Quote Originally Posted by gbaji View Post
Having just watched both films more or less back to back, I can say that both include the exact same information regarding the mother boxes waking up (it's because superman died). In fact, the major plot points and beats were identical in both films. In both, the mother boxes wake up and call out to the bad guys due to superman dying. In both films Batman is trying to build a team and has the same sequence of events occur along the way. In both films Steppenwolf attacks the Amazons and takes their box.
That tracks with what I recall. That said, the mother box thing does seem oddly plotted in both. After all, the "death" had already occurred in a different movie, and if I am not mistaken, the mother boxes were not really explored prior to this film, and no good reason is given as to why Superman in particular is somehow linked to them. It's...all very mcguffiny.