Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Titled

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And not that it's news that WB has little faith in the marketability of DC Comics IP other than Batman, but they can't even put Superman's name first in the title of the sequel to his own movie?

It's a Batman & Superman movie, not really a Superman sequel. Doesn't bug me much, and I'm a huge Superman fan.
 
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Title is kind of fan-fic-ish

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This is what I came to post, too
 
Noones gonna call it the whole title anyway. Everyone in the theater line will simply say "batman versus superman" when they're buying their tickets.


... or just "batman"
 
Terrible title. It's still two years out so the title could change. However, the press release does mention that Chris Terrio pretty much rewrote the entire script so that's a plus.
 
Noones gonna call it the whole title anyway. Everyone in the theater line will simply say "batman versus superman" when they're buying their tickets.


... or just "batman"

I would feel like a complete moron asking the theater attendant for tickets to "Batman versus Superman Dawn of Justice."
 
It's a Batman & Superman movie, not really a Superman sequel. Doesn't bug me much, and I'm a huge Superman fan.

yeah, and especially with the news that this and Justice League are being shot back-to-back -- with other heroes playing roles in this film -- I don't think there's any illusion anymore of this being a Man of Steel 2 rather than a Batman/Superman movie.
 
Man of Steel is part of that trilogy too. They're just not going to share a common "name: [subtitle]" throughout all three.

That's why the subtitle is off. Batman v Superman or Dawn of Justice sound better. Dawn of Justice on its own is an all right name. Or Dawn of Justice: Batman v Superman. I'm aware how nitpicky this is.
 
Basically, calling it anything with the words Batman and Superman guarantees a shitload of tickets to sell.

Add in the Justice League push. There's your title.
 
Not surprised at the title. Batman and superman in the title versus worlds finest appeals more to a broader audience from name recognition. Worlds finest may be used for a justice league title in the future maybe.
 
Dawn of Justice with the Batman and Superman logo would have been pretty cool.

Squeezing in BATMAN V SUPERMAN into the title makes it feel like they are scared people will not know it's a Batman and Superman movie (and reverting back to pre-TDK movies where they would just squeeze in the superhero's name in the title because of said fear).
 
I can't think of the word that describes how I feel about it, so I'll go with the closest I can think of and say that I like it.

Oh yeah, hate! Hate is the word. I hate it.
 
This movie is going to make so much damn money, especially with a sensationalist title like that. I actually think 'Dawn of Justice' is a clever title, even if it sounds like it's for a fan-film.
 
What's wrong with World's Finest?

Acceptable reasoning is that shortchanges the other Justice League members. Batman and Superman are The World's Finest. Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, et al. are Eh, Not Bad. Although that does reflect WB's attitude on DC properties.
 
It was never going to be World's Finest. Anyone who thought so is deranged. The average moviegoer does not know that "World's Finest" = Batman/Superman. They'd probably think it was a movie about cops or water polo or something stupid like that.
 
Acceptable reasoning is that shortchanges the other Justice League members. Batman and Superman are The World's Finest. Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, et al. are Eh, Not Bad. Although that does reflect WB's attitude on DC properties.

Does Aquaman even make it to the Eh, Not Bad team?
 
Just had a conversation with some coworkers who all think it's a terrible title. They also all burst out laughing when I brought up "World's Finest" as a title :(
 
It was never going to be World's Finest. Anyone who thought so is deranged. The average moviegoer does not know that "World's Finest" = Batman/Superman. They'd probably think it was a movie about cops or water polo or something stupid like that.

World's Finest will be the title of the second Batman/Superman movie.
 
I'm sorry I don't really read comics...How would Batman EVER be able to fight Superman?

Batman generally uses Kryptonite.

He might wear an armored exosuit to increase his survivability.

And a lot of the time, Superman is mind controlled or holding back, which reduces his power and gives Batman time to prep stuff like traps.
 
I would feel like a complete moron asking the theater attendant for tickets to "Batman versus Superman Dawn of Justice."

As you should. Who says the whole title for a movie? Did you say "Give me two tickets for Captain America The First Avenger" or "Give me two tickets for The Hobbit the Desolation of Smaug" ?
 
The subtitle may be unnecessary.. but people have been calling it Batman v Superman since day 1. Are people really complaining?
 
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