Questions tagged [batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a movie featuring Batman and Superman meeting and facing off as opponents due to the events in [man-of-steel]. Use with the [dc] and [dc-extended-universe] tags, as well as [superman] and [batman] as needed.
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What was Superman wrong about when he confronted Bruce the second time, in the movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
When Superman was forced to fight Batman by Luthor, he made his way to Gotham conflicted on whether he wanted to kill the Bat or appeal to him and ask for his help.
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How did Lex Luthor know what Barry Allen and others called themselves in DCEU?
It is mostly common knowledge that Barry Allen has never been called by `The Flash' in BvS. However, when Bruce Wayne explores the META_HUMAN files of Lex Luthor, he comes across videos of these four ...
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How tall is Doomsday in Batman v. Superman?
How tall is Doomsday in Batman v. Superman (2016)?
Sources would be appreciated. If estimating please show your work.
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What was Keefe making/building before vandalizing Superman's statue?
In the Ultimate Edition, before Keefe went to vandalize Superman's statue and then got arrested (around the 34 min mark), he was shown to be making/building something using ropes, cans, duct tape, ...
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Was Lex Luthor intercepting Keefe's payments?
From fandom.com:
Lex Luthor interfered all of Keefe's severance payments and returned them to Wayne Enterprises with hate words written in red.
Where in the Ultimate Edition is that shown/...
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When did Batman get Kryptonite in Batman v Superman?
Unless I missed something, in Batman v Superman, Batman was chasing the truck with the Kryptonite in, when he then runs into Superman which leads to the “do you bleed?”.
However later on, it shows ...
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Why does Batfleck have a widow's peak?
In the DCEU, Batman (as played by Ben Affleck) has a widow's peak, which for those who don't know, is a type of hair:
Affleck does not have a widow's peak in real life. Why does Bruce Wayne have one ...
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How could a photo prove that Diana wasn't a normal human?
In Batman V Superman movie, Diana received an email from Bruce Wayne:
How could a photo prove anything about her? The similar looking woman in the photo could be her grandmother. Or, it could be a ...
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Why didn't Batman brand Lex Luthor with the Bat symbol?
At the end of the Batman V Superman movie, Batman threatened Lex Luthor to brand him with the Bat symbol.
But, he didn't do it.
Why?
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When, exactly, does Justice League (2017) take place?
While answering this old question, I ran into a slight problem: it's unclear exactly how much time passes between Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League. I've found multiple sources ...
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Why did dirt on Superman's coffin start to float?
In the end of Batman v Superman movie, it was shown that dirt on Superman's real coffin (in Smallville) started to float.
(look at the frames just before the credit ...
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In Batman vs Superman why didn't Superman just have Wonder Woman stab Doomsday with the kryptonite?
In the movie Batman vs Superman towards the end Superman stabs Doomsday and gets stabbed himself. Why didn't he just have Wonder Woman do this. She isn't affected by the kryptonite.
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Why did Superman's body not decompose?
In Justice League, a number of heroes band together and decide that they need Superman. Only problem is that he's dead (after the events of Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice).
It's clearly been a ...
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How could Batman see the parademons in his nightmare?
In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie, we saw Batman seeing flying creatures in his nightmare.
While they could be any random monster mind could imagine, they turned out to be real ones in the ...
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In BvS, did Flash show Batman a possible future or just his nightmares come true? [duplicate]
The scene in BvS where Batman sees future Flash has prompted a lot of debate online, but there's a question I haven't seen addressed yet. The "nightmare" that Batman had of a Superman gone bad would ...
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Is Superman an American citizen?
In Batman vs Superman, Superman is apparently killed and is accorded a state funeral. His coffin has the US flag draped over it and he is accorded a military gun salute. In addition, a "missing man" ...
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Why didn't Amanda Waller consider Lex Luthor for her Task Force X project?
The world changed when Superman flew across the sky. And it changed again when he didn't.
You know what a problem with a metahuman is? The human part. We got lucky with Superman. He shared our ...
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Why would the Bat-Brand attract violence from other criminals?
In the extended cut of "Batman vs. Superman", Clark Kent can briefly be seen reading an article about Batman branding criminals. The article goes on to explain that criminals branded in such a way ...
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How did Luthor's wheelchair bomb get past security?
In the movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Lex Luthor successfully bombs the Capitol building. It was a powerful bomb; everyone except Superman died in the blast.
But, how did such a powerful ...
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Was the 1918 Wonder Woman photo from Dawn of Justice identical to that used in the Wonder Woman film?
Did they have all the actors lined up for Wonder Woman at the time?
Is the photo identical or was it subtly modified between the two movies?
Was the scene meticulously recreated for Wonder Woman, or ...
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What happened to the Kryptonite spear in Batman vs Superman?
In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, we see that Batman made a Kryptonite spear intending to
However, in the end the spear is used to
and then is it just left there? Do we know what happened to ...
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What did Clark & Bruce think about who sent them the documents?
In Batman V Superman, Lex sent some photographs to Clark and some papers written with "You let your family die" to Bruce?
Later in the movie, they both realized that it was all planned by Lex, but ...
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How old is Wonder Woman in Batman Vs Superman?
In Batman vs Superman we are shown photos of Wonder Women in a photo that was taken in 1918:
And she still looks the exact same as she did nearly 100 years ago.
So how old is Wonder Women?
I would ...
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Is Kryptonite some kind of energy source? If not, why?
...spoilers ahead.
Then why would Zod and his crew carry it on a ship of their own?
In this scene, divers find a rock on the shallow parts of the Southern Indian Ocean. This rock contained ...
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In "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice", how long has Batman been active?
Before Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice came out, I assumed the casting of an older actor in the role meant that he had been Batman for a bit, retired, and the rise of Superman caused him to come ...
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Why did Superman let the bomb explode in Batman v Superman?
Something has bothered me about the scene from BvS where the bomb goes off during the Congressional hearing: why did Superman let it go off where it was? I am not talking about his answer in the next ...
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How has the Batman V Superman climactic reveal been treated elsewhere? [closed]
Batman V Superman dealt with a piece of information in a very mocking way:
Has this piece of information been better handled in other media?
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Who is causing the dreams/hallucinations this character experiences?
Simple question: who is causing the dreams/hallucinations that Bruce Wayne experiences throughout the movie? If not a person, then what?
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What happened to Wayne Manor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
In said film Bruce Wayne is shown to be residing in a house by a lake;
most probably nearby the Wayne Manor, because the latter is almost destroyed:
Is this state of the manor explained in the movie ...
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Who is this figure in Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice [duplicate]
In the Ultimate Edition of Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice, there's this scene (image below) where Lex Luthor is talking to a hologram of a large figure before being arrested in the Genesis Chamber:
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Does Clark Kent know who Bruce Wayne is in this scene?
Clark Kent approaches Bruce Wayne and asks,
What is your position on bat vigilante in Gotham?
Is this because he knows who Bruce Wayne is? Because there is not ...
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Why bother setting up lights that look green?
Why bother trying to trick Batman when they were already going to kill him?
They could have just killed him all the same by luring him into the truck without all the fang-dangled stuff to deceive ...
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How did Lex Luthor know Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent were important to each other?
In this scene it seems that Lex Luthor knows something that every else does not. That he has brought together a an insignificant reporter with the one of the richest man in Gotham.
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Are Batman and Superman brothers?
Are they half brothers?
On the DC Comics site it states that Martha Wayne went into the witness protection program after she was targeted by a mob hit,
Millionaire Bruce Wayne is just a kid when ...
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How does Batman know that this character is Kryptonian?
In Batman vs Superman, Batman tells Alfred that
so he can be defeated with the kryptonite spear. How does Batman know that
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What material is Batman's suit made of in Dawn of Justice?
Does anybody know what is his suit made out of? I saw the tech guide and I didn't get anything.
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Is there any comic book canon for Batmans lack of morals in Dawn of Justice? [duplicate]
I just watched Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, and in it, Batman seems to display a complete lack of moral code. He has no issue with killing in the name of the law, even throwing a man through a ...
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What and with what was Luthor doing in the ship at the end of the movie?
After Doomsday was defeated, a spec-ops team sent to the Kryptionian ship in Metropolis found Luthor submerged in water, in front of a... thing, which "held" three metal cubes. The thing looked up, ...
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Do we know the story behind this suit in the Batcave?
In Batman vs Superman, we see this suit in the Batcave:
Do we know the story behind it? As far as I know, it's never really explained in the film.
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Point of the ending of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Is there anything indicating the point of the ending of the film?
But he has to, it's the entire point of the film - setting up the Justice League. It felt like a useless 20 minute ending to me. I ...
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What are the differences between the theatrical and extended releases of Dawn of Justice?
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has recently become available to purchase online. You can purchase either the theatrical cut or the slightly longer extended cut for a bit more money.
The extended ...
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Why does the kryptonite spear glow sometimes?
In the movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the spear Batman made with kryptonite, sometimes glows and sometimes it does not. Why is this?
There is a scene with Batman holding it when he has ...
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Who are the rest two Metahuman characters referred in Dawn of Justice?
While the 'metahumans' Wonder Woman and Flash are quite easily identifiable even for people like me, not knowing the comics nor the Arrow and Flash TV series, I would like to know who the other two ...
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Isn't it the same character?
I've just watched Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and have noticed an interesting thing.
Here's Bruce Wayne's parents killer:
And here's a bad guy — one of Martha's guardians:
Isn't it the ...
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Why Superman was not affected by kryptonite in this scene?
In the film Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Superman was significantly weakened (and nearly died) when he tried to dive down into the water to retrieve the Kryptonite spear, but in a subsequent ...
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How did Batman change his armor?
I've just watched Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and have a question.
Batman's suit was pretty damaged in his battle with Superman but then he had brand new armor while flying in the Batplane.
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What does Lex want?
At the end of Batman v Superman, Lex says to Batman:
Initially Lex wanted to kill Superman. Now does he want the whole world destroyed? Why, just because he's insane?
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Why does the Kryptonian space ship that is capable of genetic engineering fail to distinguish a kryptonian from a human?
In movies, the Superman's ship is shown to be very highly technologically advanced. In the latest Batman Vs Superman movie, it is shown to be capable of genetic re-engineering. Also, It is shown to ...
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Will there be a novelisation for 'Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice'?
The release of Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice - Cross Fire: An Original Companion Novel got me wondering.
Will there be a novelisation for 'Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice' and if so, who'...
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Is the painting at Lex Luthor's office real?
In the movie when Lex invites senator Finch to his private office, he points to an old oil painting depicting angels fighting with demons.
At the end of the movie we can see the painting again but
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