Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Reviews - 31% RT

[Darc Requiem]

Lawlight said:

Darc Requiem said:

You are right in that I consfused the two ships. However I stand by criticism of Superman's motivation. Lex didn't kidnap Superman's mom until just before the film's Climax. Also thinking about this some more, Lex knew both Batman and Superman's secret identities. So his method for taking out Superman takes even less since. He could have went after Clark Kent with small bit of kryptonite he had. He already had a series of mercanies in his employ. 

Batman stole the kryptonite so I have no idea how he would have gone after Superman. My understanding is that he was pushing Batman to go against Superman but the kryptonite being stolen was against his plans so he course-corrected by abducting Martha Kent. Then Superman would go against Batman with the idea that the latter has weaponised the kryptonite to kill him. If Batman failed, he had Doomsday as a last resort.

He already had a small bit of Kryptonite. He wanted the Senator to allow him to import the metorite so he could have a larger portion.