So in case you haven’t heard, the Batman V Superman Comic Con Trailer was released today! SCORE! I decided to take it upon myself to investigate a little in to it and see what I might be able to learn from it that others might not see initially.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD!

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So the first thing I noticed that was off was this character walking towards what we can assume is Wayne Manor. Now this character is wearing what appears to be a green jacket with possibly slicked back hair and we never see a similar character again; he also appears to walk with somewhat of a swagger through a field of all places. What’s interesting is that the Joker has been rumored to have a cameo in BvS and is supposed to be the only one who knows about and has seen the Dark Knight in this continuity. The very next clip shows Bruce Wayne opening a letter he’s received that looks, quite frankly, very much like it’s from the Joker. Throughout the trailer we also see a deceased Robin’s costume on display in the Batcave. Ladies and gentleman, I think we might be looking at the Joker in this clip.



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Here, I think, is where we get to really see how much broader the playing field will be for this film. It appears as though Superman is worshiped as a god in Mexico, saves lives at a Russian missile silo/space station, and there’s also a clip of him saving a family in what looks like New Orleans. I think we’ll get to see how different cultures perceive the Man of Steel and how he reacts to, what appears to be, only the United States, his home, persecuting him.





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Obviously Lex Luthor has pissed off Superman by this point. Within the next few frames, Supes has a pretty harsh rage face going on... but why is Lex’s hand wrapped in only this scene throughout the entire trailer and why is Superman kneeling in front of him?


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The next frame shows General Zod’s dead body being unzipped from a body bag so I can pretty much guarantee that that is him in the box. I mean, the container even says ‘HEAD’ on it at one end. But anyways, that IS Lex Luthor’s assistant escorting it and that should show how far his influence is already embedded in the film and it’s characters. Apparently enough that the US Army is willing to give up an alien superhuman’s body. No biggie.




USAMRIID: United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases


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Right before this frame it shows Lexcorp after some kind of incident. There is security and fires and such. Now that paired with this frame is what make things interesting. At the top with the two soldiers, it might not be anything, but that patch on the medic/fellow soldiers arm? It looks suspiciously like the patches seen on ‘Superman’s army’ throughout the rest of the trailer. But what’s even more interesting are the clips and pieces of gun lying around. Superman wouldn’t have to dismantle any guns, but Batman? Definitely. Maybe we’ll get to see the Dark Knight do a little detective work at Lexcorp.


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Is it possible that Wonder Woman doesn’t start out as an ambassador as she is normally portrayed? I’m sure the introduction of ANOTHER superhuman being would throw poor Batman off at this point. He seemed shocked enough that even Superman was around! But take a look at this: in this first picture, Wonder Woman is about to use some sort of massive attack with her bracers (which must mean she’s fighting a pretty powerful foe), but right behind her you’ll notice a vehicle that looks awfully advanced directly right of a column. There’s also a triangular piece of metal on the far right. Notice in this scene, that there is only fire on the left beside her. Now, fast forwards a bit towards the end of the trailer and we see the Batmobile crashed right beside a pillar, and in the next few frames Superman rips off the triangular windshield and throws it to the right of the Batmobile. It’s hard to tell because of the angles if everything matches up, but it definitely appears as if the Batman/Superman matchup comes first (different locations of fires, vehicle remnants already there). This all makes me wonder, could Batman and Superman meet Wonder Woman towards the end and duke it out only to become friends? I can’t see Wonder Woman practically using a bomb unless she felt really threatened, and afterwards they could easily form the Justice League Trinity as the final moments of the film.



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Oh Zack Snyder. You and your homages.


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Lastly, but definitely not least, Joker wasn’t the only who is allegedly making a cameo in Batman v Superman: Aquaman is also reported to. Now, sources say that Aquaman will have a very small role twice in the film, but that Man of Steel is directly related. How exactly, do you ask? Lets see... THERE WAS A FREAKING WORLD ENGINE DESTROYING THE INDIAN OCEAN, AQUAMAN PROBABLY ISN’T TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. But this scene really caught my eye, and it’s what got me looking closer at the trailer in general. This is the very last full frame before the trailer cuts to another scene and tell me, doesn’t that look like a fairly well-built man with longish hair once outlined? Doesn’t that ALSO look like an Indian pearl diver who don’t use snorkels or scuba equipment? I rest my case. I think that that is Aquaman and I think that possibly the world engine knocked him unconscious, only to be found by a local diver. Think about it, even Superman had trouble fighting it.



Those are the main, little things I found while looking throughout the trailer! A lot of the other things I saw would be mostly common sense to trailer browsers. But any other minute things you might have found, write about them in the comments!