10 Things You Might Have Missed in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer

In this is article I will point out few things that you might have missed while watching the Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer, ten things to be exact.

1. The voice over track of various arguments against Superman which include Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor, respected scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Holly Hunter's senator character to name a few  is very much in line with the news reports in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns in which they show the public's negative opinion of Batman. In this case, the roles appear to be reversed for the film.

2. The opening shot of the trailer of the statue is reminiscent of The Funeral For A Friend issue of The Adventures of Superman #499, were it shows a memorial statue for Superman on the front cover also the position of the statue mimics that of the pose of Superman on the front cover of the following issue, The Adventures of Superman #500. Coincidence or foreshadowing? Also to note ironically the tag line on #500 reads "The Man Of Steel Fights For His Life"(both are picture below with the shot from the trailer).

 3. Again back to the comics, for the the shot showing a figure reaching to the heavens for a savior (Superman) is similar to the cover of The Adventures of Superman #500.
                                

 4. Is this Batman surveying the damage of the events of Man of Steel or new destruction?

 5. What is Bruce Wayne staring at with such emotion? Is it Robin's suit? Is he remembering his fallen companion? Is that Robin's suit behind him or is it another variation of the Bat Suit or somebody else entirely? Or as the trailer would have you believe it's his suit.

 6. This scene is very reminiscent to the final fight in The Dark Knight Returns in which we already know to be heavily influencing the film.

 7.  Is that a "cult of Superman believers" that wear his shield on their shoulders? Superman is underground, is this to mirror the end of The Dark Knight Returns where Batman faked his death to operate underground and in the shadows with his followers? Or is this scene merely a hallucination brought on by the effects of some sort of form of krypton-nite, similar to when General Zod showed the destruction of earth at his hands to Superman while he was still under the effects of the Krypton atmosphere(remember Superman drowning in skulls in Man of Steel, pictured below)?

 8. Speaking of drowning in skulls was that foreshadowing in Man of Steel that let to this scene of skull painted faces of a crowd surrounding The Man of Steel.

 9. Is Superman carrying a rocket merely saving the day or saving Corto Maltese such like the subplot in The Dark Knight Returns? Even the writing on the Missile/Rocket appears to be Russian much like in the Frank Miller storyline.

   Images above from The Dark Knight Returns animated feature (WB/DC)

 

 10. Lastly, is this merely an easter egg of the Riddler's logo or again foreshadowing? In The Dark Knight Returns there are several villains, could this be one of them in the film?

Below is a video rundown of the article.

I hope you enjoyed this run down. If there are things I missed, please let me know in the comment section below.