Hundreds of comic book nerds passed out when Zach Snyder, director of Man of Steel, revealed a logo for a Batman vs Superman movie at Comic-Con in San Diego. Hundreds more reportedly bodily ascended out of the convention center and achieved nerdvana, becoming as one with the nerdiverse. Reports are hazy, but it appears the auditorium was deprived of oxygen by the collective gasps of nerdmazement when the logo appeared in the darkened auditorium. Into the darkness, actor Harry Lennix read a quote from the iconic 1980s comic series, The Dark Knight Returns which concludes with an epic Batman-Superman showdown:
I want you to remember, Clark.
In all the years to come, in all your most private moments.
I want you to remember my hand at your throat.
I want you to remember the one man who beat you.
Survivors of the announcement could hardly contain their excitement. Middle-aged Batman fans were particularly excited. One Comic-Con visitor in an ill-fitting Joker costume exclaimed, “At first I thought maybe they were making SUPER-BATMAN, which would be awesome, but this! It’s like a dream come true.” Another visitor, who was either wearing an astonishingly realistic Gary Oldman-as-Commisioner-Gordon costume, or was simply a rumpled middle-aged businessman, agreed. “Now, if they would just announce that Michael Fassbender would play Thrawn in the new Star Wars movie, I could go ahead and die.”
