Zack Snyder talks about superhero battle consequences and Ben Affleck confirms Batman connection to Man of Steel.

Director Zack Snyder and actor Ben Affleck recently did an interview with Entertainment Weekly and the pair spoke about the controversial end battle scene from Man of Steel. This scene saw Superman and General Zod destroy Metropolis and leaving it looking like a truly war-torn battle ground.

Find out what they had to say in the full article!

Many fans were in an uproar when Superman and Zod's fight concluded because they had leveled most of Metropolis during the battle. In response, Zack Snyder came forward saying,

"“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."

He goes on making a connection to another superhero film, Watchmen,

"“There are other superhero movies where they joke about how basically no one’s getting hurt,” Snyder says. “That’s not us. What is that message? That’s it’s okay that there’s this massive destruction with zero consequence for anyone? That’s what Watchmen was about in a lot of ways too. There was a scene, that scene where Dan and Laurie get mugged. They beat up the criminals. I was like the first guy, I want to show his arm get broken. I want a compound fracture. I don’t want it to be clean. I want you to go, ‘Oh my God, I guess you’re right. If you just beat up a guy in an alley he’s not going to just be lying on the ground. It’s going to be messy.”"

Next, Ben Affleck spoke about the pivotal scene and revealed that there is certainly a connection to that fight in Man of Steel and his Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

"“One of the things I liked was Zack’s idea of showing accountability and the consequences of violence and seeing that there are real people in those buildings,” says Ben Affleck, who plays Batman. “And in fact, one of those buildings was Bruce Wayne’s building so he knew people who died in that Black Zero event.”"

Given that one of Bruce Wayne's satellites was destroyed, as well as one of his buildings, it makes sense that he would want to go find out what this new public figure is all about.

What do you think about Snyder's comments and the connection between Man of Steel and Bruce Wayne?

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be in theaters on March 25, 2015.

Source: Entertainment Weekly