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<blockquote data-quote="Eric V" data-source="post: 9723321" data-attributes="member: 6779717">Snyder is not a shallow thinker.&nbsp; Rather, he tried to ask himself &quot;What would this actually be like today?&quot;And the fact is, there is nothing in the Kents' lives that could have prepared them to raise a Kryptonian, with all the attendant issues that come with it (raising a human child is challenging enough).&nbsp; Not picking on the Kents here; no one would have the experience necessary.Everyone picks on the scene where it seems like Jonathan is telling his son to let the kids drown, and forget that by saying &quot;maybe&quot; he's saying &quot;I don't know...&quot;&nbsp; He's allowed to be unsure, and in the face of that uncertainty he prioritizes his son.&nbsp; Which, unfortunately or not, a lot of parents would.&nbsp; Snyder made Jonathan Kent a more real person in this way; worth noting that JK's concerns were right on the money.It would be insanely complicated to be the adoptive parents of Kal, and Snyder decided to do a deeper dive into that, instead of just defaulting to them being perfect moral paragons from the get-go.&nbsp; I know people want classic all the time, and that's fine, but for my family and I, it was a much more interesting take.&nbsp; The Kents were doing their best considering they don't know they're in a comic-book movie.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eric V, post: 9723321, member: 6779717"] Snyder is not a shallow thinker. Rather, he tried to ask himself "What would this actually be like today?" And the fact is, there is nothing in the Kents' lives that could have prepared them to raise a Kryptonian, with all the attendant issues that come with it (raising a human child is challenging enough). Not picking on the Kents here; no one would have the experience necessary. Everyone picks on the scene where it seems like Jonathan is telling his son to let the kids drown, and forget that by saying "maybe" he's saying "I don't know..." He's allowed to be unsure, and in the face of that uncertainty he prioritizes his son. Which, unfortunately or not, a lot of parents would. Snyder made Jonathan Kent a more real person in this way; worth noting that JK's concerns were right on the money. It would be insanely complicated to be the adoptive parents of Kal, and Snyder decided to do a deeper dive into that, instead of just defaulting to them being perfect moral paragons from the get-go. I know people want classic all the time, and that's fine, but for my family and I, it was a much more interesting take. The Kents were doing their best considering they don't know they're in a comic-book movie. [/QUOTE]

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