Man of Steel 2: A comic book student’s dream movie

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Chris Santiago/Contributing Writer

In June of 2013, Zack Snyder’s blockbuster hit “Man of Steel” made an impact in the rebirth of the legend known as Superman, and Snyder left the movie with many easter eggs.

Perhaps the biggest spoiler of all was the showing of the Wayne Enterprises logo on the satellite that was destroyed during the final battle between Superman and General Zod.

Who owns Wayne Enterprises? Bruce Wayne. Who is Bruce Wayne’s alter-ego? That’s right, Batman. And this past summer at Comic Con in San Diego, California it was announced that the sequel to Man of Steel would feature Batman as a supporting character in the film. Fans went ballistic at this surprise announcement and have taken to the Internet to share their voices and opinions.

Then possibly the most controversial of all announcements came shortly afterwards: it was revealed that the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman was given to none other than Ben Affleck. The responses were not benevolent to say the least.

Most fans reacted in an outraged manner and weren’t shy about letting the world know how they felt. I am a big comic book nerd and yes, I was one of the numerous amounts of people that criticized Affleck. But after carefully thinking about the possibilities Affleck can bring to the icon, I soon realized how it all could be done; how Snyder could make this sequel happen.

Ben Affleck is the perfect age for the role, the early 40s which is about how old Bruce Wayne is supposed to be in this time period. He will be tired, weary, unwilling to fight and, in some aspects, broken. Batman will have been semi-retired and have been using his Bat-drones to clean up Gotham for him due to the fact that he doesn’t have the same energy as he used to. But, now that Superman has emerged in Metropolis and caused such destruction during his fight against General Zod, it will be time for Bruce Wayne to, once again, to don the suit and have the big confrontation against the Man of Steel himself.

The “World’s Finest” is being brought into the cinematic universe and if Snyder wants this movie to shatter box office records like I know it will, he should give this movie a brutal fight sequence between the two heroes. A fight that fans have been waiting for decades to see come alive on the big screen.

That means Batman using all his knowledge to beat Superman and Superman having to try to restrain himself from killing Batman. This will be THE biggest and most brutal collision in superhero cinematic history and it will, in the end, force the two to work together in unison to defeat the yet-to-be-named antagonist in the film.

I believe that Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck will have great on-screen chemistry together being that both of them have great experience as actors. Zack Snyder realizes that this movie will be a very touchy and sensitive one to work on and I have no doubt that he will bring the two legends together in a perfect manner.

Have faith, everyone. The dynamic duo will be brought to the big screen in the way that, respectively, gives both Batman and Superman the justice they both deserve.

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