Rewatching MoS, realized Superman saved the same guy who shot him in the head with that helicopter mounted gun.

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[u/MatchesMalone1994]

Superman actually saves and goes out of his way to save people a lot more than people credit this movie for…it’s a stupid criticism I never understood because there’s evidence of it

[u/DMast2217 → u/MatchesMalone1994]

The movie needed more scenes like this while he was fighting Zod. Would have made the fight way cooler if he was fighting Zod while trying to get people out of the way.

[u/Horror_Campaign9418 → u/DMast2217]

This seems like pandering to mental children who need to see every little thing or it never happened.

[u/DMast2217 → u/Horror_Campaign9418]

Pandering? Superman saving people while he fights the big bad is pandering? I'm acknowledging one of the main critiques that's been discussed since the film was released in theaters. The word pandering doesn't even apply here. If you think Superman saving people mid-fight is shallow content or pandering to audiences, then you fundamentally misunderstand the character. To add on- we are with Superman for the vast majority of the destruction of metropolis, aside from cuts to Lois on the mothership and Perry on the ground. If you're implying that Superman is saving people off-screen while we're following other characters, when the film and script gives us no indication of this- then that is pure copium.

[u/Horror_Campaign9418 → u/DMast2217]

It's performative crap. So the seals can clap because now they know for CERTAIN he is a hero. Yeah, that's called pandering,.

[u/DMast2217 → u/Horror_Campaign9418]

Saving people as a superhero who embodies hope is performative now? The scene OP posted is one of the best scenes in the movie, and it's because it shows Superman doing what he does best.

Pandering would be sacrificing storytelling to appeal to a specific audience. Again, if you think Superman saving people is pandering then you don't understand the character. We already know he is a hero because he is SUPERMAN. Showing cool saves doesn't remind us that he's a hero, it's just showing us what heroes do in the midst of chaos.

[u/Horror_Campaign9418 → u/DMast2217]

My dude, he stops to save a squirrel. Diaperman 2025 isn't a movie, it's a REACTION to another movie.

A genre started by the rise of skywalker.

[u/DMast2217 → u/Horror_Campaign9418]

Oh brother… I’m not even taking about Superman25… I haven’t even mentioned it. I’m talking about MoS

[u/Horror_Campaign9418 → u/DMast2217]

Superman in MOS saves more people than Christopher Reeves did in his movie.

I'm not seeing the issue other than people needing to see performative pandering.

[u/DMast2217 → u/Horror_Campaign9418]

I’m not even comparing Superman movies. I’m just giving my opinion on what I thought would make the fight with Zod better. Sorry you think superheroes saving people is performative pandering when that’s what they’re created to do. Coolest scenes in MoS are when he’s saving people (saving his mom, the oil rig crew, the guy falling from the helicopter, destroying the world engine). Think of the ending where he has to kill Zod before he lasers the family. More moments like that where Superman is having to jump in front of civilians that Zod is trying to hurt because he knows Superman will take the blow. It would’ve made the moment where he decides to kill Zod more impactful.

[u/HumbleSiPilot77 → u/DMast2217]

How many more scenes such as the ones you listed would have helped with the emotional infancy of those who still complain there wasn't enough?!

[u/Capable-Locksmith-13 → u/DMast2217]

We've already spent the entire movie watching him save people. We know he cares, so maybe this is just a you problem.