Wednesday, November 20, 2013

How Man of Steel should have ended, but didn't.

Superman is fighting Zod, they are in the train station and Zod is firing his laser eyes at that family. Superman has his neck in a choke hold but the beams are still slowly making there way towards those helpless people. In voice over Superman hears Zor-el, his fathers words. "You can save them, you can save them all."

INSTEAD of snapping Zods neck he flies up, through the roof, into the sky, flying higher and higher, and taking Zod with him at incredible speed. We see below them the smoking hole that is Metropolis, about a six block chunk of a major city has been destroyed with various smoking parts in the rest of it.

"Nobody dies today Zod. Not even you"

Zod gets free of Superman somewhere in the clouds and they fight, their punches so powerful they dissipate clouds as they land. Zod tries to go after an airliner but Superman won't let him get to it. Flying under and up at Zod, pushing him further from the surface. It's a game of keep away with the planet.

They are now far above the clouds, Zod fires his eye beams at Superman, Superman meets his gaze, the lasers pushing against each other in the middle. From earth we can see it as a close star in the sky. They are at stalemate.
Superman breaks his gaze flies quickly to Zod and punches him again. Then he speaks.

"I'm the Last Son of the Krypton you are sworn to protect and preserve. If you want to get to these people, you'll have to kill me first."

Zod angry. " You think I can't"

Zod flies at Superman in a rage, his eyes with flame in them.

Superman lands a mighty punch, standing like a wall where Zod was flying to meet him, sending Zod reeling.

"I think you won't. Leave. Go and find our people."

Zod tries again. This time moving fast to other areas, Superman moves just a little faster and meets him every time. Zod never gets closer.

"Leave. Don't come back."

Zod tries a third time. Superman repels him a third time.This time he says nothing because they are now too high for words to be heard. Superman is just standing there. stern. His arms crossed. His eyes say it all. You are not getting passed me. Leave.

Zod, turns flies off, towards what we see is the the small remains of his ship. He leaves, as his ship opens to the phantom Zone and disappears.

Superman flies down to earth. To the smoking wreckage of the city. He picks up a large support beam that is trapping people and reaches down to help them out.

" I'm sorry about this. I'm here to help."
The person takes his hand.

Then you do the rest of the movie.


What makes Superman super isn't his powers, or the sense of Hope that he stands for. He has one job, he saves us. Not just friends and family, not just the people in the way, not just himself, he even saves the bad guy.

"Nobody dies today Zod. Not even you"

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