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Apr 10, 2015 · The Controversial Ending. After Clark destroyed General Zod’s terraforming world engine, Zod felt that since his attempts to create a new Krypton failed, the only thing left for him to do was to...
Aug 25, 2022 · While some have seen Pa Kent's attitudes toward Clark's powers as a dereliction of his duty to bolster the Man of Steel as seen in past iterations, there's a different side being presented...
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Dec 4, 2023 · During Man of Steel's ending, Clark finds and destroys a terraforming device in the Indian Ocean while the U.S. Army destroys the most powerful of Zod's machines, the World Engine. The World Engine's destruction causes a cataclysmic reaction that results in Zod's soldiers being re-exiled to the Phantom Zone, with Zod vowing to destroy Earth ...
When Jor-El scarified himself and saved Kal in the beginning, he did so because he wanted to save his genes and his people’s greatness. It is a SELFISH sacrifice. When Jonathan chooses to sacrifice himself, he does so because he wants above all to protect his son... or rather, Clark from the world. It is an UNSELFISH sacrifice.
In MoS, Clark wants to do good, but Pa Kent is always telling him "no, let people die lol". Instead of teaching him how to responsibly and cleverly use his powers, he just says to bottle it up. This causes total Cognitive Dissonance in Clark and why he is a lone wanderer, unsure of himself.
The IRL reason is that sequence of the story was originally written during the Reagan era, and the point of it was that Superman would be born in America so he could be a US citizen by birth. Over time, people kind of ignored that and changed it back...except for the guy doing some research to write the Man of Steel movie.
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Jan 6, 2014 · This was clearly a very emotional moment for the emergent Superman, not only for the reasons you've identified but also because Clark/Kal has just taken his first life. He is presented as being your average, everyday American boy.