13 Problems Nobody Wants To Admit About The DC Movie Universe

3. Snyder Wants To Challenge Comic Book Convention (And Fans Hate It)

The Problem: Man Of Steel proved one thing above all else: Zack Snyder doesn't want to just regurgitate comic book characters onto the screen without giving them his own contemporary stamp. In MoS, Superman ended up killing Zod at the end of the film in order to save some humans who were in his line of fire, a majorly traumatic event which will clearly have psychological repercussions for Clark heading into Batman V Superman. That didn't matter to some fans, though, who insisted, "Superman wouldn't do that!", despite Snyder clearly engineering the scenario to put Superman in a real-world, no-win situation. Snyder challenged the silly black-and-white morality of comic books which aren't really applicable in the real world, and cleverly subverted it, even though a large portion of fans will defend these silly "rules" to the ends of the Earth. Expect Snyder and the hardcore comic book fans to square off again in Batman V Superman and beyond, and though most movie tickets are bought by casual viewers, it's still going to result in a ton of controversy online and attempts to smear the movies. How To Fix It: Snyder really just needs to continue to do what he already is: just own his creative decisions and ride the wave. Marvel just barely got away with the ridiculous Mandarin twist in Iron Man 3 (though they did kinda backpedal with that one in the end), and so as long as Snyder doesn't fold like a cheap suit, his daring interpretations of these characters shouldn't put too much of a dent in the box office or critical appraisal beyond that which the dark tone already prescribes.