batman v superman

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shitarianasays
replied to your post “Batman v Superman has flaws (though…less than you might think) but at…”

i haven’t seen it yet but i don’t really care about spoilers and i’m gonna watch it soon, but i was wondering what do u you think are its flaws?

Ah well!

(This is all re: the special edition, not the regular one)

The tone is terribly uneven. It’s like what Zack Snyder really wanted to do was make a 2-hour meditation on the nature of heroes and gods but was forced to throw in a bunch of punching and explosions to draw the fanboy crowd (I would not be surprised if that’s exactly what happened.)

I personally think it’s pretty ableist in the way it treats its one disabled character

And the only women of colour are both killed off pretty sharpish and kinda casually :/

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The “Martha” scene in Batman v Superman gets so much flack and I’ve never understood why

like, to me – that was a big deal. I mean, why do Martha Kent and Martha Wayne share a name in the first place? Because back in the days they were invented, no-one cared enough to differentiate them! For ages, they (like so many mothers in comics) were merely minor satellites of their famous sons, and not nearly as important as their sons’ fathers either. (The way the Nolan Batman movies treat Thomas Wayne as Batman’s driving force, with Martha only an afterthought, is SUPER INFURIATING you guys)

But the Martha Scene! It suddenly made both of them THE MOST IMPORTANT! Shaped the whole plot! Made the fact that these women existed and were mothers A HUGE FRIGGING DEAL! It was really satisfying, you guys. It honest to god felt like a correction of an injustice.