I'm trying to think of who would've made a better Lex Luthor.

I think Mark Strong looks the part.

Actually, no, I'm just now reading that the Lex in this movie is actually supposed to be Lex Luthor's son. Huh.

Um, why? Why not just go with the original guy himself? Why go with his geeky-ass son?

Yet again, another thing that would have been fixed with some character development

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For those arguing about the child being effected: Should women over 40 be denied the right to give birth? After 40 the risk of your children having Downs Syndrome skyrocket. I see no laws setting a maximum age for pregnancy.

Incest isn't a sure way to birth defects.

So... As long as everyone is adult and consenting, it's no business of mine if they are together

Nigga I never said that gay people shouldn't raise kids

Ummm.... Where did I bring up gays?

I'm assuming this is addressing the gay vs traditional household argument we were having earlier?

Umm no. I'm addressing anyone who would say that the child has more of a risk for defects.

For those arguing about the child being effected: Should women over 40 be denied the right to give birth? After 40 the risk of your children having Downs Syndrome skyrocket. I see no laws setting a maximum age for pregnancy.

Incest isn't a sure way to birth defects.

So... As long as everyone is adult and consenting, it's no business of mine if they are together

all these Fallout fans voting for Trump smh

Fuck it. Light the fuse.

As long as they take adequate precautions against pregnancy, or are prepared to raise a child with disabilities, I really don't have an issue here. As long as everyone is concenting and adult, what I personally find icky shouldn't play into what is legal and illegal.

I'm completely speechless at this thread.

A man who would trad freedom for security deserves neither.

How are they supposed to finish Star Wars with Leonard Nemoy dead?

I thought they fixed that when Professor Xavier sent the crew of Firefly back in time to reboot the timeline and the Lexx gets a whole nee crew to fight the Sith

I thought he was supposed to be in it? WTF MAN??  I feel we were deceived.

Because that's the battle we're building to. If that battle happens too early then the story's rushed.

It's because you have only known the processed shit you find in stores or chain restaurants.

BLOOD FOR THE BERN GOD!

Yeah but all the jobs the immigrants leave can be taken up by high-schoolers you know like how it was during the good ol' 70's

Really?

Because I don't remember reading in any history books about after school jobs being migrant farm workers

You've seen the images. Jesus was skinny and wiry. Man those skinny guys fight till their burger.

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Snyder's dream sequences in Man of Steel and BvS are just not done well.

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I thought they were fucking 10/10 in BvS.

Bruce's dreams, or rather, visions, foreshadow an impossibly tall conflict coming, and puts Superman right in the middle of it.

Probably the most effective storytelling in the series to date.

I have to agree with Sol, here. The Knightmare sequence was the coolest part of the film. it's just a shame that it has virtually no bearing on the overall narrative at all, and only really exists because there hadn't been an action scene in 20+ minutes at that point.

As for Man of Steel, I still disagree. The dream sequence there is actually not too bad, either. Snyder is a fairly intelligent director, at least, as far as visuals go. Did you notice that when Kal-El goes from his Kansas attire to his Kryptonian garb, it's full black instead of the traditional red-and-blue? This is because black is the standard colour of Kryptonian outfits if you're military. Zod's consciousness is affecting the visual representation of Kal-El in his own mind, because Zod sees Kal as another subordinate to order around. This is why he virtually makes no effort whatsoever to "soften" the impact of revealing his plans to Kal -- he simply doesn't view his opinion with favour or relevance whatsoever. Perhaps some part of him influenced the "sinking into skulls" imagery as some sort of sadistic guilty pleasure of his. Who knows.

But we aren't shown Zod as a sadist. He doesn't appear to take joy in what he does, he does it because it's a necessity. There could be an argument made for him taking his revenge on Kal because of what happened with Jor. But we are never shown really anything other than the repeated I will find hims as evidence of this. In fact, we are shown the opposite. He acts in a diplomatic manner when Kal is on his ship. If he was hell bent on hurting him, he could have just attacked him right there. Instead he transferred him to a medical bay and saw to him there.

The dream sequence would have been better if it took place after they had fought.

This points to Snyder choosing simplistic messages and pretty imagry over good story telling.

A better sequence of events would have been Kal surrendering, they Kryptonians searching his old home, hurting Martha, causing Kal to realize the Kryptonians are here with bad intentions. Kal confronts Zod about this, after telling him of Jor's vision of Kryptonians leading humanity "into the Sun." Zod gets angry at yet another El refuting his visions, and shows Kal the dream to punish him and seal his revenge on the house of El.

Then Zod's behavior fits with what he's trying to accomplish. It isn't just the securing his race, but the validation of his revenge.

What Zod lacked was character development. He's a nuanced character with a single view. The events we're shown don't convey that.

We needed to be shown and reminded that he's not acting as just his races savior. He's more a Captain Ahab chasing the House of El as his white whale.

This would have also closed the loophole of why Earth was chosen for terraforming instead of another world. The Kryptonians only needed the Genisis chamber and the Codex to start their race anywhere. They had interstellar capabilities. They could have gone to any world and dropped the World Engine.

Zod chose Earth not for expediency's sake, but because he was still punishing Jor El for not standing with him during the coup.

But we are never shown this.