Official How Does He Shave Thread?

[robot]

For stuff like this, no explanation can sometimes be better than a half-assed one. If you take the trouble to conjure details like pinpoint heat-vision and a super mirror (a distraction from the narrative) then the payoff should be a description that satisfies the audience. It shouldn't raise additional questions - like: “Okay, that’s how he shaves. But how does he trim his hair at the back? Two mirrors?”




But now it's part of the official ad campaign.

http://www.youtube.com/gillette?x=us-en_manofsteel

Very true... sometimes it's better to just not explain...

But I think I have a good one... I noticed that there's a scene when superman first too flight in the trailers, stones/snow around him were floating... if Jack Snyder is re-imagining how he flys and that he actually is warping space around him (which makes good sense)... then he can use the same space/time warping to sort of create micro black holes around each strand of his beard and have them just snap off into different space/time... like magic, his beard will fall off...

 

[Reel]

It is a truly puzzling scenario. I am of the belief that Kryptonian materials (ie clothing, metal etc) will grow stronger and always affect a Kryptonian whether they are in a Yellow Sun Galaxy or not.

 

[robot]

It is a truly puzzling scenario. I am of the belief that Kryptonian materials (ie clothing, metal etc) will grow stronger and always affect a Kryptonian whether they are in a Yellow Sun Galaxy or not.

Genetically engineered / biological clothing maybe makes some sense (superman's suit).. maybe those will 'grow stronger' as they absorb the yellow sun just like superman did...

But metals are metals... i don't think they'll change form...

Also, you meant solar system? Cause galaxy has many different types of stars/suns...

 

[elgaz]

Kryptonians are hundreds if not thousands of years more advanced than us. And they're also on a different world which possibly has many different metals, minerals and chemicals available to them. It's perfectly reasonable to assume that they will have found a way to process metals which are many, many times more formidable than even the strongest metal on Earth (titanium, tungsten or iridium) - something which Superman could conceivably use to shave.

The next question is, where do they get toilet paper.

 

[robot]

Kryptonians are hundreds if not thousands of years more advanced than us. And they're also on a different world which possibly has many different metals, minerals and chemicals available to them. It's perfectly reasonable to assume that they will have found a way to process metals which are many, many times more formidable than even the strongest metal on Earth (titanium, tungsten or iridium) - something which Superman could conceivably use to shave.

The next question is, where do they get toilet paper.

Well, it is possible for an advanced civilization to create materials / metals harder than even the man of steel... but I don't see any evidence of that happening within the context of the Superman universe (or, particularly in this movie)

Because if that were true, then they would have guns that fires such bullets which could kill superman.. no need to have a hand to hand brawl with Zod.. Zod would just fire off a gun with such metal and kill superman right off.. also, Black Zero would be indestructible... And superman would not be able to beat Zod because zod would be in Armor far superior to Superman's strength and abilities... Or, even a simple knife made from such metals could kill superman... there really is no more need for kryptonite...

 

[combocaz]

The fortress of solitude will have technology in it to shave his face but i dont really see the point in showing it on screen.

 

[robot]

The fortress of solitude will have technology in it to shave his face but i dont really see the point in showing it on screen.

Possible.. but again, it's a cop out.. I don't like the idea of Kryptonians having any technology that can easily destroy Superman with the touch of a button... if the Fortress of Solitude has such technology, so would Black Zero.. and we won't be seeing much fighting...

For that matter, I think Kryptonite is also a cop out.. an easy answer..

 

[Reel]

Kryptonite isn't in the film so that isn't an option.

Superman's suit is an environmental suit designed for space travel to keep all their body together. Why it is indestructible.

Still can't work out how he shaves though.

 

[DvilDog]

Granted, it does make you think. What if he had actual conscious control of his aura like in All-Star except in reverse. where he could not necessarily extend it, but pull it in to where he could actually shave off the beard with normal everyday Gillette Mach 26 or whatever razor they are at now. For some reason I am reminded of Jim Carrey in In Living Color

 

[craigdbfan]

Seeing as it's part of the official MOS/WB marketing campaign with Gillette something tells me they're going to answer it in the movie. It'll probably be something super obvious and they'll play it off as a comic relief moment.

 

[majorchamp]

Ok, my understanding is his beard "will" be something he addresses in the movie...and the 1000% reason he "won't" be using heat vision, based on some internet rumors is...

Spoiler

it is rumored the heat vision is a power he doesn't realize he has until during the Kryptonian fight scenes, specifically when that giant robot hand is around his throat and we see him use his heat vision, apparently that is his first time using it.

So based on that alone, he won't use heat vision to shave. Also, he is clean as a college aged "Clark" so technically growing up as a late teenager you assume he will have started shaving somehow, someway..even before making his treks across the globe doing odd jobs.

Will be really interesting how they address this

 

[Autonet]

Ok, my understanding is his beard "will" be something he addresses in the movie...and the 1000% reason he "won't" be using heat vision, based on some internet rumors is...

Spoiler

it is rumored the heat vision is a power he doesn't realize he has until during the Kryptonian fight scenes, specifically when that giant robot hand is around his throat and we see him use his heat vision, apparently that is his first time using it.

So based on that alone, he won't use heat vision to shave. Also, he is clean as a college aged "Clark" so technically growing up as a late teenager you assume he will have started shaving somehow, someway..even before making his treks across the globe doing odd jobs.

Will be really interesting how they address this

It's probably just a regular razor. Seriously.

 

[Gavan]

I don't think his "battle" heat vision is the first time he's used it... Zod's looks less refined so he probably has experience shaving.

If using a regular mirror is too much for suspension of disbelief, what if he uses the command key!

 

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End of conversation! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvkDcrbLP2s

 

[Shikamaru]

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There's your explanation.