5) Jimmy Olsen
One of the big omissions of Man of Steel was Jimmy Olsen.
Superman’s best friend in the comics, Olsen usually follows his superpowered pal onto the screen. Though Snyder believed that the typically comic relief character had no place in the serious-minded DCEU, he did include a nod to him in BvS, though it’s a particularly cruel one.
When Lois Lane is interviewing an African warlord, it’s revealed that her photographer is a CIA plant… before the poor guy is unceremoniously murdered. Though the original character isn’t a secret agent, the fact that he is a photographer should mark him out to fans as a version of Olsen.
About the cameo, Snyder had this to say:
“We just did it as this little aside because we had been tracking where we thought the movies were gonna go. And we don’t have room for Jimmy Olsen in our big pantheon of characters, but we can have fun with him, right?”
That’s your idea of fun, Zack?
Published: Mar 29, 2016 05:35 pm