9. Why Was Supes' Suit Left On A Random Scout Ship?
If you know Superman, you know that the suit is a big deal. It's his image, and his brand, and crucially it expresses who he is. That much was alluded to in Man Of Steel - the whole symbol of hope motif was meant to explain the importance of the logo and the suit, and yet like so many other under-developed narrative threads, it ended up being abandoned in favour of a quick fix. You would think that Jor-El would have prepared for the possibility that his son would become a valiant hero by putting his suit in the escape pod that ferries him to Earth. That was clearly his hope, since Superman as a concept was developed way back on Krypton when Jor-El decided he wanted his son to help his new planet avoid the fate of Krypton. But instead, the infamous Super suit was instead randomly stowed on a scout ship that was sent to Earth (and crashed) hundreds of thousands of years before Kal-El (and presumably his parents and most of his family tree) were even born. That was a remarkably handy turn of events for Clark Kent, and in no way felt like a complete betrayal of the importance of his suit to his development as a superhero. No, sorry, that's not right is it? The suit is a major part of ALL superhero films - it represents a personal decision by the superhero to not only hide their identity, but also to establish an iconography that turns them into a symbol. So the suggestion that there were hundreds or these red and blue suits dotted around on abandoned scout ships is a total betrayal of that symbolism.