Ok, Lex Luthor knew that Zod and his crew were like superman (from krypton) so why when he went to see them did he not bring kryptonite? You'd think he'd get some just incase they decided to reject his....offer, or decided to go against him and what he wanted.
he'd have had to get close to all three of them at the same time, and hope it was strong enough and quick enough to put them down. that's wishful thinking.
Well it depends how much he would bring with him, I mean he could made krytonite bullets, we know Lex is incredibly clever and could have easily thought up a way to use kryptonite to his advantage
they could see the gun coming from a mile away. and i doubt lex wanted to take the chance that he'd be killed trying to take them down. he wouldn't try to put them down unless he was sure he could do it.
Yeah but he could have been killed by them there on the spot, he couldn't have known whether they'd accept and plus it's Lex, he'd rather be safe than sorry, with kryptonite I'm sure it woulda worked fine, he could have made a necklace or a ring...
Superman operates under PIS when Kryptonite is used in the movies.
The 3 kryptonians would still have their heat vision even while they were being poisoned by kryptonite. Essentially because they're villains they'd probably fry Lex for trying to poison them, and then destroy the kryptonite with the same hv.
Of course there are more ways things could have gone wrong for Lex, like freezebreath or superspeed.
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The chunk of kryptonite he had was tossed away by Miss Teschmacher, not to be found. Lex went to jail, and when he escaped went immediately up north to find the Fortress Of Solitude. There wasn't time to get overseas to try to find another chunk of it, as the villains came & took over. He just gambled his knowledge would be a valuable bargaining chip.
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Kryptonite doesn't take away his powers, it poisons him. In the movies he operates under PIS when exposed to it. In the comics he has no problem fighting through kryptonite poisoning.
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Iboga chose not to fight, to allow himself to evolve. He had the wisdom to abandon the actions of war when he knew they would no longer serve him.
Well we are talking about the movies here rather than the comics. In the movies powers go away when exposed to kryptonite, but plus it poisons at the same time.
in the movies and tv his powers go away hence him getting the shit kicked out of him in superman returns. supes lifting the island of kryptonite is a huge plot hole.
Wrong, if his powers hadn't gone explain how thugs and even lex were able to kick and beat the shit out of him...or explain why he wasn't able to fly away...his powers were gone
He was able to lift the krytonite island because first he made sure he recharged himself via the sun and then went deep underground so that he was able to put some normal ground between him and the kryptonite
I think in the movies, we see his body's first reaction is to immediately move away from Kryptonite. On a psych level, he can't even think about accessing his powers, though I'm sure he could have them at weak levels. Red Sun radiation just cuts off his access to his powers; Green Kryptonite drives out the solar energy stored in his cells and replaces it with a cancerous-like disease fever. Only after a heavy sun bath in Superman Returns, do we see him make a heavy physical & psychological effort to fight through it.
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come on man, he had a shard of kryptonite in his side and he didn't take a sun dip, he just flew up into the sky no higher than he usually flies. it was a plot hole by a director who doesn't understand the character
He wasn't able to fly away because in the movies he's a bit of a softy who can't seem to cope with the pain - PIS.
His body is still highly strong and durable after exposure to kryptonite, it's just that in the tv/movie adaptations he's not as tough mentally as he is in the comics - which, quite frankly is a bit lame and not as dramatic as directors like Singer believe.
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Iboga chose not to fight, to allow himself to evolve. He had the wisdom to abandon the actions of war when he knew they would no longer serve him.
His powers don't go away. Directors just don't think outside the box, he could easily heatvision the kryptonite but they settle for the PIS.
Instead of giving him opponents worthy enough to give him a real fight, they settle for kryptonite and they make it this great hurdle Supes can't overcome, even when it's lying motionless on his chest - absolutely ridiculous.
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Iboga chose not to fight, to allow himself to evolve. He had the wisdom to abandon the actions of war when he knew they would no longer serve him.
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