>>108448594>>I like a lot of the Man of Steel movie but when he has Sups break Zod's neck, that was a bridge too far for me.even though zod was better trained and getting stronger faster than supes, and clearly had a death wish after he lost the birthing ship?
zod was a mad dog masquerading as a general. we saw his innate character and the choices that he makes, and had superman tried something more risky, the family zod was targetting would surely have died. supes had no choice, zod had to be taken out.
it's a fairly realistic scenario that happens often with law enforcement. there are pricks who cannot function within the normal paradigm who then put other people's lives at risk. when there is the risk of direct immediate lethal harm, you take that guy out.
what bothered me about mos was the tonally abberant moments, like the _completely unrestrained_ cry of rage after the kill, or how flippantly he introduced himself to lois when she was bleeding out ("i can do what other people can't, HURR HURR HURR").
this is clearly an elseworld where pa kent discouraged clark from becoming superman, but i still expect superman to act like superman where it counts. i left mos without a full grasp of this superman's real character, and that is a failure. i like the idea of mos and the imagery and cool music far better than the actual complete result.
bvsu was a better film but made a similar mistake with batman. after they rewrote suicide squad, i think they cut out any direct reference to how damaged joker is robin and then failed to give batman a reason for why he has such a mad on for supes. with that small piece of knowledge, or even just the knowledge that batman feels like he failed himself, the movie then makes sense. my issue is that its not apparent within the film itself that this batman is a changed batman rather than one who is just mopey and retarded.
