8 Reasons Batman V Superman Is The Most Culturally Significant Movie Of 2016

8. It Made Home Video Essential

Even before Batman V Superman hit cinemas, there was a confirmed, R-rated extended cut of the film coming to home video. The early announcement and release of the Ultimate Edition alongside the standard theatrical cut on Blu-Ray is certainly a sign of uncertainty in the project's financially viability from Warner Bros., although that shouldn’t take away from the fact that it not only extended the discussion of the movie by a good few months, but also that it got people excited about a home release.

That’s a lot harder than it sounds. Yes, you can chuck out a few deleted scenes or a featurette about upcoming films in the franchise, but that’s an ancillary bonus feature and is hardly keeping the movie going. So while putting those cut thirty minutes back in may not have improved the film, it did ensure there was still excitable hype and extreme curiosity from a fanbase that would have otherwise dismissed the whole thing.

Don’t be surprised if DC are hurrying out a newer cut of Suicide Squad to see if they can repeat the trick for that dud too.