10 Reasons Why The Justice League Cartoon Is Better Than The Film

6. Batman Had A Proper No-Gun Rule

At this point, it would probably be safe to start calling Bat-fleck Gun-fleck, because from BVS all the way through Justice League, it's become increasingly apparent that he's fond of firearms.

And yet, anyone who's ever picked up a Batman comic straight up knows that that isn't what the character's about. He hates the things, and again, that's made plain for all to see in Justice League's closing episodes, where Bats is forced to fend off an alien invasion with nothing but his nous and the scraps lying in his utility belt.

Immediately preceding this is a sequence where the Deadman (Boston Brand), possesses Batman to save a life. Forgoing Bats' no gun and no killing rule, Brand snatches a stray pistol and shoots Devil Ray, forcing him onto an exposed control panel where he's promptly electrocuted and never heard from again.

Batman, incensed by the intervention, reiterates his no-gun policy and proceeds to illustrate its salience when again, he rejects one of Luthor's weapons as Darkseid's Parademons show up. It's a character trait every adaptation, in theory, should be able to follow, and yet the DCEU continues to perplex in how it divests from that premise entirely.