He told Martha "I am a friend of your son's" and said "I failed him".
They're friends or at least in sadfleck's deluded mind they are.

Did they backfire because he just assumed they would work for him?
The daddy issues is what drives him in the movie. I doubt it's that important in other versions.

But that would be too randian and Snyder loves Rand.

The reason he was cast is because Snyder liked how "crazy" he is.

And the best part? Goyer himself said that BvS was a stupid idea, 11 years ago.

Then why all the BS about flying demons and fallen angels?

How is it bad? It's perfect!

He has no enthusiasm for the material. He only likes Watchmen because of all the sex and violence. This movie has so many scenes taken directly from watchmen.

HENRY CAVILL
Wow! It IS a spaceship! At last, maybe I'll finally get answers to all my lifelong questions! This is the most profound moment of my life and the greatest discovery in human history!!!
WONDER and AWE fill HENRY's face! He struggles to hold back TEARS as he stands on the cusp of a NEW UNDERSTANDING of the…

I think the closest thing we have to a reason is his daddy's fists and *abominations*
Well fucking done, Snyder!

If he was actually coked out throughout the movie his plan would've made 10x more sense and would've actually been entertaining to watch.

More like BvS type situation.
"Hollywood ! Listen to me. It's real estate! That's the key. Did I come too soon ? Damn, I came too soon!

Except that came out before the current version of Lex Luthor.

"Superman is a Randian dipshit"
So Superman is basically Snyder?
I think Snyder might actually have some problems. The guy has trouble understanding why someone with superpowers would save people who're about to die or why would someone choose not to kill people.

Then why did they make him a businessman in this one? Why get rid of the hair? I seriously doubt he was actually mad.

The charismatic and menacing scientist and business man that's been pretty consistent for a few decades.

They did have setup. They just chose to abandon it for reasons too complicated for us peasants to understand.

Lmfao

Why is Batman called Gotham Bat/the Bat but Kal-El(a name known to the public) is called superman(a name used by a few soldiers) ?
Space-Jesus! Snyder can't do anything right.

Because batman keeps asking him "insert meme" instead of realizing his mommie isn't the only Martha in the world.
Batman mentioned his earth parents literally moments ago so there's no new information that he got.