There ’s a reason Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice went with that slightly wordy claim . In gain to feature a showdown between the two DC titan , Zack Snyder ’s film was for the most part created to help set up a self-aggrandising DC Extended Universe . How just did it do that ? We ’ve get you cover .
Major spoilers keep an eye on .
Batman’s History
In Batman v Superman , it ’s revealed that Bruce Wayne has been Batman for 20 years . In that fourth dimension , he ’s remained largely a secret to the public , but two decades of crime - combat provide a lot of chronicle , and we get a few glimpse of it in the movie . First , there ’s the courtship of his old sidekick Robin in the Batcave , with the Book “ Hahaha Joke ’s On You Batman ” written on it . Second , Wayne cite Gotham ’s history with the great unwashed clip as clowns , a clear reference book to the Joker . Third , Wayne Manor has been burn off and is uninhabitable , force Bruce and Alfred to live out of a nearby lake house . The implications here , at least of the first two , are that the Joker killed Robin in some sort of public struggle , but that ’s just an educated guessing . Whether or not we ’ll get explanations of any of these things in future movies , we do n’t know , but there will sure enough be ramifications .
The Meta-Human Theory
This is the big one , so we ’re going to break it into a few parts . The reason Lex Luthor wants to get kryptonite to quit Superman is because he has a possibility that other the great unwashed like Superman be and humanity need to be protect from them . This is a theory that Senator Finch is also mindful of . Later though we realize this is n’t a theory at all and , Lex has video validation these hoi polloi exist . Luthor also suggest that his “ R&D is up to all variety of no goodness . ” Is he cite to meta - humans ?
The Knightmare
In the middle of the film , Bruce Wayne has a dream where he ’s trying to get kryptonite in a post - apocalyptic existence . However , he realizes he ’s been fix up by an army of Superman worshippers . There ’s a Brobdingnagian Z symbol burn in the Earth and Bruce is attacked by parademons . Dreams , generally , amount from the subconscious and while his fear of Superman gain sense , the signification behind that Omega symbol ( more on that in a bit ) and parademons are a moment harder to explain . Is this a premonition of what ’s to get ? Undoubtedly .
A Flash Between Dream and Reality
Immediately after the Knightmare , Bruce Wayne sees something . A white light with a ruddy being in the midriff of it . This being , almost certainly , is Ezra Miller as the Flash traveling through meter . Traveling form where and for what reason ? We do n’t know . We also do n’t jazz if Bruce took any of what he said to heart , but here ’s what was said .
Flash says that “ Lois Lane is the tonality , ” that he “ come too shortly , ” “ You were good about him , ” and “ You ’ve go to receive us . ” Lois Lane being the keystone could refer to this movie ( where Lois finds the kryptonite gig ) or something in the time to come . That he “ Came too soon ” is probably a denotation to the fact Bruce does n’t love about The Flash yet and is n’t yet look to enter the Justice League . “ You were right about him ” may mean that Superman does something bad in the future , or it could be that Lex Luthor is a forged fashion plate , or something else . Ay any rate , “ You ’ve pose to bump us ” is the one scrap of advice Bruce does seem to take by the ending of the picture show .
Lex Learns Secrets From a Kryptonian Ship
When Lex boards the ship abandon after Man of Steel , the computer tell him it has information from 100,000 galaxies . To which Lex sound out , “ learn me . ” We do n’t make love what , exactly , he learned , but we recall that ’s how he chance out how to make Zod into the killer Doomsday , and how he may have made inter-group communication with something beyond . Something regretful . Something that uses an Z symbol ( I promise , we ’ll get to that ) . This scenario will also serve as a prissy tool for the future film writer to explicate how Lex knows anything .
Wonder Woman’s History
When Bruce Wayne access Lex Luthor ’s cipher files , he pick up a caboodle of things . First is the photo that Diana Prince , a.k.a . Wonder Woman , says Lex Luthor possesses but which does n’t go to him . That photo demonstrate her in battle during World War I , alongside several other characters . The comprehension of Chris Pine almost surely intend we ’ll see this photo taken in the Wonder Woman solo picture show .
The Justice League
So we ’ve stimulate Batman , Superman and Wonder Woman . What about the rest period of the Justice League ? Well , when Diana Prince opens the other files from Lex ’s computer we see a valet de chambre who can run really tight call “ Red Streak , ” a man living underwater in the Tonga Trench , and D.r Silas Stone create a intercrossed man and machine at S.T.A.R. Labs . That ’s the Flash , Aquaman and Cyborg . Plus , Stone has what come along to be a Mother Box , a part of technology that ties in with a major character reference teased in the film .
Superman’s Dead
In Batman v Superman , Superman exit . Twice . Well , at least once , but maybe double . The first time is when a atomic explosion strike him in outer place ; the 2d is when Doomsday stabs him in the chest . After the first one , the ray of light of the Sunday contribute him back to consciousness and life story . As the second , we do n’t be intimate quite yet . We just know that Clark Kent is buried in Smallville , an empty casket is bury in Washington D.C. , and a memorial to Superman is localize in Metropolis . The final scene of the movie is poop rising on Clark ’s coffin , suggesting something is come about to his torso at heart . Also suggesting this resurrection ? Every meter Henry Cavill talks about being in Justice League .
Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince Will Scout the Justice League
At Clark Kent ’s funeral , Bruce severalise Diana that it ’s time to find the other people like her because they need to push . Why will they need to contend , asks Diana ? “ I have a feeling , ” says Bruce . Where could that feel come from ? Well , here ’s one last connexion .
Darkseid
In the film ’s last moments , Bruce Wayne imperil a now bald Lex Luthor in prison and Lex tells him that the bell has been surround . Someone knows that “ God is dead . ” “ He ’s hungry and he ’s follow , ” Lex warns . The film then reduce to Luthor ’s dad ’s painting , which shows a engagement between heaven and hell . The painting has been flip so that Hell is coming from the sky . Earlier in the film , this was a reference to Superman ; now it ’s a consultation to something greater — something that uses an Omega Symbol as its indicator . Something key out Darkseid .
Darkseid is fundamentally the DC Extended Universe ’s equivalent of Marvel ’s swelled bad Thanos ( although Darkseid was created by DC Comics first in reality make water Thanos Marvel ’s Darkseid ) . Darkseid is an unstoppable , god - like character from the satellite Apokolips who want to eliminate free will from the universe . He ’s a redoubtable scoundrel who may end up testify up in Justice League movie , scheduled for release in November 2017 .
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