Justice League Final Trailer Reactions - 6 Ups & 4 Downs

2. Much Better Cyborg

JUstice League Cyborg
Warner Bros.

The earlier trailers picked up a lot of heat for the way Cyborg was shown - with a distinct feeling that his effects work wasn't quite finished and suspcions that he's going to be the most difficult character to empathise with. But this latest trailer goes some way to fixing that.

The effects work looks better (perhaps it's just familiarity now), and it does look like he's being positioned as a key to stopping Steppenwolf's invasion, rather than just another supporting guy. And most importantly, we get a real sense of his personal tragedy in that one shot of him sadly looking back at his time playing football...

Cyborg Justice League
Warner Bros.

Emphasising his humanity - even a little - is a smart move at this point. Because we don't need him to just be a cold RoboCop clone.

The Flash gets SLIGHTLY screwed - in that the only peril he's really shown to be in involves him tripping over something while running - but we've all already been assured he's going to be most people's favourite anyway. So he doesn't need the boost.

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