FYI:
I am automatically losing a lot of respect for people who predetermine that they’re going to hate “Batman v Superman” and therefore either aren’t bothering to go see it for themselves, or they’re going in and hating it because they’ve already decided they’re going to.
I’ve seen a few defenses, and I’m just gonna go ahead and get rid of those for you.
1) “You haven’t been a lifelong fan like me.” Listen, folks. Some of you haven’t known me very long, but you need to understand that I’ve been a BatFan since just about day one. My parents took me to the theatre to see Michael Keaton’s “Batman” when I was a baby, and they told me later that I just sat there and watched the movie (same with “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”). This photograph is from a few years later. I could share a lot of photos of myself from over the years in my various cosplays and merch and all of the Batman-related things I’ve done. But I don’t feel like that’s necessary.
2) “You love the Marvel universe more.” Overall, yes. But there are only two comic book characters EVER who beat Batman and Joker for me, and that’s Rogue and Gambit. The entire Batman universe is wonderful and incredibly deep, and has many of my favorite comic characters and storylines in it.
3) “But the critics are saying..” Excuse me? The critics loved “Batman and Robin” when it first came out. That’s the movie that killed the Batman franchise for eight years, until Christopher Nolan could reboot it. Also BatNipples. Are you seriously going to let those “critics” decide whether or not you like something? That’s like saying Donald Trump is your biggest rolemodel when it comes to judging people. How about you think for yourself and decide on your own, ONCE YOU’VE SEEN THE MOVIE and not a minute before, whether you like it?
4) “It doesn’t follow the established canon.” First of all, that’s not true. It took elements from several different storylines, most of which I noticed was from “the Dark Knight Returns”. Second, if you’re expecting an exact remake, you’re not only being unrealistic, but you’re proving your own smallmindedness. Let this be its own entity.
Listen, people. I’ve seen it three times now in three days. And even though there were things I had issues with, I liked it. Don’t go in expecting Oscar material. That’s been a major problem with DC movies. They take themselves too seriously, and the fans expect a lot more than the movies can deliver. That’s why we haven’t seen a full-fledged DC movie universe. People expect too much, and the movies can’t gain enough popularity to build a franchise, so there has to be yet another reboot. It’s a comic book movie. Treat it and the subsequent films as such and you’ll live a much happier life, believe me.
