Originally posted by mrsMxyzptlk:
I like the way Mark Waid explains why Superman killing Zod doesn't work. (He has written Kingdom Come, other Superman comics, and a whole slew of other comics. I agree with everything he says in his review except for his opinion about Pa Kent.) I also like his comment further down the page why claiming "But he killed Zod in the 80s" isn't a solid argument why he should have killed Zod in the movie.I read this review and while I agreed with some of what he said (with the exception of his hating that Clark from LnC got the curl instead of Superman), something he mentioned made me think of something.
Mark wrote (see review link above):
And I loved, loved, loved that scene where Clark didn’t save him, because Goyer did something magical–he took two moments that, individually, I would have hated and he welded them together into something amazing.
At first, I thought he was thinking of two completely different scenes. So, I pose to you THIS interpretation of Clark not saving Jonathan's life scenario:
What if Clark didn't save Jonathan's life, because Jonathan told him (after the bus incident) that Clark should let people die, so others wouldn't know of his abilities. So, Clark let Jonathan die, because he was doing what his dad's had told him to do.
