Answering ComicBookMovie.com's Top 15 Unanswered Questions in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Top 15 ANSWERED Questions In BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

1. What is Lex's motivation for hating Superman and metahumans?

"So the day does not come madam when your children are waving daisies at a viewing stand." - Lex

"The problem of evil with the world.  The problem of absolute virtue.  The problem of you on top of everything else.  You above all.  Ah, cause that's what God is.  Horace, Apollo, Jehova, Kal-El, Clark Joseph Kent.  See what we call God depends upon our tribe, Clark Joe.  Cause God is tribal.  God takes sides.  No man in the sky intervened when I was a boy to deliver me from daddy's fist and abominations.  I figured out way back, if God is all powerful, he cannot be all good.  And if he is all good, then he cannot be all powerful.  And neither can you be.  They need to see the fraud you are, with their eyes.  The blood on your hands.  And tonight, they will." - Lex

2.  How did Lex acquire the data on Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Flash, and Aquaman? 

"We know Lex has ears inside the Central Intelligence Agency because Knyazeb knew the CIA was going to be in Africa and Lex knew Lois had been digging into the experimental rounds.  We know that Lex has acquired footage and files from STAR Labs, banks, convenience stores, and more.  We know that Lex is running facial recognition software over it because we see Diana’s face get matched.  So, in short, a mountain of data mined by a premiere tech company is able to uncover insights not available to general public."  -http://www.manofsteelanswers.com/lex-luthor-explained/

How long has it been in his possession?

My answer to this is.....Why does this even matter?  But the obvious conclusion would be within the last 18 months.  After seeing Superman, surely Lex had to wonder what else was out there.  And Diana would have likely come sooner if it had been longer than that.

3.  Why is the World Engine wreckage just left floating in the ocean?

To know Superman is to know that he respects the laws and governments of the world which is evident in Batman v Superman both in his interaction with them and with his disapproval of Batman's methods.  This is more than enough reason not to enter foreign territory to remove the world engine.  Add to that the chunks of kryptonite surrounding it and its not hard to figure out why the World Engine wreckage is left floating in the ocean.  As for the Scout ship, the government is clearly researching its technology as we see in the movie.  It's not that big of a leap to assume the government didn't want Superman to remove it.  

4.  Why do people think Superman pulled out a gun and killed people in Africa?  Why would Superman need a gun?

This is one of the most ignorant questions I've heard echoed from people about Batman v Superman.

"The men in the village heard a noise, like the sky cracked open.  He came down.  So many dead.  Even worse came after.  The government attacked.  No mercy in the villages.  My parents tried to run." - African Woman

"The world has been so caught up with what Superman can do, that no one has asked what he should do." - Finch

"Superman acted like some rogue combatant to rescue her and people died." - Swanwick

No one is suggesting that Superman shot people.  The concern is with the collateral damage caused as a result of Superman's actions.  I can't understand why this is so hard to understand.  And the fact that Superman is considered an American is exactly why the Senate is having a hearing about him, because his actions reflect on the United States who are then blamed because they are harboring him.

5.  Why does a bombing in the US Senate turn public opinion against Superman?

Public opinion about Superman is already on the decline due to the incident in Africa perpetrated by Lex Luthor.  Here is another instance where there is collateral damage due to Superman's presence.  It appears that Wallace was targeting Superman, especially given his vocal attack of Superman before the hearing saying he is not a hero, and as a result lives were lost and a monument destroyed.  And the fact that Superman didn't stop it from happening and save those people using his "godly" powers garners further criticism of Superman.  You can hear the news reporter on the television say "...failed to stop him".

6.  Why does Luthor kill Mercy?  Was she originally intended to be a robot?  The film seemed to imply that she heard Bruce's microphone at Lex's party.

It's a matter of culpability.  If one of Lex's own dies, he is less likely to be suspected.  She also knows too much of his plans which is a risk for Lex.  There is no indication Mercy hears Bruce's ear wig.  Fact is Lex already knows Bruce is Batman when the fundraiser occurs.  Mercy is an extension of Lex's eyes and ears.  Of course he would tell her to keep an eye on Bruce during the party.

7.  Why did the Wayne Executives need Bruce Wayne to call and tell them to evacuate the building?

Corporate offices, especially skyscrapers, have safety guidelines in place that dictate procedures in the event of a catastrophe.  Most companies' safety procedures dictate employees remain in their offices as it is the safest place in most scenarios.  You'll notice that until the fight between Zod and Superman entered the Wayne building, the people were safer there than in the streets where there was mass hysteria and falling debris. 

Bruce Wayne as CEO of the company and with the outside perspective of the events taking place had the authority and knowledge about the situation to direct his employees on how to act.  The scene also established the interpersonal relationship Bruce had with his employees which also gave credence to his questioning why he wasn't told about the returned checks from Wallace.

8.  Why did Superman let the bad guys get away when first confronting Batman in the Batmobile?

What exactly were these bad guys guilty of that Superman would have picked up on?  They were loading cargo from the port and transporting it.  Batman is the one who incited the violence and shooting and allowed it to spread into the streets.  And it is this type of behavior and disregard for public safety why Superman has a problem with Batman.  "Civil liberties are being trampled on in your city.  Good people living in fear....He thinks he's above the law."

There was no evidence to suggest the men in the LexCorp truck had done anything illegal to begin with from Superman's perspective other than responding to Batman's attacks.  Once Batman was out of the way the shooting stopped.  Superman had put an end to the immediate danger.  The rest was up to the authorities to handle.

9.  Did people at the underground MMA fight recognize Bruce Wayne or not?

While I agree this scene would have been a good way to showcase Bruce's disguise, there is nothing farfetched about Bruce being there given its an "underground" fight.  What happenes in the underground, stays in the underground.  There is absolutely nothing to connect Bruce to Batman.  Bruce is a wealthy business man just there to gamble on fights.  Anatoli Knyazev is a mercenary who does major crimes.  It isn't strange for Batman to infiltrate one of his crimes.  Frankly any of the men there could have been Batman with that sort of logic.

10.  Man of Steel established Superman's X-ray vision, so why doesn't he use it in Batman v Superman?

Who says he doesn't use it?  We just don't see him use it.  Surely he likely used it to find Lois inside one of the buildings in Africa given the General had a gun to her head.  However X-ray vision isn't something that is constantly on.  He has to consciously use it.  Hence if Batman disappears from behind a cloud of smoke before Superman uses his X-ray vision he won't see him anyway.

Assuming Doomsday DOES have X-ray vision, he was essentially a newborn.  He likely did not know he had X-ray vision or know how to harness it.  Note that Doomsday also doesn't fly so we can assume he doesn't have all the powers of a Kryptonian especially since the DNA was mixed with a human's [Lex Luthor's].

At the fundraiser, using his X-Ray vision would have been too obvious to the people around him, and he wouldn't have been able to see exactly what Bruce was doing, only that which an X-ray scan would reveal.

11.  Is Superman's future in the DCEU inspired by Superman: The Dark Side, Superman: TAS "Legacy" and Injustice: Gods Among Us?

Is this even a question that needs to be asked?  If so, the answer is yes.

Superman tells Batman in the knightmare, "She was my world, and you took her from me."  Later, before Superman sacrifices himself to stop Doomsday, Superman tells Lois that she is his world.  Hence we know that it's Lois that is killed.  Furthmore it is Lois that is killed in Injustice which causes Superman to snap.  Finally, Jimmy Olsen being shot early in the movie is further indication to comic fans that this knightmare vision is a vision of the future, that things are headed in that direction given that Jimmy Olsen was shot at the beginning of Injustice: Gods Among Us.  This is why Flash needs to come back to warn Bruce.  Flash flat out says "It's Lois.  She's the key."  So it’s obviously Lois that Flash is talking about which is in line with Injustice: Gods Among Us.

The knightmare vision of the future has elements of all three: Superman Dark Side, Superman TAS "Legacy", and Injustice Gods Among Us although Superman Dark Side less so than the other two.

12.  Does Lex Luthor know about Darkseid and Apokolips?  If so, how?

ComicBookMovie.com pretty much answers this question themselves.  The AI in Zod's scout ship is filled with all sorts of knowledge about alien planets and races and Lex does tell it to show him everything.  Of course we know from the released deleted scene that Lex sees what is believed to be either Steppenwolf or Yuga Khan with three Mother Boxes.  Lex is also aware of the Mother Boxes from the Cyborg footage.  So yes Lex knows about Darkseid and Apokolips and he does so because of the AI on the scout ship.

13.  How does Lex gain such a quick understanding of the Kryptonian Matrix and how does he know that mixing his blood will result in Doomsday?

So this one is also pretty much answered by ComicBookMovie.com and at the same time isn't.  In the last question it’s acknowledged that Lex tells the AI on the scout ship to show him everything.  Whenever we don't see Lex on screen it can pretty much be assumed that he is at the ship learning.  The AI is telling him everything including answer specific questions he has.  Lex obviously wanted to create something to counter Superman.  He needed only to ask the AI anything he wanted to know.

14.  Was that a Mother Box that fused with Cyborg?

The answer to this question is yes, especially given we see the Mother Boxes from the released deleted scene of Lex in the scout ship.  The follow up questions presented in the blurb are unanswerable at this time.

15.  How did Lois instinctively know that Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman would need the kryptonite spear when fighting Doomsday?

Imagine you wake up in the morning and open your front door.  You see a big monster out on the street.  Your body reacts in one of two ways: fight or flight.  Assuming your reaction is to fight, what's the next thing you do?  Your answer would likely be to grab the nearest weapon.  Well the nearest weapon just so happened to be the kryptonite spear.  Now Lois doesn't necessarily know that Doomsday has Kryptonian DNA, unless she happened to see Doomsday use heat vision and then it wouldn't be too far of a stretch for her to assume so, but she does know that the spear is a weapon and that they would need all the help they could to defeat this thing.  Why is this so hard for people to understand?

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