Spoilers Superman Spoiler Thread

[Morrus]

A friend and I are arguing over this: Did Superman kill those Raptors at the end? Either with his heat vision or the subsequent fall?

They do an ‘A-Team’ style shot of some rolling over and groaning and stuff after, so I think the implication is no.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Next you'll tell me that Beppo the Super-Monkey was just some monkey until Jimmy Olsen got involved.

I wouldn't bet you were wrong there (I never can remember if it was him or Titano the Super-Ape who was originally a Kryptonian experimental subject...)

 

[Thomas Shey]

Not so much Iron - I've seen Gold/Silver/Bronze then Modern used far more regularly

This is an image from Wikipedia, no mention of Iron
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Well, I'm talking about usage from probably 20-30 years ago, so things can have shifted. Even when I saw Modern Age used, it was normally post-Iron (and sometimes split into others that I don't remember).

 

[Thomas Shey]

By treating Krypto as a shared pet it’s easy to justify him not appearing if the plot doesn’t have a place for him.

I’m pretty sure Krypto would have been a lot better trained had he grown up on the Kent’s farm.

As I recall, when Kara shows up at the end and Krypto is all over her makes a comment like "Now you see why he has such behavior problems."

 

[Thomas Shey]

They do an ‘A-Team’ style shot of some rolling over and groaning and stuff after, so I think the implication is no.

Yeah, presumably the power suits protected them to some degree.

 

[Piperken]

Same. The little guys with no powers, ordinary average Joes, standing up and doing what's right and risking their lives are infinitely more heroic than characters with actual powers. Especially someone with effectively unlimited power like Superman.

I have read this elsewhere, but maybe someone who saw the film recently (or more than once) can help.

Early in the film, as Malik went to help Superman up out of the crater in the street, did he ask a relative to keep an eye on the food cart?

Second, when Luthor was threatening Malik, did Malik claim he didn't have any family when he appealed to Superman to not to give in to Luthor's demand?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I have read this elsewhere, but maybe someone who saw the film recently (or more than once) can help.

Early in the film, as Malik went to help Superman up out of the crater in the street, did he ask a relative to keep an eye on the food cart?

Second, when Luthor was threatening Malik, did Malik claim he didn't have any family when he appealed to Superman to not to give in to Luthor's demand?

I don't remember it clearly being a family member. It could have been another vendor, a person on the street, another immigrant, etc.

 

[Piperken]

I dunno.

I was born in Kansas. Spent most of my "learning to talk" years there, in more than one region of the state and I just cannot recall ever hearing that accent.

The pacing? Sure. But not the sounds.

Like most series or movies where the audience is steeped in a place, or have expertise in a career field they then see depicted, often this comes up as criticism; it's valid.

When the first season of The Walking Dead came out, it was a big topic.

 

[Piperken]

I would reckon that he probably has a fair bit of knowledge about Kryptonian science by way of the Fortress, but that doesn't necessarily translate to knowledge of Terran science/technology. He can build/repair the robots in the Fortress, but that doesn't mean he knows how to change a hard drive. Stone knives and bear skins, as it were.

My preferred understanding of Superman's intelligence is that he probably has a very strong ability for raw data processing and memory and things like that, along with an understanding of super-high technology, but he lacks the brilliance of someone like Lex or Bruce that would let him draw creative conclusions or invent things. But Superman is a character that's been around for nearly a century by now, with dozens of different writers and various Elseverses and so on. There are a lot of different takes on him.

I'm not versed with Superman, but my casual impression was that he can with the Fortress, do some scientific stuff that is advanced in terms of technology, but that's mostly due to access or knowledge he may have?

But Luthor's intelligence is a different magnitude; he accomplishes stuff with "Earth" technology that's equal too or easily surpasses others cultures' technology.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Like most series or movies where the audience is steeped in a place, or have expertise in a career field they then see depicted, often this comes up as criticism; it's valid.

When the first season of The Walking Dead came out, it was a big topic.

The geography of The Walking Dead, in every sense, in every season, is bizarre.