Tacit Ronin
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or El beating Zod, to me, was a way of showing us how special and knowledgeable he was. He was no ordinary man. He was a man of many skills. Even his scientific knowledge was very diversified.
He was a man of science. Why would he need to master the arts of battle? Isn't that what the soldiers are bred for?
Zod was, ultimately, not as good as he thought he was. This is something that the movie literally showed us. That´s why he was defeated two times by two men who didn´t even come from warrior lines. Arrogance sometimes clouds the mind and stops you from seeing things as they really are.
Why would he ever think he was good if he got beat by freaking Jor El? It would make more sense to establish Zod's skill and arrogance by beating Jor El thoroughly. It would also make Kal's victory over him more rewarding.
And fighting is a science too.
So Zod knew science as well as Jor El too?
It´s also important to point out the fact that the movie never went into much detail regarding what it means to be a "soldier" or a "scientist" on Krypton. If you are a scientist, does it mean you can´t learn how to defend yourself? .
The problem isn't about defending yourself. The problem is Jor El defeating the supreme general of the army in hand to hand combat. It would be absurd even if he wasn't bred to be a warrior.
If you´re a soldier, does it mean you will defeat anyone who isn´t?
In hand to hand combat against a pudgy scientist? And I have genetic advantage over him? Hell to the yeah.
Those details were never made clear, so it´s difficult to draw a conclusion from that
True. the prologue was simultaneously overstuffed while being underdeveloped.
Well, i said "those deteails were never made clear", but the fact is that, in a way, they were. The movie showed us that a scientist could learn how to fight.
What? the movie never showed us that a scientist could learn to fight. Jor El was already good at fighting. Are you referring to someone else? The Earth scientist? But he went out like a ***** in the aircraft.
The problem is that some people need words in order to accept things. They need something like "we scientists can fight to".
Zack Sndyer? the movie talks and talks about how Superman will give us hope. Yet visually it never ever comes to pass.
To them, visual information is not enough.
Agreed. That's why people have to resort to making stuff up. Like making up how scientists are shown how they could learn how to fight.




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