A few days ago, a rumour (as they are want to do) surfaced regarding
the Dark Knight/Man of Steel ratio in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, suggesting that Batman would be getting a bit more screen time than his super powered compatriot. Well, now that rumour has been confirmed in an interview director Zach Snyder had with
The Daily Beast, with Snyder saying,
“Only in that because it’s a different Batman than the Batman that was in the Chris Nolan movies, so we have a little bit more explaining to do—and you just had a whole Superman movie. But I think only in that way, because you need to understand where Batman is with everything. And that’s more toward the beginning, but it evens back out as it goes on.” Snyder’s comments clash with reports that Warner Bros. ordered changes to each heroes screen time during editing, suggesting a Dark Knight heavy experience was the plan all along, but the end result is the same.
Snyder also took some time out to take potshots at Marvel Studios, commenting on the popularity and mythological status of the characters he’s dealing in, saying, I feel like Batman and Superman are transcendent of superhero movies in a way, because they’re Batman and Superman. They’re not just, like, the flavor of the week Ant-Man — not to be mean, but whatever it is. What is the next Blank-Man?”. I would say shots fired, but the DC Comics Cinematic Universe is something I will reserve judgement on till they have a few more movies under their belt. And I find it kind of rich that he mentions Ant-Man when the next movie on the DCCU slate is Suicide Squad, a movie with a bulk of characters unknown to mainstream audiences. Sure, it has The Joker and Harlequinn, but who knows Captain Boomerang, The Enchantress, Rick Flagg, Slipknot, Amanda Waller, or Diablo?
