Originally posted by quanchi112
I felt nothing for his romance with Lois and his tension with Zod. It fell flat whereas I believed the tension between the brothers of the sea.The films change things it is the comicnerds who get their panties in a bunch. Hela is Thors brother in the movies. Not in the comics. They cannot be literal translations.
Zod was too much of a failure to take seriously. Failed against jor el and Superman twice. He mocks kal for training on a farm then loses an all out battle after he trained his entire life. At least with Arthur he lost and stood no chance against Orm in the water. Gave him water cred and made sense. Zod was just an epic failure in every phase of his planning.
Lois was crap. Zod was not.
I never said they needed to be literal translations. Though, it is strange how often it gets brought up in order to dismiss complaints that aren't relevant. Adaptation or not, I thought Atlantis sucked. I said as much. Same with most of the movie, which ranged from "okay" to "not that great".
If I talked purely in terms of how bad an adaptation it was, I would call it utter shite.
We both know you have a raging hateboner for Zod, but I'm going to reply anyway: He lost to someone that had more experience on the planet he was on, and Jor-El (both the man and the consciousness) was instrumental in keeping him off-balance up until the final battle.
Not to mention the years Zod had spent in the Phantom Zone, and how messed up he was by losing the chance to save Krypton.