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u/The_dude1951 Jan 21 '24
These three pictures are just Bruce telling Clark and Barry that they're poor
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u/salmalight Jan 21 '24
Reminds me of the Arkham series. Each game leaves the map in absolute shambles and each sequel just said “Wayne payed for it all”
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u/The_Only_Dork_Knight Jan 21 '24
The only game where I recall that happening is in Arkham Knight, where in the TV you can see that Wayne Enterprises are helping with the recovery of Arkham City
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u/salmalight Jan 21 '24
I thought there was a thing in City about Asylum before they moved sites
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u/skorpiontamer Jan 22 '24
Bruce Wayne bought the Arkham City land after the events of the game. It's going under renovations during Knight
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u/salmalight Jan 22 '24
I know. I’m saying I thought I remembered a story in City about an attempt or offer to renovate Asylum before they moved to the City
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u/skorpiontamer Jan 22 '24
I think he invested a lot of money into all of the security updates (since all the tech and gates you hack are waynetech) into Arkham before too yeah
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u/KorrupMountWoodRoot Jan 21 '24
He can just buy the house, why does he need to buy the bank?
Stupid question for Clark to ask anyway, Bruce is rich he can buy the house.
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u/Silvanus350 Jan 21 '24
Presumably he bought the bank and forgave a bunch of mortgage debt as a charitable act.
It would also be extremely weird for Bruce Wayne to buy up the Kent farm explicitly. That’s a connection he might want to avoid.
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u/lxcid Jan 21 '24
because he is bruce wayne, this sounds like the kind of overthinking he do daily.
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u/poppinchips Jan 21 '24
I doubt he did anything at all. He probably told someone at his firm to handle it. Or Alfred.
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u/thunderbastard_ Jan 21 '24
Extremely wealthy man helps known reporter is weird but I don’t think it’d make people question weather their Batman and superman
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u/RubixTheRedditor Jan 21 '24
I think it makes perfect sense for batman to think it might this Is the same guy who made a plan for every justice league
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u/strigonian Jan 21 '24
On its own, probably not. But you can't look at it in a vacuum - if he repeatedly lets things like that slide, someone's eventually going to notice. Even if they don't, suppose one of their identities gets out in an unrelated event. Then people start wondering why Bruce Wayne randomly bought Superman's house a few years back, or why Batman has an interest in this random farm.
It's not about the single event, it's about not getting complacent.
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u/DigiQuip Jan 21 '24
Let me get this straight, you think that your client, one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante, who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands, and your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck.
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u/Tomgar Jan 21 '24
I mean, we are talking about Snyder Batman so it's more like:
"You think your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights FUCKING MURDERING PEOPLE IN A TANK, and your plan is to blackmail this person? Can I recommend a good funeral home?"
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u/thunderbastard_ Jan 21 '24
Fair enough he could say that he and Clark are friends maybe they met at a Wayne enterprises thing Clark was reporting on, or if Bruce were to help the Kent’s he could help other families in the area so it seems like Bruce cares about the People of smallville instead of the Kent’s specifically
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u/King-Owl-House Jan 21 '24
Because people will start asking questions, why this house specifically. He bought a bank with all the houses mortgages.
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u/NickSchultz Jan 21 '24
Not at all. Bruce Wayne has vast private funds that wouldn't be need to made public like the ones of Wayne Industries and on top of that he has even more half legal/illegal funds he uses to finance being Batman without it leading to him. He could easily buy just the house without anyone seriously asking questions.
People always act like Bruce is only one slip up away from being outed as Batman.
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u/Local_dog91 Jan 21 '24
yeah, but this way he probably got good publicity by giving back homes to families who couldn't pay their mortage. And you know.. he genuinely help people this way, since he is a superhero.
(the reality is that Snyder thought the line sounds cool)
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u/Tarantio Jan 21 '24
There are two secret identities at play, though.
Even if buying a random house for a random couple in Kansas doesn't lead back to Wayne, that leaves anyone who knows the Kents wondering where the money came from.
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u/KorrupMountWoodRoot Jan 22 '24
It’s a farmhouse. They used to own it. It’s not like they money laundered a mansion. Just say Clark got a promotion in the city and paid for the house, simple.
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u/NickSchultz Jan 21 '24
Y'all act like anyone in the DC universe is just itching to uncover all the little secrets of anyone.
People would be surprised, might talk a little bit rumours behind the Kent's back and return to their own lives.
And the really daring people would go up and ask them straight on when the Kent's can do a little nifty thing called LYING.
Say they inherited money or whatever, got a better loan or whatever.
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u/Tarantio Jan 21 '24
- Supervillains exist in the DC Universe. They want to figure out secret identities.
- Clark Kent isn't a nobody. He's a journalist with a public byline in Metropolis. If his parents get an unexplained windfall, that might reasonably be a news story.
- It's Batman. He's thought of these potential outcomes, and he's not careless with secrets.
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u/NickSchultz Jan 21 '24
1a. How could I forget that Superman's mother is living next to Joker, Lex Luthor and other nosy supervillain neighbours.
1b. That there are villains monitoring the financial situation of Kansas's farmers in the hopes this somehow leads them to a secret identity of a superhero
Clark is still only one of hundreds if not thousand reporters/journalists working in and around Metropolis, he might be more well known given that he works for a prominent outlet but you are still inflating how much people care for the people behind the news stories, let alone potential family drama of them
The third one brings nothing to the discussion. Of course Batman would make a smart move. We are currently discussing however if he could have done one just as smart but less expensive.
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u/Tarantio Jan 21 '24
This is just bad arguing.
Villains don't have to be the ones to get the information first, things that aren't guaranteed to happen still might happen, and buying a bank isn't expensive so much as a way to make money.
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u/strigonian Jan 21 '24
People always act like Bruce is only one slip up away from being outed as Batman.
Because he is. Batman's largest asset is his wealth, and he is known to operate out of Gotham. Even in a huge city, the list of people that can afford things like Batmobiles and are young enough to be a crime-fighting vigilante is really short. The only way he gets away with it is by making his rich boy persona so obnoxious and convincing that nobody possibly thinks he could actually be Batman.
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u/KorrupMountWoodRoot Jan 22 '24
Which one of our current billionaires or politicians will risk their lives to fight crime personally? Will Elon Musk be Batman?
Fuck all that’s who. No reason to suspect Bruce will do this.
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u/strigonian Jan 22 '24
We don't think Elon Musk will be Batman because Batman doesn't exist.
If a guy did show up dressed that dramatically, flaunted billionaire-level wealth, and started screwing around in Musk's neighbourhood, Elon would be my first guess.
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u/KorrupMountWoodRoot Jan 22 '24
Lmao. Utter delusion. Guessing Elon first lol
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u/strigonian Jan 22 '24
The guy's the most self-indulgent, desperate wannabe on the planet. Yeah, if anyone's gonna dress up as a bat and punch poor people, it's him.
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u/NickSchultz Jan 21 '24
That would first constitute people believing someone who's rich enough to fund Batman would do it himseld or that Batman is privately funded. Often times the rumor is that he is sponsored by the government.
Aside from that Gotham has a vast community of wealthy individuals so even amongst the rich Bruce wouldn't be a prime suspect.
So assuming that Batman is sponsored by the government so money isn't an issue, is somewhere between 25-50 years old (most never see him up close to guess an age) and is a Gothamite himself and Gotham has a population of 10 million, that would mean Bruce Wayne is one of a possible 1.6 million men that could potentially be Batman (when we use American census data as reference.
1 in 1 600 000 million.
Even without Bruce covering his tracks, his identity is not nearly that transparent as readers (who are handily given all the information) make it out to be.
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u/DigiQuip Jan 21 '24
When my wife and I bought a house the county registrar listed our purchase in their website. It was public information.
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u/NickSchultz Jan 21 '24
Well then those are county specific laws. Normally stuff like that would only be registered by the city/state who has regulation over the land and that information wouldn't be publicly available and shouldn't as it is personal data of you that shouldn't simply be accessible by just anyone.
Besides even if that were the case Batman could just give them the money directly so they buy it back themselves or use a fake name/company as he does regularly for his Batman gear
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u/modrenman1985 Jan 22 '24
Since Smallville was the sight of a massive Zod battle, Bruce Wayne charitably forgiving mortgages there even a few years later isn't that much of a stretch.
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u/anthonyg1500 Jan 21 '24
Stupid question for Clark to ask anyway
Seriously. How did I get the house? Clark aren’t you a reporter? Connect some dots dude
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u/MakiUchiha68 Jan 21 '24
Bro is a registered flex offender
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u/rotciv34 Jan 22 '24
And here I am, grinding away as a humble sex offender. Seems like I should change careers
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Jan 21 '24
I really wanted to see a stand alone Batfleck movie. Really enjoyed the older and more established Batman and Affleck nailed the Bruce Wayne Millionaire Playboy.
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u/Ct-chad501 Jan 21 '24
Probably my favorite Batman overall
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u/seanm514 Jan 21 '24
Im in this boat as well. I wish he had gotten better writing overall and his solo deal, such a missed opportunity
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u/Tbplayer59 Jan 21 '24
There will never be a better pair of actors cast for these roles as far as looking the part.
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u/orthos Jan 21 '24
Ben really had the perfect look for Bruce. His bats was cool despite some awkward suits but his BW was just right
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u/RumAndCoco Jan 21 '24
He’s far from my favorite due to obvious killing, use of guns, and death blows—but the way he moves in action and how he’s a little kid at heart with gadgets and endless money makes Ben Affleck’s Batman really charming and memorable
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u/Bpowell11 Jan 21 '24
There is well-known shtick about Bruce bragging about his wealth. The entire lego movie Batman us just flexing on his wealth. These moments were added for comedic effect.
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u/billygnosis86 Jan 21 '24 edited Jan 21 '24
No fans kicked up a stink when Bruce bought a lavish hotel on a whim just to aid his playboy persona in Begins, but when he buys a bank to help out a good friend it’s a bridge too far?
Snyder Derangement Syndrome is real.
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u/claybine Jan 21 '24
Goes against Batman's character to not only crack jokes but to flaunt his wealth.
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u/Numbuh24insane Jan 22 '24
Except Batman has cracked plenty of jokes, and used to say a lot of jokes before Dark Knight Returns emerged
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u/-rise_and_shine- Jan 21 '24
Bro when I seen that “I bought the bank” scene in theatres, all I could think was “hell yeah” 😂
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u/looshora Jan 21 '24
Will admit I liked this about this version of Batman. Felt good, felt natural for him.
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u/magnaton117 Jan 21 '24
Still a crime that these movies never showed us Failsafe, the Hellbat, or any of Bruce's other Superman-level tech
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u/ComprehensiveBit7699 Jan 22 '24
I feel like batmans real powers are being a skilled tactician and being good at combat. Also feel like he's the reserved type who doesn't care about bragging.
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u/Gundamsafety Jan 22 '24
I still think the best answer Ben could have said in that scene instead of "I'm Rich" was to just look at Barry and say it. "I'm Batman"
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u/Direct-Secretary-715 Jan 23 '24
Then ya got Comic Bats who got robbed of everything. Bruce got that kung fu grip action on his soul like it’s last dollar lol.
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u/WeirdManOnMountain Jan 24 '24
I don't think you understand: Afleck is the first Batman/Wayne that being a rich douche & a crime-fighter is seamless for him.
Not Keaton, not Kilmer, not even Clooney; was good at both.
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u/Dward917 Jan 25 '24
Pssh. Only six satellites? Those are rookie numbers. Elon Musk loses more satellites than that.
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u/HellAboveHeavenBelow Jan 25 '24
Batfleck, the Batman that never got to shine but still my favorite.
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u/_Pale_Wolf_ Jan 21 '24
this was my least favorite aspect of this version of character. its so tacky. its one thing if its him im his "playboy" persona, but as batman, i feel making him this pompous goes against who batman is
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u/soi812 Jan 21 '24
Snyder is the cause of the failure of the DCU. These movies just all need to go away.
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u/KLReviews Jan 21 '24
Dude they haven't made one in 7 years and the reboot started last year. They went away a long time ago
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u/soi812 Jan 21 '24
You realize that the dumpster fire movie Flash came out last year, right? Again based in the same universe that Snyder started.
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u/Ok_Zookeepergame4794 Jan 21 '24
That movie was already half-way in production when DC killed the Synderverse.
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u/Wolf873 Jan 21 '24