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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
Pretty cool idea, if this is what they roll with. Will definitely help shut the haters up.
One of the things that has driven me crazy since the release of "Man Of Steel" is when people say that the last act of the film is a problem since there's no consequences for Superman after all of the destruction that results from his battle with Zod. I felt like it was pretty clear walking out of the theater that the next film would have to be all about consequences. I suspected that Lex Luthor would use the destruction as a way of making Superman look like a monster, and it sounds like that is indeed one of the major ideas that they're playing with in "Dawn Of Justice."
Someone else who's not particularly happy about what happened in that film is Aquaman. I'm not sure if that's the actual name they'll use or not, but what we're hearing is that he is not pleased about the World Engine and what it did to the Indian Ocean. He will not have a major role in the film, but he will make an appearance, and it definitely sets him up to return once Snyder gets to "Justice League."
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That doesn't sound like a bad direction to go, but I have to wonder if that is the Superman story. He typically is a stand-up-for-justice, wave-the-flag kind of heroic character, inspiring others with his actions and being a public face of the forces of good and so on. Instead, this sounds more like they're making him a persecuted man on the run. This is the problem with Superman, after all - he's not much of a character; a description of his personality reads like the Boy Scout Law ("Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly," and all that.) It would take a really talented writer to be able to hold on to the natural duality and alien-ness of the character, preserve his bold heroics and unwavering sense of morality,
and make him interesting to watch. It's possible to do (see Captain America), but Zack Snyder just isn't that good. Instead, he's been doing all he can, mostly by adding angst (including the same kind of Daddy Issues that are making the current
Spider-Man movies so awful), shooting the budget up to the moon, and now apparently a writing in a burgeoning persecution complex. If they indeed do go this route, it would make him into what amounts to an X-Man, or the Bill Bixby 70's
Hulk.
So it sounds interesting, but it doesn't really sound like Superman.