Man of Steel - Movie Review

Yesterday I wrote about my family's recent watching of Black Panther from the Marvel Comic universe. We also recently watched Man of Steel from the DC Comic universe. Man of Steel is a re-make of the original Superman movie and starts out detailing how Superman came to be. As any Superman fan knows, Superman was sent by his parents from the planet Krypton as a baby to Earth because Krypton was literally being torn apart.

As I mentioned with Black Panther, one has to ignore the incorrect science to enjoy any superhero movie. Remember, superheroes with powers do not exist. :-) There were a few areas of very bad science and a few areas of good science I found of note. First, Krypton is falling apart, literally, because the people messed with the core in an attempt to harness more energy. This makes no sense. First of all, getting to the core is extremely difficult, if not impossible. On Earth we have barely scratched the surface, literally. The deepest anyone has dug into Earth is about 7 miles and that barely scratches the crust. So forget about the mantle and core. Second, people of Krypton have moved out and colonized several planets and moons. If they have this technology, it would be far easier to colonize more planets for energy than pull energy from Krypton's core. On top of this, if you can colonize, it is very likely the technology exists to use renewable resources 100%, such as solar and wind.

Another area of bad science is General Zod's plan to add more mass to Earth to develop a gravitational field more similar to Krypton. It is true that adding more mass to Earth will increase gravity, but they are somehow adding mass to Earth by sending waves through the planet. Um...that doesn't change Earth's mass. You literally have to add stuff to Earth to increase its mass. 

Good areas? One area of good science was the sonic booms that took place when Superman traveled faster than the speed of sound. This was shown several times. Second, when Superman traveled past the speed of sound, a cloud of fog surrounded him. This is good science and seen often when jets move faster than the speed of sound, as shown below.

The cloud is due to a big change in pressure of the surrounding air as the plane travels by at a speed greater than sound. There may have been some details shown incorrectly, but I give them credit for showing this!

Next up is Batman vs. Superman, which when you think about it is not much of a battle. Always, always place your money on Superman! I'll explain why in a later post.

Beyond this movie, we are ready to see ALL of the DC movies, which is a large and growing list, as you can see in the link below. Will we ever watch all of the Marvel and DC movies? Maybe not, but we are going to have fun trying!!!

List of DC Comic Movies