Henry Cavill IS Clark Kent/Superman - Part 5

[metaphysician]

Or it could be that "taught by a magic alien crystal computer" is a good enough justification to allow the narrative to work. The question "Where did he learn to be a journalist?" thus has an easy answer, not requiring a vast disruption of the story.

 

[misslane38]

Or it could be that "taught by a magic alien crystal computer" is a good enough justification to allow the narrative to work. The question "Where did he learn to be a journalist?" thus has an easy answer, not requiring a vast disruption of the story.

How does an alien computer teach you to be a journalist? Did we see the alien computer do it? We know why Reeve's Clark was hired: he had nice prose and, more importantly to Perry, was a good typist.

Perry: Lois, why don't you take Kent out to meet everybody, huh? Just introduce him around. He's starting on the paper today. I'm giving him the City beat.
Lois: Chief! That's my beat!
Perry: Lois, Clark Kent may seem like just a mild-mannered reporter but not only does he know how to treat his Chief with the proper respect not only does he have a snappy, punchy prose style but he is, in my 40 years in this business, the fastest typist I have ever seen.​

We never see him develop a snappy prose style and barely see him do any significant, self-motivated reporting. There is zero evidence that he knew what he was doing or cared about it. What's worse is that Clark's hiring pushes Lois out of her position.

DCEU's portrayal of Clark Kent, journalist, is by far superior to anything else on the big screen.

 

[morningmimosa]

Or it could be that "taught by a magic alien crystal computer" is a good enough justification to allow the narrative to work. The question "Where did he learn to be a journalist?" thus has an easy answer, not requiring a vast disruption of the story.

So this level of reaching is only frowned upon when it's done for MoS, huh?

 

[Polux]

Y'all motherhuggers with all of that sexy MoS talk and pictures made me watch that movie again....god, how I LOVE it!!

I find it funny how people say that the movie is not "romanticed" or something like that, but watching it again I felt it had that feel of "classic adventure", ya know? Like Raiders or Back to the Future or those type of movies, in every aspect of it, but of course adjusted to be verosimile to modern sensitivities.

I think I'm gonna go 2 x 2 and watch BvS now... t:

Oh, and DAT Superman theme

 

[Angel0fDeath]

A "crystal computer in an ice cave taught him" is more believable than him forging his identity ? Alright, then.

 

[Da-Scribe]

A "crystal computer in an ice cave taught him" is more believable than him forging his identity ? Alright, then.

Like breh, I'm done.

 

[metaphysician]

A "crystal computer in an ice cave taught him" is more believable than him forging his identity ? Alright, then.

The issue isn't his papers. The issue is "where did he learn to *do* this?" I can totally buy MoS Clark forging a few papers ( he's probably had to do basic wandering hero-hobo crimes to maintain his secret wandering ). This doesn't magically give him even the most basic skills needed to be a reporter.

 

[2kt09]

His superpowers consist of x-ray vision and hearing things in a long enough radius.
Pretty sure that's qualifying enough.

 

[The Guard]

Where'd he learn to be a reporter?

The same way anyone with an interest in learning about something does. He either took some classes, either at a public university or on his own, or he simply learned to do it himself, by reading about it and observing others who did it.

Nevermind that even if you have the basic skills, good journalism, like anything else, is largely learned on the job after acquiring what are essentially basic skills, like writing, investigation (asking questions and following leads), etc. Skills that are important to be sure, but that would be pretty tedious to show the acquisition of cinematically. Perry flat out says "Want you to show him the ropes", so it's implied that Lois and Steve will be teaching Clark how to be a reporter.

Is "Knowing how to write and acquire information" such an interesting, unique skill in the context of a superhero that we need to use screentime to show how he did it?

He also waited tables and worked at a diner as well as on an oil rig, but did we need to see him learn to do those things before we could believe they were possible?

I would argue the How is a lot less important to the Superman mythology than the Why. And we pretty very clearly shown the Why, in both films.

 

[Micromind]

Clark at the end of MOS was introduced to Daily Planet staff as an Intern, so I would assume he learned a few things on the job.


Clark does not need an alien Super computer to teach him how to write a newspaper column, Lois is there to help.

 

[idiot09]

Also he is shown to read Plato's work as a teenager in MOS, he certainly isnt an idiot.

 

[Last Of Krypton]

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[The Guard]

The fact that he has spent years traveling the world, often in dangerous and somewhat unique situations also somewhat qualifies him to work in a field such as reporting. There's more to reporting than being able to string words together. That wasn't an accident. While they didn't make him a reporter who travels the world right off the bat a la BIRTHRIGHT, they did sow the seeds of it in the MAN OF STEEL story.

 

[Micromind]

The fact that he has spent years traveling the world, often in dangerous and somewhat unique situations also somewhat qualifies him to work in a field such as reporting. There's more to reporting than being able to string words together. That wasn't an accident. While they didn't make him a reporter who travels the world right off the bat a la BIRTHRIGHT, they did sow the seeds of it in the MAN OF STEEL story.

Wasn't he investigating and following trails of events that seemed to indicate some odd phenomenon ? Which lead him to Alaska.

 

[The Guard]

Exactly. He was already kind of well versed in the basic skills he would need to be a successful reporter, in terms of curiousity, investigating and the like. Again, I don't think it's an accident that they parallell Clark's search for his origins and Lois' search for the truth.

 

[TheRedWraith]

I think it would be cool to get an animated anthology series that covered various parts of Clark's life in 10 to 15 minute animated episodes, all voice acted by the corresponding actors maybe some episodes cover his childhood, while others cover his wandering days, then some stories about the time inbetween MOS and BvS where he is an intern, and assigned to shadow Lois on an assignment.

 

[titansupes]

Dammit, his suit proportions/musculature were so much better in MoS.

 

[morningmimosa]

His proportion were definitly superior in MoS (minus the abs). But certain Superman fans would cry to no end how he'd be remarkably smaller next to Batman.

 

[Elysium94]

Dammit, his suit proportions/musculature were so much better in MoS.

Good lord, that black suit is still so cool.

All we need is for that symbol and those accents to be more silvery, and we'll have the perfect resurrection suit.


...Still on the fence about the mullet.

 

[matt47]

His proportion were definitly superior in MoS (minus the abs). But certain Superman fans would cry to no end how he'd be remarkably smaller next to Batman.

Who cares, he was only next to Batman like twice.

 

[Superchan]

Who cares, he was only next to Batman like twice.

True and according to Snyder it's because he thought that batman and superman talking while in their suits is "silly" so he wanted to minimize their interactions! That's the guy that WB trusted to build their cinematic universe, which explains almost everything one needs to know about why the DCEU isn't working for many.

 

[Lone]

Good lord, that black suit is still so cool.

All we need is for that symbol and those accents to be more silvery, and we'll have the perfect resurrection suit.


...Still on the fence about the mullet.

For the record, when I say I want the "mullet" look, this is how I envision it to look like:

Pardon my ****** 'shop job.

 

[Elysium94]

For the record, when I say I want the "mullet" look, this is how I envision it to look like:

Pardon my ****** 'shop job.

Wow. That's not ****ty at all. Quite good in fact!

And if his hair looks like that I guess I wouldn't mind.

 

[Silvermoth]

Oh my gosh hawt!

I hope he doesn't come back evil. I bet Snyder makes him evil and then Batman redeems him oh well

 

[TheRedWraith]

Oh my gosh hawt!

I hope he doesn't come back evil. I bet Snyder makes him evil and then Batman redeems him oh well

If that were the case it would be Lois to do it because she is the Key.