As the film’s director Zack Snyder tweeted Wednesday, the first footage of Ben Affleck as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman was meant to debut as a special sneak preview in IMAX theatres on Apr. 20. Instead, a person filmed the trailer using a handheld camera or cellphone and uploaded it to YouTube. The trailer featured Portuguese subtitles and was removed, but even so, it’s making the rounds online.
The trailer begins with a narrator’s voice asking, “Is it really surprising that the most powerful man in the world should be a figure of controversy?”
As footage of Superman plays, several commentators’ voices overlapped. “We as a population on this planet have been looking for a savior,” one person said. Another argued, “Human beings have a horrible track record of following people with great power.” One person said, “Maybe he’s just a guy trying to do the right thing.”
“We know better now, don’t we? Devils don’t come from hell. They come from the sky,” another said, while Holly Hunter’s character argued, “The world has been so caught up with what he can do that no one has asked what he should do.”
