r/DC_Cinematic • u/SpeedForce2022 • Sep 02 '21
POLL Which DCEU death was the saddest? Spoiler
Which Death?
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Polka-Dot Man
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Superman
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u/Soft_Appropriate Sep 02 '21 edited Sep 02 '21
It's kinda surprising to read comments saying that there was no build up to Superman's death, when the movie first forshadows it when Bruce is furioualy staring at Superman from the distance. The agressive music sets the tone of what's to come: BATMAN PLANNING TO MURDER SUPERMAN.
Superman's fate is also forshadowed in the day of the dead sequence. Not just through the shot of the people with painted skulls on their faces surrounding him, but also through the very question, "Must there be a Superman". Then, we see civilians burning a dummie of him in the news. After the title fight, Batman is about to KILL SUPERMAN. Lex Luthor's main goal is to have Superman killed, either by Batman or Doomsday's hand. The US goverment fires a nuke at him and Doomsday, and they think he didn't survive. And THEN, he sacrificed himself for a world that was pretty much questioning his existence.
If that is not build up, I don't know what it is.