The Reel Rejects - MAN OF STEEL (2013) IS A SUPERMAN EPIC!! MOVIE REACTION!! Zack Snyder | Henry Cavill | DC

Episode Date: June 25, 2025

BEST SUPERMAN FIGHT SCENES?! Man Of Steel Full Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   Visit https://huel.com/rejects to get 15% off your order Man Of Steel Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, & Spoiler Review!! Tara Erickson and Andrew Gordon react to Man of Steel, the film that launched the DCEU and redefined Superman for a new era! Directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen), Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill (The Witcher, Mission: Impossible – Fallout) as Clark Kent/Superman, Amy Adams (Arrival, Enchanted) as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water, Knives Out) as General Zod, Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind) as Jor-El, Kevin Costner (Yellowstone, Dances with Wolves) as Jonathan Kent, Diane Lane (Unfaithful, Under the Tuscan Sun) as Martha Kent, Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, John Wick: Chapter 2) as Perry White, Antje Traue (Pandorum, Dark) as Faora-Ul, and Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU, Happy!) as Colonel Hardy. We explore the powerful themes, groundbreaking visuals, and emotional performances that made this movie a turning point in superhero cinema. We also revisit the full DCEU timeline: Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Aquaman, Shazam!, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman 1984, The Suicide Squad, Black Adam, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Flash, Blue Beetle, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Plus, we break down the upcoming DCU projects: Superman (2025), Creature Commandos, Waller, Peacemaker Season 2, Lanterns, Paradise Lost, Booster Gold, The Brave and the Bold (new Batman film), Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Swamp Thing, and Elseworlds films like The Batman Part II and Joker: Folie à Deux. Drop your favorite Superman moment in the comments and subscribe for more reactions, reviews, and DC deep dives! #ManOfSteel #Superman #HenryCavill #MovieReaction #DCReaction #DCEU #DCU #ZackSnyder #TaraErickson #AndrewGordon #ReelRejects #DCUniverse #Batman #Peacemaker #Lanterns #TheBraveAndTheBold #DCComics #JamesGunn #reactionreview #react #reaction Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Agor711 Follow Tara Erickson: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you to Huell for sponsoring this video. More on them in just a bit. Let's freaking go. Man of Steel. Let's do this. I told you not to run with this. What do you do? You let Woodburn just shotgun at all over the internet.

Now publishers want me to sue you. Oh. I'm dropping it. Whoa, just like that. What happened to your leads? They didn't pan out. The story was smoke. Or perhaps it's.

just didn't get the traction that you hoped it would. Hmm. A reporter came by here. She's a friend. Don't worry. Hmm. I found him. My parents.

His parents? Yeah. I know where I come from now. I'm so happy for you, that's a great reaction from her because she's also a little sad. Yeah, totally. The moment we laid eyes on you,

and we knew that one day, the whole world would see that. I'm worried they'll take you away from it. Let them try. The ship appears to have inserted itself into a lunar synchronous orbit, though I have no idea why. Oh, yeah. I'm just speculating, but I think whoever's at the helm of that thing is looking to make a dramatic entrance. Send in Amy Adams. She knows.

I don't communicate. Oh. Wild. oh boy coming right for you wow that would be freaky you are not

alone yeah so it doesn't matter whether you're in front of a TV or your phone you're going to see this for some time your world has sheltered one of my citizens I request that you return this individual to my country

huh reasons unknown he has chosen to keep his existence a secret from you because it wasn't time yet to those of you who may know of his current location of your planet rests in your hands dude so why you got to be coming in here ruining stuff all right you got to go meet Lois and figure out what the F you're gonna do bra Who this guy is? Yes. Oh, God, why? You're such a jerk.

Have you seen him? Do you know where he is? No. And even if I did, I wouldn't say. That's right. The entire world is being threatened here. You got to protect your sources. Oh, oh, it's so, so, zah, zah, ah.

Oh. It's wild with the non-linear, how they're going between, like yeah flashbacks at the current time except they do it in a really nice way where it's not confusing yeah yeah yeah but they're doing it in in different orders like usually you do it when you do nonlinear you stay in like you go a certain way and they're going you age up is what I'm saying they're going yeah that's a better way to explain it I was like what the hell's Andrew trying to say yes because we see his dad here and he would be yeah be dead at this point exactly that's what I'm saying but I understand and why for story purposes?

Ooh, that dent. Is he going to notice that? I wanted to hit that kid. I wanted to hit him so bad. I know you did. I mean, part of me even how much is you, but then what? Make you feel any better?

Yeah. All eyes would be on you. You just have to decide what kind of man you want to grow up to be Clark because whoever that man is, good character or bad, he's going to change the world. Yeah, he's too young to be that guy right now.

That ship that appeared last night. I'm the one they're looking for Yeah, why they want you with this general Zod even if I surrender is he'll guarantee he'll keep his word There's a chance. I can save earth by turning myself in shouldn't I take it? Hmm. What does your gut tell you? So I can't be trusted the problem is I'm not sure the people of earth can't be either Hmm. Good point bro sometimes you have to take a leap of faith first the trust part comes later Words of wisdom.

You've got our attention. What is it you want? I would like to speak to Lois Leigh. Ha ha. Hell yeah. Also, but only if you guarantee Lois' freedom. The Lens Flares are great. He's a big fan of these.

And you know what? I'm loving it. Why are you surrendering to Zod? I'm surrendering to mankind. There's a difference. You let them handcuff. Yeah. Wouldn't be much for surrender if I resist it.

And if it makes them feel more secure, then all the better for it. Yeah. What's the S stand for? It's not an S. On my world, it means hope. Here, it's an S. Hi.

My name is Dr. Emil Hout. Ah. You can see your ID tag in your breast pocket. Along with a half-eaten roll of wintergreen lifesavers. X-ray vision. Because of it. Ha! Ha!

You're to me because you can't control me. You don't. That doesn't mean I'm your enemy. Then who is? Zad. That's what I'm worried about. Be that as it may. I've been given orders to hand you over to him.

Thank you. For what? For believing in me. It didn't make much difference in the end. It did to me. I really like their chemistry a lot. You're coming. She did a really amazing film that Aaron and I reacted to called Arival.

Have you ever seen that one? Yeah, that's what I was referring to, saying that she could communicate with them. Send Amy Adams in there. Oh, okay. Apparently, that reference went way over my head. Cool. I'm subcommander for a L. General Zod would like this woman to accompany me.

Okay. It's all right. I'll go. Slow slain we're talking about. Give me a break. Although she's a lot braver than me. I'd be really scared to get in there, even if Superman was coming with.

The atmospheric composition on our ship is not compatible with humans. You will need to wear a breather beyond this point. All right, well, this answer is one thing. The breather they're giving her? Remember we were watching Superman 4 and Lacey was in space with nuclear man? I'm like, are she able to breathe? Right. They're like, no, we're going to take care of this right now.

Calell, you have no idea how long we've been searching for you. General Zodd. Hmm. He's a stranger to our ways. This should be caused for celebration, not constantly. Well, he doesn't feel well, is there a crypt-cryptanite? Oh, God, where is it? Oh, no.

Oh, wow. It's me after I drink too much. Hello, cow. Or do you prefer Clark? That's the name they gave you, isn't it? It's a nice touch having them wear the Royals t-shirt. Mm-hmm. Kansas City Royals.

In return from my efforts to protect our civilization and Save our planet. I and my fellow officers were sentenced to the phantom zone. Ooh, that's a cool name. It's the same place that the three Kryptonians we saw on Superman 1 and 2. How did you find your way to Earth? We managed to retrofit the phantom projector into a hyperdrive. Ah. We made a similar modification to the craft that brought you here.

Cool. And show the instrument of our damnation became our salvation. For 33 years, we've been. prepared until finally you detected a distress beacon which you triggered you access to ancient scout ship again they do a really good job in this film with exposition and also showing at the same time and now it's within your power to save what remains of your race uh oh your father stole the registries codex and stored it in the capsule that brought you for what purpose so that Krypton can live again on earth

oh ho ho ho ho oh no oh ah all right wake up where is the codex cow ay ay ay what happens to earth the foundation has to be built on something uh even your father recognize that so go to another planet sir Oh, boy. Sinking into the old skulls, huh? I can't be a part of this.

Then what can you be a part of? Killing you, buddy. We got to kill you. Ooh! Great visual. Your father acquitted himself with honor, cow. You killed him. I did.

I have a duty to my people, and I will not allow anyone to prevent me from carrying it out. Okay. We have two alien craft on aggressive approach. Good gum. Another smallville actor, season eight, season one. Him. We're not responding to our head. We're wasting your effort.

Another smallville actor, season 10, episode one. Ugh. Oh, God. I hate it here. Yes. Oh, God. Okay. he's going to be like you're not my son thanks to you must have been

to the ship's mainframe must have been fun for Amy Adams work with Russell I designed this ship I could modify its atmospheric composition nice oh nice I can teach you

and in turn you can teach Cal will you help me let's do it teamwork the ship's crew alerted we need to move quickly retrieve the command key the effects team was like

great now we don't have to put that on her face every time she walks Ooh. Did you do that? Yes. Yes. It's happening. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Sir, you are screwed now. See, that's what happens to bullies. They end up working at IHop. Well, we saw that they became friends in the other flashback where I was talking about the age up and it was not in the right nonlinear storytelling in normal fashion. Uh. Remember he helped him up? Uh-huh. Remember, the phantom drives are essential in stopping them.

We head to the left. Ah! Ooh, nice, nice. That's right. Who's the twat now? I threw you down. Right in time. Is it true what's our said about the codex?

Extract that panel. Ha, ha, ha, ha. No questions asked. We wanted you to learn what it meant to be human first. So the one day when the time was right, you could be the bridge between two people. Now's the time. Cool. What? Just floating out there. Woo-hoo!

Oh, God. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. Oh, no. Nice. Oh, oh, oh. Sweet. Whoa! Cool. Sir, do you have an appointment? You'll be safe here.

Nice. I'm sorry. I didn't want to tell them anything about you, but they did something to me. They looked inside my mind. Oh, are they gonna like? Are they gonna like lips now? Nope. Oh, nope.

He's gotta go. Do some stuff. That was real quick. The crap to you arrived in. Where is it? Go to hell. Ha ha. That's right.

Oh, no. That makes sense that they didn't use their X-ray vision because they probably still are getting used to their power. hours. Oh, okay. The codez is not here. Rara. Oh, not at the house, buddy.

Come on. Hopefully the dog's okay. Woo! That's right. Take him out, bra. Thank you. Dude, that's the power Superman right there. Ha ha ha, yeah.

That's right. Don't mess with someone's mom. And there's my birthday. Uh-huh. Parents taught me to hone my senses on. Focus on just what I wanted to stay. Uh-huh. And it hurts, doesn't it?

Whoa. I don't think they shot this in one of the probably another whistles Whoa Damn Oh yeah just Pissed them off now Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

Oh Oh no Oh no Down goes the old Thunderbird Dude I love when they can make it come into frame like that that's so cool oh god

another one that's right get some pancakes while you're there oh no it's Pete there he's there uh oh whoa okay

that was the verse still right there that came out of this movie right there Oh, no, no, no. Ooh, clothes lined them. Dang it. Hmm. Ah, ha ha.

Yes. Get them. Oh, go. Oh, go. Contact, contact. Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's got you.

Whoa, and he did like a barrel roll, too, to make sure, like, he didn't break his neck. Yeah. Yep. Like dominoes, one at a time. Oh, boy. There. Have some train.

A good death is its own reward. Oh, that's a good line. I don't like it from her, though. Yeah. Nice job soup Here we go Let's freaking go man You will not win

Forever human you say We will kill a million more Yikes Holy It's a train That's a full ass train Yes it was That was so cool

Seeing it from the POV of the torpedo Or the missile Good God, this town. That was an incredible action sequence, though. Agreed. This man is not our enemy. Exactly.

Now they know. Yeah. That's a great way to build trust. Woo-hoo! Hopefully the other dog is okay. I know how to stop them. Did she not just bring... Did she just bring the police officer to his house?

Yeah. Does that mean that police officer might know the secret? I don't know. I have located the Codex. The DNA of a billion people. Then he bonded it within his son's individual cells. All of Krypton's heirs living hidden in one refugee's body. Whoa.

Wow. Okay. Does Calell need to be alive for us to extract the codex from his cells? Yikes. that doesn't sound good no it doesn't beautiful beautiful shot oh that's pretty epic wow I love seeing different vantage points of this though so many different angles Ooh, even at that high of a building, it's so big.

Mm-hmm. Oh, whoa. Oh, this is not good. Oh, you see the people. Oh, my God. I never noticed that before. Yikes! Oh, whoa!

Oh no! Wow! The odd ship uses the same technology, and if we can make the two drives collide with one another. A singularity can be created. Like a black hole. Yeah, so if you open up this doorway, then theoretically they should be pulled back in. Nice. And if I don't stop that machine over the Indian Ocean, the gravity field will continue to expand.

All right, sounds like a plan. Let's start. Do it. If that thing is making Earth more like Krypton. It's going to weaken him. Won't you be weaker around it? Maybe. I'm not about to let that stop me from trying. Got to move fast.

Ugh. It's basically just pulsing gravity. Wild. Take command. Yes, sir. I need to secure the Genesis chamber and pay my respects to an old friend. Hmm. Genesis chamber coming online, sir.

Stop this thought. While there's still time. Hmm. I will not let you use the codex like this. You don't have the power to stop me. The command key I have entered is revoking your authority. This ship is now under my control. We'll see about that, buddy.

Okay. Whoa. Damn, hit the... Oh, no. Jeez. Whoa. No, no, no. Oh,

Oh, my goodness. Nope, nope. The other way, that building isn't fall right on your head, honey. Get the hell out of there. Don't look at it. Run. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Run, run, run, run, run. Ooh, that's tough. Krypton you're clinging on to us gone. Ship, have you managed to quarantine this invasive intelligence? I have. I'm tired of this debate. I will harvest the codex from your son's corpse. And I will rebuild Krypton atop his bones.

That's just not right. Oh no Whoa Jenny Jenny Where are you I'm here Oh

Get your ass over here And help me I love that And he doesn't just have Journalistic and tragedy But he's also a very courageous individual as well Northcom this is guardian

Are we cleared to make the drop Negative growth Oh god Duh Look like Christopher Reeve there for a second. Yes. Yes. Hell yes.

There was so much tension. Whoa. Wow. Dude, Han Zimmer is killing the score. So good. Yeah. Oh, no. Package armed and are we ready to drop?

Negative guardian. No, it's not. Why is it? Yeah, exactly. It's supposed to go in all the way. All right. Yeah, usually that's how it works. Well, go take a look, buddy.

Ooh, oh, God. Oh, God. Target that aircraft. Nah. Y'all, we got to hurry up. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Yes.

Ooh. Thank. If you destroy this ship, you destroy crypto. Yeah, and you, though, buddy. And you can see how heartbroken is when he is. said that. Krypton had its chance. Yeah, it did.

I'm for Krypton having another chance again, just not for genocide on Earth. Like, let's find another way to do this. Oh. Oh. Good job. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I love the Wilhelm scream.

Oh, ha, ha, ho. Snapping necks and taking names. There we go. There we go. Oh, good callback. That's freaking dope a F. Those are your words, you... Like a black hole.

Now, Super's gonna get you. He's gotta get you. There we go. It's okay. We can rebuild this, Tara. We're good. You chose the humans over us. I exist only to protect Krypton. Oh, oh. Ouch. I'm going to make them suffer, cow. These humans you adopted, I will take them all from you one by one.

You're a monster is odd. Oh. Ho! Wow! Whoa. Oh no. You gotta get out of there. It's gonna fall on top of ya. Another Lex Corp truck. Oh. Oh.

Either you die or either. Well, it's got to be you, buddy. Hoof. Nice. Yeah. There we go. Oh, look at this. The way they cut from CGI back to practical is seamless.

Holy crap. Whoa. Oh, oh wow. See what it says right there? Having his satellite messed with. Jesus. If you love these people so much. Oh no.

Oh no. Oh no. Okay. Oh, God. Oh, God. Nice! I had to make the choice, buddy. Are you effing stupid?

How do we know you won't one day act against America's? Did you just watch the finale, sir? Not only that, did you just watch what you just I did. Again, just show them the footage from Metropolis and smallville and say he's on our side. She could have been here to see it finally happened. He saw it, Clark, believe me. Hmm.

I had forgotten how so little screen time Kevin Costner has, but how effective he is on his tutelage and mentorship to his son that he has. I've got to find a job where I can keep my ear to the ground where people won't look twice. He's caught a bicycle. That's awesome. Start asking questions. Ha ha. What a great fun reveal.

Hey, Steve. Nice to meet you too. Hi. Lois Lane. Welcome to the planet. That's a great line because it doesn't just mean the daily planet, obviously. She's talking about her. That's a great.

I love that line so much. cute oh my god sweet so good so good all right guys well that is it for man of steel if you were able to watch it here on youtube it's because the fine folks over at praper they edited down these highlights we appreciate their hard work also if you're listening on apple or spotify please give us five star rings we would appreciate it as we always do we're going to get into the patreon questions. If you are a Patreon member, you get to interact with us and ask us some questions. So we're going to start off right now with Mike Joyce. Thank you for being a Patreon member and the question Mike. Mike asks, are you okay with how Paw Kent dies in this film? Personally,

I'm fine with it. Tara, why don't you start us off? Were you okay with it? I actually liked it. I mean, the fact that when he puts his hand out, you're like, oh, you know, it's like, dad knows. not the right time yet and it's a very selfless move because if he was to make that move and show how much power he has it's solely just for one person instead of for the world and basically like the human race is what we graduate to right versus just saving his dad so I do think that I I liked it I thought that it was a it was a good choice Yeah, yeah. I always love the, when Paw Kent has a heart attack because there's literally nothing Superman can do about that. It's out of his control. And he learns the lesson that, you know, there's going to be times where there's people he can save and there's other people that, again, it's out of his control. So I like that lesson that he learns there. But again, I like that Zach Snyder and company tried to do something different here. And I thought it was actually executed fine. Now you can make the argument, yes,

Clark could have, you know, done super speed. Nobody would have saw him and, and all that. But I like, I like the messaging here in that, you know, Paw Kent was trying to protect his son and, like, the world was not ready yet for him to be revealed. And it was a self, a selfless move from his father there. So I think there were, you know, again, from that perspective, I did not mind it as much. I still prefer the, you know, from the first movie and just, again, the heart attack. that's just more my style but i still like the execution and the way this one was delivered as well

sci-fi extremist what did you think of just the different tone shift in realism with this one compared with the reeves film the difference in people in the late 70s clapping for a flying man but 2013 people are terrified i'll start this one off yeah we were kind of talking about that a little bit during the reaction how there is a major contrast with like the Reeves films it's like very happy inspiring whenever they're seeing Superman and you know the joy in people's faces versus this one also we got to remember too this is Superman's literal first day and obviously we did well I can't really say that because in Superman one was his first day too as well but yeah you make a good point there's definitely I would say this one's a little more I guess grounded in reality

like if we did see this happening like this is kind of how we would react so I think this is a good shift into that groundedness and i like seeing that contrast because it's obviously i would have still love to see that the the normal version where it's it's hopeful it's cheerful and it's happy but we've already seen that with the christopher rev m with the brandon route so it's nice to get a little bit of a of a different uh style and take so i i liked it it just it felt more realistic personally but what about you yeah i think um because we're not in the 70s in this film and we've graduated to uh a newer a time timeline of where we are actually at in the world i mean now we have internet probably i robot already came out at this time like we're actually facing a lot of already artificial intelligence so even being

exposed to yes there's an alien here would seem more daunting than like if you think back in the 70s uh like area 51 right it was like it was like oh we're going to make beef jerky and there's like aliens here it's like not a big deal like we're like raging out with what was that big the big music festival that they did in the 60s oh wood stock I'm saying like it's a different it's a different five than where we are in 2013 and I think um with that that the script in the way that they wrote it and how people would respond for this time made sense yeah and they even alluded to it in the movie too like it's about trust in building that trust taking that leap of faith so i mean there was you know again alluding towards that foreshadowing

all right thank you for the question by the way and being a patreon member uh we have little preach 12 jesus asus uh thank you for the question being a patreon member i have a question for man of steel no hate because this was just a straight up a good looking movie that it was but if you read the comics it says paul kemp i think he meant paugh kent pa kent dies from a heart attack which shows superman he cannot save everybody and this one he dies from a tornado which is something superman can easily save people from is the very far off from comic movies that they make affect your guys judgment and all i mean we kind of talked a little bit about this right in the first question as long as it's executed right and has a good message in there

it doesn't bother me at all you mean you know you I don't mind having my expectations subverted or something being done differently as long as it's done in a satisfying ways and also as long as it's developing the characters and giving them a bit of an arc and there's a reason for it as long as you're doing that you don't always have to be exactly adaptable for me personally what about you yeah I think um I didn't read the the comics and there's going to be a big general audience it also has not read the comics they're not going to know that difference sure they may have watched the first one and realized like oh we've already seen that um so i think it will really only affect people who are going between comics and the

film if they really want it to be exactly the same except that i think the underlying story that they're trying to tell is that even though he was not his biological dad he was his dad who was wise in that moment and knew what was best for his son even though it's not his biological son clark was his boy and in that moment he knew i am going to sacrifice myself over my over having my son be revealed which shows you a lot about how his dad is why they had that relationship why it means like a little bit more even when you see his like gravestone i mean it's sad when he dies of a heart attack and sure superman can't do anything about it but at the same time i think having um you know pa can't make that decision to have him hold off from saving him is really a beautiful storyline as well

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I had no idea. I think that's ridiculous because I think he was freaking great. He looks like him. He's got the piercing blue eyes. Have you seen him without his shirt on? I don't know what kind of hate you could give because he's also a good actor. He had good chemistry with Amy Adams. I believe it when he fights people that he would be strong enough to do so.

I also believe it when he's lifting up the gravity force. that none of it seemed overdone. It still seemed grounded in a way that a superhero can be. So I don't know where the hate would be coming from. If there is any, I think that's dumb. That's where I'm at. I got to be honest, I don't remember,

there might have been, Pierre, you're probably right. I don't remember as much hate from 2013 until the time where he's not playing Superman. Because now I know that there's, There's so many people who want him to keep playing Superman, but if there was, like, I personally think he did a great job. Obviously, we didn't get to see him a ton as, you know, that mild-mannered nerdy Clark Kent. So from that side, of course, I would have liked to get a little more, but you can tell, obviously, they're saving that for later. That's the plan.

But, you know, in regards to Superman, I think he did a very fine job. He's extremely bold and brave and courageous, and he fits the bill of that. And he just, he looks great in the suit as well. And I love all those grunting noises he makes. He looks great in the act, and the way he moves in the action sequences. So I personally have no hate for him when it comes to Superman. I just would have my only little, and this is not on him.

My only little thing is I would have liked a little more Clark Kent. But again, he's not working at the daily planet. So he's just being regular Clark Kent. Right. So it's not, he's not using a facade as Clark Kent. So. Right. Yeah.

But, uh, thank you for the. question appreciate it come come all is that sound right yeah thank you for the question camal i'm being a patreon member i found myself when it came to henry superman to be me for me he lacked that small town farm boy charm that christopher reeves and tyler hockland hope i pronounce his name right embody granted i know this was most likely the director's vision for this character so my question is what personality traits do you think is most important in the character of superman that an should embody in their performance love from Boston by the way I love legal seafood in Boston it's so good what do you think are the most important character traits kind of

thinking on it I get how you would be personality traits I mean excuse yeah I get how you would be attached to the farm boy charm but I also think that there's still a charm that he exuded it was just obviously in a different way I think that Kevin Costner and Diane Lane, you know, come in with that. But we really, it's not like we stay. Here's what I'll say, Kamal. It's not like we stay in Smallville for very long. And also we do see mainly when we're there, we see him get bullied.

And we see him kind of go through his life fairly quickly, right? from like when he's young to when he's you know Henry Cavill and there wasn't anything that was telling me like oh wow I really miss the Southern charm vibes because I still think that he as an actor is still very charming without like trying like I mean if I was directing him I wouldn't I wouldn't say hey can you put on a little more Southern charm because I think just having Henry Cavill on screen he shows as a person

who's strong enough to play Superman fit enough good looking enough that I think just like with a smile you're like yeah we're golden we're good without trying too much

I get where you could be like I kind of miss it I understand that but I think for them moving into like man of steel nature I think they went the right way about it and also if they had had Henry Cavill be more southern,

it might have felt a little overdone. Yeah. So that's what I'll say. I would say like my personality traits that I look for that are so important in Superman bravery, courage, inspiration. I would say those like those are the traits I really look for. Obviously in this film, you know, inspiration, it's not there yet.

but again I just there's something about Henry Cavill that I can't take my eyes off him when he's on the screen that he's that he's developing into the Superman I know he can be and we got to remember too when it comes to this film at least the way I view it

and I'm curious about your thoughts terror like I always viewed this too like yes we got to see Christopher Reve in his first day there and he was dealing with issues I don't remember everything like Lois Lane was falling off a helicopter there was armed robbery, the guy climbing up the building, and those are issues to deal with for sure.

This Superman was dealing with a bunch of Kryptonians about to genocide the entire world. You know, comparing the Henry Cavill one is on your first day. That's a lot tougher of a situation. So my point that I'm making is I'm kind of giving this one a little more of a break in terms of developing into that inspirational Superman that I hope to see. but I think Henry Cavill with what the script is asking him specifically to do is it the one that I I when I read the comics and I watch you know the Superman Reeves it's not exactly that but it's one that I'm I hope to get at least when I was in the

theaters I'm like but also I understand the circumstances and the stakes I'm like this is what the script was asking and and I for this world I think it fits and and he did it perfectly in that regard yeah for me for sure next question Pavel catch It might seem like an obvious question, but as of this movie, now that you've seen Reeve, Ralph, and Cavill, and I know Andrew Watt Smallville, not sure about you, Tara, I have not. How would you rank the Superman? Here's from Holland. God, why do you have to ask such a tough quest? That's a great question.

Oh, boy. So if I'm ranking, if we're going to count Smallville, oh, boy, this is tough. I got to go Reeve number one. I'll go Cavill number two I'll go Tom willing number three because I spent 10 years with him he's so dang good in Smallville and then I'll go Ralph number four

but I love all four of them they do something unique and different in each of their in each of their roles but they embody something beautiful that makes their Superman very unique so how would you rank the three supermen we've seen so far i mean probably same way i haven't seen smallville but i would say that you know reeves and um cavil are like and it's only because of the movie the direction of man of steel how it was made the other people in it how all came

together to me i really like the film so i that that's going to change my perception of which Superman I like the best. So I'm going to be honest that Reeves and Cavill are like, they're kind of in the same arena right now. I know Reeves came first. When I think about Reeves being Superman

and Clark, listen, we didn't get to see Cavill play Clark right in the daily planet much. But that's the part that I love the most about Christopher Reeves that he could flop into that like, you know,

dorky, nerdy character and then also flip right back to being charming as hell Superman. Very cool. We didn't get to see Cavill do that, but I do think that he would be capable. So right now, I'm like, oh, I don't know, they might be, they're kind of like 50-50 maybe. Yeah. Yeah. And so

Ralphie would go third then? Yeah, I don't even, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Because he was more of an extension of Christopher Reeves too. Yeah. I think. I think so yeah okay cool thank you for the question haides i think this is the final question here thank you for the question being a patreon member we appreciate it terra and andrew now that you've seen christopher reeve version of superman and maybe you've seen some trailers for the upcoming superman film how do you feel about the dramatic contrast of tones throughout man of steel what are some pros and cons of henry cavill's superman i know that when i saw the movie for the first time

as a 13-year-old girl, I was in love with it. But now that I've gotten to know Superman more from the comics and really gotten to know what makes Superman a symbol of hope, I've got to say, I don't enjoy the movie as much. Okay. Hades. Well, here's the thing. As I said, haven't read the comics.

I don't watch the upcoming trailers because I don't want to be spoiled. That's just me with pretty much everything. My job is to watch. movies and TV for a living and be surprised by them so I haven't seen any of that I I can understand that when you see this there there is like in what you're saying the dramatic like contrast of tones like even from the top we're not starting out with that basic 70s music with like you know the names of of the cast in production we kind of really set the tone with sort of a dark music it's a steel like feeling with the art design and the titles and stuff like that but to me i i thought

that's sort of a breath of fresh air because it's so different than what we got before i think if we were to follow in that line of yay here's superman he is our savior everyone loves him it's something that we've already seen before and again this is a point of view from a person which is also probably a large general audience of people who have not read the comics so i know and when we think about it people who read the books right of harry potter or lord of the rings they're like i hate this movie because it's not the book that's all we hear always forever and always and i can understand that you are in that category now, right, Hades, because you're reading the comics. And when you're in, when you're engulfed in that writing, your brain and your imagination goes somewhere. And what you really want

is a director to take every word off of that page somehow and make it seem like it was in your heart and your soul, in your mind when you felt like when you were reading it. You want that movie to do the same thing. Except this one was like not going to probably base it fully off of it. And I'm in full support of it because i kind of like the darkness that it that it gave us the realism the groundedness of showing us like what the man of steel was and how he had to like he had to snap his blood like he had to snap the guy's neck at the end that that killed him that's like part of his bloodline that's his family right i like that because it's real that was beautifully said by the way just wanted to point that out. Thanks. Yeah. I can

Hades, I really understand where you're coming from. And again, it's what I alluded to and said earlier. It's all about execution for me. Yes, this is not the hopeful 70 Superman or even early 80s that we got with the first two

Christopher Reeves films, but I like that they were trying to do something different here. And it's all about execution and style for me. And from that end, I think Zach Snyder did a great job. And this Superman works for this world and I think too if you do the exact same thing over and over again sometimes it can feel a little repetitive so it's nice to get that and then to come back to like

possibly in the new movie I've only seen the first trailer I'm like Tara I really try to steer away from from trailers because I do want when we do our reactions or I do want to be surprised but it's nice to get different takes from different directors so that it feels more fresh and in this version I did like seeing, again, that groundedness, that more realistic type of version. Again, granted, it's not the Superman I'm fully used to, but there's room to grow, like at least how I viewed it in 2013.

I'm not going to talk about future films of what happened with Henry Cavill because I want Tara to watch. Having said all that, I still really like what Zach Snyder was trying to do in this film. There's a, we'll get a little more into it and my other thoughts, but I totally understand where you are coming from.

You have a specific version in mind that you only like and that you want to see on here. And also I think it's interesting too what you are saying in regards to how you really like this film and then you've started getting into the comics and now your perception of the character has changed over time after reading the comics because I think that there's a way about film

and how our perspectives just changed throughout life. Like there's certain films I've watched where I didn't, I've had love-hate relationships with them. there's like I'm trying to think of a I'm trying to get one out of my mind a Batman returns I've loved that film I've disliked that film now I love that film again I'm going with Batman films Dark Night Rises I've loved that film I've disliked that film after I've gone through a depression I love that film it's just interesting like how we go through things in life whether it's reading a comic whether it's actual experiences in life and then it changes our perspective on that particular film or on a version of a character that we have have, you know, gone through an experience or read something. So I totally get where you're coming from. And I respect that opinion so much. But again, what this movie was trying to do and what Zach Snyder wanted to do with

the character and not repeat what Christopher Reeve was doing, I personally was fine with it. So it worked for me. Yeah, you can't have, I think, also just with that, you can't always have Superman just be a symbol of hope because it's not realistic. and what a movie, especially this movie is trying to do, to bring out his humanity in that he can't just only be that and a savior for always, right? He was sort of built on America's earth

with real parents who are human. So we are also showing the nature of that, which means there's going to be darkness alongside the hope. Yeah, for sure. Thank you guys so much for the questions. We're going to talk a little more about the movie. I also think another interesting thing, they didn't explore it a ton it was a little bit just finding himself in the world and I think that's something a lot of us can relate to and resonate with what did you think about that in the film you know before he came out as Superman meaning fine you mean in the beginning of the film finding himself as a kid or what do you mean both finding himself as a kid and as an adult you know where you know just like he was like what am I here to do and just kind of like self-identifying

with himself in that way and like you know he was an outcast and yeah called a freak and all that so I just mean in that way yeah I think that um his dad really was the the one in his corner that was like buddy you're gonna you will you do have a purpose we just we can't get there yet fully with it you just have to wait and I think the way that um the way that he went through it was was great because it was very human right People get bullied. I mean, I was bullied and I'm not freaking superwoman. So I can't like, even though I'd want to, punch them back and they, you know, punch them into Japan, can't do that.

So it's even though we all want that, we're like, freaking take care of it because you can. It's really nice to see him. I mean, the guy throws a drink in his face. He takes off his apron. He walks away. That is like the amount of restraint that most human beings have to have that we would have to have. If I'm like, if I can't take this person, I'm not going to get in a fist fight with him. I got to walk away.

So seeing that and seeing the human side of him is really fun because then we can really relate to him, which I think is great. That's a great point. I do want to talk about one thing. You talked about it a few moments ago in regards to him killing Zod with the next nap. This was a major controversy because Superman does not kill. and a lot of people were up in arms over this and if you still feel that way again

that's fine I respect your opinion my only thing is with the people who still have a problem with that my only question to you is if you do have a problem with that and again we're going you're going off the Richard Donner cut from Superman where he spun the earth back around

I highly doubt we're going to do the theatrical cut but just a little spoiler for you and the theatrical cut he does not spin the world back around so we saw what he did Zad he depowered them in Superman too he you know they lost their powers let me ask you this question really quick there it's just yes or no did he take Zod Ursa and non did he take them back to prison or did he crack Zod's hand and throw him down the fortress of solitude which probably cracked his hand and threw him down the fortress solitude I'm assuming Zod died after that I don't

know a human being that could probably survive that my point is this like Again, I don't prefer a Superman that kills either. But it seemed like Christopher Reeves, Superman killed Zod in that moment and he didn't need to. Versus where in this moment, Zod was about to kill a family and Superman didn't want to do it. So, you know, when you compare the two situations, I didn't hear too much of an uproar when Christopher Reeves' character did that in that moment. I think because the tone is so different in that movie, it's joyous and happy. It didn't seem to bother anyone. Whereas in this one, it's a very dark and, you know,

grimace type of film and I understand that but still it's I that controversy has always been so mystifying personally to me and not from the perspective of Superman doesn't kill that I get but it's just with the circumstances here versus the circumstances in Superman too I've never personally understood that so from that perspective I again I don't like when Superman kills but I understood it in the situation and I liked his visceral reaction he wasn't happy to do it he didn't want to do it but zod was going to kill everyone on on earth i don't know what other choice he could have had like if he would have flew him out of there in that moment like what's he going to do there's nowhere to take him or bring him on earth yeah i don't understand the uproar even if i'm not

going to compare it to two if we're just only looking at this movie i think that's insane so there's a family in front of him also zad is the guy that wants to take over and the earth everybody dies so what i mean it's either take out a villain or let everyone on earth die so that we can use it to build to build krypton right yeah uh i don't think there's much of a choice so i think the uproar like superman doesn't kill i get it but there was no choice and i think what they did here is very realistic i wouldn't even i didn't think twice about it i went hell yeah finally freaking get rid of the guy the guy was going to destroy earth and everybody in it so yeah totally hans zimmer had the impossible task of following john williams score in this i know we had john

ottman and superman returns but he was really he did some great stuff on original stuff of his own but a lot of it was the main themes of john williams and hansimmer came up with all original new stuff in this hard to compare because the john williams is so damn iconic it's still my favorite but what hans zimmer does in this film tara yeah unbelievable i love the superman theme and i love all the rest of it all the dramatic stuff all the action beats hans emmer amazing amazing score would you really quickly would you think the score yeah especially coming off the because you love the original superman score with john limbs what did you think of this one i will tell you i didn't miss having the classic Superman thing come in I didn't even think about it because you're the the thematic like push of the music that's in this film still gives you that feeling of like here we freaking go right there's a buildup and then there's a lull and then it builds back up and it still gives you all the tones of like hope and darkness and happiness and sadness

Yes, all of it. It still encompasses all of it without taking from any of it that came before. Absolutely. I think his score really elevates the film while also giving you the feel of the film as well. Incredible, incredible, incredible score. And last thing before we just look at some of the trivia and the budget box office rot into me. It was really quick.

I wrote down all the product placements I saw that were in that Smallville scene. There was IHop, there was Sears, 7-Eleven U-Haul, so they got their money's worth. That was awesome. Now I want to go have some pancakes, go do some shopping at Sears. Go do to my birthday place and go rent the truck. Sears doesn't exist anymore. Oh, do they not? Okay, never mind.

I'm not going to Sears anymore. I didn't even know that until you said that. That is, that's tragic. I love Sears. Put on your Sunday best, kids, we're going to Sears. But, yeah. Oh, that sucks. All right, let's look up since I have some stuff already ready for us.

Okay, great. Let's look it up. Let's go to Rotten Tomatoes, Tara. What do you think you got in Rotten Tomatoes? Let's just do critics first. Critics, I'm going to go with a 67, an audience score. I'm going to go with an 81. Okay, so you said 67 for critics.

It's 57. Okay. I think too low, in my opinion. And you said 81 audience, 75. You were so close to that. That was close. You were very close on both. All right.

Do you want to do budget first or box office? I need the budget first. Okay, what do you think the budget was based on everything you saw? Oh. tie um that's that's a tough one this is 2013 this movie okay um 107 million 225 million okay box office then worldwide box office 625 million good god you were so close 670 yeah okay that's good you were you did a great job today all right let's do trivia really quick i just do a few man of steel let's see what we got here all righty oh this has a good rating on imdb i like that good

um wow oh wow i thought it had the spoilers that sounds like that's weird henry cavill refused to take steroids to muscle up for the role he also refused any digital touch-ups or enhancement to his body in the shirtless scenes he said it would have been dishonest of him to use trickery while playing superman and he wanted to push his body to the limits to develop his physique into one that was worthy of the character. Well, sir, you succeeded because Tara was drooling. I could feel it over here. Absolutely.

I am in shock. Your body's like perfect. So good job. Wow. Henry Cavill naturally has a hairy chest and left it untouched for the shoot of the film. Hot! He insisted that Superman has chest hair in this film. He rejected the notion that just because you were muscular,

you should not have chest here and cited that the Superman comic book, The Death of Superman, is being an iconic representation in which Superman had a hairy chest in that comic. I like, I support it. See, guys, he's following the comics like you wanted. Love it. Henry Cavill and Russell Crow had met years prior to playing father and son when Henry was an extra in the film Proof of Life back in the year 2000

and received words of encouragement to pursue acting and an auto autographed picture from Russell Crow himself who was his favorite actor. Oh, that's so cool. That must have been cool when he brought it up to him like, oh my God. Oh, that's so sweet. I love that. Let's

the several scenes and I'll do one more and then two spoilers and we'll call it. Several scenes and concepts are taken from the comic book Superman Birthright written by Mark Wade and drawn by Lionel U, such as the Superman's

S-Shield meaning hope in the cryptonian language. Superman flying over a herd of zebra, Jonathan Kent's line, you're the answer to, are we alone in the universe? Though in the comic, the line is spoken by Martha, not Jonathan. Ah, okay. Yeah. All right, let's do one or two spoilers. And if it's anything spoilerific to the next films, I will not read it.

I don't want to ruin that for you. Good God, there's 10,000 billion things here in the trivia. Here we go. I got the spoilers, terror. We're good. Let's see here. Oh, my God. There are so many spoilers.

Okay. I already read that I said this out loud, but we'll say it again. At around the two hour and five minute mark in the final battle, when General Zod and Superman fly into outer space, they both hit a satellite that says Wayne Enterprises. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.

Last one. Zach Snyder proposed that Superman kill General Zod in order to set up Superman's classic never kills motto. He wanted it to be brutal. jarring so that it would forever keep in Superman's mind yeah I support that yeah I think it was a good move man yeah I again I I I didn't mind it for this film I normally and it's kind of like the whole Batman doesn't kill thing and and this one so I didn't personally didn't bother me and also when comparing to Superman too but anyways any final thoughts no I love I love the film I had a lot of fun

Yeah, it was great. I've, as entertaining as the last two Christopher Reeves films, Superman 1, 2 returns in this. I've really enjoyed all of them. It's been, this has been a fun journey so far. I believe next, we are doing Batman v. Superman, Dawn of Justice, the Ultimate Edition. So be on the lookout for that. Don't forget to. Bring the bell.

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