8 Things Everybody Missed In The Batman V Superman Trailer

It's one of the most hotly anticipated films of next year, so of course the Batman V Superman trailer was going to be watched, rewatched and rewatched again by fans when it hit last month. This was to be the first glimpse of Ben Affleck taking on the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, of the new Batsuit, and of any other bits of various Bat-hardware Warner Bros. had decided to allow fans to see at this early stage.

The trailer got a mixed response, but the mission was successful: it teaser managed to stir up some serious excitement. And that's without most people even noticing some of the huge Easter eggs hidden in the less obvious facets of the trailer.

Everybody got the various Christ/God references in the trailer, sure, and no one missed the voice of new Lex Luthor, Jesse Eisenberg, or of the new Alfred, Jeremy Irons. But there were other pieces of information hidden away, some rather cunningly and some in plain sight, almost as though Warner Bros. is aware the first things fans do is look anywhere but the most usual places for Easter eggs.

Here are eight things everybody - including you, probably - missed in the trailer for Batman V Superman.

The first frame of the Batman V Superman trailer is a rather appropriate establishing shot, offering a glimpse at Metropolis three years after Zod and Supes thrashed it out in irresponsibly apocalyptic fashion. Immediately, your eyes are drawn to the monument in the foreground, a new addition to the city that, it turns out, is a well-lit statue of Superman that some complete swine has tagged with graffito.

What there is to see in the background is more familiar: the modern structures of a glistening city lit up under a veil of dark clouds. This is Metropolis rebuilt, with the town architect once again clearly taking design inspiration from whoever's been building New York.

One object stands out - the idle crane towering over a half-built structure on the left of the shot. It suggests Metropolis is still partially under re-construction, and that the effects of what happened three years previous linger (something that may offer one explanation for the Man of Steel's apparent growing unpopularity).