1. Superman Utterly Dooms His Species
If theres one thing everyone knows about Superman, its that hes utterly benevolent. Really, just a nice chap all round, not prone to rash decisions and always willing to work for the greater good. And so it proves throughout Man of Steel told by his father that he can act as the bridge between Krypton and Earth, he dutifully takes on his role as Kryptons proto-Messiah. However, come the climax of the film, the Man of Tomorrow has a sudden change of heart. With Zod just about to shoot down the plane carrying Supermans escape pod and the only means of stopping the destruction of Metropolis, Superman reappears after his brief sojourn on the other side of the plant, ploughing into the ship. Now, Zod is in no mood to fight Superman, as hes busy trying to keep the craft which contains Kryptons entire future that is, their baby-growing facilities in the air. So he resorts to pleading with the hero who makes it clear hes going to blow up the craft with his laser-vision that if he goes ahead with what hes planning, he dooms any chance of a future Kryton. Supermans response? It goes something like this
Krypton had its chance! (Blows up everything) I understand that Supermans probably angry with Zod for coming within a whisker of blowing up Lois Lane. Id be pretty peeved too. But to respond by committing genocide is a little extreme, especially when youve lectured Zod on the ills of these actions beforehand. Seems odd, is all Im saying. It's not as if all Kryptonians would end up like Zod. Jor-El and Lara both came from these baby factories, and they seemed like good people. If hed have just calmed down and chosen to knock Zod out in the chair instead, hed have saved the day
and his race. As it turned out, he committed one of the gravest sins possible. Not so super any more, is he? Agree or disagree? Feel free to comment!