I know Superman is a fantasy character. Yet it's not realistic to have a character who fights the villians he does not to be put in a situation where he may have to kill them. There comes a time when an enemy can only be stopped by killing them.
If that never occurs Superman becomes more distant and unrealistic to us....(again I know I'm talking about a flying man who shoots fire out of his eyes.)
I think it's ridiculous to portray Superman as always having a way without killing. Killing should be the last resort but not off the table completely. Just look at the real heroes out there fighting the bad guys. Sometimes they have to kill the bad guys. I don't see them as any less of a hero.
I found it strange that he felt he had to kill Zod at that moment rather than before when Zod threatened the entire Earth or when they were destroying buildings without regard for whoever was in them if I recall the film correctly.
Sorry guys but for all the bashing about the too much action, people really ignored everything but the action..
This is a new take on Superman. It's a new version of the Kents. Pa Kent is not Uncle Ben. He's not teaching Clark heroic values, rather he's more interested in keeping Clark safe in order for a better future. He'll be something the human race looks up to. That does not translate into saving each and every person. When Clark tried, he was reprimanded..
Clark is not fighting to save every person he sees unlike previous incarnations. He's fighting to fight for humanity, not to save it.
Whether people like it is obviously subject to opinion but people are viewing the movie as if it were pre-Crisis Superman. He's not. He's different in a myriad of subtle ways.
IKR? The complaints of some of the past Superman movies (like Returns) was that there wasn't enough action (fight scenes and such). Now they're complaining that there's too much with MoS? Make up your minds people.
The problem is that part of what makes Superman Superman is his restrait, desire not to kill, and his ability to find ways to take down powerful adversaries without killing them.
Honestly, I think that DC/WB tried to emulate that Marvel formula i.e completly embracing the fantasy element and running with it, when they made Green Lantern. Unfortunately, that movie failed to deliver the box office reciepts that were anticipated. Consequently, they were under so much pressure to produce a block buster on par with the Avengers, and start their own movie-verse that rather than risk failure again by running with the fantasy element as they did in Green Lantern, they tried to play it safe with the more realistic aproach that made Batman so profitable.
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