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March 7, 2013: Jay Oliva Talks "Dark Knight Returns, Part 2"

Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 In Part 2 of their interview with the director of "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2" Jay Oliva, VoicesFromKrypton.com take an indepth look at the momentous battle that takes place between Batman and Superman, including many storyboard sketches not seen online before.

    One of the things I wanted to do in the fight between Batman and Superman was have as many gadgets as I possibly could in there without making it look ridiculous. We had the sonic gun, which was like the comic; we wanted the electricity bit, but I wanted to add the thing where he's attached himself to the grid of Gotham City so it's not just the suit that gets electrified, which makes more sense. We saw lightning hurt Superman, so now we see this electrical thing ­ which means, ok, these are some of the things that can affect Superman in this universe. I always like the idea that when it comes right down to it, this is just a fisticuff fight. One of things that Mel [storyboard artist Mel Zwyer] had put into the fight was that little bit where they fall into the construction yard and one of those I-beams falls. Then Superman is flying at him at full speed and slams right into it. It was one of those great moments, and that's when I told Mel we should keep going. At that point there were these steam roller trucks, so we had Batman grab the rollers and slam the trucks together, freeing the rollers which he then uses as boxing gloves. It was cool to work out the kind of beats that I wanted to see during that fight and to keep the fight itself raw.

Read the complete interview with Jay Oliva at the Voices From Krypton website.


2013 Movie News

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