The Avengers actually cared about the civilians. Granted. But here’s the thing: of all of the Avengers, the only one even close to the same caliber of Superman is Hulk. He is the most destructive, hence why he is a recluse and doesn’t want to get involved.

I’m sorry, but this is a stupidly ridiculous article written for no other purpose than to bash Man of Steel (which, granted had it’s problems, but none of which you’re really addressing here), and using Marvel and Avengers as your stick (while equally ignoring not just the same problems in it, but also bigger problems…

So we’re going to drag out the dead horse that is MoS to beat on some more? I get that a good number of folks disagreed with Superman’s portrayal in the film. Fair enough, it’s a different take from the 75 years of established mythos. I love Superman and I enjoyed that they tried something different that gives him…

Wonder for how long are people going to beat on the dead horse? MoS wasn’t perfect, failed the portrayal of the main character and so much more. The real problem that that movie had, for me at least, was this: YOU have technology to create life on any planet, and instead of choosing Mars, rebuild your society AND THEN…

Good observation. However, the reality of MOS actions may set the stage for the fear that grows against him and the reason why Batman faces him. Is he a savior, or did he just use our planet as refuge and a fighting ground? Another commentator, SIcker than most, also brings up the fact that he was not yet Superman. A…

I thought about this a lot in Avengers as well, mostly how shallow this argument is. Avengers, both of them, are clearly better at showing how heroic the heroes are, as you rightly point out. But Man of Steel is no where nearly as bad as people say it is. The Hulk/Iron Man fight is a good example; its nearly a direct…

The argument I would make in defense of Superman in Man of Steel is that he’s one guy vs. multiple people with the same powers as him that also happen to have military training that he does not. Usually the scenes in avengers where you see lives being saved its by Team members Hawkeye or Black Widow who are mostly…

I’m sorry, all of this hate on Man of Steel is plain bullshit.

This critique of MoS is certainly popular around here, but it’s also misplaced. At best it’s dated.

The bigger difference between Man of Steel and The Avengers is this: people were almost universally prepared to love The Avengers upon walking in the theater. Same goes for Age of Ultron. The opposite is true for Man of Steel and BvS, mostly because of Zac Snyder’s name. The end result is team Marvel essentially…

Are you saying the battle-tested Avengers, who’ve fought countless foes and are like 8 in number in this movie, did a better job at saving civilians than Superman, who single handedly took on multiple villains his equal in abilities, in his first battle? He didn’t even have the name “Superman” yet! This was literally…

Sorry mate I prefer the dark gritty takes on the movies, over the happy, fun, love triangles. Age of Ultron seemed to end before it began, the first one was good until I seen everyone united, then it became like every other cheesy brightly coloured hero movie which only comes across as good because of the cliche one…

pfft whatever, anybody else ticked off by the fact avengers 2 is basically avengers 1 all over again with a crappy illogical plot tacked on? spoilers ahead:
1) the team is kinda falling apart again from the inside
2)villain plays mind games to disrupt the team
3)evil villain plan to make hulk rampage

Cut Superman a break. It was his first outing. All the other Avengers were established heroes fighting crime way before they came together. Superman didnt even fight crime first. His first conflict was ZOD. Everyone is a little messy their first time.

Well, from watching Superman of Steel...It made it seemed he really didn’t have the fucking time to save anyone as he was having his own ass handed to him. I enjoyed man of steel. It was not the best super hero movie but I thought it was good. I feel like it should of shown some of the loss I’m sure he felt knowing he…

I don’t agree with this assessment. I was struck by how much hands on murderin’ the Avengers commit in the opening alone. Sure they are “bad guys” but to your point about Batman, he doesn’t kill, like , at all. Meanwhile Tony Stark is blasting holes in human being’s chests, Cap is throwing motorcycles at people and…

People keep wanting a movie to somehow capture the 1940s superman and the 2005 superman. They are literally miles apart. Superman killed zod knowingly in the comics. It was the same basic concept in the film and is known as one of the defining moments of post crisis 1985 of the character.

The complete and total witch hunt against Man of Steel is getting a bit old now. Everyone knows what people did and didn’t like about it and everyone has heard every argument for and against the most divisive bits. But kotaku and io9 in particular seem to take every opportunity possible to just keep bringing it up,…

whats the damn of this comparisons all the time. they’re different studios, different writers, directors, different brands. and man of steel was the beginning.

the father is more of a hero in the movie than him. with good reason. and it’s not like he is doing that sh*t of saving people for years, he just STARTED.…

Superman and Avengers are movies with different styles, why the need to make comparisons between them?