Batman V Superman: 10 Ways It Must Improve On Man Of Steel
4. Dont Tell Another Familiar Origin Story
The flashbacks to Clark Kents childhood may have had the most emotional depth of anything in Man Of Steel but they felt very superfluous to the rest of the narrative. Audiences know who Superman is and seeing him struggle through childhood isnt something we need to see at length to understand.
Batman V Superman now faces a similar problem with how to handle Batman. Even moreso than Superman, everyone knows Batmans origin story. Theres really no need to even show it. Regrettably, we already know that Thomas and Martha Wayne will be appearing, confirming that we will once again be seeing the death of Bruce Waynes parents.
In this case the context is very important. Are we talking about a thirty-second clip during the opening credits like Snyder did with Watchmen? Is it going to be a brief nightmare early on? Or are we in for another movie blasted full of flashbacks throughout, because that didnt work so well last time...