With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, we now have a movie built on the arrival and the destruction caused by Superman in Man of Steel. It did not seem to make any sense especially since there was not supposed to be - yes, one might have gotten annoyed by Kevin Feige, the CEO of Marvel, and his big boss attitude regarding the content - a strict observation of its content. Also, that a duel between Batman and Superman was intended to be the plot of the first movie was considered an overhasty decision by DC and the producing studio Warner Bros. Back in 2004, Affleck screwed up the Marvel character Daredevil so badly that a sequel was never an option. When it got out that Ben Affleck was supposed to be that new actor, both the fans and neutral audiences were sceptical. Since Nolan's Batman trilogy was not supposed to be part of the DC universe, a new interpretation of the character including a new actor was required again. When DC announced numerous movies, that were obviously supposed to copy the Marvel concept, after Man of Steel, it seemed as if DC now wanted a piece of the pie as well. Instead, Christopher Nolan got to do his own (and veery successful) Batman thing and Zack Snyder was doing the same with Man of Steel which tells the origin story of the very popular Superman character. For a long time, it seemed as if the DC people simply did not get how huge that whole universe thing was. The only question was: What about DC Comics? The very same publisher who has at the very least two iconic comic heroes: Superman and Batman. The fanbase of the heroes popular for decades were on board for sure but Marvel certainly did not expect to wrap the rest of the mainstream audience around their finger that easy. The concept Marvel started with Iron Man in 2008 which is now knows as Cinematic Universe was so successful that the big competitor DC could not ignore it any longer: Entertaining the world with several characters with single and combined appearances in live-action movies.
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