Stamp's Zod had more of a comic-book (precrisis, yet) sensibility, and you get the impression he had fun with the role, especially delivering his memorable lines.
Shannon was deadly serious, more realistic. I'm not sure how fair it is to even compare the two, but yeah, I think Stamp takes this as far as memorable goes.
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"Realistic" as far as this subject matter could be taken (perhaps "less comic-booky" would be better?). It's sort of like comparing Caesar Romero's Joker with Heath Ledger's. One is played a bit campy / tongue-in-cheek; the other has a very serious tone.
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Shannon had a terrifying presence as Zod. Guess because of the more serious tone. Plus he was being genocidal, as compared to Stamp's version who just wanted to rule the planet if I remember correctly.
they both served their purposes.. as far as who is better, well that's up to personal opinions.. shannon zod was definitely more menacing and calculating.. i liked shannon zod, personally speaking of course.. not to say that stamp didn't do his job well as zod..
stamp. Shannon was a more new age persona and that's what the kids like. As has been mentioned before in theses MOS threads this new movie is less comic bookish then the past( I personally like the comicbookish style hehhe) But Shannon was still good. as far as who was more menacing, I think shannons Zod had a sense of honor and phucked up integrity in him. He did what he thought was right. I think people forget about how stamps zod took a undefencless astronaut in supermanII through him in the air and jerked out his air line. Remember the look on stamps face? He looked proud of what he did. Almost a sense of passion for suffocating this poor astronaut. Remember where stamp lifted that poor farmer in the air with his hand beam the farmmers 12 year old son bagged him to let him down, and Zod only let him down after the kid showed respect called him general and then dropped the poor farmer 50 feet. Stamps zod was cruel and hateful. Not as dark as shannons but he just was plain evil shannons had as sense of honor in him even if it was misplaced.
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Shannon was overacting the whole time; maybe he got confused, thinking he was playing Leonidas? Stamp was the better. S2 was my favorite b/c of the PC Kryptonian, especially Stamp's portrayal.
Shannon was the better actor, but his Zod was a shitty villain. There was nothing about his Zod that was memorable in a positive way, there was nothing "zod'ish" about his persona. Nothing. Add onto that that he was extremely incompetent and lost, literally, every fight he or his people were involved in, and you find yourself disappointed.
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i love michael shannon. he's among my favorite actors. however man of steel sucked. MoS zod was crappy just as he was poorly written to be.
so: kneel before stamp
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