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How did Luthor's wheelchair bomb get past security?
The wheelchair was lead-lined.
The wheelchair was lead-lined to hide the bomb. I'm not sure that this was clarified in the theatrical cut but I'm pretty sure it was explicit in the DVD/Blu-Ray ...
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Why does Batfleck have a widow's peak?
It was at the insistence of the actor. He wanted to look more like the iconic images of Bruce Wayne that he'd seen in earlier comic serials. The wig also served to age him up.
Ben Affleck had been ...
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How could a photo prove that Diana wasn't a normal human?
Well, one assumes perhaps some of the following:
Bruce already had suspicions
Bruce has other sources of information
There was other information on Luthor's drive
In particular, it was shown that ...
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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?
Superman's apology is a callback to their last meeting, where Superman rips open the Batmobile and levels an ultimatum at Batman, "Next time they shine your light in the sky, don't go to it. The ...
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Is Superman an American citizen?
Don't know about "movieverse" but original continuity has Supes granted citizenship by an act of Congress, later extended by the UN to all member nations. Clark Kent, as a distinct legal entity, has ...
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How old is Wonder Woman in Batman Vs Superman?
According to the March 2016 issue of Empire Magazine Wonder Woman is over 5000 years old. According to actress Gal Gadot (who portrays Wonder Woman) this un-agingness forms a key part of her back ...
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Why did Superman's body not decompose?
It appears that, in the DCEU, Kryptonians don't decompose all that fast. A key plot point of Batman vs Superman was that Zod's corpse still seems to be in good condition
Even if we presume that they ...
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Why didn't Amanda Waller consider Lex Luthor for her Task Force X project?
I couldn't find a word of god on the matter, so there is no definitive answer to the question. However, here is what we can infer from Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman:
Lex Luthor is not a good fit ...
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When, exactly, does Justice League (2017) take place?
Somewhere between April 21, 2016, and late August, 2017
Throughout the movie, there are several elements that can be dated. Some of them definite (give or take a week), some of them speculate a bit. ...
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Why would the Bat-Brand attract violence from other criminals?
(Quoting my answer from the Movies SE:)
Apparently this is somewhat explained in the Ultimate Edition:
The theatrical cut made a big deal about Batman branding criminals
with a red-hot bat-...
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How did Luthor's wheelchair bomb get past security?
The answer is he hid it inside a wounded veteran's wheelchair. The man, confined to a wheelchair, was likely not viewed as a threat and likely not subjected to additional security screening. Relevant ...
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Is Kryptonite some kind of energy source? If not, why?
The World Engine was turning Earth into Krypton
In Man of Steel the World Engine was turning Earth into Krypton, or a planet that would be suitable for Kryptonian life.
The World Engine had already ...
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In "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice", how long has Batman been active?
Probably worth updating this with information from Justice League; Bruce Wayne mentions he’s been at it for 20 years.
Arthur Curry: So, let me get this straight. You do it dressed like a
bat? Like an ...
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In "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice", how long has Batman been active?
You've touched on one of the plotting issues in BvS - the timeframe of Batman's operations is very inconsistent. He's clearly been operating for many years, enough to have had (and lost) a sidekick, ...
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How could Batman see the parademons in his nightmare?
TLDR
This was not a premonition or a dream
I believe that the "dream sequence" was actually memories from the Flash that came back in time.
Flash was not referring to Superman as the "him" in this ...
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Why did dirt on Superman's coffin start to float?
Apparently it was to show that there was still a life force in Superman and that he's not going to be dead-dead. Zack Snyder has the following to say in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. Sorry ...
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In Batman vs Superman why didn't Superman just have Wonder Woman stab Doomsday with the kryptonite?
Prelude
To answer this question it is critical to actually watch carefully the scene and not just pose it as an abstraction. If it is permissible to condemn something on an abstraction (which there ...
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Was the 1918 Wonder Woman photo from Dawn of Justice identical to that used in the Wonder Woman film?
The black and white photo used for BvS and Wonder Woman (WW) prologue is probably the same. The colour version and the scene in the WW movie was however recreated. This was confirmed in several ...
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In Batman vs Superman why didn't Superman just have Wonder Woman stab Doomsday with the kryptonite?
Superman took the Kryptonite because
He was more likely to survive an up-close encounter with Doomsday
The Kryptonite was on a spear (see Why Superman was not affected by kryptonite in this scene?)
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What happened to Wayne Manor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
I don't have any evidence whatsoever, so this was almost a comment:
I've seen BvS a couple times, including the extended version. I don't believe there's ever any explanation of what happened to ...
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In "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice", how long has Batman been active?
In the film Batman has been active for some time. He has seen darker times like the death of Robin.
Regarding Batman's age, I am quoting Zack Synder here
So, this has happened time and again, and it ...
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Why did Superman let the bomb explode in Batman v Superman?
The Superman in this movie series is not faster than an expanding explosion, and even if he were, there wouldn't be much he could do once it was already exploding.
It's not like the explosion is a ...
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Why did Superman let the bomb explode in Batman v Superman?
As you said in the following scene, he told Lois he couldn't see it. If the bomb has already ignited, then it's going to rip thru the case and containing that explosion wasn't really possible. If he ...
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How has the Batman V Superman climactic reveal been treated elsewhere?
The new X-Men Annual #1 references this iconic scene. Suffice to say, it's with a certain level of disrespect.
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How tall is Doomsday in Batman v. Superman?
An exact answer may be impossible but here is some math to suggest the closest possible estimation.
First lets compare by arm length
Henry Cavill is 6'1" via his imdb page. So given the length of ...
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What happened to Wayne Manor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
The manor being in ruins is possibly a nod to Kingdom Come, another series that Snyder originally looked to for reference along with The Dark Knight Returns. In Kingdom Come, Superman returned from 10 ...
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Aquaman's origins in Batman vs Superman
While there was no effort to explain anything about Arthur Curry's origins in Batman Vs Superman (and he's the son of Thomas Curry, not Arthur - Arthur is his name), it was referenced in Justice ...
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When did Batman get Kryptonite in Batman v Superman?
Batman breached LexCorp and stole the Kryptonite
After his failed attempt to capture the Kryptonite, Batman delayed his next move until the attack at the Capitol. This sole event triggered his ...
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