Man of Steel (WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD)

Brainiac would be an awesome villain to see alongside lex. If they do have lex as the main villain id like to see him use his battle armor
 
TAZZMISSION said:
yea faora was bad ass. also everyone in the theatre clapped when superman made the choice of snapping zods neck to save the family.

i am curious to see how man of steel 2 will be because who would be the villain? i know alot of people want lex but hes been so over done its kind of boring. i say get ron perlman as lobo
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Saw the movie on opening day. It was absolutely awesome. So far, one of the best films I've seen for this year. Love the whole society up on Krypton, before its destruction....And I have to agree that Crowe did perfect as Jor-El.

For choice of villains for the next film, I say either Metallo, Hank Henshaw (The Cyborg), or possibly Brainiac. Although Luthor gotta make an appearance, although not as a villain yet, but definitely have that resentment towards Superman that will gradually grow before possibly become a full fledge villain in most likely in the 3rd film (if the director decides to go that far).
 
Vigilante_FireDragon said:
Saw the movie on opening day. It was absolutely awesome. So far, one of the best films I've seen for this year. Love the whole society up on Krypton, before its destruction....And I have to agree that Crowe did perfect as Jor-El.

For choice of villains for the next film, I say either Metallo, Hank Henshaw (The Cyborg), or possibly Brainiac. Although Luthor gotta make an appearance, although not as a villain yet, but definitely have that resentment towards Superman that will gradually grow before possibly become a full fledge villain in most likely in the 3rd film (if the director decides to go that far).
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see here is the issue with braniac for the sequel. we just had a god vs god type fight in this one and do we want another one? i think what the next film should do is have superman adapt to his powers more since hes still new to them to an extent. i also think they can make superman for of a international symbol ( hence the zod message in all earth languages and introduce lex as a side villain alomost like the scarecrow from batman begins because that way lex isnt the main focus as a villain. have him be a politician and try running for president and behind the scenes he is controlled by starro the conquer . make lex the puppet not the puppet master
 
Great movie. Though neither Kevin Costner nor Dianne lane looked comfortable in their roles, which was a downer for me because it failed to show the human contrast to the kryptonian. Jonathan Kent shouldn't have died like he did. His death was to establish letting go and sacrificing one's self for others but it happened in a rushed fashion that left a little to be desired. It would have been better if Karl saved Jon and then allowed himself to be sucked up by the tornado. Transitioning into him drifting about with no name. But I digress.

The action was awesome and showed that superman is just gonna get stronger. Faora was incredible zod was awesome especially in the "zod gets heat vision" scene and the final battle. He felt kind of like a Star Trek villain which was awesome and gave MoS that "sci-fi" feel. I think These guys should get a crack at directing an episode of StarwarS. I think the movie establishes that Superman is fully accepting of his Kryptonian origin and in many ways he simply tolerates the human race. Now on to my only issue with the movie. The sexual tension between professionals. Namely Diane Lane and Henry Cavill. You could cut that shit with a knife. Oedipus complex undertones??? Fights were excellent and actually better than the animated features in both scope and spectacle. It was awesome
 
you know i didnt realize it until i saw a review video lastnight wich was an excellent point. fans are mad that superman snapped zods neck and if you go back to the dark knight when batman takes down harvey at the end in a way batman did kill him because his neck did break from the fall. also he did leave ras to die at the end of batman begins seeing as he didnt save him either.

im not saying he simply shoved him off but for a guy who never kills he was at fault for harveys death and ras's death.

i thought kal-el killing zod was good simply because i like the idea of him having to make a decision that very well will haunt him forever and doing such a thing he saved that family.
 
Lex is better off as the side villain for the next few movies I think throwing him in the battle armor right away and making him appear to the public as some psycho path villain would be the wrong way to do it. Lex is alot more of a clever villain and it would be wrong to throw supermans iconic earthly foe against him right of the bat in a grudge match.

I think for the next film Brainiac would be the best bet if it followed close to the events in Superman Unbound I think it could be something different from what we've seen before in the past live action superman movies. In this movie it could have clark/superman interacting with his own people of Kandor well brainiacs version of it maybe even bring in super girl/ kara then you have the all out fight at the end with superman and brainiac. While this is also going on have Lex trying to either run for president and building up his hatred and jealousy of superman it would be pretty cool as an ending to the second superman if it shows doomsday in the containment suite in lexs 33.1 lab as a way to set the stage for the third film. Then for the third film build more on lexs hatred towards superman and him trying to convince the people that superman puts metropolis in harm and this is when he unleashed doomsday who is only out to destroy superman and destroys most of metropolis in the process.

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Also, if they were to do a Justice League movie between 2 and 3 maybe they could have the story follow along the lines of darkseid following brainiac to earth maybe have darkseid believe that brainiac holds the anti- life equation as a reason to why he comes to earth.
 
TAZZMISSION said:
you know i didnt realize it until i saw a review video lastnight wich was an excellent point. fans are mad that superman snapped zods neck and if you go back to the dark knight when batman takes down harvey at the end in a way batman did kill him because his neck did break from the fall. also he did leave ras to die at the end of batman begins seeing as he didnt save him either.

im not saying he simply shoved him off but for a guy who never kills he was at fault for harveys death and ras's death.

i thought kal-el killing zod was good simply because i like the idea of him having to make a decision that very well will haunt him forever and doing such a thing he saved that family.
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Guessing you don't really follow Batman, but, he has actually killed quite a few people in the comics.
 
The only thing I have against Superman killing Zod is that it was always his own personal rule that he would never do that, and he went TOTALLY against that.
That being said, as much as I didn't agree with the director's decision to make him kill, I completely agree with what Superman did in that scene to save that family and humanity, in general.

In other words, I just wish that it didn't escalate to that specific scene, and that Superman would have banished him to the Phantom Zone instead.
That would have been the better option, IMO.
 
Araknyd_Commander said:
The only thing I have against Superman killing Zod is that it was always his own personal rule that he would never do that, and he went TOTALLY against that.
That being said, as much as I didn't agree with the director's decision to make him kill, I completely agree with what Superman did in that scene to save that family and humanity, in general.

In other words, I just wish that it didn't escalate to that specific scene, and that Superman would have banished him to the Phantom Zone instead.
That would have been the better option, IMO.
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he did it in superman 2 and he also killed the joker in the injustice comic


this whole thing about superman dosent kill is getting stupid really
 
No, the final resolution was edited in Superman 2 so that the film makers would lead people to believe that Superman is not a killer.
As for Injustice, that was an alternate universe Superman.

The good Superman would have never killed.
That's just they way it's always been.
 
Araknyd_Commander said:
I thought the movie was great and definitely worth seeing.
General Zod was great because you wanted to hate him for being such a destructive villain.
To be honest though, I thought Faora was an even better villain than than Zod.
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I actually felt bad for Zod.

Spoiler:
His predetermined purpose in life was to defend Krypton. Without Kryton, his existence was pointless. He didn't know any other way to live. He wasn't an evil villain, he was just a man trying fulfill his only role in life.


Faora was an awesome character. The actress did a great job of naturally injecting badassness into the character; it didn't feel forced at all. Not many actress could've done that.

I'm sorry but Amy Adams was boring. Her Louis Lane wasn't memorable at all. Any Hollywood starlet could've played that role.

My review: Man of Steel was one of the best superhero movies I've ever seen. Can't wait to see the next one.
 
Known_Hero said:
I actually felt bad for Zod.

Spoiler:
His predetermined purpose in life was to defend Krypton. Without Kryton, his existence was pointless. He didn't know any other way to live. He wasn't an evil villain, he was just a man trying fulfill his only role in life.
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This right here, in the spoiler tag, is what bugs the SHIT out of me with Hollywood movies these days, when they go the whole realism route with movies like this.
The whole "he's not really a villain" route is aggravating.
Sorry, I don't meant to sound like I'm taking it out on you Known_Hero.
I'm not.

YES.
He was an evil villain.
Could I sympathize with his cause to save his race? Yes, to an extent.
That being said, he WAS an evil villain because he didn't give a shit about killing innocent people or taking lives in order to achieve that goal in turning Earth into Krypton part 2.
If some mad terrorist came to your city and started killing innocent people and destroying the city because he believed it would bring his loved ones from the dead, would he not still be a terrorist?
 
Yeah it does suck when your life and purpose are all taken away because of a simple incident that caused the destruction of the planet and nearly the extinction of the Kryptonian race. Sometimes, it's really not that easy trying to find a new purpose, especially if you was programmed or had a preordained destiny for that role, no matter what. So you have to go to that extreme mentality that you must do by any means necessary in order to regain that purpose you was meant to do, even if it meant taking out a whole universe to do so.

And about Wonder Woman.....She does kill, but only if it deems necessary to do so. She's not like Batman and Superman that they hold a no-killing policy. Plus, Diana does not hesitate if it comes to it.
 
Vigilante_FireDragon said:
Yeah it does suck when your life and purpose are all taken away because of a simple incident that caused the destruction of the planet and nearly the extinction of the Kryptonian race. Sometimes, it's really not that easy trying to find a new purpose, especially if you was programmed or had a preordained destiny for that role, no matter what. So you have to go to that extreme mentality that you must do by any means necessary in order to regain that purpose you was meant to do, even if it meant taking out a whole universe to do so.
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As I said.
I could understand WHY he did it (because he wanted to save his race), but it doesn't make it right nor does it make him not be a villain.
He's still a villain for wanting to take innocent lives and mass murder everyone, causing genocide.
There's always an option to it that doesn't include killing everyone.

Why couldn't Zod and Faora have reproduced and had a naturally born baby and repopulate that way?
 
Since they're not scientist, maybe they never were programmed to reproduce, even if they can, but never thought about it at all. They were created to fight and to protect their proud race. Besides, I bet in their minds, that breeding with any other races would be deemed illogical and an abomination.
 
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