Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-3974095-20130611233337/@comment-1895174-20130627001735

You're making this too easy for me. yeah i get that i havent seen it so cant really comment properly about it I rest my case. sure it might be a different kind of movie but its still a comic book movie You're operating under this false assumption that "comic book movie" here means "movie adapted from a comic book". It does not. "Comic book movie" refers to a genre, one with its own tropes, conventions, etc. as for the end i have two problems Actually, you have none since you haven't seen the movie. But I'll humor you. 1) if he is willing to kill zod at the end to save 4 lives why not kill zod sooner and save thousands? Because he's not willing to kill Zod, but you wouldn't know that since you haven't seen the film. 2) its always said that the first life is the hardest to take so really it should be easier for clark to kill someone else Nope, not if you saw his reaction to killing Zod. But you haven't. and that cuts all the dramatic tension in future movies Seeing Superman struggle with possibly killing the next film's villain is the dramatic tension. why should he bother coming to a different solution when he can kill the guy and save himself the hassel Because he doesn't want to kill the guy. and if he doesnt kill the guy then it goes against his characterisation in this movie No it doesn't, since his reaction to killing Zod is decidedly negative. But you wouldn't know that since you haven't seen the movie. not to mention that it was this kind of behaviour that led to the justice lords in the justice league animated series The Justice Lords' Superman didn't let out a primal scream when he killed Lex Luthor. and that goes against 75 years of comic book characterisation because superman doesnt kill even when he has no other choice. He killed Zod before in the comics, and even killed him in ''Superman II'. Not to mention Superman was initially a bit more violent than the character we've come to know. killing someone is not something superman does He's done it before. and to make that the dramatic conclusion of the story is wrong Superman II? Heck, Lois killed Ursa in that one. this makes sequels almost impossible because everyone will just say why doesnt he kill him and get it over with For (at least) the third time, Superman did not want to kill Zod. Why doesn't he kill the sequel's villain? Because he's better than that, and he's better than Zod. ok 3 problems since superman doesnt kill and making him kill someone, even to save a life, goes against everything the character stands for He's killed before, and the fact that this version of Superman won't want to kill again sounds more like the version of Superman we know than the trigger-happy character you seem to believe is in this movie. But you haven't seen it, so I can't expect you to know better. and just screams of doing it to seem xtreme and kool like snyder always does. Actually, making Superman a bit more morally complicated and seeing his sense of morality forming screams of Nolan, Snyder, et al trying to modernize the character, which is one the reboot's primary goals. If it were "xtreme and kool" as you say, the scene would be treated as one of triumph as opposed to one of weakness. But you wouldn't know that since you haven't seen the movie.