9 Oddly Specific Things Zack Snyder Stole From The Original Superman Movies

7. Revenge On The Trucker

In Superman II, Clark depowers himself and becomes, for all intents and purposes, human. Naturally straight afterwards, when visiting a backstreet Alaskan diner (what is it with this movie and inexplicably weird locations?), he immediately realises this was a terrible idea (well, duh), getting his ass handed to him by a violent trucker named Rocky. Clearly the vengeful type, Supes turns back up at the end and humiliates his former tormenter, spinning him round on a stool and sitting him down in his pie. He's been working out. It's a strange little subplot, but just about works, at least to the point that Zack Snyder gave it a modern update in Man Of Steel - while in self-imposed exile, Clark winds up in a dive bar where he gallantly tries to help a waitress being abused by her drive-in customers. Push comes to shove, and in retaliation the future Superman impales the guy's truck with his own lumber. Nice guy. This is definitely a more overt homage than some of the other examples on this list, with the movie's really keen to make Superman's disdain for long-haul trucker's a thing.