Zack Snyder has defended the fact that he broke Batman‘s oldest rule in his DCEU movies by stating that Batman would be “irrelevant” if he didn’t. Batman’s DCEU debut in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was a divisive first look at what was to come in the DCEU back in 2016. Critics took aim at the movie’s overstuffed plot, the perceived shoehorning of Batman into the DCEU timeline, and its overly grimdark tone. Seeing Batman break his cardinal rule was enough for many viewers to write it off entirely.
