One of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice's most notable scenes shows the Dark Knight dreaming of a desolate future ruled by Superman and his armada. While the significance of Batman's "dream" is still a mystery, Dawn Of Justice's storyboard artist Jay Oliva (who also directed the animated Flashpoint film) surmises that this reverie indicates dark days ahead in the future of the DCEU.
"OK, you've watched The Flashpoint Paradox, my movie, right? In the DC Universe in the comics, there's this thing where – it's a little different than the Back To The Future thing where you can go back in time and change your threads and stuff − but in DC, when you go back in time, you create this kind of Time Boom kind of thing where lots of things change," he stated in a recent Hall Of Justice Podcast.
"I don't know if this is Zack's thinking, but this is mine: what if that isn't a dream sequence? What if what you saw was a Time Boom, a latent memory from the future when Flash comes back? If you look at the cut, he doesn't go to sleep. He's waiting for the [Lexcorp file decryption] and suddenly this [Knightmare sequence] comes in, and he's jogged out of it seeing his own death. And what does he see? He sees Flash. And if you're a DC fan, you know what's happening. You know that Flash going back in time, that memory is now coming back to him... mind you, it's jumbled."
The Flash's message was rather cryptic, hinting that he appeared "too soon", and that "Lois Lane is the key". The dialog certainly suggests some influence from both the Flashpoint storyline and the Injustice: Gods Among Us video game. What are your predictions for the future of the DCEU? Do you think this cene will come into play in a future Justice League film?
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