This article contains nothing butBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceand DCEU spoilers.
Heres our complete and spoiler-filled breakdown of everything you might have missed inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
That is, of course, a joke.
Thats not true, but it sometimes feels that way.
sequence where young Bruce is surrounded by bats after accidentally discovering the bat cave.
Totally worth your time.
We wrote lots more on John BoormansExcaliburright here, if you want to learn more about this crazy movie.
The Justice League can be seen as a modern day Knights of the Round Table.
Couple that with the fact that theExcaliburmovie is coming soon (and on a Wednesday, no less!)
its kind of an in-joke about how the Justice League movie is next on the schedule.
Theres more onExcaliburcoming down below, just be patient…
Visible in the Wayne graveyard is the name Solomon.
Solomon Wayne was Bruces Great, Great, Great Grandfather.
We have a little bit more about Bill Fingers bat-legacyright here.
Anatoli has appeared in non-beastly form on a number of episodes ofArrow, as well.
And yes, as credited and as revealed in the filmsUltimate Edition, he is indeed Jimmy Olsen.
Supermans Pal is promptly and brutally murdered.
Alfred Pennyworth first appeared in 1943sBatman#16.
Like most enduring Batman characters, he was created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson.
Lex Luthors prison garb has the prisoner number of 16-TK421.
TK421 is a reference toStar Warswhen Luke and Han took on Stormtrooper disguises.
The Lex of this film is Alexander Luthor, Jr. Something tells me that Alex Sr. didnt die of natural causes.
The way Kryptonite looks in this movie is a little like how it was shown inSuperman: The Movie.
That kinda reminds me of the Supes/Miss Teschmacher exchange from the end of that movie, too.
By the way, the two officers in question are named Officer Rucka and Officer Mazzucchelli.
The news montage (which, rather surprisingly, features a cameo by Andrew Sullivan!)
You may recognize some of the anti-superhero sentiment from these, as well.
Also, we get the return of Glen Woodburn fromMan of Steel, too.
Youre going to read words very much like that a lot in the course of this article.
Also, I dont suppose that I need to explain Bruces freaks dressed like clowns joke, right?
Of course I dont.
Same with the Kryptonite dust/gas projectile.
There are lots of other direct similarities to the comics in that battle, too…
Look familiar?
Check out that first panel on the left!
That armor looks pretty familiar too:
You get the idea, Im sure.
)The Dark Knight Returns.
Batman bursts up out of the floor to whup ass.
Batman bursts through the wall to take a giant honkin gun from some dude.
Just change the names of the goons.
No, seriously, check it out…
Told ya.
and remains one of my favorite costume designs of all time.
After all, theres a Nightwing movie in development and they cant do that if Dick Grayson is dead.
Zack Snyder clarified that whoever this Robin is, he died about ten years ago.
He later specified that its probably Dick Grayson.
He succeeded in all possible respects inSuperman#75.
When Superman and Doomsday take their battle to Strykers Island, were told its uninhabited.
In the comics, Strykers Island is the home of a massive Metropolis penitentiary.
Theres a little bit of a similarity to that here.
Bizarro is, of course, not in the movie, despite some hilariously inaccurate rumors.
Pery White refers to Clark as Smallville more than once in the film.
kinda looks theMetropolis Newschannel, Channel 8, is indeed a GBS/Galaxy Broadcasting affiliate station.
George Reeves routinely played Clark has a hard-edged reporter, and Cavill definitely channels some of that here.
It certainly was the logic that Dick Cheney used to condone enhanced interrogation techniques.
you might spot Nicholson Terminal, which the Batmobile obliterates.
Maybe this is a nod to Jack Nicholsons iconic take on the Joker.
Does this movie really ever make sense?
Not just any classic Superman story, either.
The first published Superman story by Supes-writer extraordinaire, Elliott S!
Maggin (thats not a typo) inSuperman#247 from 1972.
Theres a pretty hilarious Wilhelm Scream when the Batmobile overturns some poor hoods car.
For real, is it any wonder that the DCEUs Clark Kent is such a brooding mope?
Hey, remember when the internet said that Scoot McNairy was playing Hal Jordan/Jimmy Olsen/Ted Kord/Morgan Edge/Che Guevara/Spider-Man/Ad Nauseum?
Hes Wallace Keefe, a character weve never heard of.
The only Keef I give a damn about is Richards.
Ma Kent is now working at Rollis Diner.
He ended up figuring out that Superman was Clark Kent but refused to believe it.
Theres some Who Watches the Watchmen?
graffiti (not in this image), too.
Flash also seems to be teasing something about Lois Lane being the key.
So, you know, that sounds awfully familiar all of a sudden, doesnt it?
We wrotemore about theInjusticecomics right here, if youre interested.
Im saving some more about the implications of this for another article, too.
Im sure you all realized that was Jason Momoa asAquamanduring the underwater sequence, right?
His look here is reminiscent of how he appeared onthe excellentJustice Leagueanimated seriesand his mid-90s makeover.
He was scheduled to get his own movie in 2020, but that no longer seems to be happening.
She sees right through him.
The Death of Superman
A few notes about the death of Superman…
I have to admit, this is really cool.
Remember all theExcaliburstuff up top?
But really, its probably Steppenwolf.
So, yknow, of course hes not dead.
I explained the implications of Supermans death and the ending of this movie in greater detailhere.
Supermans coffin is black with a silver S logo.
That hopeful ending involves Superman overhearing Bruces heartbeat.
