Director Zack Snyder explained why Batman killed people in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice through a profane speech.

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Per CBR , this occurred during a three-day charity event screening of Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition. During the Watchmen Q&A panel, a video of which can be found on Reddit , Snyder addressed fan complaints of having Batman murder people in his film, saying “Someone says to me: Batman killed a guy. I’m like, ‘F**k, really? Wake the f**k up.'"Snyder continued by referencing Watchmen and its more mature story, saying "Once you've lost your virginity to this f**king movie and then you come and say to me something about like ‘my superhero wouldn’t do that.' I’m like ‘Are you serious?’ I’m like down the f**king road on that. It’s a cool point of view to be like ‘my heroes are still innocent. My heroes didn't f**king lie to America. My heroes didn't embezzle money from their corporations. My heroes didn't commit any atrocities.' That’s cool. But you’re living in a f**king dream world.”Ultimately, he compared his treatment of superhero films to what Watchmen writer Alan Moore did with comic books, saying “I love more than anything Superman and Batman, but in the same way that Alan Moore was fed up with the f**king, 'okay, no: [super heroes] do this’... Watchmen talked about comic books in the same way that this movie talks about comic book movies."Throughout BvS, Batman killed an estimated 21 people when, traditionally, Batman refuses to kill even his most dangerous enemies.In our review of Batman v Superman, we called the film “Okay” saying "BvS is carried by a brutal Batfleck, but as a whole it offers more philosophical drama than superhero escapism."

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