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Topic	Zack Snyder: "DC is making the Batman irrelevant if he can't kill"
DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC 03/07/24 5:29:39 PM #31:	Punished_Blinx posted... Why does he think people view Superman and Batman as Gods anyway. Like yes they're mythological but it's escapism. Relatable and human superhero stories are much more popular than the interpretation that they're a level above us. His DCEU movies being a perfect example. It's because he fundamentally doesn't understand the characters. Snyder is a Randian Objectivist, and Objectivists reject altruism: they don't believe in it because they don't accept that someone could do something purely out of the goodness of their heart with no ulterior motive. Remember Bruce and Bary's conversation in Justice League? "So what's your superpower?" "I'm rich." That wasn't a joke. That was a window into how he sees things. Snyder is a poor choice to do anything with Superman because Superman is possibly the ultimate altruistic character in comics: he's a guy with the power of, for all intents and purposes, a god, yet he refuses to use that power in selfish ways and tries as hard as he can to help the most people, never asking anything in return. Similarly, Bruce is also altruistic, though in a darker way: as was said in Kingdom Come, when you strip everything else away from the Batman, you're left with someone who doesn't want to see anyone else die. That is the reason he refuses to kill. --- The world may be going to Hell, but I am personally awash with convenience. <cite>DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC posted [p:979244651] in Zack Snyde... [t:80715427]...</cite> <quote>Punished_Blinx posted... </cite><quote>Why does he think people view Superman and Batman as Gods anyway. Like yes they're mythological but it's escapism. Relatable and human superhero stories are much more popular than the interpretation that they're a level above us. His DCEU movies being a perfect example.</quote>It's because he fundamentally doesn't understand the characters. Snyder is a Randian Objectivist, and Objectivists reject altruism: they don't believe in it because they don't accept that someone could do something purely out of the goodness of their heart with no ulterior motive. Remember Bruce and Bary's conversation in Justice League? "So what's your superpower?" "I'm rich." That wasn't a joke. That was a window into how he sees things.Snyder is a poor choice to do anything with Superman because Superman is possibly the ultimate altruistic character in comics: he's a guy with the power of, for all intents and purposes, a god, yet he refuses to use that power in selfish ways and tries as hard as he can to help the most people, never asking anything in return.Similarly, Bruce is also altruistic, though in a darker way: as was said in Kingdom Come, when you strip everything else away from the Batman, you're left with someone who doesn't want to see anyone else die. That is the reason he refuses to kill. --- The world may be going to Hell, but I am personally awash with convenience.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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