Metropolis' Destruction Covered In New MAN OF STEEL Blu-ray Special Feature

Metropolis' Destruction Covered In New MAN OF STEEL Blu-ray Special Feature

In this new clip from the Man of Steel blu-ray special features, viewers are given an birds-eye view of the aftermath of the General Zod (Michael Shannon) and Superman (Henry Cavill) climactic battle that decimated a portion of the fictional city of Metropolis.

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By MarkJulian - Nov 10, 2013 04:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman

With director Zack Snyder reigniting this discussion at yesterday's Man of Steel live Q&A event, now is probably a good chance to see just how much destruction occurred in the city of Metropolis during Superman's clash with General Zod. There's no embed unfortunately, but if you click the image below, you can watch the video at io9.

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Zod Superman battle aftermath

Zod Superman battle aftermath

Zod Superman battle aftermath

Zod Superman battle aftermath


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Running Time: 2 hrs 23 min
Release Date: 14 June 2013 (USA)
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Starring: Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner,Russell Crowe, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Meloni, Richard Schiff, Harry Lennix
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Written by: Christopher Nolan (story), David S. Goyer (screenplay)

Man of Steel arrives on blu-ray and dvd on November 12th.


"Man of Steel follows the Last Son of Krypton on his epic journey to become mankind's shinning beacon of hope for a brighter future. With the beliefs and values instilled by his adoptive parents Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha (Diane Lane) Kent, a young Clark (Henry Cavill) sets out to find his place in the world. But when the nefarious General Zodd (Michael Shannon) arrives on Earth, Clark will have to choose between being a normal human or Kal-el,son of Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and humanity's greatest protector and champion. Filmed in IMAX and shot in Vancouver, Chicago and Plano, Illinois, Man of Steel will be released on June 14, 2013 by Warner Bros. Directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) with a screenplay by David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight) the Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises, Inception) produced feature film will surely be the summer blockbuster of 2013."
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marvelstudios
marvelstudios - 11/10/2013, 4:59 AM
I honestly cannot believe people are complaining about the level of destruction in Man of Steel. Two of the most powerful beings ever seen on any CBM are trying to kill each other and you expect there not to be any damage and death.

MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 11/10/2013, 5:01 AM
Yes, there was damage done but people act like the entire city was destroyed. As you can see above, it was really just a small section.

And as Snyder has said Many Many MANY times now, Superman will be dealing with the repercussions of his inability to save those people and having to ultimately kill Zod in the sequel.
Danbojohnj
Danbojohnj - 11/10/2013, 5:05 AM
Loved that fact that they went all out.
More realistic.
loki668
loki668 - 11/10/2013, 5:06 AM
Exactly. Superman was raw and untested. He was also facing a trained soldier, while the only training Superman would have received, AT BEST, would have been watching old Kung-Fu flicks. It would have been a farce to have two beings of their power fight and NOT show the horrendous consequences. This could be what Superman considers to be his worst failure and, thus, the impetus to become the hero with which many of the detractors are familiar with. In my opinion, I think the "destruction detractors" are a little impatient and need to allow the story to unfold. That way, we are shown the journey in its entirety and don't just jump from "ridiculously powered child" to "instant avatar of perfect justice". It's THAT journey that many of us wish to see.
MrReese
MrReese - 11/10/2013, 5:09 AM
@marvelstudios

Exactly! I mean wtf did ppl think was gonna happen? That shit needed 2 happen.Like @MarkJulian said he's gonna face repercussions in the next film.Zod's death was also needed there was no way he was gonna stop killing ppl.MoS = CBM of the yr 4 me followed closely by Thor TDW.
CrimsonFlash
CrimsonFlash - 11/10/2013, 5:10 AM
The death toll doesn't really bother me all that much, the sacrifice of character development for an overabundance of action scenes is what ruined the movie.
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 11/10/2013, 5:14 AM
Lack of character development? You literally followed Clark through all the pivotal moments of his life thus far.
MoonNight
MoonNight - 11/10/2013, 5:19 AM
Watch The Avengers and then watch Man of Steel; Man of Steel is definitely 9/11 porn, with long, loving shots of entire buildings collapsing. The Avengers takes a much more comic book approach: buildings are damaged, but rarely are shown being demolished with all that smoke and dust and papers imagery of 9/11. This may seem like a trivial difference to some, but the effect was clear: the tone of The Avengers' ending is much brighter than Man of Steel. I understand that, for some reason, Zack Snyder wanted it to feel more "real" (for dramatic purposes? In a comic book movie?), but you simply cannot evoke 9/11 without it being interpreted as tacky at the least and offensive at worst. Maybe the producers were too stupid to see it, maybe they were afraid of overruling Snyder, but the effect of the ending was make the movie seem in poor taste and Superman less of a hero. It's Man of Steel, not Boy of Steel, so the "he's learning to be a hero" defense of the movie is silly.
DreadlockedPoseidon
DreadlockedPoseidon - 11/10/2013, 5:20 AM
@loki668 & @MarkJulian

Couldn't have said it better myself guys, luckily where I live everyone was blown away by it...seems that only on the internet do we find anything but love for the film. That was the Superman we all wanted to see down my way - a Kal-El not yet a Superman...we wanted to see the reasons, the whys, the hows. We wanted the untold story & we got it brilliantly.

Does anyone know when it is released for home video in the UK?
ManThing
ManThing - 11/10/2013, 5:21 AM
Yep. What Marvelstudios said.

I have yet to hear a complaint about the death toll/destruction that struck me as being legit.
ALF9001
ALF9001 - 11/10/2013, 5:26 AM
@CrimsonFlash
Exactly, they over-compensated Superman Returns.
Also, i didnt like Metropolis colour pallet, it looked alot like Gotham
ManThing
ManThing - 11/10/2013, 5:27 AM
candy ass whinging..

There's no "disregard of human life". If Supes could have moved the fight away from the people he would have.

These villains move FAST. In their way of fighting or really in any fight, you don't always have the luxury of picking and choosing where it happens. THAT'S your realism. Ask any soldier..

If this crap happened IRL, thousands of people would die. That's the whole unvarnished truth of it, and even though the loss of life is gut wrenching to think about I think that it belongs in this story.
feedonatreefrog
feedonatreefrog - 11/10/2013, 5:33 AM
And like 95% of it was caused by the World Engine.

And then Superman prevented them from doing this to the rest of the world.

I don't see the problem with bad guys accomplishing things before the good guy stops them.

Isn't the basis of like every action movie?

For example, in Avatar, the humans destroy the Navi's home tree, destroying the forest and killing thousands of Navi before Jake saves the day.
MoonNight
MoonNight - 11/10/2013, 5:34 AM
Also, Superman and Lois stop to have their first kiss while thousands are presumably burning and dying in the rubble. Gross. Zach Snyder makes things look real pretty on screen, but he has little to no idea how human beings behave. Watchmen and Sucker Punch had the same tone-deafness when it came to characterization. Nolan is going to have to exert a much heavier hand as a producer next time, or Batman vs. Superman will suffer the same fate.
feedonatreefrog
feedonatreefrog - 11/10/2013, 5:35 AM
@MoonNight

Reminds me of the Avengers sitting in the middle of the road talking about Shwarma while many people around them are likely still in danger.
feedonatreefrog
feedonatreefrog - 11/10/2013, 5:40 AM
Actually they weren't evacuated (pause the Blu-ray), but it's not the point: Bad guys are bad guys because they do bad things, like kill thousands of innocent people with a world engine; like Joker killing people everyday until Batman revealed himself; like Two-Face killing people; like The Chitauri attacking New York, etc, etc,
ALF9001
ALF9001 - 11/10/2013, 5:41 AM
@feedonatreefrog
Yeah, of course destruction had to happen, people had to die, but the difference between MOS an The Avengers was that MOS sacrifies character development for eye candy, while the avengers didnt; also The Avengers stablished a perimeter, evacuated people AND after the fight, they showed the consecuenses of it, many people dont trust the avengers and think they are a threat, something that can be fully-developed in the second movie
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 11/10/2013, 5:41 AM
Can't wait to cop this DVD and watch shit get [frick]ed up. The fake uprising over "controversy" just makes it that much sweeter.

Zod burns the beams off that bitch and it topples like a wedding cake.
Rokyn
Rokyn - 11/10/2013, 5:43 AM
@Bat
You should have shown also the part where Superman takes Faora by her cape and is about to fly away and be brought down by Non. LOL

@Josh
LOL you're being so overly dramatic and pretentious, he hasn't ruined Superman at all, just a different take. I agree with Josh in where there should have been some payoff to all the actions, but I think we are getting that in the sequel...with Lex and Bruce opposing him. I've come to accept that Superman couldn't have just tried stopping the buildings because it's impossible to stop it due to physics, he needs to find a creative way to stop them and there just wasn't the time to do that. Also had he flown away, he probably would have caused the death of thousands by Zods hand. You would rather let thousands die in saving 5 billion people? That's the question most people don't dare to question at all and it's a hard one to answer. Ultimately I'm glad Superman got the job done, just be a bit more careful LOL and no more killing ok?
ALF9001
ALF9001 - 11/10/2013, 5:46 AM
And dont get me wrong, I'm not a troll, I don't hate this movie, I am just dissapointed that the movie isn't a deep masterpiece, like the trailers looked like, but just another summer flick
MoonNight
MoonNight - 11/10/2013, 5:46 AM
@feedonatreefrog

Zod was still on the loose when Clark and Lois started swapping spit; the Avengers had clearly ended the threat by that time. It's practically Tony Stark's job to make light of the situation, but Cap and Thor pretty much ignore him and go to collect what's left of Loki. I was not suggesting that superheroes should be doing the work of first responders.
Prime
Prime - 11/10/2013, 5:47 AM
I never thought of 9/11 until some asshole kept bringing it up.
Prime
Prime - 11/10/2013, 5:52 AM
@ Alf So you where expecting an academy award winning movie huh?
Rokyn
Rokyn - 11/10/2013, 5:55 AM
REALITY IS BITCH PEOPLE. DEAL WITH IT. Lol that's not jab to Avengers, I'm just saying you are getting apples and oranges when it comes to these movies. One set of movies are unrealistic/family friendly and the other set are realistic/grounded. Which ones are better, is all total subjectivity. Apples and oranges fellas.

Oh Superman shouldn't grounded? Well I'm sorry but I actually appreciate different takes instead of getting the same plate for 50 years. That's why I LOVE Red Son, All-Star, and Birthright, different takes to the character. I somewhat also appreciate the New 52 Clark and my favorite is Christopher Reeves Superman. I can imagine they are developing Henry Superman to a Reeves like Superman over time, they are just showing his origin and how it all started. Just because Henry's Superman is a bit more different and human doesn't make this version worse than Chris' Superman. Just a different take. If you've been following Superman for 40+ years like me, you would understand this.
Prime
Prime - 11/10/2013, 5:58 AM
I'm sure the destruction is what brings Batman to Metropolis to give some money and Lex to hate him.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 11/10/2013, 5:59 AM
Grow up reading comics and watching cartoons just to get cold feet at the thought of a live-action interpretation of comic action? I don't think so.

Never really understood the appeal for Dragonballz, but people have been shoving Goku up their asses for years, but then want to get all tea and crumpets when Bay, the Matrix and Man of Steel go the length to blow your [frick]ing minds.

Things have gotten so pretentious that we forget why their called ACTION movies.

Give Batman a bigger tank and shut the [frick] up.
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