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"Do you bleed?" was stupid, I admit. The story had its problems for sure. But it made sense that superheroes who are either morally ambiguous or almost amoral would be seen by their peers as being threats. This isn't a case of Batman just being too arrogant or Superman being too goody-goody. Both were able to look at the other the way that fans see them -- especially the fans that spend so much time psychoanalyzing them. Like I do think that if those guys were real, humanity wouldn't universally welcome them. A large chunk would want them gone. It made a lot of sense. The Martha connection allowed Batman to think of Superman as a human for the first time. It's not the first time empathy has stopped a conflict. The name was the trigger, but it wasn't the reason. It was the fact that SM had a mother that he loved and wanted to save even if he was going to die. That touched Bruce because he's been trying to make up for not being able to save his mother all those years ago. He gets that feeling of helplessness, and he couldn't put someone else through that intentionally.Cmon, let's not excuse the stupidity and laziness of how their pathetic fight was set up. First of all Superman shows no "dislike" for Batman at all. He's concerned but hardly "outraged" at what Batman is doing. And they hardly say a word to each other. Superman and Batman share the goddamn screen for the first time EVER and it's wasted on the dumbest dialogue possible that a in 6 year old could write.
"The Bat is dead, bury it"
"Do you bleed?"
Who writes this stuff? And the worst part of it all is Batman was chasing guys blowing all to before he was stopped but Superman just gives those guys a pass because they're obviously just having kicks on a Friday night, with mini-gunsAnd right before they fight Superman doesn't give two s about Batman. He doesn't care where Batman is. He doesn't care what Batman is doing. The only reason they fight is because Lex kidnaps Supe's mommy, gives him the villain monologue and forces him into it. There's no tension whatsoever. It's just two idiots fighting in the rain because Superman can't find the time or patience to get it through Batman's skull that he's being forced into this even though he has plenty of chances. The whole fight was set up in the most moronic way possible.
Could that have been smoother? Yes. But I thought the arcs made a lot of sense, and they were much easier to identify with when compared to CW. That conflict was ing ridiculous.
