Meanwhile, Luthor attempts to persuade Senator June Finch to allow him to import kryptonite discovered after Zod's terraforming attempt, so that it can be used as a deterrent against future Kryptonian and metahuman threats. Wayne learns that Russian weapon trafficker Anatoli Knyazev has been contacting LexCorp mogul Lex Luthor. Having witnessed the chaos of that battle in person, he sees Superman as an existential threat to humanity.Īfter learning of Batman's form of justice, Clark Kent (Superman's civilian identity) seeks to expose him via Daily Planet articles. Bruce is now a billionaire who has operated in Gotham City as the vigilante Batman for twenty years. Back in the present, eighteen months after the battle between Superman and General Zod in Metropolis, Superman has become a controversial figure. Kong actually are.In a flashback, Bruce Wayne falls into a cave while running from his parents' funeral, where he has a memorable encounter with a legion of bats.
Either way, in two months’ time, audiences can judge for themselves just how similar Batman v Superman and Godzilla vs. Kong looks poised to do well critically (delivering the same high-value Kaiju battles as the previous installments in its cinematic universe), due to the debilitating effect of COVID-19, the film is very unlikely to do well commercially. Batman v Superman was a critical disappointment but a commercial success, achieving 28% on Rotten Tomatoes but earning $860m at the worldwide box-office. Moreover, just because these films share similarities doesn’t intrinsically mean they’ll share the same fate. pushed for many of the same story elements to be present. Batman v Superman was released during Godzilla vs Kong’s pre-production period so, consciously or not, perhaps the producers at Warner Bros. Whilst some of it can, of course, be attributed to classic storytelling structures ( Batman v Superman wasn’t the first film to ever feature battling heroes uniting against a common threat – it’s not even the first superhero film to do so, just look at 2007’s Spider-Man 3), perhaps some of it can be due to Warner Bros. Of course, with this degree of creative parallels, many have been wondering how these similarities can even occur.
Kong, and cement the similarities even further. Who knows: perhaps Gal Gadot will appear out of nowhere as Wonder Woman in Godzilla vs.
From the presence of an underpowered civilian who is the heroes' connection to the human world (Lois Lane to Superman, and the native girl to Kong), to abject destruction of a city during the titular fight, to even the US government being overly involved for some reason. If that wasn’t enough, there are also a litany of smaller parallels. In the trailer, they also allude to a mutual dislike between Godzilla and Kong, stemming from how one is ‘different’ to the other, echoing how Batman initially disliked Superman’s all-powerful alien presence. For example, one has superpowers (Superman has flight, strength, and laser eyes, and Godzilla has his atomic breath and nuclear resistance) and the other has gadgets (Batman has his utility belt, and Kong has that giant axe). Additionally, the dynamic between Superman/Batman and Godzilla/Kong is surprisingly similar.
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