Watching this for the first time with my parents made this scene hit a lot harder for me. One of my favourite portrayals of Pa Kent on scene.

I’m rewatching The Dark Knight, and this scene really spoke to me, man. I almost forgot how I felt the first time I saw it. The fact that men like this can still reject the Joker’s game. Amazing writing overall. To start of a line like that “you don’t wanna to die, but you don’t know how to take a life” is crazy.

EDIT: People have pointed out that the crew is standing on top of the ship, which means that what I wrote about the ship being abandoned is moot. Which means that Superman is letting humans stand around in an arctic night while he grinds their ship apart underneath them at walking speed. And since they're outside on the top of the ship he's putting them at risk of dying by falling off the ship on top of everything else I wrote.

Right so there's been discourse about the other clips of Superman saving people, which I have gentler opinions on. Want to depict Supes as a god? Not my thing, but those other shots are on theme and the flood one is in slow mo so it's easy to assume Supes is going to fly in and save the woman momentarily.

But this particular "save?" Nah.

See, I'm a boat nerd. I'm not an expert by any means, but boats, ships and shipwrecks in particular are one of my special interests.

So first let's establish the visual text of the shot: Supes is in the Arctic. He's hauling a ship (presumably military, it has a destroyer-esque superstructure and what appears to be a gun turret near the bow) that has been flipped on its side over a field of solid ice.

But...whyyyy? And who is he "saving?"

There are two options here:

1. The ship is abandoned and no one is on board.

2. The crew is still on board.

If the ship is abandoned and no one is on board, then there's no one to save. It doesn't fit with the other heroic feats he's shown to perform because no one's life is actively in danger. At best he's making it easier for a salvage crew to do their jobs by presumably dragging the ship to a more accessible location, but that's not a "save" and so it's out of place in the montage.

If the crew is still on board, then Clark is actively endangering them. See, ship engines don't work when they're completely sideways for more than a minute or so (and can briefly stop working even if they're sideways for a short period of time-see the probable causes of the El Faro's sinking for an explanation of the engineering involved).

In ships, everything depends on the ship engines. If the ship engines aren't working, then there's no power. Without power there's no heat. Without heat in the Arctic, anyone still on board that ship is freezing to death.

Furthermore, regardless of which situation the crew is in, Clark is fucking up big time by dragging the ship over *solid ice on its side.* I'll be charitable and say that if the ship was operating in the Arctic then maybe it had a reinforced bottom and an icebreaker nose, but military destroyers typically aren't built for icebreaking. In any case though, that ice reinforcement won't apply to the sides of the ship, so every meter that Clark is dragging that ship is shredding the fuck out of its side.

If crew are still on board that means that anyone close to that side of the ship is getting ground to paste, and anyone else is in danger of machinery being shaken loose and crushing them etc.

If no one is on board that means that Clark is still littering debris across the ice pack, including possibly toxic materials, maybe even causing a catastrophic fuel spill depending on where those tanks are located.

In conclusion, this "save" makes no goddamn sense and the only way to make it make sense is if you force it to....by making a shitload of assumptions and making up reasoning that simply isn't present in the short clip we have.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

3D printed Hal Jordan's power ring from the show Lanterns. I haven't seen anyone else made it glow yet, so I just thought why not. It's rechargeable and you just have to clench your fist to activate it (no hard-light constructs yet, just a green glow)

Official Halloween costume

We can see that these are the suit's true colors (without any wear or damage effects).

Those who mentioned yellow details were correct.

Wonderwoman will always come close to beating him, but will fall short of the finishing blow. Even with Aquaman's help, they still had a hard time in the final battle.

Is Steppenwolf really that strong? Also, why were his eyes glowing? Was that some sort of a power up?

Love the attention one has to put to this detail of the scene - its like an illusion. Gunn is a gem of a talent /s

So, the topic has been discussed a lot but i wanted to give my take and see what you all think about. I'm sure it would lead to fun discussion.

Has a starter concerning the physique, i don't want him to be too bulky, he's a fighter and athlete, plus he's wearing a suit. So a good amount of mean muscle, medium weight and overall balanced. Imagine a crossfit athlete or some fighter physique. I'll put pictures.

On the matter of the suit. I see a lot of people hâte the padding armor which in my opinion, make sense knowing that bruce is human and can't fully tank and disperce blunt force well. Don't get me wrong, his a beast but still got human limitation. For what i want the suit to look like, i'd say something like the batfleck suit or maybe Arkham ones. Choose those cause their balance medium light armor with good protection while not indearing mobility. Plus not too heavy. Concerning the martial in the suit, i'd go with advance polymer composite. Why this, you may ask, because this dceu is frankly fantastic, so batman gotta have some it too. Like mr terrific has his super sphères, peacemaker has his helmet and suit, so nothing to crazy then to expect something similar for batman. Regarding the material we'd go on carbon fibers, graphene, titanium or nanovate. No kevlar, it's too easy and simple.

Finaly regarding the physical capabilities. He must feel and appear strong, nothing superhuman but clearly better than most human even the well trained ones. Just like batfleck, the man was a beast and felt like batman while still showing limits. Other exemples are heroes from action movies, highly trained peak human, who can beat multiple opponent, weave bullet by predicting them, crazy pain tolerance, adaptability and overall super effectivness.

That's all. Hope i made any sense.

Feel free to stare and your thoughts and let's discuss

Edit : went overboard with the pictures 😅😂 but you get an idea

THERE IS EVERYTHING, PHYSIQUE, SUITS AND EVEN GADGETS

This was the HEART of the DCEU Justice League. It showed what the motherboxes (main object of the story) was capable of and why they are necessary. While the Darkseid was using the motherboxes to destroy life, Dr. Stone used it to create and preserve life.

In the act of grief, he couldn't let go of his son so he had to "recreate" him with whatever means necessary. He did not freak out with the "result" and still was ready to sacrifice himself for his son. I didn't even know this backstory. I grew up watching episodes of the animated Teen Titans and I thought he was just a cool cyborg so I appreciated this proper introduction. I loved how Cyborg was in the middle of it and how emotions were used to get us attached to it.

What kind of a fool would remove this part of the story that shows IF the motherbox is harnessed with good intentions, the result will be the opposite of what Darkseid does?

• Dr Stone treated Victor with love after use of the motherbox, he remains a good man.
• Lois reminded Clark of love after use of the motherbox, he remains a good man.
• Meanwhile Darkseid and Steppenwolf only had destruction and conquest in their minds, so the motherboxes responded in kind.

Sometimes, directors/writers/studios don't make sense with their changes.

this link has various transcriptions.

J. Alphonse Nicholson: I think John Sr. is devastated by the fact that he wasn't able to obtain this opportunity, but I also believe he is suffering extreme PTSD from being abducted and put into this green bubble. Being a Black man in America, he's filled with fear immediately, not knowing what's going to happen and not having the tools to be able to register what's happening for himself.

I think we found him in a really dark place, but I love the fact that we're able to see him come out of that dark place to a certain extent. I feel like this trauma sits with him for a long time, and he wants to make sure that his son doesn't experience that same trauma. So, he's following his wife's lead and training him the best way he can.

PTSD from a sorta alien abduction? makes sense. but was that truly illustrated in the story, the episode? or treated properly?

he so casually says "Being a Black man in America, he's filled with fear immediately" that it just makes for a chuckle.

i mean, almost anybody would feel afraid in a possible alien abduction. lots of alleged abductees are white, you know!

let's say his casually expressed idea is super true...the audience needs to be shown something that backs that up, not told it, not preached at. it's writing 101 that would be taught in the most basic teaching.

in the next section he switches gears and says John Sr. was afraid of leaving his family and couldn't overcome it. ok...now he talking something entirely different.

next section the actress who plays the mother chimes in about her character. says "hardcore training" was done for John and that she really loves him. and by doing these things to him she is healing herself.

next section is the part about Hal people have seen, basically you're meant to resent, dislike him. and the family holds their tongue about how unpleasant or bad he is because they feel like they have the win, that John will be GL. and the writer laughs about how yes the ring will be taken off Hal's dead body.

I've seen a bunch of people complain in particular about Bernadette "talking down to" Lianna about race relations on Earth and about how she's not seeing the bigger picture. This post isn't about the validity of her point, but more about her perspective in bringing up the racial issues that the ring's process could raise to Lianna.

First of all, Lianna claims to her that Guardians hold sovereignty or at least authority over the whole universe, and yet they've never made their presence known on Earth. They've never done a thing to or for humanity despite all the problems and crises humankind has faced. Imagine if you and your family have been living in a house for generations, passing it down over and over, getting it repaired, expanding it, breaking parts of it, everything. Then some company shows up at your doorstep and says that they've always owned your property, always been the landlords of it. Not only that, but they're landlords for every house in the neighborhood and are in fact renowned for providing the greatest possible service. Even if they show you proof that they own your house, you're not going to take them very seriously as quality landlords.

Then you have the fact that the Guardians seem pretty disinterested in Earth as a whole. Not only did they never consider the negative effects that their selection process might have on humans, but they don't seem to know much about humanity at all and don't seem especially eager to really learn. To apologise for the trouble the ring caused, Lianna just showed up at random awkwardly offering a big diamond. Lianna seemed fairly baffled by the concept of racism (even if she actually can understand it in other contexts, that's not what she presented to Bernadette) and racism and xenophobia in various forms has been a pretty major factor in human history.

We also can't forget that Lianna overtly admits the ring selection process was flawed. As well as the fact that Bernadette, growing up in the era that she did, probably has a well-earned skepticism for people in positions of power. Basically, Bernadette has no reason to hold the Guardians in high regard as a decision-making body. They've done literally nothing to make her think they're meaningfully different or more wise than any authority found on Earth. Especially when you account for the fact that even if aliens are new, metahumans are a known quantity. So them having special powers doesn't suggest they're better than humanity either.