Henry Cavill actually went and stood in time square with the glasses on and no one recognized him until he took them off. Some times subtle changes go a long way

When Simone said it felt pretty hopless when the beam was catching Perry and his team, that right there is the definition of Superman. When the movie felt the most hopeless, he overcame the machine and saved the world even having literally the weight of the planet on his back. That's Superman. He's the ultimate beacon of hope

“And now, I have no people…my soul, that! Is what you have taken from me!” This is probably my all time favorite superhero movie of all time

I think what Pa Kent was thinking was that he was trying to make sure Clark wasn’t in a position where he’d be forced or tempted to use his power in view of all those people. He doesn’t know Clark is basically invincible or, even if he did, he’s trying to protect Clark’s anonymity because he knows that Clark’s life will change for the worse if the world knows what he is. That was worth putting his life at risk or dying to Jonathan Kent.

I believe the whale story that Simone mentioned had to do with a whale that sang at a different frequency than the other whales because of a mutation. So the others couldn't hear him singing and he was wandering the ocean alone...forever.

George asked briefly about what if Superman ended up with bad parents ... the answer is the movie Brightburn.

Good job George picking up on the fact that until Zod and his forces showed up. Clark had never been in a fight and he's now fighting highly trained soldiers. So he's literally learning in the moment.

Things WB could mean according to Freakazoid: Water Bucket, Wimpy Boy, Wet Banana, Weird Butt

One version of Jonathan Kent´s fate is he dying of a heart attack, showing that some things, despite Clarks´s awesome power, can´t be stopped from happening or defeated. I love how humbling this is to a demigod and help us to relate to him. Or, help him to relate to us.

I believe the reason why his father went back for the dog instead of Clark was that his mother was a higher priority to keep safe. The father was convinced of his belief that it was Clarks inexperience with the world and being impressionable due to still trying to find himself that the world would try and take advantage of and corrupt him. The world needed to grow up just as much as Clark did at that time.

With his dad dying: Clark was still a teenager. Young adult at best. He was scared and yes if he was adult Superman he would have just taken over the situation, but instead he listened to his dad. And once his dad got into the point where he couldn't make it back... Clark was about to go speed run and get him... but all those people would see that. It would expose him. And then the world would want to control him and test him and make him a test rat... and his dad sacrificed himself so that his son wouldn't have to reveal himself yet... not until he was ready and could handle it.

The pain superman felt when he killed zod was real. He let out a cry knowing he killed the only other living member of his race. Literally spent his whole life thinking he was a weirdo and alone, then had to kill his dads friend. Really sad tbh. He didn't wanna kill zod Edit: superman's main villain is Lex Luther. Some other notable ones are doomsday, darkseid, and black Adam.

The thing about the damage with the fight at the end... Zod wasn't after Superman. Zod was out to murder as many people as he could to punish Superman. Superman tried to take the fight away from Metrpolis but Zod kept directing the fight back there as he wanted to destroy and kill more. Superman leaving would've let Zod destroy the entire city. There was no avoiding the collateral damage. The best thing to do would be end the fight as fast as possible.

The interesting thing is that both of Clark's bullies became better people. Pete Ross (Dicksplash) stopped being a bully and eventually wound up as the Manager of I-Hop and the guy that was tormenting him against the fence became the Priest that Clark speaks to for guidance, or else the Priest and the kid looked a lot alike on accident.

Christopher Reeve depicted the distinction between Clark Kent and Superman the best. It was almost believable that they might be two different people.

I've always liked the theory that people don't recognise Clark Kent as Superman because they don't expect Superman to have a secret ID. Everyone *knows* that Superman spends his day saving people and hanging out with Wonder Woman, not pretending to be ordinary, because that's what most good people would do with Superman's powers. When you are looking for Superman you look *up* not at the person beside you.

I think Superman's most remarkable superpower is self-control. He has almost unlimited power and must be absolutely controlled in everything he does. Every one of his bodily functions, every one of his smallest movements, even if he were to sneeze, could trigger a catastrophe. So being able to control himself 24/7 like that is his most important power.

Poor George, you could tell around the 40:00 he was in some real pain. Hope you heal fast, bro.

The Christopher Reeve quick face swap makes me smile every time I see it

I think the actual reason Clark's dad had him head to the overpass was to protect the other people and his mom. In the end he just didn't want to have Clark expose himself. It could have been done better but I think it makes more sense when you put yourself in Johnathan's shoes.

there are two main points about Clark trying to take the fight somewhere safe: the first one is that this is his first time dealing with something that represents a real threat, we could say that he isn't a full superhero yet, so he's basically a noob. The second one is that Zod would have seen what he was trying to do and like he said, he wanted to kill every human on earth

Canonically, Johnathon Kent (Clark's human father) dies of a heart attack while Clark has to stand by powerless to save him. Unlike the tornado death, this actually makes sense as there really is nothing Clark can do to stop an old man from heart failure. It's also the event that teaches Clark to accept that there are limits to his power and that he can't save everyone.

20:43 "Ohhh. He's got _two_ dead dads." He's a _proper_ hero. That means there has to be traumatic _loss_ in his backstory that he has risen _above._

Just wanted to answer a few of your questions/points 1. Superman's heat vision is one way his body releases the solar energy he's absorbed. He's basically a walking solar battery; the more yellow sunlight he absorbs, the stronger he becomes. He can release a massive blast that depletes him entirely of solar energy and leaves him essentially powerless until he recharges. 2. Back in 1938, when the first Superman comic was published, Krypton was a planet of humanoid beings that had evolved to the peak of human perfection, basically a planet of Captain America's. That's why when he first came out, Superman could "leap tall buildings in a single bound". Now he's basically a god. 3. General Zod and Faora-Ul do have the same powers as Superman, being Kryptonians, and being trained soldiers does give them an advantage. But Superman is technically stronger than them both because he's been on Earth longer than them and absorbed more solar energy than they have. 4. Some of Superman's villains include his arch-nemesis Lex Luthor as well as Darkseid, Brainiac, Doomsday, Bizarro, and Mister Mxyzptlk. For the most part, they are god-level threats. So it makes sense that they're his villains. 5. It's probably been said before, but when Kal is Clark, he acts like an entirely different person. He speaks in a higher pitched voice, slouches over so people don't see how tall he really is, he wears baggy clothes to hide his muscles. Basically, Clark is to Superman what Bruce Wayne is to Batman. Also Superman has the ability to hypnotize people (I'm not kidding). Hope this helps. Great reaction as always!

About the Clark/Superman disguise. Henry Cavill did an experiment after Man of Steel came out, just before Batman Vs Superman. He went and stood in Times Square, under a giant billboard of Batman Vs Superman, wearing a superman T-shirt. And literally no one recognized him, not a single person, he just blended in. It shows most people aren't paying that much attention.

"Can you imagine if he grew up to be an asshole?" Well.... about that. Brightburn time?

You didn't quite get it. The council were so arrogant that they dismissed Jor-El's prediction that Krypton would be destroyed due to the constant harvesting from the planet's core. Maybe they thought they had more time but In the original movie they simply didn't believe him despite being a scientist

A large part of the Superman story is that he is moral and doesn't go overboard. Also, his strength literally made them invent kryptonite to weaken him and allow humans to be a threat.

Michael Shannon's General Zod is the most underrated villain in the history of comic book movies. His last monologue gives me chills every time.

"Clark could've saved pa Kent!" Welcome to the club George.

That thumbnail has caused an existential crisis within me. I've been staring for hours 😂

At 34:14 if you were to watch the clip of Clark saving that soldier falling from the helicopter in slow mo, you can see Clark rolling as he catches him so he DOESN’T kill him when grabbing him so aggressively 😊

About the bartender, I believe it is supposed to be Bibbo Bibbowski, Superman's favorite barman in Metropolis. And Loïs drinks Whisky because she was raised by her father, General Samuel Lane, in a military camp, as her mother died when she was very young. That's also why she is that confident around military, she just know how they think, and how far she can poke them without consequences.

Fun fact: Amy Adams (Lois Lane) actually played in one episode of tv show Smallville, about Supermen's early days, before being official hero.

Zapp Brannigan: "If that's the mothership, what did WE destroy?" Kiff Croaker: "The Hubbel Telescope."

I still say that Christopher Reeve is by far the quintessential Superman. You should give the 1978 movie a try.

Before the final fight Zod literally says he's going to make the people of Earth suffer, to hurt Kal-El. That is why the fight is so destructive, and Clark can't just fly away and expect Zod to follow. Zod is actively trying to kill as many humans as he can. If Clark flies away Zod will just kill all the humans around him until Clark re-engages him. The fight is Zod slaughtering humanity while Superman tries desperately to stop him.

Superman's original powerset was, and I quote, "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound." Over time this was expanded to include flight, heat vision, x-ray vision, frost breath, invulnerability to almost everything (except kryptonite and magic) but in the beginning it was, as George said, human but super.

I'm certain someone else has mentioned this, but when John Byrne took over writing Superman comics, he had the same issue with the strength, so he decided that it and his invulnerability are partially telekinetic, keeping things he lifts from breaking and making his costume as tough as he is

I love Zod's line "Where did you grow up, on a *FARM*?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Zod had one of the best villain catch phrases. Simple but awesome. “Kneel before Zod.” I think he was too powerful a villain for the first movie. Even the Christopher Reeve movies saved him for the sequel. I watched this in the movies and it was awesome. Henry Cavil did a great job as Superman.

4:37 George- "can you imagine if he grew up to be an asshole" Yeah, the movie is called Brightburn. :D

George:"could you imagine if he grew up to be an asshole?" Someone has imagined that. In fact, they made a movie about it a few years ago. It's called "Brightburn"

The problem with Clark saving his father is that above all else his father believes he has to keep Clark’s identity a secret. If it was an isolated incident where he was involved with then they could explain away a strange event. However, with the bus scene, it shows that many people around him keeps seeing unexplainable things around Clark. So he has to let Johnathan sacrifice himself.

I'm exited to see your opinions on the Snyder DC movies. If you do decided to continue make sure to watch the Ultimate Edition of Batman vs Superman, it's only around 30-40 minutes longer then that theatrical cut and provide LS much needed exposition

When the colonel turns to Feora and says "A good death is it's own reward" repeating her words back to her and pushes the stick down and dives into the ship, its the most badass moment in film I've seen in a decade. Gives me chills everytime.

To what Simone said, he literally does have super lung capacity xD It's explained in the comics that that's how Kryptonians "breathe" in space.

His dad symbolized the good nature humans have to save and protect. That’s why his dad ordered him to ensure the people got to safety (Superman protects) while his father risked his life helping anyone he could find. Then he sacrificed him self because he didn’t want Clark to expose him self because he meant that much to him. Permanently teaching Clark the value of humans and why he should protect them at all cost.

Pretty excited for Sir Cavil’s Warhammer 40000 adaptation. Thanks guys, this is one of my favourite Superman films. For the Emperor!

The score from Hans Zimmer is incredible.

About his dad dying, Superman's embodiment was being honorable and knowing that his dad was convinced about his belief that the world wasn't ready for him: I see it in the way that he always knew that he could save his dad in whichever way possible whether doing it like a normal guy would or not, rather he respected his dad's conviction. That's always what made Superman good (or bad) inherently because he did not lie and he respected people who had respect for themselves and their word.

Probably the best example of the Clarke Kent/Superman "separation" is with Christopher Reeves Superman. It's still hard to believe people are fooled, but as Clarke he pulls his shoulders in, hunches a little, tends to be clumsy and speaks in a more hesitant and less confident manner... Plus the glasses.

When you say he's lucky he found these parents, that's usually the turning point in any sort of What If storyline they do with Superman. So there's an evil version who landed in New Jersey and got found by a mob couple (naturally), there's a story where he landed on a collective farm in Russia during the Cold War so he gets taken in by the state. Nearly always ends up much worse of course, cause otherwise the What If/Elseworlds wouldn't be much of a story.

In the Richard Donner's 70's version, Christopher Reeve did a great job making Superman and Clark Kent two different persons by working a lot on chamging the body lamguage. Fact 1: Henry Cavill stayed among the people outside the theater during the Premiere, like anyone else, and no one recognized him. Fact 2: I made a Remus Lupin cosplay from the 5th movie with the goatee and no one recognize it. Then I took off the goatee taking only the mustache, like in the 3rd movie, Prizoner of Azkaban, and magically people started to recognize the cosplay. So yes, taking on and off glasses may work.

Simone, in Smallville they show Clarks parents on earth years before they send Clark there. they interact with the Kent's and determine them good people so that's why they sent Clark there

Great reaction video, you both asked good questions about the mythos of Superman and the comics. A couple of small things to hopefully help answer your questions: The original version of Superman was still an alien from Krypton. Sent to earth as a baby, his parents adopted him out of an orphanage they took him to when he started tearing up the place with his super baby strength. After his parents (natural) deaths, he became Superman. His powers were super strength, invulnerability (nothing less than a bursting shell could break his skin), and the ability to leap 1/8 of a mile. Super vision soon came along as well. In the 60's and 70's Superman became much more super powered with the ability to break lightspeed and travel through time, to easily travel unprotected through space, and his various vision powers, extreme strength, etc. His adoptive father and mother were both alive and running a store in Smallville, Kansas. This version of Superman began his adventures as a boy and was well known as Superboy before becoming an adult. In the 80s, the character was de-powered to a degree to once again be super strong, have heat vision and a degree of invulnerability. His powers developed around puberty, so he wasn't Superboy anymore, and his parents were both still alive and working their farm in Kansas. He could only survive in space as long as he could hold his breath, though the vacuum of space itself wouldn't hurt him. This is the version of Superman from the "Death of Superman" storyline in the early 90s. Through all the versions of Superman, Lois Lane is his love interest and somehow does not realize Clark Kent is Superman until she's told this by Superman himself. He has a decent sized supporting cast. It'd be great to see you guys watch the original Christopher Reeve Superman and Superman II, which feature Zod, and Superman's origin. Reeve played both Kent and Superman well, making the transition between the two believable. When you do watch Batman V Superman, make sure to watch the Extended version. Certain plot points are nearly nonsensical in the theatrical release, and the restored footage makes a couple of things make more sense. Keep doing a great job like you have been, it's so much fun to watch you two react!

Clark was like 17 when his dad died, despite Cavill being the actor in the scene. And he was just doing was his dad told him to in a stressful situation: taking care of his mom instead of the dog to start and then not risking saving his dad at the end.

I love this movie. It's not perfect, but it's pretty great. The Krypton stuff is fantastic, Henry is great as Superman, and Zod is actually scary.

I always saw it as his Dad wanting Clark to protect his Mom so he knew he was safe. And that he was willing to risk his life to keep his son safe

Believe it or not, Henry stood in front of a poster of the movie only wearing a pair of glasses and nobody recognized him. The glasses work!

The thing I really liked about this film is it realistically depicts what would happen if god-like beings fought one another. The destruction would be epic.

Christopher Reeve is the ONLY actor who could “almost” pull off Superman being unrecognizable as Clark Kent. He literally looks and acts like a completely different person. You could almost believe it. He nailed that aspect. Cavill is the perfect looking Superman (looks just like the comics) and Brandon Routh is the perfect Clark Kent. Reeve was just perfect all around.

They do a great bit about the glasses disguise in the comedy superhero movie “Mystery Men”. Think you guys would really enjoy that flick.

"How precise are those laser eyes?" One time, Superman temporarily depowered a psychic enemy by focusing the lasers through the enemy's eyes into the specific part of the brain the guy got his powers from, effectively giving the guy a super lobotomy.

I love how they seem to show ‘how’ he can fly through his physical performance, especially when he first tries it. It’s almost like he’s able to exert force against the atmosphere and essentially push his body against or pull himself through the air, like a snake slithers itself through water, it’s a nice little detail that’s never really been done with Superman on screen before to show an actual way he can do something like that

Maybe Clark could have saved his Dad without giving away his identity, but it’s a big maybe. We know that Superman has super speed, but it’s not shown anywhere in the movie at that point. Why would we assume he has that power or knows about that power yet. Jonathan Kent’s priority is to protect his son and Clark chooses to trust his dad in an emergency situation. There is absolutely nothing implausible about the situation.

Two dad's and they're both Robin Hood. Born to be a hero.

"Perpetually standing in hero wind"!! LMAO!!! That was a great line!!

When you ask about Jonathan and the original history, originally Supes parents had died right after graduation. Then there were the movies where only Pa died. Then the post-Crisis comics where they were both alive... then 100 different continuity reboots.

You'll enjoy this film. Even though I grew up with Christopher Reeve, I really love this movie 👍❤

Simone - In answer to your question about Clark's dad, the original story was that he died of a heart attack. This is the only version of the story that has the Dad pass away in this manner.

In the fight scenes you have to realize, this is Clark's first fight ever. He has no experience fighting, much less fighting super beings as strong as he is

“That is what you have taken from me!” Dang Michael Shannon did a great job

The other thing you should know about Superman is that he was co-created by a Canadian, Joe Shuster, and The Daily Planet was inspired by the Toronto Globe (now the Globe and Mail).

38:11 Actually, this movie set up Clark learning to control his powers through his mother. He let it slip how he was able to adapt to his powers, so he quite literally taught Zod how to adapt to the Kryptonian powers that were manifesting in him.

the only reason Supes was given the ability to fly was when they started to animate him and the animators found it much easier to draw flying then jumping.

As far as his early abilities, you were right. Leap tall buildings in a single bound, more powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet. The original creators, Seigel and Shuster, were very interested in making an immigrant from the stars type hero, and drew somewhat on biblical heroic archetypes - Samson's strength and power being primary, Elijah outpacing a chariot on foot, and so on. Through the rest of the gold and silver age of comics his powerset would grow immensely to feature all kinds of wacky nonsense. His alien origins were a license for writers to have him solve problems by manifesting a previously undisclosed talent for hypnosis, or to pull a shrink ray out of his pocket. Early comics revelled in this kind of silliness; only as time went by, and particularly as Superheroes started cohering into universes with counterparts for them to fight and team up with, did writers start even attempting to codify what Superman can, and more importantly can't do. Interestingly, the original Superman property is going into Public Domain soon - but ONLY the original leaping, running, strong Superman that exists in Action Comics #1 and its immediate run. It will be interesting seeing what people do with a public property of Superman who is the 'original' superman but very much unlike the totality of the heat-vision having, kryptonite fearing, batman best friending one we know today.

Fun facts , Superman is at least half Canadian as the co-creator Shuster was Canadian. In the original comic Metropolis was modeled after Toronto and the Daily Planet was the Toronto Star

This is possibly my favourite comic book film ever. I respect how much George understood the nuances. Clark not being a soldier, fighting in the towns/city's consequences. I'm sure people have already commented, but Jonathan Kent originally dies from a Heart attack, before Clark goes off into the arctic to create his fortress of solitude. Definitely watch BvS Ultimate Edition and Snyder's JL. Then go watch the original superman 1 and 2. They are faithful to the original back story/comics. "City is ruined...Even Batman..." Haha. . Perfect. People fail to realize that even though Superman drew Zod to Earth, he still destroyed the world engine and saved all of humanity.

Zooey Deschanel is a perfect example of the Superman disguise. Look at photos of her with bangs and without and tell me if you think they're the same person.

You guys absolutely need to do Batman V Superman. BUT, the extended cut. Also, the 4 hour Justice League is absolutely worth it!! Also, you may as well check out the first Wonder Woman film, also.

Pretty much the only thing that bothered me about this movie is toward the end when Supes was trying to keep Zod from laser-eyeing that family in the train station. He was preventing Zod's head from moving, but that doesn't keep a person's eyes from moving. Zod could have just side-eyed them into dust.

Probably my favorite Superman movie, and favorite actor to play Superman. Too bad we’ll never see him in that role again, and it won’t be because he was too busy playing WoW to pick up the phone.

Only parents can fully understand why pa Kent did what he did. The world wasn't ready for an alien to be this powerful and he wasn't ready either. It would've destroyed Clark completely. You will see how the world "accepts" him in BvS. There are consequences to his actions in man of Steel.

Yeh the tornado death kinda bothered me too, in the Reeves film it was a heart attack - it's an important lesson fo Clark, that he is very powerful, but not ALL powerful, there's sometimes lives you can't save, but you should always try your best to save as many as possible. But you know, it's Zach Snyder, a heart attack wouldn't involve any special effects lmao

31:31 it’s actually a mixture of the two, Superman can survive without food, air, etc and live off of pure sunlight but he also has crazy lung capacity which is why he has freeze breath so he could hold his breath for a long time if he wanted

Regarding why Clarke didn't save the dog instead of the father: of course he could have, but his father asked him to keep his mother safe.That always made sense to me.

31:40 yeah he doesn't need to eat or breathe. He just lives off of solar energy like a weird plant man. Lol

I believe Superman started flying with the really old Max Fleischer animated cartoons. They had him jumping all the time, but it got annoying for the animators to have him constantly falling and needing something to land on to jump off of again to become airborne.

Clark's powers grow over time. He's quite fast. He's not fast enough to save his Dad in that moment and have none of the dozens of people staring at them see it. He could've saved the Dog.... then when that car lands on him and he pushes it off like a fallen leaf on his shoulder, his secret is again revealed. Thats why his Dad sent him off with his Mom in the first place, he knows Clark will blow his secret. Ultimately its not about whether he COULD have, the point is his Father refuses to risk it, because he's convinced his son being revealed at that moment would have catastrophic consequences.

for me the 1 flaw in this movie was how jonathan kent died, i get what they were trying to go for that he believed in clark keeping his powers a secret so strongly that he was whiling to die for it to protect his son but i feel the most common way kent had died in comics and even in the show smallville was far more powerful that he dies from a heart attack. it was a lesson for clark that despite all his powers despite everything he can do. he can't save everyone that he isn't god. that he had to learn that some things were even out of his control

It is one of hte most talked about points of the movie even all these years later of how clark could have and should have just saved his dad 🤣🤣🤣🤣

There's a movie called Brightburn which is basically Superman, but he's evil. The cartoon show Invincible also gives a good idea as to what would happen if Superman was actually against the rest of the Justice League.

I didn't think Shannon was so big either, but he's 6' 3"

Great reaction! It's always fun to see you both watching movies and wondering about plot points and concepts that are going to be explained in the next titles. Good thing about Zack Snyder's Justice League is the film was narrated in several chapters, so you can easily part the reactions in 4 videos if you guys feel like it. Definitely watch the Ultimate Edition for BvS since the theatrical one was edited and cut in much different ways that the plot becomes underwhelming, that's why the film had its backlash. Get well soon, George! P.S.: Superman's main confrontations in the original comics were catastrophes, the idea of a Being capable of facing and preventing suden natural and man-made disasters, and the ocasional crime activities.

8:25 I think what you're talking about is a whale that does its call in a different wavelength or something like that. And he can never find any other whales because they can't hear him. I think he does it in a higher picture something. So he's forever alone because his people can't hear anything

Really need to watch the 1978 superman after this to see how much differently they characterized superman and clark, because the one thing this superman gets wrong is that superman always does the right thing at any cost. But in this version, superman has doubt if saving people is the right thing to do.

Did you guys catch the Christopher Reeves homage when he was fighting the gravity machine? I saw it in the theaters😢. Gave goose bumps. RIP.

Jonathan Kent really had a martyr complex. "No my super sonic, invincible son. Do not come save me. Let me sacrifice myself to try and prove a point".

😯: "Look, up in the sky! It's a bird!" 😲: "It's a plane!" 🤨: "Why are you guys freaking out over either of those?"