Man of Steel- Goofs and my Tweaks

Some of the funny mistakes I noticed (maybe I’m wrong) in Man of Steel and how I thought it could’ve been:

   

      1.      It is a wide spread notion that human body replaces all the cells in a 7 years span, which means after 7 years our body won’t have the cells that we have now. This may be false info since some cells like brain cells (neurons) cannot be replaced. But we do know that most cells like the hair, skin and even blood and bones do die and get replaced. Based on that, if you store information in a person’s cells how long will it last (even for a kryptonian).

Tweak: Better idea could’ve been storing the data it in the brain that could later be ‘recalled’ (something like in Transformers 2)

    

      2.      When Jor-El (Superman’s dad) dives in the lake and reaches a storage area (or whatever) to take this ‘Codex’ which is very very important in carrying on Kryptonian generations, guess what, no security is there. “Welcome sir, have a seat. Would you like to listen to music while you steal that thing?”

Tweak: Add more robotic-guns securing the area. Bang-bang-bangity-bang!

      3.      A space ship is found inside artic, frozen. The experts claim that the ice around the ship is thousands of years old. Well it could be that the Kryptonians sent it long long back but here’s the thing. This ship also contains Jor-El’s consciousness. (This part is impressive. It makes more sense to use “consciousness” than the recorded videos through which old movies depicted the father). Maybe the “S” key had the consciousness? But he says he designed the ship. I didn’t get that part. Maybe I missed something.

Tweak: Proper explanation, like the ship went into a magnetic storm got stuck here in the wrong time (like in Planet of Apes)

    4.      After the speech from his dad (or rather his consciousness), Clark is given the superman suit. A Kryptonian suit makes more sense than that man-made suit in old movies that unbelievably could withstand everything that Sups went through. Hey, even spiderman had to throw away his torn suit after each movie. Anyway when Clark gets the suit, he comes out wearing it and, wait a second! He’s clean shaved and with a neat haircut. Wasn’t he looking like Tarzan when he went in?

Tweak: Send Clark inside that glass chamber where the suit is and let the machinery do the magic. Add in some smoke so we can’t see him while he’s getting dressed and tadaa.. when he comes out he’s superman!

    5.      Superman is told that the “World engine” will reduce his powers if he went near them and still, he seems to have no problem even when he’s right below it exposed to the drilling beam. How come? What’s giving him power? Will-power is not enough here guys!

Tweak: Here’s how I would’ve filmed it. Superman comes flying to destroy the “world engine” and when he comes directly below it, to his surprise he is blown into the ground. He has lost all his power because this machine is making the place Krypton-ish (their people don’t have power in Krypton so superman too can’t have power here). The drilling beam keeps hitting him sending him deeper and deeper into the earth while the powerless Superman can only hope for a wonder. He feels like a paper being blown away to the wind’s whim. Then he starts feeling something hot behind. He turns with great effort even when the beam is sending him deeper. He surmises that he must be approaching the core of the earth. He comes face-to-face with the thick hot magma waiting to swallow him. He uses all his power left trying to fly away from the hot burning rays of the core. He finds that he’s able to fly a little now. How? I was totally powerless a moment back. That’s when he realises it’s the core. The core is a part of sun still burning, and sunlight is what gives me power. He soaks himself in that burning heat (luke warm for him) and when he feels he’s fully charged he flies straight up, at lightning speed. He plunges right into the world machine, smashing it, blowing it into smithereens.

    6.       I was furious when a lady police says about superman that “He’s kinda hot”. What? How dare she call him ‘kinda’ hot? Woman, He’s Superman!

Tweak: She should’ve said “Superman is super-hot”

    7.      Fun Fact: English is a wide spread language of course, but did you know that it was spoken in Krypton too?

Tweak: Give the Kryptonians a very complex language and so it will be very easy for them to grasp English within minutes. They were such intellectually superior race so they must’ve had a really complex language as well.

Any other goofs you noticed? Place that in the comments section :)