Talk:Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman gadgets from SDCC 2015

It looks like Batman will be using an FN EGLM and flashbangs: seen here. Weirdly though, although the flashbang looks like a CTS Model 7290, it is labelled as a Model 6500 from what looks like a company called EFS. I tried googling them and came up with nothing so instead I searched for the address which is printed on the grenade, and lo and behold it is the address of Independent Studio Services. It seems that they make their own mock ups of the CTS grenades, but have slightly changed the labelling and trade marks for (I assume) legal reasons. --commando552 (talk) 14:30, 9 July 2015 (EDT)

New image from Empire Magazine

A new image from Empire magazine was released today [Link}. Batman appears to have a rifle slung around his back. If you brighten the image, you can get a slightly better look at it. IMO, it looks a bit like an FN SCAR. Any thought? Andrewj28 (talk) 18:45, 26 January 2016 (EST)

I'm pretty sure it is the same weapon as the SCARs that Lex's guards have, it has that same distinctive grey upper on a black lower. Some SCARs look like this and I think it is indicative of something, but I cant remember what. --commando552 (talk) 19:17, 26 January 2016 (EST)

Interesting

Does anyone else find it interesting that Batman has guns in his armory? I always figured that, given his feelings about them, he wouldn't want them anywhere near his equipment.--Sasquatch the Reaper (talk) 01:02, 24 March 2016 (EDT)

I don't find it all that surprising. Some interpretations may have Bats showing or espousing anti-gun sentiment but Batman has in fact used firearms in several comics as well as the first Keaton/Burton film. StanTheMan (talk) 01:10, 24 March 2016 (EDT)

To be fair, in the VAST majority of Batman stories that are not some kind of parallel/else-world he hates guns and doesn't use firearms. He has on occasion used guns or gun-like-things firing speciality ammunition or rubber bullets. The only time that I can remember him using a gun as just a normal gun is Batman Year Two (which was weird). I've avoided spoilers so far, but from what I have heard the Batman in this is incredibly dark and vicious so I wouldn't be incredibly surprised if he did use guns in some capacity. Going for more of a traditional Batman justification, they could be for speciality ammo, guns he has captured, they could be for ballistic comparisons like in TDKR, or they could be for testing the bullet resistance of his equipment. He actually has even more weapons in there than are currently listed, I have seen a promo images that also shows a pair of McMillan TAC-308 rifles and a pair of Airtronic RPG-7s. --commando552 (talk) 06:59, 24 March 2016 (EDT)

Batman's disdain for guns seems to be a fairly recent invention. He used guns in The Dark Knight Returns, and he carried a sidearm in his early comic book days. And as Stan pointed out, he had no issues with trying to fill the Joker full of lead in the first Tim Burton film. I haven't kept up with the comic of late, but he doesn't seem to mind if Red Hood uses guns when they team up, as long as he doesn't shoot to kill. Alfred used shotguns in Justice League: War and Son of Batman, so there are definitely some loaded guns in the Batcave. --Funkychinaman (talk) 07:51, 24 March 2016 (EDT)

Batman's not a fan of guns because of a few reasons. The main two reasons are, it was a gun that killed his parents so he probably grew to dislike the weapon, and the fact that he doesn't kill. However, despite the fact he's not a fan of them, he is an expert marksman, and would most likely train with them just so that, if he had to, he can use one with the precision needed not to kill. --Bauer2121 (talk) 08:48, 24 March 2016 (EDT)

He used guns in the old golden age comics, but that stuff is all pretty different to current comics. The no guns thing is from the silver age (60s ish) all the way to today. As for TDKR, correct me if I'm wrong but the only guns he uses in that are a line launching rifle and rubber bullet machine guns on the bat tank. In fact I always remember TDKR as being one of the big examples of Batman's anti-gun point of view, with him having that whole speech about how guns are the weapon of cowards, whilst snapping a rifle in half with his bare hands. --commando552 (talk) 12:57, 24 March 2016 (EDT)