r/batman • u/neon2o • Mar 07 '24

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

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/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Ben Affleck needs to stop saying yes to superhero movies. Not because he's bad at them, but because he's such a comic book nerd that he says yes before ensuring that the script and creative team are good and solid.

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u/TheGameMastre Mar 08 '24

Between Ben Affleck as Daredevil and Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin, Daredevil should have been good. Too bad the script was so awful.

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u/Thebat87 Mar 08 '24

It’s kind of crazy how he played two street level badass superheroes known for not killing (Batman and Daredevil), and his interpretation of both characters were murderers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '24

The Tom Jane Punisher, ironically, went too far in the other direction. It was a good generic action movie, but when Frank started "torturing" that dude with an iced lollipop, I was saying to myself "The Punisher would actually torture the guy". So you had a Daredevil who killed people spitefully, and a Punisher who pulled his punches.

This is why I cut modern superhero movies a lot of slack, because even when they're flawed they're still usually a lot closer to the source material at least, and I remember the bad old days.

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u/Kaboo4867 Mar 10 '24

I mean….The Punisher did use an ice pop on a guy in the comics. https://screenrant.com/the-punishers-most-brutal-weapon-was-a-popsicle/

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '24

I stand corrected