Especially in the wake of a Batman film they didn't like.

None of which calls for him to destroy a city.

And you know, the thing is, when a director passes on a big studio project, it almost certainly isn't him refusing to "sell out"; directors LIKE doing things for money! It's because he looked at the project and thought "I have no idea how to make this interesting". And he's right.

The grand joke of it all is that, no matter what they do, the wave WILL crest. (it feels like it already has)
Audiences will just become interested in something else.
Heck, let's put this in perspective: Warners has made more off HARRY POTTER than the Batman movies.
They'll come a point when they'll just need to…

The brass who make those kind of decisions don't even know who Bruce Timm IS.
But they might hire some fresh out of film school hotshot who grew up watching his shows.

It's true, ask any STAR WARS fan if they own copies of The Dreaded Prequels.
But you know, some movies are only worth hating as an illegal download.

I think we're already seeing the thing that's going to damage the big franchises, and that's the problem BOTH Marvel and DC are having getting interesting directors. (not that the general public cares who's name is in the credits, but the more they become "studio films", the more generic they'll become, and thus more…

I just can't imagine anyone sitting out BVS but putting SS on their must see list. If BVS goes down the tubes, SS will absolutely follow it.

Frankly, it says something pretty goddamn appalling that Goyer and Snyder think that not only does their hero has to be taught that killing is bad, but that he has to learn it by experience because he has the worst dad in the world.
In short: I am NOT hiring those guys to babysit.

It's true, the character has always been most popular with the mainstream audience on TV- where they can't afford a destruction derby, so they basically write AROUND his powers.
People don't like him because he's the strongest man in the world- they like him because he's the strongest man in the world, and he wants…

It's called a moral code… and frankly, a guy with Superman's power who goes around killing everyone is a pretty nightmarish scenario.
But the best reason, NARRATIVELY, for Superman not to be Captain Slaughtergod is that that's not the kind of problems he deals with anyway. When you can basically do anything, the…

To be fair, BATMAN 66 has had a hell of a shelf life. That thing keeps coming back into favor (probably because at it's core, it's right; superheroes are silly stuff, no matter how much fanboys pretend otherwise)
You're right, the success or failure of BVS is totally dependent on the mainstream audience. The question…

People always say that, but the defining aspect of Superman's character is that he DOESN'T just use his powers to kill people- which is what has always given Batman the chance to outsmart him.
Of course, Zack Snyder's Superman don't follow that rule.

wait a minute- IS BEN AFFLECK BRAINIAC?
(hmm… once I say it out loud, it sounds OBVIOUSLY inaccurate)

Actually, I'd argue that the main reason B&R bombed was that they'd been hyping it nonstop since the last one came out, so people were basically sick of it by the time it arrived.
(Which does NOT bode well for BVS)

They're spending more than 400 million on BVS- BEFORE advertising.
Anything less than a billion at the BO will be regarded as failure.

But my point was- if BVS bombs (and I don't think it's a sure thing either way), then Warners is sitting on a follow-up film that is going to be tainted by connection. (If people don't go see BVS, then they DEFINITELY won't go to SUICIDE SQUAD. Why would they? It's essentially a sequel based on the premise that "if…

Tell that to BATMAN AND ROBIN.
And remember- Adam West was HUGELY popular as Batman- until one day he wasn't.

For fans of Schadenfreude, the best thing about watching BVS POTENTIALLY bombing will be watching Warners squirm for several months as they wait for SUICIDE SQUAD to DEFINITELY follow it down the tubes.

He's ANIMATED Batman.
You know, the GOOD one.