Zack Snyder Will Host A MAN OF STEEL Quarantine Watch Party This Wednesday

@dracula -
Brainiac actually was the ship's AI, though...

I'll admit that it's not great but it's interesting nonetheless — same for Batman v Superman.

I sometimes think that if you apply the same adaptational argument that you do to Spider-Man Homecoming to Man of Steel, it wouldn't seem as bad. It mainly only seems bad because of your meta perception of Superman. Internally, I don't think it's quite as bad. I also think it works well on mute for what it's worth.

@DalekCraigWasson - I'll admit that they should have at least included a shot or two of Clark looking around like "Holy shit" at all the destruction and whatnot.

It's his first major run in so I think it's fine that he's not a professional superhero yet and managing to fight Zod, direct him elsewhere, and save a load of people all at the same time. But that's where he would grow too, hence the fight would be a learning opportunity for him so you should have at least a shot in there to reflect that.

But again, that's still sort of a meta thing because we're wanting him to be and/or evolve into Superman proper that we know.

@Nebula - The problem is Superman has 80 years of continuity and people pick and choose which Superman is theirs. For me, its the take no bull shit Superman of the 70s through 80s. Some guys like Superman smiling, but if you just look through all the covers through the years you don't see him smile as much in some decades. For some Superman never kills. For others its a last resort sort of thing. Some prefer Superman with Byrne like powers. Others like him as a God. Some like Superman contemplating others like him with all the answers. There is no wrong answer as he has been portrayed as all these things. I don't really think it an adaption issue as Superman like Batman has soooooo many different versions through the years. I mean the original creators had him threaten to electrocute bad guys. Could you imagine if Snyder went with the very original? Good god people would lose their shit. But it would necessarily been wrong. I am not that far off age wise from Snyder and I can see where he got a lot of his influence. For me it near perfect and I nitpick a lot. But its just the Superman I grew up with. For others they want the Reeve movies (there is nothing wrong with that, I grew up at the same time and thought the first two were fantastic, they just didn't represent what I was reading on page) or something akin to DCAU.

@Nebula -
Well, the MOS Kents never really made people a priority for Clark. That's why he stood there and let his dad die. I can't think of a Clark Kent in any reality that would allow that to happen. I mean, not even try!