By the end of Steel much of Metropolis is destroyed and obviously thousands of innocent civilians are dead. And now as revealed in the newest Batman vs Superman trailer courtesy of SDCC we know that Bruce Wayne aka batman was in fact in Metropolis when the destruction happened. (And that Lex Luther has captured with dead body of General Zod)
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly Snyder said that the consequences of the battle were the whole point and that he was shocked at the reaction the ending received.
I was surprised because that’s the thesis of Superman for me, that you can’t just have superheroes knock around and have there be no consequences.
Now we understand that obviously those “consequences” are the main motivation behind Batman’s desire to take down Superman in the upcoming sequel, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
