Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Warning : SPOILERS forJokerahead .
TheJokermovie completely skirt have its own"MARTHA!“moment and , indeed , it all but avoided Martha Wayne , the mother of Bruce Wayne . Director Todd Phillips’controversial Joker movieis a standalone unconnected to the late DCEU motion-picture show by Zack Snyder , David Ayer , Patty Jenkins , and James Wan . But even thoughJokertakes place many class before Batman begins his war on crime , the grisly psychological drama is well - cognizant of the previousBatmanmovies and their figure of speech - including the most ill-famed moment fromBatman v demigod : Dawn of Justice .
Zack Snyder ’s 2016 follow up toMan of Steel , BvSwas the historical first movie clangoring between Batman ( Ben Affleck ) and Superman ( Henry Cavill ) . Already distrustful of the Kryptonian grinder ’s electric potential to be a villain , Batman plans to end Superman himself . For his part , the Man of Steel is falsify into fight down Batman by Lex Luthor ( Jesse Eisenberg ) , who hold his adoptive female parent Martha Kent ( Diane Lane ) surety . During a rainy Gotham Nox , a intemperately armoured Batman battles Superman , de-escalate him with Kryptonite dust , and the Dark Knight very nearly come through the fight . Just as he ’s about to plunge his Kryptonite spear into the alien , Superman desperately cries out his mother ’s name,“MARTHA!",which intercept Batman in his data track becauseboth of their female parent are name Martha . " MARTHA!“took on a life of its own and has since been contain up byBvS ’s detractors as a prime example of what was creatively wrong with the motion-picture show . Although to be fair , some fan defend"MARTHA!“as a clever present moment that acknowledges a longtime coincidence that Batman and Superman shared in DC Comics and used to the film ’s advantage .
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Jokerweaves an unexpected connective between Arthur Fleck ( Joaquin Phoenix ) , the psychologically damaged would - be standup comical who becomes the Joker , and the Wayne family unit . Arthur ’s sick and elderly mother Penny ( Frances Conroy ) was the Waynes ' maid 30 years ago and she is convince that billionaireThomas Wayne(Brett Cullin ) is Arthur ’s biologic don . Arthur goes on a pursuit to look into the the true and is shatter and driven to a murderous rage by what he ultimately discovers but the moving picture ultimately expose that Arthur is Thomas ' illicit Logos . Jokerdepicts the young Bruce Wayne ( Dante Pereira - Olson ) take a brief encounter with Arthur , Batman ’s future arch - foe , at the gates of Wayne Manor and Arthur also finally face his " father " Thomas Wayne , who react violently to Arthur . However , Martha Wayne is scantily in the motion picture and this feels like a strategic choice byJoker ’s filmmakers .
Unlike Thomas , who is a major grapheme and a candidate running to be Mayor of Gotham , Martha Wayne ( Carrie Louise Putrello ) only appears briefly inJokerbut she never speaks and is never even mentioned by name . Martha ’s only social function inJokeris to be off in an alley ( and have her pearl necklace broken ) by a tough wearing a clown mask , which is thefourth timethe Wayne slaying have been show in a movie . Considering the numerousreferences to other Batman moviesthatJokermakes , avert Martha entirely is almost amusing and is mayhap a response to the still - mocked"MARTHA!“moment inBvS. After all , Jokercan’t also be mocked for Martha if she ’s just a background character that the film all but encounter under the rug .
However , unlike inPennyworthon Epix , Martha Wayne has never been a true character in anyBatmanmovie . She merely died , along with Thomas , in a flashback inBatman1989 . InBatman Begins , Martha is understand but never allege a word while Thomas Wayne ( Linus Roach ) got to impart words of wisdom to young Bruce before his parents are murdered and , inBvS , Martha ( Lauren Cohan ) and Thomas ( Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) have no dialogue when the Waynes are killed in the film ’s prologue .
But it ’s because ofBatman v Supermanthat"MARTHA!“has become infamous and nowJokermade sure to quash even saying her name . At the close of the daytime , sinceso much ofJokeris disturbingand not funny - despite the presence of the standup comic - twist - murderous clown - perhaps it was wise ofJokerto dodge pay back any designed laughs because of " Martha " since devotee still have negative"MARTHA!“thoughts .
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