version. This has been amended above.
By Rebekah ValentineUpdated: Apr 2, 2021 7:14 pmPosted: Apr 2, 2021 6:39 pmZack Snyder continues to provide audiences with the bizarre things they demand to see online, having shared an alternate version of a scene from his cut of Justice League, in which Jared Leto (as Joker) finally gets to say "We live in a society."Okay, the exact line is "We live in a society...where honor is a distant memory." He's responding to Bruce Wayne's promise to honor Harley Quinn's dying request that he kill The Joker slowly, which takes place in a dream sequence at the end of the film. There's a bit more to the scene that follows that also differs from their encounter in the actual Snyder Cut, too.If you're not sure why this is a thing, it's because the line "We live in a society" has been used as a part of Joker memes online for the last few years, evolving from goofy absurdist humor into either a phrase taken way too seriously, or used to mock people who took it way too seriously. Until now, The Joker had never actually said any variation of this line, though the line as it's said in the above cut was included in a trailer for Justice League from back in February.This alternate scene was posted today to Zack Snyder's Twitter account and did not appear in his original four-hour long cut of the film, though Snyder shared it today to promote the just-released Justice is Gray version on HBO Max, which puts the entire film in black and white. Zack Snyder's Justice League, whether in black and white or in color, includes a number of differences from the original 2017 Justice League, and earned an 8/10 in our review. Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine. A previous version of this article erroneously indicated that this scene was viewable in the Justice is Gray version. This has been amended above.
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