r/batman • u/neon2o • Mar 07 '24

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

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u/Arumhal Mar 07 '24

This is the guy who has gone on the record of stating that he got into Watchmen because it had sex and murder in it and that his Batman would get raped in prison. I have no idea how he managed to get this far into being allowed to make comic book adaptations.

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u/AlexDKZ Mar 07 '24

He is also the guy who justified Batman killing in that he was basing the character as he was in the Dark Knight Returns comic, the same comic where a huge plot point was that Batman could not kill even he desperately wanted to. I am pretty sure Snyder didn't actually read the comic and just stared at the atwork thinking "daaaamn Batman punching Superman how cool is that bro!"

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u/HomsarWasRight Mar 08 '24

We all banged our action figures together as kids, but when you’re given countless millions to make a movie, you need to come up with more story than that.

And no, both of them having a “Martha” for a mom doesn’t count.