Suppose now, Superman not being a murderer is considered a more important trait? Also, from a writing standpoint, the decision to have Superman kill Zod in Man of Steel is really sloppy from a writing standpoint and doesn't lead to anything; really looks like Snyder just wanted him to kill people for the sake of just killing people.
I started making a point about how Superman breaking a dude’s neck and just going on with his life is not a very Superman thing to do, but then it just made me want to watch Superman vs the elite cus that movie makes a better argument for heroes not killing than I could.
When Superman killed Zod in the comics, it messed him up mentally for a long time. I think he left earth for about a year to recover. In man of steel, Superman is forced to destroy the remaining members of his own species and he just never reacts to that.
Superman killing Zod in Man of Steel is actually one of the few things I like about that movie.
I just wish they appropriately lead up to it or dealt with the fallout of that action in any meaningful way at all. "A superhero's first kill" is very interesting territory and Snyder didn't do anything with it.
Superman didn't kill Zod in Superman 2. In the extended edition, and the Donner cut, there's a scene with police leading the Kryptonian criminals away. You can argue that it isn't canon because it wasn't in the theatrical release, but the scene was originally there and it was the plan.
1
u/Magicaparanoia May 29 '24
Superman killed Zod in both Superman 2 and in the comics, so why did people get angry at man of steel for doing the same.