9 Ways The Batman V Superman Trailer Proves The Movie Will Suck

2. They're Still Not Over The Concept

Credit where it's due, it's refreshing to see the trailer for Batman V Superman actually focus on Batman and Superman. After (deep breath) Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, Lex Luthor, whoever Scoot McNairy's playing, possibly Robin and maybe Flash were added to the film, Dawn Of Justice looked less like a showdown of DC's two big hitters and more like a roll-call of their entire back catalogue because The Avengers happened. That's good. But mistaking what's good about it isn't. Henry Cavill stated that the film was "cinematic history". And not because it was going to topple The Dark Knight as the genre's best entry or would spawn a bunch of imitators a la The Avengers, but because it was simply putting Batman and Superman together. By that logic, Batman Forever made cinematic history for bringing Robin to the big screen... Look, we get it - Batman fighting Superman is something everybody's wanted to see since they were old enough to wear a coat on their head and pretend to be one of them (Batman, obviously), but there needs to be more. Yes, this is a teaser, but the sentiment it's teasing is the exact same as what it's showing. So, sure, the trailer doesn't just focus on Bats and Supes coming to blows (check out the direct addressing of Man Of Steel's rampant destruction), yet it's still got a hard on for it; throughout the second half there's numerous shots of the redesigned Superman logo mimicking the opening of Tim Burton's Batman, mistaking it as an icon, rather than a painful reminder of 2013's biggest disappointment. And when the logo finally had Batman's slowly morph behind it, no one was going "Wait, this movie's got Batman AND Superman?" They were groaning, "yeah, we get it".