MAN OF STEEL was a great film very much in the vein of THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY. I don't understand how the science of MOS is flawed by any means. Maybe it is. But TDK trilogy is not any more realistic than MAN OF STEEL, keeping in mind that scientifically flawed is not the same thing as unbelievable. Scientists say there is no God simply because they haven't proven the existence of an invisible all powerful entity of any kind. Gee, go figure. Science, on the other hand, has never proven the non existence of an invisible all powerful entity, which is something scientists don't seem to understand. Nothing in The Bible has been scientifically disproven. The suppositions of scientists are un-Biblical and therefore they've come up with alternate theories and "Facts" to counter what The Bible says. So when someone says Man of Steel is scientifically flawed, I don't even know who to believe. I hard one guy say that 2001: A SPACE ODDYSEY should have been more thoroughly researched because space ships are a lot smaller than they are on 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Yes, it was optimistic of the filmmakers to assume we'd be travelling to deep space by 2001 or any point close to that, but given the optimism about getting to Mars, only 20 years after 2001 was supposed to have taken place, how far fetched is it to further believe that in another 20 years we'll have space ships with enough room for people to build buffet dining areas and good size rooms for folks to roam around? 2001 was a place holder title. It wasn't meant to be a prophecy. It wasn't a Nostrademeous (sp??) calculation of the future. It was a warning about the dangers of mankind's reliance on technology. Not only did the A.I. machine overtake the spaceship, but it had developed a more authentic humanity than the people in the movie. At least that's what some people say. Acting was so wooden in the '50's and '60's, I have a hard time discerning what the portrayal of the people in the movie was supposed be to perceived as.
But anyway. MAN OF STEEL was obviously meant to kick off a new era of SUPERMAN movies. So it's really annoying to see them immediately follow it up with that stupider than stupid DAWN OF JUSTICE film. Not only did they disregard the DARK KNIGHT trilogy as cannon with the MAN OF STEEL film, they portrayed Batman as a worthless soul full of murderous hate with no redeeming qualities about him. And then they haphazardly introduce Wonder Woman toward the end just appearing out of nowhere. I didn't make it that far into the movie. I just thought the whole thing was beyond stupid. The reasoning behind severing the movie from TDK was ludacrous. Superman is an alien. Given that, there's nothing fantastical about his portrayal in MAN OF STEEL. The only thing potentially fantastical about the movie is that he is an alien. Don't believe in aliens? Can't fathom the cocnept? Fine. Don't watch MAN OF STEEL *or* DAWN OF JUSTICE. Most people can at least entertain the notion of aliens. At least I would hope so. Maybe most people don't BELIEVE in aliens, but the possibility of aliens is just as real as the possibility of God as depicted in The Bible, who many say negates the possibility that aliens exist........total b.s. btw. The Bible doesn't mention aliens, but science doesn't mention God. Is science unreliable because people misinterpret the data at hand or expect the data to reveal more than God intended it to reveal? If so, you may as well regard mankind's mission to the moon as voodo. I don't get how one can disregard science. Science as a culture is unGodly, in large part. But science as a means of fact finding is not wrong. Science is really just another word for reason. You can assume a bunch of stuff that is contradictory or you can examine things carefully and come up with conclusions based on the observations at hand. Things like the existence of God or the reality of JFK's assasination are not scientifically proven or disproven. They're just facts that you can argue with or accept.
And then of course they follow MAN OF STEEL up with JUSTICE LEAGUE. They assume it was the grim tone of MAN OF STEEL that drove people away from it. So they turn JUSTICE LEAGUE into a multi-verse equivlanet of BATMAN FOREVER (1995). And surprise surprise the movie also performs poorly at the box office. Gee, how about quitting while you're ahead? Warner Bros/DC. rushed into the DCEU as if it was do or die because Marvel studios was taking all kinds of love from the audience. Warner Bros. makes actual movies. THE DEPARTED didn't gross $500 million worldwide did it? No. It was a reasonably budgeted movie and it was of good quality and it made a decent return on investment. Why the heck does WB/DC care if their supehero movies are not as well liked as Marvel's? Martin Scorsese I highly doubt will be seen making an entry into the DCEU or the MCU but you don't see him pining for all the Marvel lovers.
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