1. Is it a bird? Is it a Plane?
Theres no way wed fail to mention the last shot in the trailer; the pay off, the coup de grace. Everything that came before it is largely redundant without it. It can be easy to forget the sheer velocity that Superman can fly at when hes really pushing himself. The trailers final shot really serves to remind you though. As Superman breaks through Earths troposphere heading for outer space for reasons unknown, its hard not to marvel at just how powerful Snyder has made him seem. This just seems like a hint to me, that Man of Steel will be departing from the Superman weve been given previously on screen; that this version will use his god-like power-set much more directly than in 2006s Superman Returns or even in Richard Donners iconic original, when technology wasnt able to fully convey the extent of his power quite so visually. And most importantly, the final shot of Snyders Man of Steel trailer serves to remind us that even though the film may examine the the themes and the attributes that make Superman great, in an intimate and revelatory way, we can still look forward to some honest-to-god comic book spectacle along the way.