Okay, it’s been out for a week now, so if you haven’t seen it yet, that’s your own lookout.
Dr Plait at the Bad Astronomy blog points out some gaffs about some things portrayed in the new flick, such as Krypton exploding and launching a shuttle off the back of a jet liner. Ici.
I posted a few of my own comments but I’ll also list them here:
CGI cape aside…. when Supes’ spaceship came tumbling down to Earth, I had to wonder what his power levels were (i.e. how much yellow sun energy can he soak up through his ship) and how much out of control does the ship have to be for him to have crash landed. The question really is, was it just luck that he survived the crash?
How Supes gets his suit, and its degree of invulnerability is a constant point of contention with me. I’ve come to accept that it can never be explained realistically so I just ignore it.
Safely catching people who are falling off buildings is something that superheroes always goof up on. Watching this in Batman or Superman the animated series is even worse, because often Supes will be traveling at super speed to snatch Lois from the jaws of death. Ouch!
My big problem was with Lex’s plan. I enjoyed the fact that he still is going on with the real estate get-rich-quick scheme. However, what happens after he grows the new continent? He relies (and expects us to rely) on a throwaway line that he can defend it from the rest of the world with a Kryptonian arsenal. Huh? What? How? Please to explain.