Man Of Steel Answers Insight Commentary

[Recorded April 23, 2021] When does Zack Snyder's Justice League take place? How long after Batman v. Superman and does that make sense? Looking to inhabit the worlds we love. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt ASPF.org Answers, insights, and commentary on: Intro (00:00:58) How Fans Approach Story (00:03:20) When does BvS take place? (00:09:40) Timeline When does JL take place? (00:12:15) Post-Prologue scenes (00:19:00) Sunday (00:20:30) Monday (00:22:22) Seam 1 (00:24:50) "Tuesday" (00:25:10) Seam 2 (00:27:20) Wednesday (00:28:00) Thursday (00:31:10) Friday (00:33:40) Time Gap (00:34:25) Boom 'round the world (00:36:30) Saturday (00:36:55) Issues Moon (00:37:30) Comparison Intentional? (00:40:20) Other Factors (00:43:10) Lois's Furlough (00:45:10) Suicide Squad (00:48:55) Ayer Tweet 1 2 Bruce's Beard & Belle Reve with Lex (00:51:05) Kent Farm Foreclosure (00:52:30) Kansas Corn (00:54:00) Butterfly (00:56:55) Silas's 2017 Headstone (00:58:55) Canonicity of Prop Text (00:59:45) M&J LL Article DOB typo Love Bl

[Originally Recorded March 28, Re-Recorded April 12, 2021] Approaching Zack Snyder's Justice League in good faith.  How did Darkseid forget the location of Earth?  Why didn't Steppenwolf tie the Mother Box to the Defiance immediately?  So many questions! Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Justice Con 2021 - April 16-18ASPF.org Answers, insights, and commentary on: Impressions (00:00:58) Comparison (00:02:30) Gratitude (00:06:20) Growth (00:08:50) Logic (00:10:20) Layers - Black Suit Example (00:11:50) Past Nitpicking Plot Holes (00:14:00) Death of the Author (00:16:00) Q: Did Diana lie to a little girl? (00:24:30) Q: Diana says the Boxes are indestructible but they're destroyed? (00:26:15) Q: Why did the Boxes die? (00:27:40) Q: Do we know the Boxes are destroyed? (00:29:05) Q: Why didn't the Box reach Darkseid directly? (00:32:30) Q: Why did about a month pass before Steppenwolf arrived? (00:34:30) Q: Why did Amazonian Box stay awake? (00:38:20) DeSaad & Darkseid's Last Lines Analysis (00:41:20) Not Omniscient (00:42

[Recorded February 14, 2021]  Commenting on Zack Snyder's Justice League Official Trailer. Note: Clips from LightCast, I Minutemen, and SnyderCutBR were added after the episode was recorded and thus without introduction. Thank you for your understanding and listen to the full interviews in the links below. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt ASPF.org Answers, insights, and commentary on: Experience (00:01:10) Effectiveness of trailer (00:04:35) Arguments for ZSJL (00:05:20) Leaning into Lore (00:05:30) Average Watch Time (00:07:00) As An Event (00:08:00) Community & Charity (00:12:00) Trailer breakdown (00:14:05) Lisa Gerrard's "Celon" (00:15:00) Death of Superman (00:16:00) World Building (00:16:30) Lex's Lines (00:17:30) Layered (00:18:00) Trinity Themes (00:20:00) Attack Coming (00:22:00) VFX Thanks (00:23:00) Steppenwolf Humanity (00:24:40) Heroes Reply (00:25:00) Superman's Cycle (00:26:00) Misc. (00:29:00) Joker Stinger (00:30:00) Joker's Lines (00:35:00) Your Reason (00:37:00) Sign Off (00:40:00) End Notes

[Recorded December 19, 2020]  Merry Christmas! Some parallels between A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Batman v. Superman. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt ASPF.org Answers, insights, and commentary on: Common points of style Common character developments Common themes And much more To learn more:5 Act Revenge Tragedy | pulpklatura Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

[Recorded August 24, 2020]  Finding the soul of Zack Snyder's Justice League Official Teaser (from DCFanDome) with Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt ASPF.org Answers, insights, and commentary on: Survivorship Bias Hallelujah etymology Hallelujah the lyrics Hallelujah the song Hallelujah the story Theme of Connection Theme of Mythology Teaser Structure Forward Momentum Increasing Intensity Storytelling Progression Hallelujah Parallels Amnesty for Converts "Help me find the others like you" And much more To learn more:The Holy or The Broken | Alan LightSurvivorship Bias | VeritasiumZack Snyder Interview | Reel-In-MotionMistakenly Seeking Solitude | The Happiness LabHallelujah | Revisionist HistoryLeonard Cohen's Hallelujah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: "They've never faced us before.  Not us united."

[Recorded May 16 & 26, 2020]  Decoding MOS and BvS with the story of the Grail. Parallels between the first grail knight, Percival, and the first superhero, Superman. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Previously with Percival (00:01:05) The Forest Adventure (00:04:00) New Path Personally Chosen Individualism Impacts Civilization Individualism Not Anarchy (00:07:10) Where It Was Darkest (00:09:30) The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Good Does Not Mean Harmless Percival Done With God (00:14:25) Desert of the Soul Crisis of Faith Herders and Pilgrims The Hermit (00:20:00) Uncle As Father Figure (00:21:23) Solitude and The Hermit Within (00:24:00) Solitude as Path Back to Others (00:26:45) The Just World Problem (00:28:22) Suffering Is A Part Of Life Choose The Focus Of Your Attention Is This Helpful? You Have To Try That Which We Already Know (00:35:10) Percival Inspired Hero's Journey (00:36:30) GI Joe Fallacy (00:40:00) Temptation of Percival (00:41:45)

[Recorded April 29 & May 6, 2020]  Decoding MOS and BvS with the story of the Grail. Parallels between the first grail knight, Percival, and the first superhero, Superman. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Previously with Percival (00:01:20) The Grail King & Grail Castle (00:03:10) Magical Other World The Fisher King Wound Origins & Meaning (00:04:05) The Tasting The Burning Fish - "What was I supposed to do?" (00:04:55) Jousting The Pagan Knight - "Krypton lost something precious" (00:10:25) As Divine Punishment - "I don't know if it's possible" (00:13:55) Stages of Evolution (00:15:20) Unconscious youth, conscious middle, enlightened elder The Midlife Crisis (00:19:50) The Wasteland (00:23:55) Inauthentic Lives (00:26:10) Campbell's Start - From Critic To Champion (00:27:30) In Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman (00:30:20) Fertility, ecology, decline, Knightmare The King and the Knight are One... (00:36:30) The Grail Castle (00:37:40) The Grail Procession - Gr

[Recorded April 22, 2020]  Decoding MOS and BvS with the story of the Grail. Parallels between the first grail knight, Percival, and the first superhero, Superman. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Arthurian influence on Snyder and Terrio Joseph Campbell's love of Parzival Arthur, The Grail, and Percival Chrétien de Troyes adds the Grail Percival, Perceval, Percifull, Parsifal, Parzival, Percivel... Faire Unknown motif Contemporary Story for Contemporary Audience Siege Perilous: Destiny & Free Will Becoming The Red Knight Percival and Superman Kill Only Once Cultures of Acceptable Violence Carl Jung's concept of the Shadow Batman & Superman's Shadow Shadow Consciousness Or Else Societal Expectations: Silencing Of Natural Self Marriage For Love: Western Spirit Silent Champion From Afar Chrétien's Unfinished Romance And much more! To learn more:Le Mort D'Arthur | Thomas Mallory (Armstrong)Owning Your Own Shadow | Robert A. JohnsonLiving An Examined Life | James HollisMyths to Li

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019, December 7, 2019]  Defeating Doomsday. BTS: This pre-recorded episode was assembled shortly after Part 3, but was never happy with it.  While waiting on inspiration, it was decided to stop trying to resuscitate recordings from 2017.   Forewarning, the concluding Part 5 is probably never coming and this Doomsday series is abandoned for now.  Nonetheless as this episode was already completed it's finally being published.  However, a NEW mini-series is already in production, the first episode will be published Friday. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Why didn't Batman bring the spear to Doomsday instead? Why didn't Batman immediately go for the spear? Why didn't Superman defer to Wonder Woman? And more poor questions... To learn more:New York Night Sky Turns Bright Blue | NYT Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mos

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019, December 7, 2019]  Defeating Doomsday. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Why did Batman leave the spear with Lois? Hindsight Bias Batman's crashed vehicles Lois Competence, Spear In Water, Falling, and Recover Spear If Onlys, Regrets, Time Travel, & Sisyphus Actual Facts versus Abstraction Critics Who Review Films They Didn't Finish Edit Bay of the Brain / Nostalgia Literature as Ethical Simulators Eucatastrophe Monsters versus Positive Thinking Demonizing and Redemption Hot-Cold Empathy Gap And much more! To learn more:Talking to Strangers | Malcolm GladwellChoiceology: Knew It All Along | Katy MilkmanHidden Brain: Looking Back | NPREmpire Podcast| EmpireImaginary Worlds | Eric MolinskyPublic Health Ethics | James Wilson Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: “Whether yo

[Recorded December 8, 2019]  Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer reaction. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Almost nothing!  No time! Blue Monday "How does it feel?" - Emphasis on emotion again Trash can scene indicates a reprise of Fish-Out-Of-Water To learn more: Wonder Woman 1984 Official Trailer | WBBlue Monday Cover | BBC Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #HowDoesItFeel?

#releasethesnydercut Adapted from my Introduction to the ForSnyderCut.org site, drafted December 2017 and published January 2018. Donate to AFSP Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt To learn more: ForSnyderCut.org Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #ReleaseTheSnyderCut #AFSP

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019]  Defeating Doomsday. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Temporal Frame of Reference Superman's Decision-Making Danger to Self / Selflessness Learning and Rational Choices Stakes: Threat to Superman's Life Doomsday's Intelligence The Primal Zombie Super-Jumping "Flight" Physics Doomsday's Genitals Triploids / Lex's Genetic Contribution Size Strength Bias Bioluminescence Solar Flare Substitute For Evolutionary Power Why Take Doomsday to Space? Why Not Keep Going? Lack of Astronomical / Cosmic Intuitions Why Didn't Superman Fly Faster? Fantasy User Interfaces (FUI) Canonicity Is Tracking Superman a Plot Hole? Novel Tech Mutual Regard, Competing Interests Consent / Stealth Powers Plasma Stealth Force Field Absorption Time to Thermonuclear Launch Why Didn't Superman: Dodge The Nuke? Let Go of Doomsday? Return Doomsday to Space After The Nuke? Take Doomsday to the Ocean? Nuclear Strike Reveals Nature of Superman'

[Recorded February 2017, August 2017, October 2019]  Defeating Doomsday. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Real World Ethics vs. Thought Experiments Why Trinity Didn't Use Lex to Stop Doomsday? Criminal Liability For Conversion of Extraterrestrial Specimens Thad Roberts and "Sex On The Moon" Valuation of Moon Rocks Liability For Power Grid Disruption And much more! To learn more: Theory of Mind Deficiencies | WikipediaSex On The Moon | Ben MezrichWhere Does NASA Keep Moon Rocks? | Smarter Every DayProjectile Use By Non-Human Organisms | WikipediaSpontaneous Photon Emissions From Humans | Kobayashi Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.comTwitter: @mosanswersSubscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Buy MOSAIC Shield T-Shirt: Bonfire.com/mosaicHelp With Hosting: via PayPal QR Code: #FlyMeToTheMoon

[Recorded August 8, 2019] Learning from Eastern thought. Seeing much more detail and connection. Comparing high and low context communication. How Superman's silence can be seen as sophisticated. The Problem of Evil in the East. Harmonizing Batman and Superman. Based on the research of Dr. Richard E. Nisbett and his book, "The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently" Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: East Asians less inclined towards Fundamental Attribution Error (00:04:40) Dr. Richard E. Nisbett (00:07:40) Objects vs. Context (00:17:45) Nouns vs. Verbs (00:18:30) Facial Expression (00:25:11) Michigan Fish Test (00:32:44) High & Low Context (00:36:17) Superman's Silence (00:48:37) Thinking and Speaking (00:51:03) Counter-Intuitive Wisdom (00:58:02) Modesty and Bragging (01:06:35) Analysis vs. Holism (01:08:49) Comparison (01:09:30) Logic & Paradox (01:15:00) Dialectical Reasoning (01:25:03) Retcons / BvS Critique (01:25:55) Existentialism (01

[Recorded July 12, 2019] Why do reasonable minds differ? On movies? "Did we even see the same film?" On justice? Why do Superman and Batman always differ? Psychologists weigh in. Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Answers, insights, and commentary on: Naïve Realism Study on Motion Picture Appraisal Correlation with critics Illusions: The dress, shoe, Yanni / Laurel, etc. "They Saw A Game" Moral foundations and affiliations Cultural differences lend perspective The missionary and anthropologist Linguistic effects on cognition Fundamental Attribution Error Disposition versus circumstance Depiction is not endorsement Judging others as disgusting Public Irrationality Thesis Philosophy and Psychology on Character Clark & Diana as role models (combat FAE) And much more! To learn more: Strikingly Low Agreement On Movies | Pascal Wallisch You Are Not So Smart Live | David McRaney "They Saw A Game" | Hastorf & Cantril The Righteous Mind | Jonathan Haidt Through the Language Glass | Lera Boro

[Recorded June 29, 2019] Consider Man of Steel and BvS through the lens of commitment. Can Superman combat loneliness and a crisis of conviction? Donate or MOSAIC T-Shirt Dive deep into discussion and address apologetics for: MOS is structured wrong BvS should have shown Superman's honeymoon period Superhero movies should be escapist Nairomi was entirely unneeded and so much more! Answers, insights, and commentary on: Interpreting, "Must there be a Superman? / There is." Superhero retirement Seven Stages of Romantic Relationships Lois & Clark Early Stages and Wake-Up Call Why no onscreen honeymoon? / Batman is BvS protagonist Superman & the World's Wake-Up Call Insecurity absent commitment (no superheroes norms yet) Loneliness epidemic Who is Superman for? Superman: friend of the forgotten; a valid interpretation Superman as common cultural touchstone enables impact The Second Mountain / Benefits of Commitment Family (marriage), Calling (vocation, Faith (philosophy), an

Mother's Day Excerpts Contrapositive - Understand & avoid villain behavior (1:20) Elevation - The case for paragons (7:30) Seeing - Clark versus how Bruce views women (20:10) "Isn't That A Good Thing?" - Martha's hope (25:00) Secret Sharing - Responsibilities of secret keepers (27:10) "I'm Older Now Than My Father Ever Was." - Parents as milestones (37:00) "How Come Dad Never Left Kansas?" - Earning conviction (38:40) Optimal Stopping - Algorithmic anxiety argument (45:50) How Come Superman Doesn't Take Over The World? - Economics (50:40) "You Don't Owe This World A Thing." - Interpretations (1:04:00) "I'm Already There." - Covenants, institutions, & traditions (1:15:30) Kierkegaard - Individuality and the leap of faith (1:19:30) Sign Off - Excerpted excerpts (1:32:20) Superhero Philosophy (1:33:50) Conjunction Fallacy (1:37:10) Success (1:39:50) Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.com Twitter: @mosanswers Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / RSS / Stitcher / YouTube

[Recorded April 20, 2019] Moms and motherhood. Six factors to consider: Safety. Home. Affection. Zeitgeist. Amend. Maturity. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Biological Distinction Natural Birth Adoption & Fostering Moms & Home: Acceptance & Choice Availability & Attachment Theory: Reparenting Modeling Parents & Societal Restraints Abusing Authority & Honesty Replicating & Surpassing: Parents & Heroes Released early as a heads-up to remember Mother's Day. Rusty deleted ramblings will be released in a Brief sometime later. Children observe (temet nosce): The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. He’s just like his father. Like father, like son A chip off the old block She's her mother’s daughter. To learn more: A Biologist's Mother's Day Song | Adam Cole Unconditional Love | This American Life Creature Comforts | Hidden Brain Mind Changers: Harlow's Monkeys | BBC Attachment Theory | Wikipedia Becoming Attached | Robert Karen Reparenting | Wikipedia Title 18 Crimes & Offe

[Previously re-recorded September 24, 2018] Strength & Challenges, Cognitive Distortions, and Witch Hunts and Common-Humanity. Taking on three bad ideas: Challenge makes us weaker. Always trust your feelings. Life is a battle between good people and evil people. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Fragility versus Strength and Growth Purpose in Suffering Comparing Diana & Clark upbringing Mindfulness, Automatic Thoughts, Reframing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive Distortions - illustrated by DC films Tribalism & Witch Hunts - the persecution of Superman Common Humanity - DC Bridge Building Superman Suicide Prevention Three antidotes: Prepare the child for the road, not the road for the child. Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.  But once mastered, no one can help you as much, not even your father or your mother. The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. Suicide Prevention: National Lifeline