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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6676547" data-attributes="member: 82779">You're right.  Not much usually comes out in February.I could really dig into this, enough to make it a thread of its own really, but I'll pare it down considerably.  Clark had been Superman for probably less than 48 hours, and had never faced a supervillain before Zod and his people came to Earth.  Look at most of the accidents in the film where Clark does intervene: they occur in relatively remote locations (like the oil platform) or have very little risk of collateral damage (like the school bus).  The fight with Zod, and its aftermath, is probably the first time that Superman had ever realized this . . .[video=youtube;etPYl1OQoqk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etPYl1OQoqk[/video]Also, the fact that he developed the ability to fly in a very short period of time proves that his power was growing as he tested it, and that he may not have been aware of the full extent of that power.As for him crying over killing Zod, I could easily see him doing that.  To quote an Eastwood movie, "It's a hell of thing, killin' a man.  You take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have."  Plus, killing a man up close and personal the way Supes did with Zod can be very jarring to the psyche.  And, regardless of whether it was up close or at a distance, Zod was the first person Superman had ever killed in that universe.  I've been fortunate that I've never had to kill anybody before, but I'd probably be a real mess afterward.Well, with the success of Marvel's films I think DC realizes how much they stand to gain by doing these films well.  Maybe they can take some of the lessons from the success of their animated films and apply it to their live action films.  I know that making an animated film is different from making a live-action film, but I'm sure there are some lessons that can be transferred regardless of the change in medium.I don't know if it's only in his mech suit, but BatFleck has a digitally distorted voice.  It sounds, to me, a little more menacing than Bale's bat-voice did; and it's probably a lot easier on the throat than the Bale voice was, which is potentially better for getting more takes in during the day.</blockquote>

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