10 Things You Only Notice Rewatching Snyder's DCEU Movies
2. Lex Knows Batman
We all know that Lex Luthor knows the true identity of Superman. Given that the crime lord kidnaps Martha Kent in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, it shouldn’t take a rewatch to figure that one out. The kidnapping gave us the “why did you say that name?!” moment, but also let us know very clearly that Lex had Supes figured out.
What’s less obvious though is that he also saw right through Batman. Though he never comes out and says it, nor does he act upon this knowledge, he definitely knows.
Knowing Lex, he’s possibly keeping the knowledge to himself for now, biding his time. He can’t resist teasing Batman with it though.
When Batman grabs him in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Lex smiles and says ‘civilisation is on the wane, manners are out the window’. Wane, manners... it’s clearly a pun on Wayne Manor, home of Bruce Wayne and therefore Batman.
Batman tries to hide his reaction and Lex never acts on it, so it’s easy to miss. Hopefully the plan was for this to go somewhere, though we might never find out where, now.