“It is fiction, the nature of the character has changed with every new writer that took on the character in the comic.”

You’ve actually never read a Superman comic, have you?

At best, Man of Steel is a sub-par non-cannon take on superman akin to Ultraman or Kingdom Come. Even taken as an alternate dimension asshole…

Not particularly a fan of Superman or any other superhero, but I don’t think this argument holds up.

I think snyder thought he was directing the watchmen. He basically took that subtext and rubbed it all over this movie. Its not that he had his original take on Superman, its that he didn’t. In so many articles, he admits obliquely that he didnt really understand superman. So he jettisoned the stuff he didnt get and…