TikTok’s Resident Nerd Explains How the Halo Logo Ended Up In ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ : WATCH
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According to Polygon, Deathstroke’s love of the Halo video game series was revealed publicly this week, thanks to an exhibition that shows off the character’s costume as featured in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The Deathstroke of Zack Snyder’s Justice League must really love Halo!
The Deathstroke of Zack Snyder’s Justice League must really love Halo! https://t.co/yt1Njy4Ex1 pic.twitter.com/oksgYd5PqV
— Polygon (@Polygon) March 15, 2021
According to TikTok’s Resident Nerd someone on the Justice League Snyder Cut team wanted to add the League of Assassin’s logo to Deathsroke aka Slade Wilson’s sword. The problem is that the League has no logo. The extended, four-hour cut of the DC superhero film further explores the “Knightmare” dreamscape originally hinted at in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In Zack Snyder’s Justice League it’s where Jared Leto’s Joker resurfaces. And at AT&T’s Discovery Park in Dallas, Texas, fans of Zack Snyder’s DC cinematic universe can see the original Knightmare world costumes used in the director’s superhero saga.
That’s where one fan spotted an emblem on Deathstroke’s sword, which was presumed to be a reference to Batman villain Ra’s al Ghul and his League of Shadows (aka League of Assassins). Deathstroke is a member of that league, alongside characters like Bane and Talia al Ghul.
One fan, Geoff Reeves, posted his discovery on Twitter:
Checking out @ZackSnyder ‘s #justiceleague display in Dallas & saw this little gem on #Deathstroke ‘s costume worn by @JoeManganiello! The bottom symbol over the shoulder is Ra’s al Ghul! I hope a Deathstroke movie w/ Joe happens. It’s such a Great backstory!#attdesigndistrict pic.twitter.com/zVo1uWzcby
— Geoff Reeves (@GeoffReeves) March 11, 2021
However, another Batman fan, @TheBatstan, challenged that finding, pointing out that the icon on Deathstroke’s hilt is actually an emblem from Bungie’s Halo games.
“Ra’s al Ghul logo my ass,” The Batstan added.
So is no one going to point out that that’s a symbol from the fucking HALO multiplayer? https://t.co/AatkFUZejV pic.twitter.com/gpAvZnUwJ7
— TheBatstan (@TheBatstan) March 12, 2021
Someone else on the internet took a Halo emblem tweaked it, that was made it and just tweaked it and then mislabeled it as a RAG png logo.
So someone else on the Snyder Cut team did a single google search and found this one google image and said yep, let’s roll with it.
And that’s how we got a Halo emblem in the Snyder Cut.
@yourresidentnerds#greenscreen snyder cut team killing it with their research ???????????? #snydercut #justiceleague #dccomics #marvel #movies♬ original sound – Your Resident Nerds
But that runic icon is originally from Halo, just very slightly modified. Here’s the icon’s creator, veteran Bungie artist Christopher Barrett pointing out that he designed that emblem (with the original Adobe Illustrator file to prove it) decades ago:
An emblem I made twenty years ago is on Deathstroke’s sword I guess? pic.twitter.com/kbVKB5KrI5
— Christopher Barrett (@cgbarrett) March 14, 2021