A good portion of the posts from the past couple of pages in this thread are utterly embarrassing, in my opinion.
Look, being a Superman fan, of course I wish that he had a greater role in the marketing of this film so far. And yet, I completely understand why that hasn't been the case.
Look, Henry Cavill's Superman doesn't need to be sold to the public. The public are already well aware him through the financially successful Man of Steel. In a sense, that film works as a marketing tool for Cavill's Superman in BvS. It's important to understand that. Because Cavill's Superman needs no introduction, he isn't going to receive the majority or even equal marketing in this film.
Affleck's Batman, however, needs a lot of marketing. It may seem like so long ago now, but have we forgotten the backlash that the Affleck casting recieved? WB needed to emphasize the greatness of Battfleck to sell him to the audience, and that results into him taking more of the attention than Superman.
Furthermore, Affleck is a bigger celebrity than Henry Cavill. Every company is going to sell the more familiar product to the public than the less known public. In this case, it means that Affleck works a bigger attraction than Cavill, because of his popularity. I certainly don't want Affleck to become the Hugh Jackman or RDJ of the DCEU, however, the reason why Wolverine and Iron Man play far larger roles in their respective universes is because they happened to be played by the bigger celebrities.
Moreover, as popular as Superman is, Batman is simply the better cinematic draw right now. I'm convinced that just as Superman's animated films were outselling the Batman animated films, so too would Superman outsell Batman films had things been done well years ago. Nevertheless, After the TDK trilogy and the success of the Arkham videogames, Batman is a bigger draw than Superman at the box-office. WB would be stupid to not take advantage of that.
As for the notion that Superman is going to die in this film, lol, come on, guys. That's simply not happening. I won't even waste my time trying to explain why because it's really that simple. It's lazy fanboy assumptions to think that Superman is going to die just because Doomsday is in the film.
Lastly, Superman is going to lead the Justice League--with Batman. And that's the right way to go about it. Look, WB seems to know what they're doing, and I like it. On what planet would the character whom all involved have been crediting as the beacon for all superbeings to come out of the shadows be relegated to second fiddle? Seriously?
Inasmuch as Batman has been headlining the marketing aspect of the film, Superman is headlining the plot of the film. The very existence and character of Superman is the very reason for the production of this film. Have we forgotten that a Superman film is the very first film of the DCEU? Superman is going to lead the Justice League with Batman as his equal. And that works brilliantly. They are two sides of the same coin; man and god working together to stop villainous men and villainous gods.
I'm confident that Superman will be portrayed well in this film. I trust Terrio. Let's not forget that Superman's being and character is the driving force of this film, his villains have primary roles in this film, and his girlfriend and mother supposedly have large roles in this film too.
There's simply no way Superman won't AT LEAST have equal time and respect given to him considering those factors. I'm excited about that they're doing with Superman, even if some trolls on this board want us to join in on their misery.
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