Superman what are you what are you doing
I'm talking about the current DC
Universe version now don't get me wrong
I don't want you to get me wrong getting
me wrong is not what I want you to do
with me there are some elements of this
incarnation that I quite like love the
casting when given the opportunity I
really feel Henry Cavill can embody the
role of Superman not to mention he's
pretty easy on the eyes am i right
ladies look at this bloke every muscle
has several muscles and each of those
muscles are pretty good muscles I also
don't mind the costume especially in
Batman V Superman it's got a bit more of
a splash of color I also love how he's
not too overpowered which is a mistake a
lot of versions make and I loved a lot
of the scenes with him as a kid
in particular this moment I just keep
pretending I'm your son you are my son
I'm not I'm not crying you're crying
that being said with the imminent
release of the extended Batman V
Superman ultimate extended we're sorry
cut this has awoken my biggest complaint
about a movie
I didn't entirely dislike if I'm honest
I'm about 50/50 on it but the
characterization of Superman will look
if I had to sum it up in three words it
would be dour
boring and I guess idiot this version of
Superman I just I just don't know what
he's about
he's got the pressing weight of the
world upon his shoulders and the scale
to prove it every act of heroism is like
a chore I honestly don't know why he's
motivated to do any of it he just seems
like he's hating himself and he's being
forced into these tasks that he
considers beneath him okay let's take
for example the bomb in the wheelchair
moment now don't get me wrong I don't
want you to get me wrong
none of this that's not on him he was
distracted I can buy that what does he
do afterwards
he bloody buggers off what you don't
want to stay in hell you could carry all
the burn victims to the hospital in
seconds I know sorry you've got some
weird Jonathan Kent dream sequence to
attend on top of a mountain no no you go
do that
a story in your mind about diverting a
river is probably more important and a
metaphor for something not than any of
that comes into play maybe you should
have been given a metaphor for how not
to take a gas canister full of
kryptonite to the face twice that's the
other thing this Superman
is an idiot you're really gonna fall for
that twice you saw him reload it and you
know what you don't do if you want a
crazy man in a bat suit to help you find
your mother get all up in his face and
fling him through a building that's the
other thing the level of violence and
disregard for others on the sky it's out
of control now I'm not gonna bang on
about the Zod Metropolis fight it's been
done to death and frankly I'm sick of
hearing about it but how about a more
recent example that being the terrorists
he flies through multiple walls at the
beginning of Batman V Superman now I
know he says I didn't kill anyone yeah I
don't know if anyone involved in this
film realizes but you can't smash a
normal human man through two solid brick
walls at the speed of a locomotive and
think that they'd survive that guy's
insides a liquid and another thing
Superman here takes a full-on swing at
Batman not realizing that the Kryptonite
gas has severely weakened him he doesn't
know that he's being depowered he would
have taken Batman's head clean off
yeah you should be surprised that murder
you just attempted that didn't go as
planned at all and for a man whose
emblazoned a symbol of hope on his chest
well he's not very bloody hopeful is he
but I guess why would he be his entire
life has been spent being lectured by
his parents how he's got to hide and run
away and let the tornado win because you
know I guess it seems like it wants it
more now the 1978 version is fairly
dated at this point amazing for the time
yes but elements of it they just don't
hold up but you know a moment that holds
up really well that really could have
bolstered this current version this
right here a very brief scene between
Jonathan and his son where Clark laments
that he can't play football which is
unfair because he's amazing at it and
his father says and I'm paraphrasing
look I don't know why you're here
but I tell you this you have a purpose
and you need to figure out what that is
and I know this it's not to score
touchdowns it's an amazing lesson all
the motivation he'd ever need to become
Superman it's right there and he follows
it up with another stellar lesson by
dropping dead from a heart attack
Clark then realizes that even with all
these amazing powers he can't save
everyone he could save a man who say was
about to go into a tornado but there are
scenarios that are beyond his control
despite this he'll never stop always
going that once
that beyond to help others now I only
say all this because I think Superman is
a terrific character but one that does
not work in this universe at all and I
don't think anyone involved with the
decision-making for Batman V Superman
had any idea what makes him such a
compelling and inspirational character
which is why he was given something like
43 lines of dialogue in a movie with his
name in the title but you know what I
want to I know you know what I'll tell
you what I know if DC doesn't make the
definitive Superman movie someone is
gonna do it for them with a Superman
archetype and everyone will then go
alright that's how you make Superman
relevant and inspiring mark my words if
Captain America can be made to work then
so can Superman I don't feel we need a
gritty real-world version of this
character he's fictional yes there's
internal conflict and angst and regrets
but that doesn't stop him doing what he
perceives as right I think Grant
Morrison said it best when he was quoted
as saying somewhere in our darkest night
we made up the story of a man who will
never let us down and that's what
Superman is about anything from getting
a cat out of a tree to putting his life
on the line in service of others we're
just talking someone down off a ledge
all those things those things are
Superman this guy I don't know who he is
you don't owe this world a thing you
never did
what was I supposed to do just let them
die maybe
you
I don't even know why I'm listening to
you you're not my dad you're just some
guy who found me in a field
why would you be dead already
he's a question though do you like the
current version of Superman or even do
you have a favorite Superman moment give
me anything from the comics TV shows
movies whatever you want I love this
character and I'd love to hear your
thoughts and if you aren't interested
there's some other videos there if you
can or even check out my podcast the
weekly planets where this Monday we're
talking the Batman V Superman Ultimate
Edition cut whatever they decided to
call it and whether or not it will sway
those who weren't bowled over by the
film all right thanks everyone
take care