Countdown to Doomsday
DC and Warner Bros. upcoming superhero smackdown may be called Batman v Superman, but everyone who has read a comic knows that at some point during the movie Supes and the Caped Crusader will have to put aside their differences and unite against the film's true arch villain, Lex Luthor. Up until now, I always thought Lex, known for his engineering smarts, would go toe-to-toe with his superpowered nemeses in some kind of robotic suit, but it's looking like that won't be the case after all, at least according to movie blogger Umberto Gonzalez, a.k.a. El Mayimbe.
El Mayimbe recently appeared on The Shanlian on Batman podcast where he confirmed that Lex Luthor would have an ace up his sleeve in the fight against Batman and Superman in the form of Doomsday. Comic book fans of a certain age will remember Doomsday as the character who (sort of) killed Superman back in the early nineties. Gonzalez claimed that Doomsday would be Lex's catspaw, likening his role to that of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. So, while Lex will still be the film's main source of villainy, it'll be Doomsday who blunts his fists against Superman's chiselled mug, leaving Luthor plenty of time to cackle evilly and indulge in the occasional monologue.
Sources close to the film, described Doomsday's look as "incredible." The film's director, Zack Snyder, seems quite keen on making his characters looks as true to their comic book counterparts as possible (Batman, in particular, looks like he was ripped straight from the pages of The Dark Knight Returns), so presumably this will be the Doomsday we all know and love, jagged bones, grey skin and all.
On the page, Doomsday was the result of an alien scientist's attempts to create the ultimate killing machine. Consigned to live out a brutal existence on the surface of a prehistoric Krypton, Doomsday slowly evolved into a weapon without equal, killing his captors before embarking on a bloody rampage across the galaxy. Eventually, he arrived on earth, and earned comic book infamy by becoming the first super villain to ever kill Superman.
Presumably, it'll be Lex who is responsible for Doomsday's creation in the film. We daresay the big grey lug won't get to kill Superman either, especially as DC and Warner Bros. are priming the pumps for their all-star Justice League movie.
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