In B v S we first think Bruce just has a dream and the Flash says he's right about him. But Bruce didn't put the team together until AFTER he thought Clark sacrificed himself for humanity. So right about him is right he might still be alive or right he's our only hope but not right he's evil. Think on that one...
shareWell if that really was a voice from the future, it was pretty damn useless. Bruce didn't understand the message, and it's so vague that I can't see how it would be any use in the future.
Imagine going to all the trouble of inventing time travel for that?
His mind was probably so focused on creating time travel that he had no energy left to put into the actual message he was trying to send.
shareIt worked though. What I got from the message was:
1: Superman can go rogue
2: Lois Lane can set him straight.
3: Flash was too soon
So Batman was prepared with "the big guns" in JL. If Superman would not be his own self, then bring in Lois... bingo, Superman came and saved the day. The future Flash came from, eliminated - a better "future" created.
It worked.
He was too soon, as he aimed to arrive before reviving Superman and not before Batman even considered JL.... alas, Bruce got the message.
- in the future Flash came form, Superman went bad and all sorts of shite happened... and in an apocalyptic world they realize that if they had dangled Lois in front of his nose in the beginning, he would be as right as morning coffee. She was the key, as future Flash cries.
Bruce only sees one Flash message, to our knowledge. So ergo the future must have been changed by this "dream" communication. A seed in his mind, to change his future ways.
Of course it is evident that they had bigger and different plans with JL back then. But it still works somewhat, I think.
Vague, indeed. He might as well have been giving Bruce a guacamole recipe.
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What I got from the message was:
1: Superman can go rogue
2: Lois Lane is a key to avoiding this
3: Flash was too soon
by 1) Batman had other dream visions in which Superman is a force against humans. and Superman was pissed at Batman because he took "her" from him.... and those visions had Parademons, a factual creature and so must be more than dreams (of course he did not know this, but we do and so tells us it is more focused on "going rogue")... If he could be revived or not is not that interesting as they anyway does this imo, the pivotal thing is his capability to go bananas and this is what Flash want to say how they can avoid - in the future Flash came from, Superman went bad and all sorts of shite happened... and in an apocalyptic world they realize that if they had dangled Lois in front of his nose in the beginning, he would be as right as morning coffee and all would be dandy.
by 2 and 3) He was too soon because Flash aimed to deliver the message before reviving Superman, and not before Batman even began to assemble JL. So likely Bruce primarily got from this that Superman is a potential bad cookie like in his dreams (and so it is supporting his quest at this point in time), but he also got an idea that a Lois is a key to him in some way... so perhaps the message was not literally understood right away, but it did put a seed in his mind, to change his future ways. She was the key, as future Flash cries. Since Bruce only sees one Flash message, to our knowledge, it must mean (or can mean) that this future was changed right then and there for the better. The seed was effective.
And as we learn in JL; it worked. He brought out "the big guns"... and Superman did not go rogue.... much.
Of course it is evident that they had bigger and different plans with JL back then. But it still works somewhat, I think.