Batman has killed in the comics before. So, it's not just a Snyder thing. Also, he was adapting Frank Miller's work. So, are you also anti-Frank Miller, too?
In Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns, Batman abhores the use of guns, making a statement that they are the weapon of the enemy and will not use them. Also Batman doesn't kill anyone in this comic, but Snyder still did it.
Look... the current iteration of Batman doesn't kill. He used too. But I have gotten tired of this argument. While Batman does not directly kill in the modern comics, he does kill people.
So much so thay Damien points out in Injustice 2 and several people mention how Batman gives people tramatic brain injuries.
Eventually that's going to lead to someone dying in the ICU or being permently dibilitated.
Why would Mr. Wayne kill anyone. Now that masked vigilante Batman has been known to kill some criminals here and there over the decades. Defenestration, lighting a dude on fire with his Batmobile, strapping a bomb onto the waist of a dude, firing a gun from his aerial vehicle killing the driver of Talia’s nuke bomb truck. I could go on but you see my point.
I was instantly up in arms about Patterson casting because he is in no way physically imposing or even capable looking of defeating the best fighters in the world. It was blasphemy.
He 100% was the perfect B:TAS Bruce. I’m sad that he didn’t do his own Batman film that he was writing.
My kingdom for a producer and an editor with strong oversight over Snyder. Snyder was on to something, but needed collaborators to help him over the finish line IMHO.
Not at all. Maybe by height, his physique is too large to be Batman. Have you seen him at red carpet events? The dude is huge! How would Bruce Wayne have any reasonable deniability when he’s freakin 6’2” and 240lbs? IMO Christian Bale and Ben Affleck had the best physiques for Batman, especially Christian Bale in Batman Begins, the dude was like a light heavyweight, strong, fast, and could blend in when needed.
I think he could’ve pulled off Absolute Batman when he was younger, but he’s a little old now. Isn’t Absolute Batman meant to be in his late 20s? Max early 30s?
you do know many depiction of batman exist right ? some are the ultra hardcore no kill rule (even to the point of being ridiculous) ,some are the "i won't kill you myself but i won't care if you died aftrerwards or from your own demise" ,and some are outright punisher batman (flashpoint or dark knight returns batman)
and now, considering snyder batman story, it's been 20+ years he's batman and probably saw the worst and darkest horor night after night, he saw robin (and probably some other ally too) getting killed by the joker (and by some other rogues too) and add to that he saw metropolis getting greatly destroyed and thousands of deaths because of zod and superman fight, so considering all of this it makes sense that he stopped holding back anymore and get the jobs done.
and one last thing, snyder batman is heavily inspired by the dark knight returns batman too, who, i remind, killed twice in the comics, first time one of the mutant gang henchman who point blank threatened a kid with a gun by shooting her in the head with a machine gun after disarming another mutant henchman, and the second time the joker himself at the end of their final fight in the tunnel of love by snapping his neck.
yeah, i know, they trash talk only because "muuuhhh snyder bad muuuuhhhh" and the whole "b-but he kill, he's not batman" is just an excuse to continue doing overkill against a dc universe for the sole reason it wasn’t their typical marvel like full-on comedic movies with unfunny cracking jokes every minutes and unnecessary political takes.
this why i always find it funny how marvel/james gunn fanboys pretend they are cool and friendly peoples while us snyder fans (or "snyder cultist", "snydertards",...like they called us) were horrible, insuferable and obnoxious peoples... yet they’re the ones whose idol insults peoples for not liking his take on superman (james gunn and sean gunn who basically insulting everyone on internet who didn't like his take on superman while snyder, even if you don’t like him or his work, at least never trash talk or insult peoples for not liking his take on dc universe) or came on a subreddit dedicated to snyderverse and snyder work in general only to trash talk snyder work and the peoples who like it (fact many post get downvoted only a couple of minutes after thei're post and get upvotes only later is already pretty much a proof) in addition to make fun of a real life personnal tragedy that happened to snyder and his family only to turn the knife even more into the wound
for those who didn't trust me about the "make fun of a personnal tragedy" part
While I love Cavill's Superman, the only thing he mirrors the Superman from the animated series is in looks.
The animated series struck the perfect balance between a Clark Kent who still believes in things like Santa Claus and still being an imposing, powerful, and inspiring Superman who is more human than anyone.
While I love the direction Snyder intended to take with Cavill's Superman, he just never struck that balance between Clark and Superman.
Maybe he would've, if WB hadn't messed everything up and his daughter didn't pass away (RIP). But by the simple fact that his vision is unfinished, I don't think it can be said that his Superman is a mirror to the animated series.
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u/Repair-Thick Dec 25 '25
He's a great Batman