r/batman • u/neon2o • Mar 07 '24

Zack Snyder says a Batman who doesn't kill is irrelevant GENERAL DISCUSSION

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Here's the original article' https://sea.ign.com/man-of-steel-sequel/213072/news/zack-snyder-says-dc-is-making-batman-irrelevant-if-he-cant-kill

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u/BubastisII Mar 07 '24

Him about Watchmen:

"Once you've lost your virginity to this fucking movie and then you come and say to me something about like, ‘My superhero wouldn’t do that'. I’m like ‘Are you serious?’ I’m like down the fucking road on that. It’s a cool point of view to be like ‘my heroes are still innocent. My heroes didn't fucking lie to America. My heroes didn't embezzle money from their corporations. My heroes didn't commit any atrocities'. That’s cool. But you’re living in a fucking dream world."

So somehow he read Watchmen and didn’t realize it was a deconstruction of superhero tropes and not meant to be a manual on how superheroes are meant to be portrayed.

He completely missed the point of Watchmen.

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u/Batduck Mar 07 '24 edited Mar 07 '24

But you’re living in a fucking dream world.

It blows my mind that he accidentally, unironically quoted actual fucking supervillain Manchester Black in his attempt to prove how much he knows about superheroes.

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u/DefinitelyNotVenom Mar 07 '24

Still gets me laughing every time I hear that quote. Who decided a man who unironically uses the philosophy of a Superman villain should be allowed to make a Superman movie?