This is a real interesting article I think the author makes some valid points about how Superman has been portrayed in
Man of Steel in contrast with how the character has been depicted before in the past almost 80 years I think the change is due to the changing attitudes of culture. People no longer want heroes that inspire them to be better by being better than us. I think this is why Superman is shown to be so conflicted and less than perfect. Gone is the character that always knew the right things to do and could juggle planets. I'm not sure if that is necessarily a terrible thing but it is interesting. I think something else even more interesting is when you throw the allusions and metaphors to Jesus Christ into the mix. Just like Superman, Jesus has been watered down so much in our culture. The article made me look at the parts of the movie regarding Superman's childhood a little differently. The way the author described those scenes, they remind me of the pseudo-gospels like the Infancy Gospels from his point of view. I didn't see Kal El do anything in the movie that I thought that was outright malicious or wrong as a child but there were some things he did that are questionable in that they were things that anyone of us probably would have done and that could be the problem.
Choice And The Moral Universe Of 'Man Of Steel' [Opinion] - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews
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