‘Superman & Batman’ movie will follow ‘Man of Steel’

[fonzob1]

I really like it. These characters are trying to figure each other out, and that makes the story very interesting. I am pretty confident it will not have a "dreary" conclusion.

 

[Shazam!]

I'm struggling to muster any enthusiasm for this. I am, however, really looking forward to Affleck's Batman movie.

 

[Theophilus]

It looks like Bruce was in Metropolis when Superman fought Zod. It would explain why he is out to get him.

At the panel, Snyder said that Metropolis and Gotham are very close to each other, sort of like San Francisco and Oakland. Separated by a bay. One city gleams. The other, a place for the downtrodden. Not clear whether the Superman-Zod fight spilled over into Gotham and killed people there too.

Surely that is heat vision we see destroying the Wayne corp building he races towards?

I believe that matches exactly when Zod uses his heat vision for the first time in Man of Steel.

Trailer looks amazing! Is it just me or does it seem like the three of them are fighting someone in the same place and it's not each other?

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Lex has a lump of Kryptonite!

 

[Bad Bishop]

There may be a new, significant threat in the film, and I don't think it's Luthor himself.

 

[nx1701g]

There may be a new, significant threat in the film, and I don't think it's Luthor himself.

Spoiler: Rumor has it...

That Zod is being transformed into Doomsday in this film.

 

[M.A.C.O.]

It would make more sense for Zod's corpse to become Bizarro.

 

[davejames]

The trailer looked like the film is certainly going to be interesting. Unfortunately though the only thing more impressive than the visuals is just how much the film-makers don't seem to get the very *basic* concepts surrounding these characters.

In the first movie they had Pa Kent telling Clark it's OK to let people die to protect himself and now they have Ma Kent saying "you don't owe this world anything." Wow.
I could let the whole "Batman is a vicious thug" thing slide because they seem to be going with a Miller TDKR spin, but there's no way the Kents should be portrayed as preaching cynicism and entitlement. What ever take you might have on the exact characterization of Supes, the Kents and the way they raised him should always be the moral core.

Unless you're going for an extremely radical re-interpretation of the character ala 'Red Son', then you should at least get the basics right.

I'm actually kind of sad that they're making the first movie *ever* where Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman share the screen...and it looks so oppressively dreary.

Well I think it should be clear by now that DC is trying to portray all these characters in a much more interesting and complex way than we've seen before, and have them be more than just the usual simplistic comic book figures.

And in the real world it only makes sense that the Kents might feel protective of their son or have fears about him being exploited or hunted down by the government. Not really sure why that doesn't ring true at all for some people.

And of course you're forgetting that Martha also talks about him being Earth's hero and angel and "anything they need you to be". Just like Jonathan also talked about how Clark was going to eventually change the world and do amazing things, etc. They both clearly want Clark to use his powers for good and to help people, but that doesn't mean they don't have normal, realistic doubts now and then, like real parents do.

 

[Timby]

The footage looked generally good, but two thoughts:

1) This movie is going to be incredibly dense and packed with entirely too much shit.

2) I don't think the trailer music could be any more "DAA DAA DAA THIS IS HAPPENING AAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAA CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SHIT MOTHERFUCKERS" if it tried.

 

[DWF]

The footage looked generally good, but two thoughts:

1) This movie is going to be incredibly dense and packed with entirely too much shit.

That didn't stop Age Of Ultron from making some 900 million dollars worldwide.

 

[davejames]

1) This movie is going to be incredibly dense and packed with entirely too much shit.

I suppose that's a possibility, but I didn't really get that sense from the trailer myself. I mean it's basically Batman trying to take down Superman, while Lex uses Zod's body to create a superweapon of some sort, and hovering around the periphery the entire time is Diana doing her own investigation.

Doesn't seem like that many elements or plotlines to me. Or nearly as many characters as we saw in Age of Ultron, which really DID feel overstuffed.

 

[Corran Horn]

In the first movie they had Pa Kent telling Clark it's OK to let people die to protect himself and now they have Ma Kent saying "you don't owe this world anything."

Grit!

 

[Timby]

The footage looked generally good, but two thoughts:

1) This movie is going to be incredibly dense and packed with entirely too much shit.

That didn't stop Age Of Ultron from making some 900 million dollars worldwide.

And Age of Ultron was dogshit, so your point is ... ?

 

[Mudd]

Well, it sure doesn't look like just-another-movie pooped out by Marvel. Pretty epic, in fact.

I love Cavill as Superman.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Well that's really interesting news from the panel. Metropolis and Gotham are neighboring cities in the new movie, and are only separated by a bay like Oakland and SF.

That's definitely a heckuva lot closer than they've ever been positioned before, I think.

Nope, it's a callback to the Silver/Bronze-Age continuity, which had them connected by a bridge. I specifically recall one 1980ish issue of World's Finest that had the population of one city migrating to the other via the bridge for some reason.

Grit!

What, are you trying to make a little money after school?

 

[Corran Horn]

Grit!

What, are you trying to make a little money after school?

If only.

 

[kirk55555]

Well, that trailer was interesting. This is definitely a movie I'll be giving a chance, although I'm not as excited for it as I am the Marvel movies coming out in 2016.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Well that's really interesting news from the panel. Metropolis and Gotham are neighboring cities in the new movie, and are only separated by a bay like Oakland and SF.

That's definitely a heckuva lot closer than they've ever been positioned before, I think.

They'e been "twin cities" before.

 

[Corran Horn]

I think it looks great. Using the destruction in Metropolis as a story point to justify Batman taking up arms against Superman makes sense. I actually think that's far more interesting then having them just magically become friendly and team up against some third party. Let them burn-in during this film and go from there.

 

[The Old Mixer]

The film definitely continues to look interesting...but after the uneven mess that MoS turned out to be, I'm still only cautiously optimistic.