A lot of mistakes in Man of Steel

did you miss the part where she loses her helmet which made her take in all of the powers like x ray vision,heat vision,super hearing,ec. all at the same time

remember when zod lost his helmet he was on the floor in pain

did you miss all of this

 

Oh good lord, have you bothered to read any threads here or listened to podcasts or anything related to the movie before making that post?

Hrmmm...

 

This is pointless, I bet every film has things to nitpick on including classics and "greatest films of all time". This is a comic book hero made into a movie, it is fiction. Get over it! Goddaaamn.

 

I can tell you put a lot of thought into this, but as mentioned above, a lot of these issues have been covered in the past couple of weeks here.

You might want to check out the thread, "What are your complaints", or read back through the "All Things Superman" thread at the top. There are some other threads that specifically discuss some of these specific issues as well.

 

In this retelling (and new) Superman tale, a Kryptonian here on Earth doesn't get all their powers just from our younger yellow sun: Earth's very atmosphere itself provides some of the powers as well so in order for a Kryptonian to get "all the goodies," so to speak, they not only have to be exposed to our younger yellow sun's radiation but also directly exposed to Earth's atmosphere - that means breathing the air which is prevented by the helm the Kryptonians are wearing which provides them with their Kryptonian atmosphere.

It's pretty much explained well enough in this movie, seriously, and the overwhelming majority "get it" with respect to this "mistake" which isn't.

 

The point is that you're going to get a ton of people telling you "It's been covered, read other threads" because it has been covered, in other threads.

You'll figure it out quite soon, I'm certain.

Why do you think some threads say "Part (xx)"? It's because there have been thousands upon thousands upon thousands of posts with spoilers, discussion, covering everything from start to finish and then back again, dozens of times over.

 

That's your opinion, of course.

 

Uh....no, they are complaints, hence, my choice to direct you over there . It is your opinion that they are mistakes, and you certainly have every right to believe that.

 

I seem to remember Superman successfully used his heat vision to harm the Kryptonians and their armors at one point. But somehow he never used that again against them.

 

Ok, fine, I was going to explain things to you with respect to the points you're complaining about (and yes, they're complaints based on your personal opinion of how you think things should have been done in this movie) but I suppose that won't be necessary now.

You try to help some people, I tell ya...

 

You make a really good point. I don't have to be here, so I'm outta here, but not because I disagree with your original post; I just think you're being kinda grumpy.

 

A lot of these are not really mistakes or plot holes, just "unknowns" which can easily be explained or simply aren't that important.

Its alien technology, that's explanation enough for me. Maybe the ship made the suit on the spot. Maybe the robot that saw him analyzed his height and build and found a suit of a similar size. etc. etc. Not really a plot hole, just an unknown.

A legitimate problem, but one that appears in many, many movies.

I don't quite understand this complaint. They destroyed their planet through their technological excess (using up all their resources) and their bizarre cultural demands (genetically engineered people who weren't made to properly deal with a crisis when it arrived).

The suits allowed in a small amount of solar energy to help them acclimate to the planet. Eventually Zod acclimated and was able to take his helmet off and master his senses. The others didn't. It obviously doesn't completely block out the sun, it just does so enough to keep their abilities under control. Think of it as the difference between a tan and a sunburn.

Not true. In the film people are clearly being sucked into the sky. You need to watch this part again.

The plane wasn't supposed to be able to get close enough. She was probably surprised that Kal destroyed the other part of the engine and that Hardy was willing to die. It wasn't that long a pause.

This is a total non-issue. It seems unlikely? Why? You just feel that way?

A legitimate problem, I'll grant, but the film ends to early for us to guess at the ramifications (if any) of these events.

What? Kryptonians knew of earth AND humans way before that. Lara's computer even had a read-out of the planet, remember? She specifically chose it for Kal. They had plenty of info on earth in their systems. And their "talk through everyone's TV at once" trick showed that they could learn and speak the necessary languages. No biggie.

 

Again an issue where the pacing of the story in the movie exceeds the viewer's ability to keep up. Some of these things you can come to your own conclusion about because overall the story gives you the necessary information (in this instance superpowers gained from Earth's atmosphere) instead of trying to.explain every minute detail along the way.

 

Man of Steel had no more or less mistakes than any other movie of its like. You can sit down and pick apart things in almost any movie.

Its a comic book science fiction movie. If your not someone who watch these kinds of films with an open mined then they are probably not for you.

It wasn't a random ship it was Kara (Supergirls ship) She is from the House of El. Its covered in the prequel comic and has been mentioned by the Goyer while he was doing press for the movie.

The Kryptonian ruling council were rather stubborn and archaic (which is why Zod and co wanted to overthrow them). They mostly outlawed off world travel so it stands to reason they may of outlawed many other scientific advances which may of benefited Krypton.

If the planet come to the end of its life though the hands of its inhibitions or natural causes it may be almost impossible to fix. Even the most advanced science can't perform miracles.

I wouldn't call this a mistake to be honest. You could argue this about any advanced technological civilisation in science fiction.

 

First of all, you have to understand that the key that Kal-El had was actually an advanced memory stick or flash drive. Not only did his biological father, Jor-El, download his entire consciousness onto the stick, but he more than likely downloaded the entire history and heritage of Krypton, including how to repopulate it's race, and information on the type of clothing they wear. The ship just had the capability to create the costume from the memory stick. Think of the chamber that the costume was in as a 3D printer and it was made from the information uploaded from the stick. The notion that Kryptonians had 3D printing technology (also known in other forms as rapid prototyping, selective laser sintering/powdered metallurgy, or fused deposition modeling) was made evident in the first act when you saw the key rise from the powdered sand (it was selectively sintered out of the sand like a 3D printed object). This is just one theory. It could also be the case that the travelers on the ship were from the house of El as well and that it was a spare suit, but the unlikelihood of a random suit actually fitting Clark is kind of remote. The AI re-sized the suit based on the data from the key and the information it gathered about Clark's measurements.

 

This thread should be entitled "A lot of mistakes I made while watching Man of Steel".