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The name still helped a bit, if only in confusing bats.



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Yes I and the the actual fans knew this about that moment. The fact is that Batman saw supes as an alien with no emotional connection to this world. But when he heard supes being worried about his mother, he realized that the super powerful being was connected had feelings and emotions to people in this world and that humanized supes for him. Bats thinks very quickly and has trained himself to do so that's why he's survived all the freaks he's faced so t what to us was mere seconds was an entire episode of thought for Bats kind if like how Sherlock Holmes thinks and he did not change his mind instantaneously it only seemed that way because time is perception



Just a guy who doesn't want to be bored. Also

While your point makes sense as in terms of what the mass population would see, which is a godlike alien figure, it would make him more human and therefore more likely to be reasoned with.

Still a pretty bad film however.



Hmm, pie.

One of my favourite films of all time and one of my favourite scenes in that film. Affleck's line delivery with Hans Zimmer's score was perfect.



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They should have released the ultimate edition in theatres imho.



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spurgeonryan said:

Remember when Batman was about to stab Superman with the green rock blade thing?

No, not that time, plus that is a red lightsaber, and a killer dolphin, not Superman.

 

I mean this time below....

 

 

Yeah that one above in this scene below....

 

 

Anyways, I think it was not because Superman just happened to mention Martha, although that did slow him down for a second. It was because of what Lois Jane said. She said that Martha was his Mother. You see Batman was going into all this with a clear conscience (yes I googled that word). He thought of Superman as just some alien that did not meet any of his laws. Batman does not kill people, but since Superman is not "People" he was willing to make an exception. For the sake of the planet of course. But when She mentioned "Mother" everything changed. It was not because they both had a Mom with the same name. It was because Lois Bane humanized Superman.

Because of ths Batman could not go through with it. Batman makes quick decisions, and immediately joined sides to handle the situation.'

 

Now I am sure this has been brough up before, but I have not seen it anywhere.

Agree?

What was your mind before ? And it changed into what opinion ? 



spurgeonryan said:

Anyways, I think it was not because Superman just happened to mention Martha, although that did slow him down for a second. It was because of what Lois Jane said. She said that Martha was his Mother. You see Batman was going into all this with a clear conscience (yes I googled that word). He thought of Superman as just some alien that did not meet any of his laws. Batman does not kill people, but since Superman is not "People" he was willing to make an exception. For the sake of the planet of course. But when She mentioned "Mother" everything changed. It was not because they both had a Mom with the same name. It was because Lois Bane humanized Superman.

In BvS, he is pretty reckless and kills plenty of people. During the chase scene, he blows up cars full of bad guys and clearly isn't giving a s*** about murdering. So we can't say that he wouldn't kill an human being.

I'm a huge comics fan and I have piles of monthly comics and a big graphic novel collections (Marvel from Salvat and DC from Eaglemoss). Let's stop explaining this film, it was terrible all along.

That's not Batman. The real Batman has a moral code that's a huge part of his character. He is a detective and one of the smartest people on Earth. In BvS, he is a pure roid raged idiot, that don't stop chasing Supes like a mad dog even when there's CLEARLY someone trying to mess with them (blowing up the Capitol, for god's sake). 

That's not Superman. The real Superman is a symbol of hope. He is suposed to be the best of us: he has a strict moral code and lots of integrity. He is usually way too kind and generous, believes in people. That Superman was a psychologically unbalanced guy with godly powers. People would be right to fear him.

I could write 10 pages with all that's wrong in that mess. It also got parts of random comic books and slapped it all in a single mess. Want to see the real Death of Superman? Read the graphic novel. It's great. 200 pages of Superman doing everything he is supposed to do: avoid injuring innocent people, trying to stop the monster at all costs and ultimatelly dying to do so. Want to see the conflict between Batman and Superman? Read the John Byrne 80s reboot (normally collected as Man of Steel). It's beyond great. To get Lex Luthor and his distorted vision of Superman, just check Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. Reading just these 3 already makes the film look pathetic.



torok said:
spurgeonryan said:

Anyways, I think it was not because Superman just happened to mention Martha, although that did slow him down for a second. It was because of what Lois Jane said. She said that Martha was his Mother. You see Batman was going into all this with a clear conscience (yes I googled that word). He thought of Superman as just some alien that did not meet any of his laws. Batman does not kill people, but since Superman is not "People" he was willing to make an exception. For the sake of the planet of course. But when She mentioned "Mother" everything changed. It was not because they both had a Mom with the same name. It was because Lois Bane humanized Superman.

In BvS, he is pretty reckless and kills plenty of people. During the chase scene, he blows up cars full of bad guys and clearly isn't giving a s*** about murdering. So we can't say that he wouldn't kill an human being.

I'm a huge comics fan and I have piles of monthly comics and a big graphic novel collections (Marvel from Salvat and DC from Eaglemoss). Let's stop explaining this film, it was terrible all along.

That's not Batman. The real Batman has a moral code that's a huge part of his character. He is a detective and one of the smartest people on Earth. In BvS, he is a pure roid raged idiot, that don't stop chasing Supes like a mad dog even when there's CLEARLY someone trying to mess with them (blowing up the Capitol, for god's sake). 

That's not Superman. The real Superman is a symbol of hope. He is suposed to be the best of us: he has a strict moral code and lots of integrity. He is usually way too kind and generous, believes in people. That Superman was a psychologically unbalanced guy with godly powers. People would be right to fear him.

I could write 10 pages with all that's wrong in that mess. It also got parts of random comic books and slapped it all in a single mess. Want to see the real Death of Superman? Read the graphic novel. It's great. 200 pages of Superman doing everything he is supposed to do: avoid injuring innocent people, trying to stop the monster at all costs and ultimatelly dying to do so. Want to see the conflict between Batman and Superman? Read the John Byrne 80s reboot (normally collected as Man of Steel). It's beyond great. To get Lex Luthor and his distorted vision of Superman, just check Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. Reading just these 3 already makes the film look pathetic.

Testify. Snyder's versions of Batman and Superman are so out of touch with what these heroes represent. Superman tortured and brooding. Batman racking up a body count to put Death Wish to shame.

Yet even if we set that aside for a minute, the scene you reference Ryan doesn't make sense according to the movie's internal logic. Wayne convinced himself that even if there was a 1% chance of Superman going rogue, he had to be put down. He developed an elaborate plan to kill him. Then he changed his mind in an instant because his mother's name is the same as Kent's mother. What??

That said, I would argue Affleck was the highlight of the movie. Certainly wasn't Cavill, who's out of his element. Or Adams, who after two movies still has zero chemistry with Cavill. Don't even get me started on Eisenberg. His performance is one of the weirdest and most uncomfortable I've ever seen.

At least it was marginally better than Man of Steel.



Yes, of course that's what happened, and anyone who brings up "Martha" as a dumb point for the movie is dumb themselves.

That said - the movie is still awful. Just not for that particular reason.



Veknoid_Outcast said:

Testify. Snyder's versions of Batman and Superman are so out of touch with what these heroes represent. Superman tortured and brooding. Batman racking up a body count to put Death Wish to shame.

Yet even if we set that aside for a minute, the scene you reference Ryan doesn't make sense according to the movie's internal logic. Wayne convinced himself that even if there was a 1% chance of Superman going rogue, he had to be put down. He developed an elaborate plan to kill him. Then he changed his mind in an instant because his mother's name is the same as Kent's mother. What??

That said, I would argue Affleck was the highlight of the movie. Certainly wasn't Cavill, who's out of his element. Or Adams, who after two movies still has zero chemistry with Cavill. Don't even get me started on Eisenberg. His performance is one of the weirdest and most uncomfortable I've ever seen.

At least it was marginally better than Man of Steel.

Snyder's Batman = Punisher with infinite money

Snyder's Superman = Marvel's Sentry a bit less crazy

I do however have hope for Affleck's Batman film. If he tones down his killer instinct and start acting as a detective, his Batman is actually pretty good.

My big problem was how Luthor's plan doesn't make sense. The whole Capitol bombing was irrelevant, it had zero effect. Also, it's childish to see that NOBODY went after Luthor. Everyone that was supposed to be on that room died, except the invulnerable Krypton guy and Lex. Nobody really suspected? Lex was actually inside the building and left before the bombing. The guy that exploded was being financed by him. Really, Lex could have been in a meeting in Japan to have an alibi, but instead he WENT TO THE CAPITOL and blew his own alibi. Also, Batman discovered that his checks didn't went to the wheelchair guy and instead were with menaces written all over them and he, as the world's #1 detective, did not investigate it!

Now let's talk Supes. He's senses are so good that he:

a) Listened to Lois being kidnapped in Africa and saved her.

b) Listened to Lois being thrown out of a random building and saved her.

When Lex kidnaped his mother, why didn't he just saved her? Really? He's faster than the speed of light. He could save his mother, incapacitate all bad guys and show that kitched timer Lex had up his a** without Lex even realising what happened. But really, how did Lex knew Batman was ready to fight Superman in that EXACT moment? Also, Lex said: Batman's head or your mother dies. Superman went to the Bat, tried to talk with him for 20 seconds, lost his patience and said "screw it, you're gonna die"? If he was fighting the Bat, we can assume that he, indeed, planned to kill him. It's not like he couldn't "talk". There were rockets, machine guns and s** flying at him, but he's freaking INVULNERABLE. He took a nuke in his face 10 minutes later! He just got a bit banged up (the movie seems to follow the John Byrne level of power. Current comic books Supes tanks supernovas).

Now let's talk Doomsday. What was Lex thinking? That plan had the following possible outcomes:

- Doomsday kills Batman, Superman and WW. Now Lex lives in a world with a unstoppable monster that will kill everyone.

- The trinity kills Doomsday. Then they arrest Lex.

- The trinity kills Doomsday, but he manages to mortally wound one or more of them, preferentially Superman. The other go and arrest him.

He is a genious. The best plan he has is one where he either dies or goes to jail? That's his best idea?

Well the fight itself is bogus. Superman takes the monster to space. Problem solved. Until the army nukes both of them, actually THROWING Doomsday back to earth. Well, at least he falls in an empty island. Until Batman attracts him back to freaking Metropolis because he forgot his spear there! Couldn't he just fly there with his jet and get it? It's not like it isn't mobile.

Why did Superman used the spear himself? WW clearly was capable of hanging out with the monster. She could at least give it a try since kryptonite doesn't poison her. Or he could, you know, try the "throw into space" thing again since it worked first time. Mind that in the Death of Superman comic book, Superman tried it more than once, but the monster was too strong and fast so Super couldn't keep a hold. Comic book Doomsday was represented as being WAY stronger than the film version.

Affleck is great. Canvill, not so much, living in the shadown of Reeve. Just look at Reeve. The old movies are a bit corny, but look at Reeve. That guy was actually acting as the symbol of hope and kindness that Superman has to be. Eisenberg was an abberation. He almost made me exit the theater. I probably only stayed because I was with my family.

They should fire Snyder and Eisenberg. Really, Snyder screwed a 300M movie. Why does he gets to direct its sequels? One more screw up like this and DC cinematic universe may be dead. They should be more protective with their franchises, like Disney is.