User blog comment:ADour/Official title for Marvel's The Avengers sequel announced!/@comment-4651179-20130721032030/@comment-1895174-20130724025404

I can't understand why you still don't get that Batman vs. Superman is the sequel to Man of Steel. Maybe a more visual representation will help you out: :Iron Man : Iron Man 2 :Batman Begins : The Dark Knight :X-Men : X2 :Man of Steel : Batman vs. Superman Does that help?

Furthermore, that they don't need each other is why they don't need to be in a movie together, and why it's so odd that Warner Bros. won't put their faith in a Man of Steel sequel without Batman in it.

That Batman has such prominence in a Superman movie gets back to the initial problem. Despite having eight or nine movies under his belt, the Superman mythos has still been relatively unexplored in film. Man of Steel seemed to be setting up for much more, and now they're throwing all that out the mythos out the window to make a movie with Batman in it and rush a Justice League movie. It's not just a waste, it's a shame.

Also, I don't know why you're still calling this a "buddy picture" when the working title is Batman vs. Superman. Riggs never tried to kill Murtaugh. Himself, maybe, but never Murtaugh.