>>37639
>So...what was the new superpower?

How 'bout the power....to move you?
Weee-oh womp-wee bwomp-bwee bwomp-bweeeee~!

>>37640
That it did, that it did

>>37635
>Lastly, I'd just like to point out how much ass Faora kicked in the film. Effective lieutenant is effective.
I really, really loved watching her wreck shit. Her zooming around and slapping the shit out of things in super speed gave me some high hopes for how a Flash movie could work.
>>37639
>So...what was the new superpower? i guess i must have blink it because i didn't saw it
I think that was the Kryptonian's batshit insane psychic interrogation technique they used on Clark and Lois.

So Man of Steel turned out to be Batman Begins with Superman:

>Krypton's Fall was basically was R'as said would happened when the League of Shadows got to work, destroying a society at the peak of its harmful decadence
>father figure dying in front of hero, their last exchange fucking said hero up royally in the head
>Hero becomes a bearded hobo drifter that roams the earth, angry, confused and listless
>gets a costume and decides to play superhero
>has an older mentor that doesn't really get into the action but gives him corny, sage advice (Jor-El is sort of Clark's Alfred)
>hero is pursued by the authorities
>authorities eventually accept hero
>villain has a warped and hamfisted "noble" nature but is mostly a cipher to be what the scene needs in an attempt to make him memorable
>villain shows up with an army of thugs looking to destroy society to make way for one that appeals to their stupid philosophy
>thugs are supposedly hero's equal but are dispatched more or less easily so that hero vs. villain can happen
>city explodes as the two clash
>hero ends up killing villain
>female lead finds out heroes secret identity at end of film

At least the Action was better.

>>37644
That was always a given with Nolan on board and Warner Brothers thinking making everything Batman would work. While I like the basics of this Superman the overall movie really needed some work. Anyone try it in 3D. According to Brad and Friends the conversion was worthless.

>>37642
I assumed that the mindscape scenes were the result of Kryptonian technology, what with Jor-El's simulacrum being seemingly projected directly on to people's minds

Overall I'm keen for a second movie but not with Snyder at the helm. especially with a JL in the possible future.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/7521-Man-of-Steel
Haha, flawed...
And now for shits and giggles:
http://www.cagle.com/2013/06/dreams-of-supermans-fathers/

Here is a thought could they do a JL movie without the build that Marvel did for Avengers? Especially if they want to include Cyborg who isn't commonly known by any stretch of the imagination.

>>37651
Or they can just say fuck it and make a Teen Titans movie.
But thats just a dream of mine...

>>37652
I'd love a titans Movie. But I don't want any more morose tones. Its the reason I likely wont buy MoS till a Rifftrax comes out that I can play with it.

A... few plotholes kinda bug me.

why did they bring Lois Lane on board the ship? No really. She had no point being there from the bad-guys perspective.

The pace of the film was likewise all over the place, and the way they kept hammering in how important he'll grow into was kinda annoying. Like come on, we get this already!

Still. The final climax was damn impressive. And the way the epilogue ended actually seemed like it'd be more in spirit to Superman? I'm hoping that the sequel will be more impressive.

>>37655
Lois does mention that they probed her mind, so I guess they took her to gather as much info on Clark's life as possible. That's probably how the Kryptonians found the Kent's farms.

>>37655
Its because she's supposed to be there because she's Lois and she should be saved by Superman at some point.
Don't try to think about it too much or you'll realize how how much they just didn't understand Superman going into this film or at least his supporting cast.

>>37657
No, she's there so they can get the location of the Kent's farm and the ship with the Codex. I mean fuck at least read the damn post above you before spouting shit.

Watched the movie last night, was pretty goddamn awesome.

But where was the Wayne industries logo in that satellite duriing the final Supes vs Zod fight? Because the internet told me there would be a logo there.

Shit, I caught the Lexcorp logo in the tanker truck, and I didn't know about that one.

>>37667
It was a blink and you'll miss thing. I saw what appeared to be a 'W' logo, but it was only on screen for a few seconds.

Before I begin, I want to say that I'm sick of the discussions on Zack Snyder looping back into the fucking penis discussion from Watchmen. It's been a couple of years now, and it wasn't nudity in a sexual context. Grow up, guys.

Anyways. Movie dragged a little at beginning and end. Don't like when a movie has false ends. Otherwise fantastic. Wayne Enterprises logo shoulda held a little longer, I missed it. Feminists will like this film. Clark's two mothers are pretty resilient, it's arguably Lois' movie, and Faeora is arguably tougher than Zod is. I like how Faeora and Zod don't seem to have anything going on between them. They're just partners, and that's it.

Friends were discussing potential actors for Lex, and they both thought either Kevin Spacey or Michael Rosenbaum should come back. Although I expect a "no, cause I'm evil" out of Rosenbaum if they pick him.
Kinda want them to pull a Marvel and introduce Bruce or Robin!Batman at the end of the second film. Or Diana. Diana needs a good live-action film, dammit. Get Dini to help on it, or something.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4ad20b4edf/michael-shannon-reads-the-insane-sorority-letter

Related. For those who haven't seen it yet.

I don't get why there are people asking what a "cunt punt" is in the comments. It's when a girl gets kicked in the genitals. And they hurt when done hard enough.

Besides the legitimate complains about pacing and such, I am seeing a LOT of bitching all over the Internet about the level of collateral damage and Supes killing Zod. Shit, Mark Waid disliked the movie for those reasons.

I am sorry, but that's a load of poppycock. I liked that ther was such level of destruction and visible loss of life, because it gave me the impression that shit had hit the proverbial fan. Zod wasn't messing around, he truly meant every word when he said that he was going to kill everybody on earth, and it added a tremendous sense of urgency to the battles, Superman was truly saving us from a extinction-level threat.

To make a comparision, as much as I loved Avengers, the threat that the Chitauri invasion represented was laughable. We saw a bunch of ugly aliens shooting wildly and hitting nothing, and a Leviathan crashing a building, and that's it. Never I felt like the world was in real danger, since the threat was something out of an 80s action cartoon.

And for the spoiler I too liked the scene, because it obviously had a huge emotional impact on Superman, and it's most likely the moment where this new version decided to never take a life again. Compare that to Superman in Superman II, kicking a depowered Zod (remember, Zod in MoS was still a very active threat) into a botomless pit, all while sporting a snarky smile in his face.

>>37655
My thought when it started was that they intended to use her as leverage against Clark if he refused to cooperate. But then that psychic interrogation happened, and that sort of killed that line of thought. They did apparently steal facts about him from her mind, but since they did it to him, too, that also seems unnecessary.

>>37677
We saw Superman's psychic probe. It was less of an interrogation and more of Zod trying to convince Clark of his plan.

>>37678
Granted, but they learned things--that's how they knew about the Kent farm and all.

Next movie is said to be Clark and Lex centric film.

>>37680
Which is going to require all kinds of super science and Lex being the originator of members of the Superman Revenge Squad.

No doubt Lex uses the destruction of more than a quarter of Metropolis to his advantage, securing his position as "the most powerful man in Metropolis" more firmly than before. With a new world opened up to him in the wake of an alien attack.

I can't remember... The world engine only collapsed and exploded right? Cause if it didn't that's prime scavenge and make cyborgs and super mutants material right there.

A fearful section of the governments of the world will willingly give Lex what he needs to solve the "Superman Problem".

>>37690
He's probably obtain some of the Kryptionian tech for reverse-engineering. Something HAD to survive from the all the wreckage.

Hell, the goverment most likely will hire him to do scientific research on Superman, liike in the Nu-52.

Also, since Supes still had the Codex on his cells (a very obvious plot thread is there's been one), who knows, perhaps Lex will end up creating a Bizarro or a Superboy in the sequel.

>>37690
>>37693
Zod's ship was sucked into the Phantom Zone, but yeah, there has to be something worth scavenging from the remains of both the World Engine and the colony ship carrying the Genesis chamber.

Also, since they have already said that they are going to give this Lex the same treatment as Lois, I wonder if that means that he is going to find out Superman's identity.

Another thing, I can't be the only person pissed off that Prof. Hamilton died in the movie.

After the film ended a very young kid sitting behind me said Aquaman would have ended the fight faster by summoning a giant shark to eat Zod.

That is all.

>>37696
I like that kid.

I quite liked Man of Steel... but I worry that the scale of the action will be hard to match in sequels, and may have been wildly too apocalyptic for Superman's First Adventure.

Like, this was a Doomsday or even Crossover Event level fight... and I think that may have been too much for future movies to ramp up on. Like, what are they going to do by the third Superman movie, or a hypothetical Justice League movie- sink Britain? Drop the Moon on Russia? Turn the entire continent of Africa into a giant robot for Superman to fight?

>>37680
Plenty of room to run with that premise after this one. With so much of Metropolis wrecked, they can easily pull a "Lex Luthor, Real Estate Mogul" angle, and the Kryptonian invasion left enough detritus for his to easily make a superpowered goon squad able to go toe to toe with Supes.

Plus, Zod's invasion gives plenty of understandable grounding for his xenophobia.

>>37694
>I can't be the only person pissed off that Prof. Hamilton died in the movie

He didn't die... he got sucked into the Phantom Zone, foreshadowing his return as Ruin in the fourth movie, as the villain...

Fuck, Ruin was such a fucking terrible storyline...

>>37671
She's his subordinate officer.

And of course she kicked more ass, being a crazy kung-fu motherfucker is her thing.

>>37699
So was the Death and Return of Superman.

Nolan opposed the ending; didn't want them to write it:

http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/06/17/man-of-steel-christopher-nolan-opposed-the-ending-dc-comics-advised-on-it/

>>37704
But... Superman has TOTALLY went for the kill in similar circumstances to MoS in the past. Its not something he likes or does lightly but its a burden he'll shoulder if the alternative is the death of innocent people.

Heck, hasn't he killed Zod in both the comics AND in the Superman II movie?

>>37701
At least those had some thematic purpose, and gave us good/decent characters in Superboy and Cyborg Superman.

>>37696
Did you high five him? Because that's a kid that deserves a high five.

Just got back from a viewing. I liked a lot of parts to the movie, but that shakey camera got a little nauseating.

And the final battle with all that devastation was a little too intense for me.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/39593-zod-reviews-man-of-steel

The Culprit of the Man of Steel's sucktitude revealed!

>>37715
The only thing that sucks is all the videos from that website.

>>37715
Wow, it's fucking nothing

I think DC should play it safe, and slowly integrate Batman maybe into the next one, and then bring in Wonder Woman, see how a film with all three of them works instead of just going Avengers and dumping everyone in all at the same time.

I mean, with Marvel, you did have everyone interacting with Nick Fury, Thor indirectly interacting with Hawkeye, and Hawkeye interacting offscreen with Black Canary as part of their backstory, but The Avengers was the first time most of them had met. With DC being less successful movie-wise, I'd like to see them do a team-up or trio thing pulled off, first.

>>37696
I like that kid. I think that's how they should introduce Aquaman if they do the Justice League film.

>>37721
>I think that's how they should introduce Aquaman if they do the Justice League film

By having a shark ineffectually gum at a bulletproof supervillain while it chokes to death out of the water?

>>37722
Way to Grognard, bro

>>37722
...Part of me is tempted to say even the most badass person in the galaxy is no match for a mere Earth shark, merely because it's a fucking shark, but honestly, I don't know.

Man of Steel Angry Review (Vlog Ed.)
Dont know if trolling...
But I have a hard time reading pepole...

>>37753
Oh, come on, he liked a movie and he must be a troll? I also liked the movie, a lot so i can deal with the little things i didn't like

>>37758
THIS.

Cripes, people can have different opinions about things.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/06/25/justice-league-man-of-steel-cavill/

I like Cavill and his thoughts on Justice League that we should have a build up for his fellows. Thinking of such could Two Heroes Co-Star in films to shorten build up? Seeing Atlantis as a stones throw from Themyscira I could see them as a reluctant duo stopping some local turned global threat and at the end hearing the Speech Supes probably gives in the second movie about "I'm a protector of the world." They decide to contact him seeing there is a greater good to be done for the world. Next Flash and Cyborg and then Batman and GL. If anything the combinations would be interesting depending on whom is used. Ohh Batman and GL hunting Manhunters.