Three years after it was first announced, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is now finally in theaters. While the film’s marketing seemed to give way much of the film in the lead-up to its release, there was one major plot point that remained shockingly under wraps throughout this entire time: they killed Superman. Warner Bros. had been wanting to tackle the famous Death of Superman comics story back in the 90s, throughout the development of the many cancelled Superman reboots, before eventually abandoning the idea in favor of Bryan Singer’s romantic sequel Superman Returns. But with Batman v Superman, director Zack Snyder and screenwriters Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer made the bold decision to conclude the film with Superman’s definitive death, complete with two funerals.
How did this decision come about and how did the studio react? When Steve took part in the film’s press day, he posed these questions to Snyder, resulting in a fascinating spoiler-filled discussion about the Batman v Superman ending and its larger ramifications
Zack Snyder on the ‘Batman v Superman’ ending and ‘Justice League’ connection (video)
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“Superman has to embrace his mortality”???????
Um, him dying and coming back basically makes him kick mortality out the window.
It’s like eating mcdonalds every day because now you can’t get fat because of special diet pill or something.
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I guess what he meant is only after embracing mortality and dying he then after resurrection grows into the superman from the comics who is hopeful and most importantly show mercy and almost never do wrong. They used Superman´s death as a way to make him grow as a character since (in BvS) he still was kinda green unsure of himself and wasnt able to control himself (losing his temper)
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I hope you are right
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I agree, I’ve seen it twice as well and I’m very excited about the next movies.
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The problem is it didn’t feel earnt, which as a result wasted what could have been a very impactful moment further down the line in the DCEU.
