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

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Why were the fights so evenly matched? We learn from Jor-El that Superman draws his strength from Earth's Sun. He even literally says the line at one point: "I can't believe how strong you've gotten." That lead me to believe that when Jor-El was activated (in the old ship), Kal was even more powerful than J-E could've ever imagined. So for me, that set up the whole "Superman is indestructible" thing. However, when Zod and company get to Earth, they are just as powerful, if not more, than Clark was. Why? Even if their powers were strengthened by our sun, they had been there a single day whereas Clark had been absorbing it for 33 years. There's no way in hell they should've been on the same level. Yet Superman gets his arse HANDED TO HIM by Zod's chick soldier. I mean, she kicked his fricking arse. Handily. I can almost see how Zm and Zod could be fairly evenly matched (even though I don't think they should be based on the setup that SM has been building his powers from our sun for three and a half decades), but his henchman chick? No way.

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Trained generals and soilders that were bred to fight will be able to adjust better than a kid that grew up on a farm knowing nothing of his origins and noone around him knowing anything about it. Its major struggle were likely through the growth part of his development. Im sure it wouldnt have taken Kal that long to adjust had he come from Kyrpton as a full funtional adult out of puberty.