Even Alfred Has to Be Grim and Gritty inBatman v Superman

Pity poor Alfred Pennyworth , hapless butler to the Dark Knight . Or should I say ex - Samuel Butler , as his part as the loyalist , stiff - upper - lipped servant of Bruce Wayne has been needlessly changed to something more in keeping with the BvS population .

A new familiar book about Batman v Superman has made it out into the wild a bit earlier than expect , and course the internet has originate beak it apart for any tidbit of information about the motion-picture show . WhatCulturehave posted a quick breakdown of some of the book ’s novel information , almost apparently all about Batman ’s role in the film — and one of the most interesting is a factoid about Alfred ’s relationship with the Wayne kinfolk .

Now , it ’s not 100 % out there — this reading of Alfred still has the SAS scope his comic strip reading has , and it ’s certainly not the first incarnation of Alfred to emphasize the character ’s military background as much as his reputation as Batman ’s retainer ( in fact , it sounds like the Alfred of Gotham , but on steroids — a hazardous signifier that probably should n’t be attach to anything , frankly ) . But it ’s eldritch to just cut the most iconic aspect of the character out all . It ’s what multitude sleep together Alfred as , and like I said , other interpretations have managed to crusade the character into a more active , harsh - and - ready role while still maintain that facial expression . So why edit out it out of Batman v Superman whole hog ?

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The fact Alfred is now the Wayne ’s head of security department and personal body guard rather than just their manservant leaven a jolly intriguing question though . What the blaze was hedoing the dark Thomas and Martha Wayne were off ? Should n’t he have been , you know , bodyguarding them ?

YOU HAD ONE JOB , PENNYWORTH . And it was n’t even butlering , apparently .

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