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I saw Man of Steel..... I HATED IT.
12 years ago
SPOILERS.
.... Okay.... So Superman is supposed to be a shining beacon of hope, sent to protect the people of Earth... from the very people who FOLLOWED him to Earth.
He's got all the power in the world, yet for some inexplicable reason, he is angsty and sad about it. Seems to me that if anyone had godlike powers, they'd have an unnatural amount of confidence. Superman's whole deal is that he was raised right, by loving adopted parents, almost like a living parable. He was taught that he should always think of others before himself. But in this movie, all he ever thinks about is himself.
The humans were basically useless in every aspect. Couldn't this movie have been more poignant if Superman had realized that he COULDN'T shoulder all of humanity's burden? What if he had opted to stop this threat all on his own, and used his powers to keep the military, Lois, Jor-El, and others from helping? Imagine him bending tank guns, pulling planes out of the air, and creating impassable canyons to impede the soldiers' progress.
If Superman was more vulnerable, he could realize that he ISN'T the most powerful being in the universe, and it would make him cherish humanity and their spirit and ingenuity so much more. But no... Humanity is basically reduced to ants, like in Dragon Ball Z. That's what this movie is. DBZ with angst. Also, everything is shot through a grey filter. This isn't a story about superhero. It's about a petty, indecisive god lording himself over the puny humans. This is further quantified in the church scene, where Clark is explicitly shown, through the camerawork, to be a modern-day Jesus who punches people.
So on top of making Superman into Batman 2.0, what with his "waaah I'm different" angst, they also give him cheesy lines that have no poignancy or meaning to them. When Zod rants on about how Superman has taken everything from him, Superman responds with a lame "You're a monster, Zod. And I'm going to stop you." You call that a pre-asskicking one-liner? How utterly trite can you get? I can think of a better exchange, one that would make Superman more human, and add some much-needed humor to this absurdly dark story:
"My people... My world... My purpose... my SOUL!! That is what you have taken from me, Kal-El... And I will make this world suffer for it!"
"Three words, Zod.... GET OVER IT!"
Cue the fisticuffs.
A bit cooler than "You're a monster and I am going to stop you," huh?
Now let's talk about the property damage and human life cost.
http://crackervolley.tumblr.com/pos.....68/artdumpling
That image should speak for itself. Also, watch the video in the link.
I can understand property damage occurring when the invasion is in full swing, with all the evil kryptonians raining hell down on Earth. But was it really necessary for Superman to destroy ALL THE BUILDINGS in his fistfight with Zod? Why did he not lure Zod to a desolate area of the badlands, or to the darkest depths of the ocean, or to the freaking MOON? You know, where millions and millions of people do not live?
And even from a "sequel hook" point of view... where the hell is he supposed to go from here? Zod has killed thousands of people, and leveled a whole city in a BLOOD ORGY of special effects. And the various Lexcorp logos imply that Lex Luthor will be in the next plot. Who cares? Zod has almost obliterated humanity. BUT WATCH OUT FOR LEX LUTHOR. Ugh. What's Lex gonna do? Steal something? Compared to OMNICIDE, why should we care about Lex?
All this destruction, all this chaos and doom and gloom and darkness and strife and SENSELESS violence. That's the word. Senseless. I like violence in movies... But not when it's senseless and meaningless like this. This was just a spectacle.
It is literally 9/11 times 2356.
NOW WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
The movie offended me. Not because it was "offensive" in the traditional sense, like the Human Centipede or Howard Stern. It offended me because it was a movie that COMPLETELY missed the point of its source material. This was NOT a Superman movie. This was "Dark Michael Bay" trying to pass itself off as Christopher Nolan. I am NO fan of Michael Bay, but to his credit, he at least knows his audience, and doesn't consider himself to be a maker of "high art." This movie was a failure of storytelling, and it spits in the face of everything that "S" stands for.
I HATED THIS MOVIE!!! Hated it so much.
.... Okay.... So Superman is supposed to be a shining beacon of hope, sent to protect the people of Earth... from the very people who FOLLOWED him to Earth.
He's got all the power in the world, yet for some inexplicable reason, he is angsty and sad about it. Seems to me that if anyone had godlike powers, they'd have an unnatural amount of confidence. Superman's whole deal is that he was raised right, by loving adopted parents, almost like a living parable. He was taught that he should always think of others before himself. But in this movie, all he ever thinks about is himself.
The humans were basically useless in every aspect. Couldn't this movie have been more poignant if Superman had realized that he COULDN'T shoulder all of humanity's burden? What if he had opted to stop this threat all on his own, and used his powers to keep the military, Lois, Jor-El, and others from helping? Imagine him bending tank guns, pulling planes out of the air, and creating impassable canyons to impede the soldiers' progress.
If Superman was more vulnerable, he could realize that he ISN'T the most powerful being in the universe, and it would make him cherish humanity and their spirit and ingenuity so much more. But no... Humanity is basically reduced to ants, like in Dragon Ball Z. That's what this movie is. DBZ with angst. Also, everything is shot through a grey filter. This isn't a story about superhero. It's about a petty, indecisive god lording himself over the puny humans. This is further quantified in the church scene, where Clark is explicitly shown, through the camerawork, to be a modern-day Jesus who punches people.
So on top of making Superman into Batman 2.0, what with his "waaah I'm different" angst, they also give him cheesy lines that have no poignancy or meaning to them. When Zod rants on about how Superman has taken everything from him, Superman responds with a lame "You're a monster, Zod. And I'm going to stop you." You call that a pre-asskicking one-liner? How utterly trite can you get? I can think of a better exchange, one that would make Superman more human, and add some much-needed humor to this absurdly dark story:
"My people... My world... My purpose... my SOUL!! That is what you have taken from me, Kal-El... And I will make this world suffer for it!"
"Three words, Zod.... GET OVER IT!"
Cue the fisticuffs.
A bit cooler than "You're a monster and I am going to stop you," huh?
Now let's talk about the property damage and human life cost.
http://crackervolley.tumblr.com/pos.....68/artdumpling
That image should speak for itself. Also, watch the video in the link.
I can understand property damage occurring when the invasion is in full swing, with all the evil kryptonians raining hell down on Earth. But was it really necessary for Superman to destroy ALL THE BUILDINGS in his fistfight with Zod? Why did he not lure Zod to a desolate area of the badlands, or to the darkest depths of the ocean, or to the freaking MOON? You know, where millions and millions of people do not live?
And even from a "sequel hook" point of view... where the hell is he supposed to go from here? Zod has killed thousands of people, and leveled a whole city in a BLOOD ORGY of special effects. And the various Lexcorp logos imply that Lex Luthor will be in the next plot. Who cares? Zod has almost obliterated humanity. BUT WATCH OUT FOR LEX LUTHOR. Ugh. What's Lex gonna do? Steal something? Compared to OMNICIDE, why should we care about Lex?
All this destruction, all this chaos and doom and gloom and darkness and strife and SENSELESS violence. That's the word. Senseless. I like violence in movies... But not when it's senseless and meaningless like this. This was just a spectacle.
It is literally 9/11 times 2356.
NOW WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
The movie offended me. Not because it was "offensive" in the traditional sense, like the Human Centipede or Howard Stern. It offended me because it was a movie that COMPLETELY missed the point of its source material. This was NOT a Superman movie. This was "Dark Michael Bay" trying to pass itself off as Christopher Nolan. I am NO fan of Michael Bay, but to his credit, he at least knows his audience, and doesn't consider himself to be a maker of "high art." This movie was a failure of storytelling, and it spits in the face of everything that "S" stands for.
I HATED THIS MOVIE!!! Hated it so much.
Welp, to the makers of 'Man of Steel' ;
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I liked the movie myself. It's an original take on Superman which I respect.
(I almost typo'd NOBODY DIES. That would be the exact opposite of what happened.)
I understand his opinion on the movie and just explaining it out a bit more. I haven't seen the movie for myself, so I can't say if I agree just yet.
So many people think that superman isn't in this movie because we have a young not yet the man of steel who's worried about what the revleation of his existance would do to the planet he loved. What do you think would have happened if the russians found out that america had superman? you think they would just be happy with that? Not one bit good sir they would start some serious shit to get that situation under control. also zod destroyed the whole world? really a quarter of a city and a small island on the other side of the world is the whole world now? oh there was the smallvie fight which kicked ass! :D also that little link of yours to tony stark was funny in it's patheticness at comparing these two series. MoS was a thousands times better then anything whedon could have made.
also superman wasn't sent to earth to be it's defender he was sent here to give kyrpton a chance at a future, it's just that he was raised so awesomely by the kents that he couldn't help but do what was right and fight for truth justice and the american way!
It's not an issue of "luring" Zod out of the city. When the battle started, Zod was at a MAJOR disadvantage in that he didn't know the extent of his powers and he COULD NOT FLY. Right at the start of the fight, Supes should have either grabbed Zod by the balls and THROWN him out over the ocean, or just plain grabbed him and flew away with him. Pitch the guy into the air and juggle him until he's in the Mojave Desert. ANYTHING other than punching him through inhabited skyscrapers.
Same thing with him moving the fight away from the open corn fields of his mother's home to the center of Smallville. Smooth thinking, Supes.
All the insanity and destruction with the world engine I'll give him, because he did his best to stop it as quickly as he could.
DC is determined to make their "superhero" movies more "realistic" than the Marvel film. "Man of Steel" isn't a superhero movie. It's Sci-fi action. There's nothing heroic in the movie at all.
the advantage thing doesn't really matter cause as you would have noticed zod even though not in control of his powers did in fact have his powers and had very little trouble learning to fly. Even if you do give him the flight he's still expected to go into close combat with a trained military expert who's suppose to be the best of the best and we've already seen his lackies fuck superman up easily at this point. The fight in smallvile happened because super man is inexperienced and let his rage at the thought of his mother being hurt and it just happened that when two gods are fighting sometimes you cover some distance and end up in different location from where you start.
at the end with the fight there's only a few buildings that superman actaully forces zod through most of the time it's zod beating up on super man and throwing him through buildings. oh and out of all the things people complain about in this movie I can't figure out why the fuck people don't hate the world engine. It's the dumbest part of the whole movie. "We've found a world where we're gods!" "Cool let's make it exactly like our planet and take away that advantage and be all normal and weak." "umm ... why sir?" lol it's really the only bad thing about this movie. It just doesn't make sense from like any stand point other then that they needed to cause mass destruction at some point in the movie.
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This movie angered me to the point of pissing of my brother, who was watching the film with me and was so bored he eventually just fiddled with his phone for the unbearable length of the film. I don't blame him.
I think Mark Waid wrote a review you'll agree with. I found myself nodding with a lot of his points.
It's pretty clear that Nolan had very little say in that last hour and its way-too-fake CG extravaganza. That's all Zack Snyder and his love for larger-than-life spectacle over down-to-earth practical action (as Nolan favored in the Dark Knight trilogy, very little CGI was used.)
I laughed at your "DBZ with angst" comment, though. Did you really just say that? Haha, DBZ was nothing BUT angst.
It's not even comparable to DBZ because it had some degree of stake in it, it had at least one side losing and struggling. But the entire fist-fight with Zodd and the other Kryptonians was meaningless because none of it hurt them in the least. Because of the shitty CGI there wasn't even a rip or fray on his cape after smashing through the skeletal remnants of Metropolis, it was hollow and vapid of entertainment.
Let's not forget the over the top pointlessness of the Krypton sequence just so they could try and sell the 3d gimmick since it was inpercievable in the rest of the film.
Still annoys that they went the route that it was the atmosphere combined with radiation that gave him his powers. So weakling on the space-ship, almighty on earth. Not a single mention made about how he survived without any atmosphere at all in the mid-point. Or that he had rubber joints according to the CG fight scenes.
My personal favourite part is Kryptons destruction itself. Apparently only one person on the whole planet was studying the fact that within weeks it was going to implode, which you know, might have a fair bit of evidence around it. Then you have the seperate coup part and Zods lot being the only Kryptonians sent off-planet as punishment. There are so many better options to explain and justify that situation, but instead it just comes across as the Council making sure that Zods lot were safe to appear later in the film.
That being said, since they had to "redo" a lot of things, a background... rather extensive background, was given in the movie. Yes the constant flashbacks were a tad irritating, but it did serve a purpose.
I got a raging hard knowing that Kryptonite did not exist. I have always thought that Atmospheric conditions should be the tell tale of living or dying... but Superman can breath in space... so its a cool concept but the whole notion is retarded because Superman is too super. Lex Luther as a villain now only has to recreate the conditions of Krypton and put Superman in that room... which can easily be done because the atmospheric conditions were recorded during the terraforming... and he is a rich, intelligent, madman so all he has to do is pay for data, spy the data, or be in charge of some department in that room.
Most people LOVED the movie after the entire flashback thing was over. As soon as Zod appeared, most reviews were positive. So this movie i voted as average. Could have been better or at least organized better with the flashbacks, Zod was dead on (i was pissed at first when he had no facial hair), and Superman could have lost his temper a bit more... after all he was raised human. Death Of Superman shows a whole different side of Superman which is a 180 from this movie... so i can predict that if more Superman movies are to come, his attitude will change. Side note, i HATE Captain America who i view as a mirror Superman (ie, Avengers vs Justice League) so i already have a negative opinion to the overly goody-goodies.
I have seen the movie about 5 times now, so its a bit old. But i have come up with a list of easter eggs which if you watch closely (usually watching it multiple times helps) you can see logos and hints to other DC movies/comics. Satellite has Wayne Enterprises on it, Blaze Comics is Booster Gold's company, and the open capsule on the ship in beginning could be Supergirl.
I do agree with you on many parts as a collector, but i am thrilled that this movie was not a super failure like those of the past... so i think the curse of Superman movies is lifted... for now
This movie's obsession with showing carnage to this degree is pretty disturbing and totally out of character for anything I've come to know under the Superman banner.
Thankfully most critics agree that this movie sucks, but I suspect the movie's success at the box office means we get more of this claptrap.
complaining how Supe wrecks the roads, but hey getting a big fatty Hardee's Triple Bacon Cheeseburger makes it all better.
yeah, not really wanting to see MoS much. will wait 'til I can see it for free.
I didn't see the movie as being an angsty rant. I didn't think Clark was anything but humble. General Zod , though misguided, lost his friends and the last hope for rebuilding his own Krypton. General Zod was dishonored to the point he could not get over it. How could he get over it? You lose your mom, dad, son, wife, friends and world and see how you deal with it.
Clark was never portrayed as Jesus. That mosaic in the background was as ambiguous as bull statues on wall street. I did a little research on the director and writers before watching. The team was involved with most of the newer Batman movies, so they have better relations with DC comics and unlike the 2006 'Superman Returns' movie team, this 'Man of Steel' team actually listens to DC.
It was not a DBZ, things only took seconds to happen and the human drama was still in play between members of the Daily Bugle; despite the titanic fight that Zod was making. Sure, there was a lot of collateral. If the lack of care is a turn off, you would hate the upcoming macro fur-like movie "Pacific Rim." (Fur party in the works)
I realize what is meaningful conversation is not a for or against you, but persuasive argument. So, take another look at 'Man of Steel' in the book, you may be more impressed than you think you will be at the moment.
1) There are no good Superman movies. (No, not even the Donner original.)
2) The default state of DC superhero movies is "This sucks mightily". Batman films may escape the all-consuming lousiness.
3) Zack Snyder shouldn't be allowed anywhere near movie-making.
Seriously though, the only thing I'd append is #1: There are no good live-action Superman movies. I thoroughly enjoyed Superman vs. The Elite. It's pretty much the antithesis of Man of Steel. The other two, absolutely.
best movie of the time, from my lack of experience
This rather -innocent- chick gets mangeled by this robotic shit and gets turned into a robotic woman and is creepily weird looking, but her screams (especially as a child) were godawful and frightening @@'
1) Superman's angst is perfectly reasonable and understandable when you come to realization that he is a goddamn alien from millions of miles away and his angst is a result of his lack of understanding as to why he was sent to earth but also in the tortured fact he must live day by day holding back his power because he is afraid of hurting people and more importantly he is afraid of what people might think of him
2) The conflict between Jor-Eal and Superman and General Zod is one over freedom. Jor-Eal, believing in the ideal that people can make the choices to make a better world defies Kryptonian law and fathers a child naturally for the first time in centuries. Imbued with the genetic information of every krypotonian Superman posses both the physical requirements and a proper upbringing thanks to his human parents to be whatever he wishes to be, whereas General Zod, a genetically fated kryptonian destined to be warrior, sees only a narrow minded idea of what the future of his race should be, viewing choice as meaningless he is willing to take the genetic codex to continue the old ways of krypton, the progeny of which would be destined to serve certain tasks from birth until the day they die. This movie is a prime example of the conflict between the individual and the collective.
3) Those buildings that Superman were crashing around in were clearly abandoned as no idiots would still be in the skyscrapers while the world engine was that close to flattening metropolis like a pancake. And as far as "senseless violence" goes there is not a fight in the movie that does not make perfect sense to me.
4) The part where he brought down drone right down in front of Colonel Swanwick was awesome and while completely coincidental, in light of the recent revelations of the NSA spying on every conversation Americans have highlights the need for the individual to be free of government surveillance with the understanding that we all have power and therefore can be dangerous, but you just have to live with that.
You know, I rather enjoyed the first part of the movie. As much as not having the "OMG Clark Kent secret identity!" sort of made it not feel like Superman, it did seem a little more realistic. I mean, really...he takes off the glasses, and suddenly nobody can recognize him? It's one of the longest-running jokes in comics that I can think of. Krypton looked fantastic, even in the 2D I saw it in. Jor-El seemed cool, and seeing the conflict between him and Zod was nice.
Then again, there were a few other things that royally pissed me off. The blatant comparison between Superman and Jesus that the filmmakers kept hitting you over the head with was annoying as hell. It also felt bloody /stupid/ that Pa Kent f**king /died/ trying to save the family dog! I'm sorry...no matter how much I love the family dog, if I've got a tornado bearing down on me, I'm not leaving shelter to try to save the f**king dog! The dog would probably be dead in seven years, tops, anyway!
Then there was the gratuitous death of pretty much /everyone/ in both Smallville and Metropolis, which Superman did pretty much nothing to prevent. It's been pointed out elsewhere...but seriously, when presented with option A: break machine A and be there to save as many people as possible and option B: go to the middle of nowhere to break machine B, why the hell did Superman pick option B? In addition, some of the shots of Metropolis having a bad day looked suspiciously similar to shots of New York on 9/11...to the point where I don't think it was accidental. Even after the city had been destroyed...somehow, they found more buildings to bring down just so Superman could have his battle with Zod. Only to have Superman kill him in the end, anyway. I mean, goddamn...Batman kept his vow against killing, even when faced with the Joker and Bane. What the hell went wrong, Supes?
Damn, really...the more I think about it, the more I get pissed off at the movie.
My dad has never trusted reviews to the point of avoiding them at all costs, his general view however after watching any film and I mean ANY film is that if he was confidant enough in it's ability to entertain to spend money on it, then it really cant be as bad as these people who over analyze everything make out.
I'm sure you can see how much of a cyclical argument that is and I'm sure it comes down to him basically feeling as if he has failed or made a mistake if he criticizes a film he paid to see so everything is reduced to 'it was watchable' or 'best film ever' nothing is ever bad.
And of course my ass gets dragged along because he doesn't like watching films on his own XD
But I really think that's how films make their money these days, the majority of the movie going audience must feel as my dad does, they don't read reviews, they buy into the hype put out by the studio and then refuse to slag something off because otherwise they've admitted to wasting their time and money. By the time a similar film comes out or a sequel, anything that might make them reconsider punishing themselves again has been melted away by the low heat of indifference and watching it is just something to do for a few hours.
It's almost like people need to be taught how to not like things without feeling like some geeky nerd in the process because if they don't were stuck with schlocky movies from now on.
Apologies for the ramble but after watching prometheus with my dad all he had to say in response to me shredding the film apart was "your overthinking it again, just switch off and enjoy it" If I wanted to switch off I'd rent one of those aqua isolation tanks instead of watching a movie!
1) If Kryptonians have been using intergalactic scout vessels and multiverse prison devices, why didn't anyone think of loading people onto any spaceworthy craft they had and LEAVE KRYPTON BEFORE IT IMPLODED? Seriously! After Zod got out of the prison-dildos, him and the other prisoners were able to retro-fit the portal generator into a deep-space warp drive... and these people were bred warriors, not engineers. I can't imagine that not one person on Krypton couldn't have thought "Jor-El might be crazy about this world end theory, but just to be safe, let's prepare some ships and have them on stand-by." Hell, why, when they know the planet's going to implode, send Zod into a prison ship and into the Phantom Zone, when they could have used the barge to escape Krypton... AND LEAVE ZOD TO DIE ON THE PLANET?
2) If Zod had an intergalactic spaceship with warp capability, why couldn't he have used his planet pizza machine to make a Krypton pizza on another planet? I think Mars would be suitable... or even just go look around after getting Clark's help (or killing him, whatever). Hell, if he didn't act all villian-y, he could have easily had Clark join forces with him to rebuild Krypton on a nearby planet and send him home when they were done. All he had to do is say "We need your help to rebuild our race. I'm sure you want to know about your people as well. Come with me and we can help each other and all of Krypton." and that's it! He didn't have to twirl his moustache at all!
And now for the biggest one... and this one is almost as laughable as "Donkey Zod" climbing up the skyscraper like a retard in the "epic fight scene".
3) Why terraform earth at all? You have a planet that you KNOW can easily support your people (you have proof of one living on the planet for almost 30 years), which has vast resources and people that could help you... and, most importantly, YOUR PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE POWER OF GODS AMONG MEN! Why try to make a Krypton pizza (which would likely weaken you to human standards) when Earth is made-to-order? The humans could even help rebuild your race either by choice OR by force! Seriously, Zod... why aren't you making people kneel before you?
Yeah... from a writing standpoint, that movie SUUUUUUUUCKED...
Mars or Mercury would work, but not Venus - it's a gaseous planet. A moon orbiting, maybe...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw_GlYve_Lg
Me, I'll stick to the 40s Fleischer cartoons for my dose of Superman, thankyaverramuch.
Sure, they might be dated, but I still love those cartoons and their theme song. (Especially The Mad Scientist and The Mechanical Monsters!)
Just a note, but did you know they're all in the public domain? You can find 'em on Youtube, start to finish!
For me, the definitive Superman will always be the DCAU version - "Superman: the Animated Series" and onward.
Want to know the biggest thing I hated about this film? It wasn't the meaningless violence and destruction, it wasn't the gaping plot-holes, and it wasn't complete lack of logic. It was the fact that General Zod was more of a believable protagonist than Superman. Sure he was a genocidal maniac, but look at it from his POV. Everything he did, he did for his people. His planet's rulers were fucking morons, he escapes from prison just to see his planet- and every single damn person he loves- blow to pieces in front of his eyes, and he's terraforming Earth so his people will have their planet back. He even yells at Superman for blowing up that ship, with Kryptonian embryos on board in the Genesis Chamber. And Superman calls Zod genocidal? All Zod is trying to do is preserve his people. Sure, terraforming Earth isn't the way to do it, but Zod isn't exactly winning the award for Most Evil Villain of the Year either.
Superman didn't even try to reason with him. He never once suggested that they could work together to rebuild Krypton on another planet. Would Zod go for it? Maybe not, but he could've at least tried.
This is an EPIC battle in the old-school "classical Greek/Roman mythology" terms of the word. When the Gods wage war (in this case The Man of Steel and General Zod) whoever wins we still lose... the humans (both on the screen AND in the audience watching this film) wanted Superman to win against this alien invasion at all cost, and that's what happened.
When an inexperienced Superman fights for real, in a city, in a realistic world, people are gonna die. Get over it.
It's undoubtedly the reason why most movies today are nothing but money-grubbing pieces of crap with about as much plot as any episode of Dragonball Z. And yet, these things still find a way to win the bloody awards, which no one should care about anyway.
Bare with me here, this'll be crazy...
Make Supes a Mormon.
Considering the philosophy, one could figure that Metropolis will have to wonder what to be hung up on--that he's a godlike alien or that he's a Mormon [in which philosophy they could argue that he's actually a god]. And then have him deal with Lois Lane who could look at supes through the lens of society as a whole and then vice-versa with superman and Mormons with the romance angle of the two philosophies learning to get along!
But yeah, it's directed/written by the guy who MADE the Dark Knight trilogy. No surprise it has the same grimmdark issues.
Also... wtf was it up with those people in the end? "OH WATCH OUT FOR HIS LASER EYES! LET'S JUST CROTCH DOWN ON THE FLOOR & CRY INSTEAD OF RUN..." then what the hell was that??? Stand up & run bitches! RUUUUUN!!!! So Superman got to neck-snap??? WTF... Seriously, I ended up cheering for ZOD....