I'm really curious what you guys think of this idea.
General Zod along with his partner are sentenced to eternity in outer space. Have the prison be a small craft orbiting kryptonite if you want. Superman's parents send him into outer space in his craft right before the planet explodes. Meanwhile the craft containing baby Superman creates a wormhole to begin it's journey towards earth. When the wormhole opens up and sucks in Superman giant chunks of the exploded planet, kryptonite, get sucked in as well. Then the kryptonite hitches a ride through the wormhole all the way to earth alongside baby superman .
This would explain how chunks of kryptonite make it to earth out of all the possible planets it could land on.
You could also have zod get sucked into the wormhole..
like Avenger, the portal of difference dimension / wormhole? Been done. If copycat, it will be condemned severely since Avenger is so damn well received.No Kryptonite in the first movie please! We still don't know anything about how Zod arrives on Earth. Was he in the Phantom Zone? Was he stuck lost in space after Krypton's destruction? I can only hope, whatever way they choose to bring Zod to Earth, Clark will reverse it and send him back that way
I've only a few rules when it comes to competent use of kryptonite:
1) Extremely rare. As in, you can't find it on Earth at all. And the one piece you get is relatively small, say 2-3 pounds. You could even have a whole subplot of a movie dealing with denizens of Earth becoming aware that kryptonite even exists and having a MacGuffin chase for the thing, with multiple characters being killed to obtain it.
2) Does a lot more than kill Superman. Post-Crisis they depicted kryptonite as being an alien fuel source left over from a kryptonian superweapon's effect on krypton's core. I say you make it clear that it can actually fuel things like Metallo and is highly responsive. I also like the idea that it can poison and kill humans over time, making it more of a nightmarish super-radioactive element.
3) Does not appear in the first movie. Superman and Zod should be enough of a smackdown for us to avoid insta-kill glowing green rocks.
I say you attach it to Brainiac's ship in the second movie and have him be the excuse for it's transport.
A lot of good points here.I've only a few rules when it comes to competent use of kryptonite:
1) Extremely rare. As in, you can't find it on Earth at all. And the one piece you get is relatively small, say 2-3 pounds. You could even have a whole subplot of a movie dealing with denizens of Earth becoming aware that kryptonite even exists and having a MacGuffin chase for the thing, with multiple characters being killed to obtain it.
2) Does a lot more than kill Superman. Post-Crisis they depicted kryptonite as being an alien fuel source left over from a kryptonian superweapon's effect on krypton's core. I say you make it clear that it can actually fuel things like Metallo and is highly responsive. I also like the idea that it can poison and kill humans over time, making it more of a nightmarish super-radioactive element.
3) Does not appear in the first movie. Superman and Zod should be enough of a smackdown for us to avoid insta-kill glowing green rocks.
I say you attach it to Brainiac's ship in the second movie and have him be the excuse for it's transport.
Hey, I got a GREAT Original Idea.
Ok
Lex Luthor, makes a whole CONTINTENT, laced with Kryptonite.
Then, when superman lands on it, he is de-powered, and we get a pseudo prison rape scene, in what will amount to the only fight in the movie, complete with Superman being shanked by Lex with a shard of Kryptonite.
That would rule!
Super idea!!! Thats the way to treat superman proper and good! Quick pitch to WB!!! They will buy it in split second.Hey, I got a GREAT Original Idea.
Ok
Lex Luthor, makes a whole CONTINTENT, laced with Kryptonite.
Then, when superman lands on it, he is de-powered, and we get a pseudo prison rape scene, in what will amount to the only fight in the movie, complete with Superman being shanked by Lex with a shard of Kryptonite.
That would rule!
Super idea!!! Thats the way to treat superman proper and good! Quick pitch to WB!!! They will buy it in split second.
I even have a computer generated simulation. I made it myself. Even added Kal Penn (Kumar) as a silly joke.
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But more or less this is what fans have come to expect.
I wish they would just forget kryptonite all together. It was a plot device back in the days because superman was too powerful, now days they don't need kryptonite, superman isnt as strong as he used to be and just about anyone can go toe to toe with superman without kryptonite.