Thread:Rodangizzardcrusher3/@comment-26687285-20160822213306/@comment-26687285-20161002001119

Well, i didn't (and am currently not planning to) see SS, so i can't comment on that. Also, it's not that i hate Zack Snyder, i just that i think he, Goyer and WB don't know what the hell they're doing (at least as far as their current movies are concerned). Infact, it was after seeing BvS that i decided to (more or less) quit the DCEU. I was just too worn-out, too underwelmed and too sick of being right that i just decided it wasn't worth the time or the money to continue with this franchise.

There were many problems i had with it (Cavetroll Doomsday, Batman killing, Lexie Eisenberg, the Martha scene, etc) but the kicker was the film's incredibly drawn-out climax, culminating in what has to be the most rushed, desperate, unearned, shoe-horned in death scene i have ever seen. And here's the thing, i was actually shocked that they did this. Not because it was sad or moving, but because as much as i think DC/WB clearly doesn't understand their own properties or what fans love about them, even i didn't think they would stoop this freaking low!.

At first i thought it was going to be a kind of near-death moment, like what happened with Tony in Avengers 1. But when they actually showed Superman getting impaled (for no good reason, i might add) i thought: "Wait, WTF!?." "They're really doing this!?." "They actually think they can pull something like this ALREADY!?." "OMG, are you serious!?, this is f*cking embarrasing." Attention Zack Snyder, David Goyer, or whoever was moronic or cynical enough to think that this would ever work in a million trillion years!. You cannot give a main character a meaningfull or impactfull death-scene when you've spent approximately 5/7 out of a combined 293 minutes developing them. I don't give a flying kryptofuck about Clark dying because i don't know anything about him!. Who is he?. What are his morals?, his desires?, his fears?, his goals?, anything!.

So far all i've learned about him is:

1: He's from another planet.

2: He stupidly let Jonathan Kent die when there was no need to do so.

3: He's in love with Lois Lane (for some reason).

4: He likes to save people.

5: He was forced to brutally murder the only other remaining Kryptonian (which is never brought up again).

6: He casually destroyed Zod's ship, thereby denying Krypton any chance it could have ever had at redemption.

7: He recklessly destroyed most of Smallvile and Metropolis by constantly pushing and throwing his opponents directly into nearby buildings instead of just fighting it out somewhere in the desert or up in space.

8: He made a vailed threat against the U.S. government by crashing a high-tech satalite and demanding that they not interfere in his affairs.

9: He thinks Batman is a menace, even though he has done the exact same things that Bruce is doing.

So, judging from everything i've just listed, how does any of this make Superman a symbol, savior, the representation of a great ideal, or any of the other things that these movies ascribe to him?. Why should i care about him or consider him a hero?. You cannot just show me a famous superhero dying and expect me to be impressed simply because: "Well it's Superman, and that's what happened in the comics" (not to mention the fact that i called the ressurection the second that the funeral began, but anyway). I don't care!. Write a story first, THEN try to make me care about someone's death!. This means nothing to me.

So when at long last the credits rolled, the main thing going through my head was: "Ok, i'm done." "Clearly DC doesn't care and MoS was not a hickup." "I am getting nothing in return for the time and energy i have spent with this series, and i am not watching anymore of these things."

But then, just a few months ago, something happened to me. I saw the Justice Leauge trailer. To describe my experience i would like to paraphrase one of my all-time favorite internet critics, Confused Matthew: "I was done, just DONE with these DC films." "I had been underwelmed beyond belief two times, and i was just sick of it." "I was sick of the sappy and stupid dialogue." "I was sick of the undeveloped characters." "I was sick of the lack of story." "I was sick of the unexplained and contradictory motivations." "I was sick of the blunt, poorly shot and empty action scenes." "I was sick of the childish and pointless need to make everything 'gritty'." "I was just SICK of it." "And then the new trailers came in." "And i saw things like Flash's genuinly witty and funny banter." "Ben Affleck's noticable evolution in his role as Batman." "The far more pleasant and inviting tone." "And i thought to myself, oh. Well if this is the direction they're going in, then maybe this really is the movie i've been waiting for?." "Maybe DC is finally getting it's act together and trying to actually make something of their franchise?."

And to add to that, i've also gained a slightly different, more accepting perspective on BvS, particuraly the handling of Batman. Like i said, i was very upset and taken out of the film by Batman's constant killing sprees. However, after watching some very intriguing videos on this topic (linked below), i now understand what they were trying to do. They were trying to show a Batman that has gone off the deep end after losing Robin to the Joker and the events of MoS. This Batman has been driven insane by all these traumatic events and has given up his golden rule. His fear of Superman's power combined with the fact that he is no longer the strongest being around have sickened him to the point of psychosis. However, once he learns that Clark not only has a mother, but one that has the exact same name as his, he realizes how far he has fallen and what he must do in order to redeem himself. This is encapsulated in Bruce's final words in the film: "I failed him in life." "I won't fail him in death."

And i'll say this much. Even though i am still quite apprehensive about watching any upcoming DC films, if this is really the direction that they are going in, i am willing to burry the hatchet and accept the BvS portrail.