Zack Snyder Hints at the Tension Between BATMAN and SUPERMAN



There will be tension between Batman and Superman in BATMAN V. SUPERMAN. Obviously, because of the 'versus' in the title.

But what is the tension between them? Director Zack Snyder hinted at it in an interview with TheDailyBeast.

"They’re actually opposite sides of the same coin. It’s interesting because Batman's a man and Superman's a god, if you think about it in those terms. So their relationship is very contentious. What Superman sees as Batman's limits, Batman sees as Superman trying to control him, acting like an absolute dictator."

Snyder continued with a little bit more detail.

"What we went after was the humanity of each character. We tried to say, 'What would Batman have to do to unravel Superman, and what would Superman have to do to unravel Batman?' Their conflict is based on each others' understanding of the other's weakness. The fun of that is when you're dealing with these mythological creatures—to make them human again, bring them back to earth. And to do that you have to know the rules before you can break them. They have to go all the way to the stratosphere before you can bring them back down."

BATMAN V. SUPERMAN releases on March 25, 2016.