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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Justice and Rule" data-source="post: 9705757" data-attributes="member: 6778210">Hm. I mean, that's in this film, but the tone is very different. Like, it is a moment where we think there is going to be a conflict, where he has to choose one or the other. But it's a false conflict; as harrowing as it is, we know that Superman has allies, and his allies are willing now to pick up his slack. We might get that later on, but I thoroughly enjoyed Superman struggling with the idea of purpose within this movie. It reminds me of the Batman Telltale games, which [ispoiler]did something rather similar: they reveal that the Waynes, being rich and highly-involved in Gotham, were also very involved in organized crime. Bruce has this moment of crisis, where he feels his entire motivation for being Batman is fake: he's doing it for his parents, who turned out to be actually terrible. And he struggles with that but comes to terms with his own fight.[/ispoiler] And that honestly worked for Superman here: he's humble enough that he can't believe that he's responsible for wanting to help people, that it was always his choice and not just Space Dad proclaiming it. He saw half the message, interpreted the best way possible, and became a hero. Pa Kent talking about how it was his choice was a great alternative way of framing it compared to the more traditional messianic version we've gotten.</blockquote>