All Things Superman: An Open Discussion (Spoilers) - - - - - - - - Part 88

[Deserana]

I completely agree with the idea that this film is about him becoming Superman rather than him being Superman in MoS. It pretty much is laid out that was the idea throughout the film, "you will give the people of earth...", "do you have any idea how the people on this planet would react..." all questions brought up but not paid off in MoS, why? Because they are the themes of the entire story that has clearly not yet been completed.

In fact I'd be more than happy if this trilogy was all about him becoming the person we all know as Superman (basically the polar opposite of Batman as people seem to see him) not completely comedic but more lighthearted. But Clark has been through a lot of **** and he wont get over it in an hour of story. I think once the people of Earth embrace him and he himself embraces the idea of becoming Superman he should certainly be a more happier person.

In fact I'd love the trilogy to obviously consist of (obviously) Man of Steel then the second to possibly be called The Last Son of Krypton (or something similar, something that shows Clark dealing with the consequences of MoS and his life on Earth, trying to seperate balance his life between the Planet, Family and being Superman whilst obviously still being a million miles from Returns. I think it should also feature an entirely Earth based threat so a good chance for Lex and maybe the Elite, especially as Lex could use the events of MoS to skew the public's opinions of Superman)

And then the final film to simply be called Superman. No :The Movie, simply Superman. Featuring him finally fully accomplish what his father(s) what him to do, him becoming the true protector of Earth. It should also feature another other-worldly threat (Braniac?) as it would give a chance to show great development of Clark with how he deals with this threat against how he dealth with Zod.

After this the character will be fully built and IMO a perfect Superman for the World's Finest or Justice League and not an angst-ridden person who we may see if they were to suddenly shoot into Jl or WF right now.

 

[ConnorKon-El]

I was on the verge of tears more times than I can count.

And for me it was awe inspiring and I did get that moment.



I'm more invested in the Clark here and in 'Smallville' than I was in STM. STM had a great Superman, but a lousy Clark Kent (not 'Clark Kent') in that it rang false. I forgive it though because of the times and them not knowing about the complications that go hand-in-hnad with being an adoptee. But, I couldn't connect because it was odd how 'disneyfied' they made that part even at a very young age it was still very odd. But, as said, I can easily forgive it of that due to the time it came out and move on.

The two man scenes that got me were
1. Laura walking towards to open view of Krypton exploding from its core and she says "Make a better world than ours Kal" Combine that with fantastic violin playing, i almost lost it.
2. The scene that 100% got me was the scene of Clark running around the yard with the red cape *modeled after the fictional team The Smallville Spartans* and having Johnathan see his son like that. Combined with the solo piano riff, i lost it. Great scene. It is always dead silent when that scene plays in the theater. A well constructed scene.

 

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