re: The OFFICIAL Man of Steel Discussion and ***SPOILERS*** Thread

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Jor-el falling off the ledge to have a flying beast swoop under him, stolen from LotR

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I was more shocked that an advanced race used a flying creature than some type of hopper ship to move around on their planet. It would be like us going back to riding horses when we have cars.

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The whole Krypton imagery and destruction straight out of Star Trek

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didn't bother me in the slightest. I thought it was a bit dark for my vision of what Kypton would have been but that was the tone of the movie.

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That it took years for Clark to master superpowers, yet Zod did it in 24 hours

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Bred warrior that has honed senses and skills versus a growing boy. Not sure why you are nitpicking on this one.

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The death of Jonathan Kent. He raised his son to be there for the world, but he was willing to abandon his own wife, just so Clark could keep his secret a few years longer

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I would imagine that any good father that gives a shite about their son would do the same.

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The ease of snapping Zods neck, vs the fight with the girl and the big guy was a stalemate until she was hit by a manmade weapon

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Like has been stated, they are on equal ground when fighting each other. Superman and Zod can punch through a wall so Superman/Zod strength > building/wall construction.

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The illogical destruction of Smallville and Metropolis. Super was indoctrinated to not allow that to happen

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Reason why you would move but to where? Gotham? They have a lot of looney mother frickers there too.

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The whole Jor-el communication abilities. Creepy

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That seems to be a standing thing in the movies and comics, Jor-Els image to help teach and guide Superman.

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The whole Perry White storyline?

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I agree. Perry really brought nothing to the story in my opinion and could have been played by any actor.

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Lois falling for Clark first, before he was Super

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I don't see this as so though. She knew he was different with abilities after tracking down all the myths and stories by the time she found him.


All of this aside, if DC wanted to move towards a Justice League movie this was a perfect time to at least show Gotham in the same universe as Metropolis/Smallville. When they were panning around the country and world, they could have easily mentioned Gotham in passing to at least acknowledge it like Iron Man did with the Captain America shield in IM2.