But I just thought of something. That was Wayne Financial, the Wayne office that fell in Metropolis. I’m sure some people had already left, which is probably why it’s “Dozens killed” in the news headline later rather than “hundreds”, but wouldn’t it make sense for them to be trying to save the data, too? That’s their company’s finances they’re trying to keep track of.
But I mean when the boss says “fuck the finances, get the people out”, you get the people out and fuck the data.
I dunno, maybe it’s just me.
Excellent point.
And why exactly are people ridiculing that line? People find the stupidest reasons to ridicule this film. It’s almost like they have to search for reasons…
Even without your point, it’s a perfectly functional line of dialogue.
- It establishes that Jack is the big guy in charge and just under Bruce. He’s in charge of people and he’s not leaving until they do. So yes, when the big boss says go, he goes.
-It shows that this is obviously a Wayne-owned building in spite of its location in downtown Metropolis, since the scene is moving fast and urgent and mostly focused on Bruce driving and desperate to get there. Remember we don’t ever see the Wayne Financial sign until after the building comes down. Bruce isn’t randomly selecting some place where a drinking buddy works. This is HIS company. His building.
-It becomes clear that these employees know Bruce and respect Bruce. They are his people and he isn’t some nameless signer of paychecks that they rarely if ever see. He’s involved in the business and their lives. It heightens their importance to Bruce and thus to us as the audience. Because of that it reflects the level of teamwork and drive these employees put into their work. When the boss asks them to do something, they make it happen. How many times has Jack said this about a task regarding Wayne Financial?
All that subtext and implied information, from one line. It’s efficient and doesn’t bulk up the scene or bog down the action.
Many people like to whine about the writing on MOS and BVS, but I think many of them are radically missing the fact that these movies reflect comics far more than the typical CBM. The lines aren’t stilted and awkward, they are short and to the point. More like a comic book. More said in less words, efficiently getting the point across without dwelling on it. The characters don’t make long speeches to one another (the one who has the absolute longest speech is Lex Luthor, and most people didn’t even get his motivation from it) and they certainly don’t make a quip every other second. That doesn’t make the writing or lines bad.
THEN we apply your awesome point, and you realize these are the upper echelon of Wayne Financial. The head people in charge. These are the crew of the endangered ship working to save important cargo as it takes on water. They were watching the chaos from the windows to see when it was time to leave. The progress was pretty steady so it would be easier to gauge when they might be in danger but they weren’t at the moment and they could see when they would be. Or so they thought. So they are saving data and clearing lower floors and Wally the security guard was probably down below overseeing that process. The floor below them that Superman is hurled into is dark and empty, and certainly no one expected a man of steel to be thrown at them, much less pursued by another one who is just about to develop laser vision. They weren’t stupid and they weren’t waiting too long. But when the boss says screw the building get out, they respect him enough to do exactly that.
Move along haters, find something positive to do with your lives.
Reblogging again because this addition is more than I could have hoped for
Let me also add that this is very similar to what happened during 9/11. A lot of people in the second tower didn’t leave right after the plane hit the first tower and some who did even came back. They probably weren’t really sure of what was happening and might have actually thought they were safer inside the building.