Currently Superman and Batman both are.
Wonder Woman is a warrior so she likely is.
So are any of the ‘heroes’ actually heroes?
-coughs-
If Batman causes a death… that is him murdering someone.
Personally i feel it emphasises them.
Batman cameos in Suicide Squad, all the villains in Suicide Squad have fought Batman multiple times previously - so the big question is why they get to live when he’s murdering/slaughtering basic criminal goons…
Honestly, I’d suggest you don’t see it in cinemas. Its more hated than liked, and its quite likely that you’ll dislike aspects or perhaps the entire thing - plus the DVD release will have an extended cut that will hopefully fix some of the gaps in story (Given entire scenes are missing from the cinema release that are important for the plot)
At 2 hours 30 minutes in length, you should be sure that you want to see it and are very keen in seeing the sort of direction from Man Of Steel before you commit to watching it in cinemas. Even those who I’ve spoken with who enjoyed the film mentioned how terrible or unintentionally funny (due to how bad it was) certain aspects of the film were.
Well, we don’t even know exactly whether or not killing was always Batman’s shtick. He could’ve started only after Robin died when he retired. He could’ve taken a little pity on these certain people. Waller could have intervened. Why didn’t Batman kill the sex-trafficker he branded? Maybe Batman is just like “They somehow lived, it happens. They died, it happens.” It’s gotta be the alcohol.
They’ve clarified that Batman’s brand essentially means ‘prison death’ as he does it to the meanest of criminals. Everyone he’s branded is essentially killed in jail by other inmates or wardens.
That would require Batman to be unaware of the consequences of his actions… which i guess makes sense, but he doesn’t show remorse… so if it went to a court similar to Superman’s trial chances are he’d be considered a mass murderer.
I think it should be set after BvS - with a Batman who realises that he’s messed up. He has flashbacks to how he and Robin were before - and then he’s introduced to the ‘Red Hood’ (His former Robin, Jason Todd, who was twisted and warped by the Joker) who has modelled his new personality after Batman - and believes every criminal should be killed.
We could even have this scene occur where Jason questions why he let certain criminals such as the Joker live - and at this point Batman realises that killing criminals is wrong. Then we get to realise that Batman has been killing criminals because its easy - and he knows its the wrong decision, turning over a new leaf.
Though admittedly watching all these good bits of the DC animated universe makes me realise just how terrible the DCCU really is.
