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That first scene of Batman using a criminal to entrap a Parademon, that's directly from Geoff Johns' first issue of his run as a Justice League writer. It is another example how much he impacted the Whedon version and a lot of changes do genuinely feel like Johns and/or Whedon wanting to prove that they had a better understanding how to tell stories than Snyder did.

Oh, I didn't know that - that kind of explains a few things. I think you may be right Johns had a huge effect here - and may be the untitled writer of the Whedon version. Whedon's feels very...old school comic book with the snarky humor, and quips? While Snyder's has more of a graphic novel sensibility?

I get what they did in a way - they chose to reframe the story around the mystery of the mother boxes, and cut anything that didn't focus on that mystery. And Whedon has stated on more than one occasion that he sees Batman as a detective or investigator - and his frustration with the Batman films, is Batman isn't shown as the investigator or detective enough. So, that would explain why they turned the film in a way that could put Batman more in the role of investigator. But doing so, really undercuts the roles of everyone else in the movie - so they become relegated to Batman's and eventually Superman's sidekicks. When Snyder didn't go that route at all.