Superman - the morally obscure

[dusc]

Superman might be standing for Truth and Justice, but Lois is representing the American way.

Warning: Superman Spoilers inside.

Comments

[marycatone]

I think the stepdad character won't last thirty minutes into the next Superman film, if he appears at all. He may have already become frustrated and left commitment-phobic Lois by the time the next chapter begins.

As for allowing him to believe he's the father... I had a bit of a problem with that too. Perhaps it's to make her appear more modern, human, and realistic? She's not meant to be perfect; so she has a few blatant, glaring, underexplored character flaws, in lieu of true complexity. It is a comic book movie, after all, not a serious drama...

[dusc]

kinda see the stepdad like you do, but as a lame attempt to contrast super-man with great-man. They didn't really give him flaws.

[marycatone]

It's true, he didn't have any flaws. But neither was he very interesting. Helpful, yes, with the airplane and everything, but not very interesting.