**Spoilers ahead** There is no shortage of chatter about “Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice,” particularly in regards to its critical response versus box office reception (a topic we dove deep into yesterday). But not yet discussed as deeply has been Zack Snyder‘s decision to “kill” Superman, or rather, having the hero sacrifice himself in order to stop Doomsday. It’s a move that’s only halfway bold given that by the film’s last moments reveal the superhero will be coming back, and that we know there’s no way in hell Warner Bros. is making a “Justice League” movie without the character. But the director explains why he decided to go down the Superman-killing road anyway.
“We talked about it a lot,” producer Deborah Snyder said. “It’s a big deal. But we wanted to own it, quite honestly. We felt like at least we were going to get it out in a way that we wanted it to go out. Because I think in this day and age, you have to assume it’s going to get out there.”
However, no one really put two and two together. “I was shocked that people did not immediately jump to the conclusion,” she added. “I think they just felt like, ‘That’s impossible. They’re not going to kill Superman.’ I mean, a couple people did [figure it out], but then they were all yelled at. It was funny.”
Meanwhile, chatting with Collider, the producer revealed how Ezra Miller‘s The Flash got an extra moment during Batman’s flash-forward memory thing, when he tries to impart some kind of message to the Dark Knight about the important connection between Superman and Lois Lane.
“As we started then we worked on our script, I think we were in the middle of shooting and we started working on the outline for the next movie and where they go, and Zack said, ‘Oh my God let’s add this moment that is gonna pay off down the road, and we’ll find out more information,’ ” she said. Let’s hope it does pay off, and feels organic too.
Lastly, there may have been one cameo you didn’t see at all — Patrick Wilson as the President Of The United States. Yep, he appears as a voice on the phone, and when “Aquaman” director James Wan (who has directed the actor in two “The Conjuring” movies and a pair of “Insidious” flicks) was asked by ComingSoon if we’ll see more of Wilson in the DCU, he teased, “You just might!” Well, there you go.
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"…not surprised that the inclusion of the Flash dream was an afterthought, because that\’s exactly how it looked." LOL I agree. Whoever didn\’t tell Zack Snyder that this was a terrible, confusing idea, didn\’t do his job. And I agree about the strange direction in the Jimmy Olsen scene: It\’s such a brutal moment, that he deserves a little bit more empathy, but he\’s forgotten right away by his \’friend\’ Lois Lane and the movie.
There are many strange moments like this, that make the film appear very cruel, even \’fascist\’, like some reviewers wrote.
It\’s a disregard for human suffering and human lives that seems to be 100 % Zack Snyder, but doesn\’t fit the Superman universe. For example, how can you show Bruce Wayne as someone who got used to \’branding\’ evil guys like horses and NEVER, not even once, let him question his behavior. Either this is nihilist or fascist, but sure as hell it is Zack Snyder, not Superman.
It\’s really unnerving to me how satisfied, almost smug, Snyder is with this film. Yeah dude, it\’s not like you out-witted all the other comic book fans. We all knew the implication of Doomsday, but it was more the hope that you wouldn\’t try to pile on one more layer into what already was appearing to be a complicated, inexplicable storyline… but ya did, and the potential for how emotional that scene could have been for audiences was totally taken away because it was at the tail-end of this total mess of a movie. Speaking of which, not surprised that the inclusion of the Flash dream was an afterthought, because that\’s exactly how it looked. Really shouldn\’t be surprised by any of this, given his cavalier attitude at blowing Jimmy Olsen\’s head off, without showing us any real reaction from Lois Lane other than a facial expression I can only describe as "well dang".