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My son liked the Kryptonian robots that followed Jor-El and Lara around. I think one was called Kalex, but I want to call it Skeets because it reminds me of Booster Gold's little robot that floats around and talks to him.
Okay, that thing drove me CRAZY! I could not take it seriously and when it cropped up with Lara's face I just kept laughing. It looked like those little toys you stick your hand against and it leaves and impression... shoot, I don't remember what they're called. Anyway, it was neat and cheesey at the same time for me.

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Conflicted, worried about his mother, wanting to protect people more than himself, friends with Lois from the get-go, and that hating killing Zod, that's our Superman
100% agreed, Virginia! I think the strongest scene for me was right after he saved Lois from the jettisoned spacecraft and they're getting close and it looks like they're about to kiss, and then there's that moment RIGHT THERE where Clark pulls away and has this look on his face and then takes off... Then when he attacks Zod defending his mother-- that scene was just perfectly done! That's probably one of my favorite parts of all.

Did anybody else expect at least someone in the military to be Gen. Sam Lane? I kept looking for him, but nada.

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Emotional issues over having had to kill are likely to plague Clark. I don't want that to overshadow everything else, but as a recurring theme and part of a larger whole, it could work well.
I think you're right on this for the sequel, Tzgonc. I'd like to see it adressed a little bit more, but I don't want them to do the whole PTSD thing, like with (spoiler) Ironman 3.

My other last thought: As far as I'm aware, they *are* planning on making a sequel, and they *are* planning on using Lex Luthor to some extent or another. Here's some of my issues with that-- Lex Luthor is my favorite Superman villain. I would be ecstatic to see him done right on the big screen. I would squeal and fangirl my little heart out. But I don't know how they would work it. In my mind, he'd have to be a John Shea kind of Lex Luthor, not anything else. Someone Superman can't come right out and attack, just shady and who gives Clark a bad feeling but can't pin anything on. There's so much difficulty in pulling that off though. It's one thing in a tv show, where every episode is kind of different, and it's following a whole arc. That's where they went wrong with the former Superman movies-- Lex Luthor wasn't really a sinister villain, he escaped jail at the start of each next movie, and the only thing he had to rely on was Kryptonite. Which made him an opportunist, not a villain.

But that's kind of the point, I guess. Movies, especially superhero movies, *need* action. Otherwise it ends up like SR and it falls flat. They came out of the gate swinging with Zod and crew in this one-- sequels usually have to be even stronger action-wise to hold up. I don't see how you can make Luthor stronger without the addition of Kryptonite.

Also, how the heck are they ever going to use Kryptonite?! I know the director's gone on record saying some stuff about not wanting to use it, and there was a very obvious lack of it in MoS. My question is that how on earth can you go an entire movie where you see Krypton's explosion, Clark's arrival to Earth, Zod's arrival to Earth, a scout ship from Krypton, and terraforming Earth into Krypton without once ever running into something that, hey, glows green and kinda hurts. And if it is the case that they are going to bring up Kryptonite eventually, how are they going to explain that lack? On the other hand, how do you make a series of Superman movies without even one nod to Kryptonite?? I understand that it's kind of cheesey giving him one weakness, fine, but it's an integral part of Superman's character. The public as a whole has adopted the phrase "my Kryptonite" into the vernacular (mine, btw, happens to be chili cheese fries :p ). You can't not include it.

The only other possibility for Kryptonite that I can think of is the idea that it could have been accidentally formed during the attempted terraforming process. They focused a lot on the differences between Krypton and Earth's atmospheres; perhaps the combination created this substance that is a lethal combination to Kryptonians? Or maybe humans too? I don't know, but it's something that's kind of weighing on my mind.


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