11 Biggest Sins Of Batman v Superman

4. Luthor's Plan Makes No Sense

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Let's take a minute and look at Lex Luthor's plan.

Superman is like an all-powerful god and that makes Lex angry because God never stopped Lex Sr. from beating him. Batman is mad at Superman because Superman knocked down Batman's building in Metropolis. So Luthor spends eighteen months sending newspaper clippings of the Metropolis battle to Bruce Wayne to taunt him. Meanwhile, he also somehow frames Superman for the murder of an African village because something about unusual metal bullets.

Luthor is trying to trick Batman and Superman into fighting each other. But then he also gets his hands on Zod's body and cuts off Zod's fingerprints so he can gain access to the Kryptonian ship. He smears his blood on Zod because some other reasons and this creates Doomsday.

Luthor kidnaps Martha and Lois and tells Superman if he doesn't kill Batman, then he'll kill Martha. And he's got Doomsday as a contingency in case Superman survives. 

Okay... so let's say this all goes according to plan. Superman kills Batman, then Doomsday kills Superman. And then what? How is Lex going to deal with the uncontrollable Kryptonian killing machine after he allowed Batman to steal all his kryptonite? 

And what are his plans for the metahumans? How does he get these videos? Why does he commission logos for them?

Even the Joker's non-plan in The Dark Knight seemed more thought out than this.

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Percival Constantine is the author of several novels and short stories, including the Vanguard superhero series, and regularly writes and comments on movies, comics, and other pop culture. More information can be found at his website, PercivalConstantine.com