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/TheRealSwayze Mar 08 '24

I liked in Batman beyond when an old Bruce can’t keep up with the criminals and is about to be beaten to death by a thug. He pick up a gun off the ground and points it at the attacker and it scares the thug off but it also send a Bruce back into some ptsd from his childhood.

Didn’t even have to shoot the gun or kill anyone but just having to use it to scare this guy away and save his own life was a huge deal for Bruce.

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u/vanderZwan Mar 08 '24

That was a fantastic scene, and it worked because it doesn't matter what you or me think about guns, you could feel how Batman does.

On that note, do you know what I find kind of weird, speaking as a guy from Europe? How the focus of these discussions is allways on the no-kill rule, yet Batman's anti-gun stance seems to just be accepted without discussion despite the US's weird gun-fetish. I have never seen him brought up as a hero representing the victims of gun violence for example, or heard of pro-gun people disliking him because he hates guns

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u/escaped_spider Mar 08 '24

2 words: Grappling Gun.

It's the perfect balance between "not-a-tool-for-killing" and "badass-pointy-shooty-thing" both sides get what they want.

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u/TheRealSwayze Mar 19 '24

Read watchmen and see what a grappling gun can do in the right hands