Superman: 20 Easter Eggs You Probably Missed
8. Lex Luthor's Weaponised Ragebait
One of the most wild and unexpected moments in the movie occurs when Lex Luthor reveals that he has a farm of mutant monkeys writing derogatory tweets about Superman to help turn the tide of public opinion on him.
Beyond being a cheeky play on the classic "monkeys on typewriters" maxim, this feels like Gunn quite pointedly venting on the toxic nature of online fandom, particularly in the superhero space, and especially given the intensity of the Snyder fandom and their mixed-at-best response to this film.
And perhaps even more than this, it's hard to watch this scene without considering it a reaction to Gunn's own firing from Marvel in 2018 after unsavory past tweets were unearthed, only for him to be re-hired a year later to make Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.