Man Of Steel Answers Insight Commentary

Recorded August 22nd.  "What are you really up to?"  The premise behind Task Force X as historically plausible.  Amanda Waller's sales pitch and intentions.  FAQ run down. "You notice these are criminals?  They're psychotic antisocial freaks.  It makes no sense . . . I mean, you need real soldiers.  Not these scumbags . . . What are you really up to?" Answers, insights, and commentary on: Amazing Amanda Waller execution The Voice of God Sympathy for the Devil Weird weapons of war Project Habakkuk (ice ship) and Project X-Ray (bat bombs) David and Goliath and military innovation White House Situation Room What was pitched and what was actually bought People avoid uncertainty but actually like it Military Mafia connection Unethical human testing Why not heroes or soldiers Waller and Enchantress History of WMD management The Dirty Dozen and Filthy Thirteen Roy Benavidez Frequently Asked Questions: Can this Squad stop Superman? What is the purpose of the rest of the Squad?

Recorded August 12th.  "Don't worry, I still love you."  Suicide Squad, love & hate, critics, demographics, and punk rock. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Suicide Squad art book the best yet Expectations first viewing Loving and not liking without contradiction Kevin Smith's commitment "Anarchic punk rock art movie" Audience demographics opening week 81% of African Americans and Hispanics gave the film a positive score 76% of audience members under age 35 gave the film a positive score Batson Rule of jury selection applied to RT Top Critics Gender demographics of critics Giving critics appropriate weight Punk rock history Universal yearning Punk vs. Prog Rock Ayer's punk-like courage Sincerity and reality Rebellion threatens establishment Diversity Improvisation and inspiration Effort, blood, sweat, and tears Commercialization Ayer built a family Recognition over time Gladwell on Cézanne Marjorie Lui on diversity in comics …and much more! Interview

Segments originally recorded March 29th, April 30th, and July 19th.  Heroes Park monument, memorial, and the Superman statue. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Motif of monuments, memorials, and memory throughout the film The Superman statue as political expedience A scar on the city National September 11 Memorial parallels Remember the city as it was, incorporating the city Impact of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Maya Lin's design, intention, and overcoming criticism The certainty of youth Chronological listing of names Names as a meaningful abstraction Symbols of the Wall Criticism over abstraction and ambiguity Critics can turn anything into a controversy Critics upset over the unexpected and unconventional Public grieving changed by Vietnam Veterans Memorial Accessibility of art beyond the directly connected and invested Interpretation and understanding increasing appreciation of art Benefits of wonder and awe The pose, humility, and abstraction of the statue Do he

Recorded July 9th, less than 12 hours after viewing.  First impressions to the Ultimate Edition of Batman v. Superman (via VUDU) after one continuous play through, skimming some extras, and going back to pause at select points. Apologies in advance for the rambling sure to come!  Answers, insights, and commentary on: Overall Impressions Subtlety and symbolism of drinks as delusion Repetition, parallels, references, homage, call-backs, continuity Jimmy Olsen's death and Clark Kent's return Approaching BvS with mass resurrection in mind New rules for reality Justice League set visit excitement Recruitment reflecting negotiating with audience Realism reinvigorating comics in every era Heavy Metal magazine influence Smoother transitions Function of flamethrower in Nairomi New line says Lex Senior was a liar Perry White's tragic story arcs Colorado flood rescue dilemma Superman's public powers and limitations Lex's kinship with Doomsday Knowing lets you go dark for the coming l

Our introduction to Kryptonite in Batman v. Superman, its properties and use. Getting into the science of minerals, materials, radiation, and projectiles.  Why make a Kryptonite spear?  Why not Kryptonite bullets, blades, or bludgeons? Something more meaningful than the gift of a Kryptonite ring. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Properties of a mineral Properties of Kryptonite Weaponizing Kryptonite Why Kryptonite glows Kryptonian bio-interactions Wisps of smoke during scalpel cut Radioactive half-life Biological half-life Ballistic penetration Lightsaber design language In praise of production design Pathology of Kryptonite gas Entrusting Kryptonite How to give hope …and a bonus round of random topics: What altitude did Superman? Super-speed stories Bringing Clark back DC Rebirth Allegory Allergy Note: Lightsaber design language, form follows function, and spearhead geometry | Various Minerals and Blades Botryoidal mineral texture | Wiki BvS Spoiler Special

A sentimental essay and subjective exploration of Clark's character arc and the birth of the superhero. Briefly revisiting Man of Steel to find a beautiful truth in Batman v. Superman we can all apply. Understanding and empathizing with Clark's burden beyond just bearing the weight of criticism.  Refusing to take Superman the symbol for granted. Answers, insights, and commentary on: A beautiful lie, the ugly truth, an ugly lie, a beautiful truth The beautiful truth beheld by Martha and Jonathan Jonathan always dreamed of the Superman What is the Superman? = What is the superhero? Erring on psychology rather than unerring icon Not taking "good is a conversation" for granted How dialogue (lines) sacrifices dialogue (conversation) Lois possibly picking the Superman over Clark Clark feeds, Darkseid hungers, Superman teaches all to feed themselves Clark counting the cost of the Superman, an uncertain symbol, with Martha Batman is not a superhero until Superman shows him Not a misunderstand

Lex wasn't just manic and unhinged, but a calculating criminal mastermind.  Understanding and walking through Lex's motives and machinations. But first, two critical approaches: fault-finding vs. seeking. Superman's status quo in-story and Superman cinematic strategy.  Then was BvS joyless?  A quick joke list. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Michelangelo's Pietà - critical approach Tuna fish, sashimi, tuna melt, nigiri, California roll - expectations and taste Superman is honored and loved before BvS - status quo How does BvS position Superman for JL? What Lex knew and when How Lex knows their secret identities How metahumans change Lex's plan Why Lex doesn't just kill Superman What was Lex trying to accomplish in Africa Why Lex isn't worried about being traced Why the evidence was suppressed Superman didn't kill the General rescuing Lois Why ask for an import license if smuggling it How Senator Finch pushes Lex's buttons How Bruce is "blind as a bat" in the light Lex intended for Bruce

An inspection of Batman through the lens of Superman and their historic impact and influence upon each other.  Batman's commercial origins and influences, historic popularity and comparisons, The Dark Knight Returns, and modern media movies, TV, and videogames. Clips featuring: Henry Cavill, Jim Steranko, Mark Waid, Denny O'Neil, Kevin Smith, Paul Levitz, Jerry Robinson, Neal Adams, Grant Morrison, Mike Carlin, Bruce Timm, Charles Roven, Len Wein, Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, Geoff Johns, J. Michael Straczynski, Todd MacFarlane, Zack Snyder, Christopher Nolan, Kevin Conroy, Jay Oliva, and more! Answers, insights, and commentary on: Batman's influences other than The Shadow Views of machines, technology, and industry Mythological and Homeric parallels Popularity polls and Ebert's review Batman as an avatar for anger Views on civilization and mankind Bat-Fan openness to interpretation Batman exemplar of effort - Superman gift of grace One bad day …and more. Henry Cavill Asks Kids: Batman or Superman?

Two short fables (an Aesop fable The Bat and the Weasels and the Chinese proverb The Old Man of The Frontier Loses His Horse) and an original Elseworlds idea Man of Steel: Lost Horse. Answers, insights, and commentary on: What if Clark tried to save Jonathan from the tornado? How would the world react? How would the government respond? What happens to Clark? Does Zod still come to Earth? …and more. Cross Fire: An Original Companion Novel | Michael Kogge The Bat and The Weasels | Aesop The Old Man of the Frontier Loses His Horse | Learn Chinese Now The Story of the Chinese Farmer | Sustainable Human Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle | PBS Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture | Maslon & Kantor Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.com Twitter: @mosanswers Subscribe: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / YouTube Proud member of the Superman Podcast Network! Software Generated Transcript

Fast impressions and reactions to the Batman v. Superman Final Trailer and the Turkish Airlines Metropolis and Gotham TV Spots. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Alfred as Batman's partner Batman pushing edge of reality Directing Bruce Wayne Canonicity of promotional materials Catching Superman on camera …and more. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice - Final Trailer | Warner Bros. Pictures Fly to Gotham City with Turkish Airlines! | Turkish Airlines Fly to Metropolis with Turkish Airlines! | Turkish Airlines Metropolis City Guide | Turkish Airlines Gotham City Guide | Turkish Airlines Partnership “Flight” into the World of Batman v Superman | Turkish Airlines Kill Bill: Volume 1 Track 9 | Tomoyasu Hotei Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.com Twitter: @mosanswers Subscribe: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / YouTube Proud member of the Superman Podcast Network! Software Generated Transcript Enjoy the long weekend!

A rubric of four factors for engaging fictional choices, looking at the March issue of Empire magazine, the five chapters of the Dr. Pepper promotional comic, two Zack Snyder interviews, and more. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Exchange, Stakes, Context, and Preference (ESCaPe) Who came first: Darkseid or Thanos? Batman as the Bad Guy Naughty Wonder Woman? Are promo comics canonical? Batman's relationship to Gotham PD Superman's impact on geopolitics …and more. March 2016 Batman v. Superman Exclusive | Empire "From the World of Batman v. Superman" promo comic | Dr. Pepper The Hall of Justice Podcast #28 Zack Snyder | Seth Everett Zack Snyder on 02/04/2016 | Opie with Jim Norton $5 Fandago Credit with proofs of purchase | Dr. Pepper Batman v. Superman Collectible Cans | Dr. Pepper Justice League Unlimited | Warner Home Video Justice League: Doom | Warner Home Video All Star Superman | Warner Home Video Wonder Woman | Warner Home Video Sid Meier on Interesting Decisions | Gamasutra Comic Book

Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films presents: Dawn of the Justice League on the CW. Analyzing DC's strategy, rebranding as DC Films and the Justice League Universe, new Batman v. Superman footage, first look at Wonder Woman, and breaking down the first official Suicide Squad trailer set to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Bridging the gap from Man of Steel to the Justice League DC Films and the Justice League Universe Superman and Batman from conflict to comrades Wonder Woman and the pedigree of epicness The influence of rock on Suicide Squad Suicide Squad trailer breakdown …and more. DC Films Presents: The Dawn of the Justice League | CW Suicide Squad Official Trailer 1 | WB Pictures Suicide Squad Official Trailer 1 - High Bitrate | 3GB warning! Charles Roven Talks Character Balance | Collider Queen: The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody | BBC Debbie Harry and Harley Quinn Comparison | DCCU David Bowie & Grant Morrison's Joker | ComicBuzz Neil Gaiman Writes a Final ‘Love Let

Reaction to the first two Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice television spots. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Humor in TV spots Kevin Smith on the CW special Spoiler definition and policy Riding the wave into BvS Marketing Audience and family react to BvS during TFA Lex Luthor sponsored content Mad scientists and Tesla David Goyer on fatherhood and Man of Steel Joseph Campbell quote in Superman's costume …and more. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - TV Spot 1 | WB Pictures Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - TV Spot 2 | WB Pictures The Suicide Squadcast | Tim & Scott Variations on Shylock by David Suchet & Patrick Stewart | Matt Bracksieck FAT MAN ON BATMAN 009 | Kevin Smith The Lowdown interviews Zack Snyder | Obsev Anne Hathaway's Batman advice to Jesse Eisenberg | Total Film Nikola Tesla: Strange Genius American Icons: Superman | Studio 360 The Writers Panel #238: David Goyer | Nerdist Michael Wilkinson at CCXP 2015 | Omelete Building Better Cities - TED Radio Hour | NPR The Power

A breakdown and analysis of the Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer 2. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Viewing this as a villain trailer Unpacking Superman and Batman's views The merits and faults of each hero's position Lex Luthor's performance Deferring to military expertise on the battlefield Defending Doomsday Setting expectations Analyzing the sneak peek …and more. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Trailer 2 | 3.4 GB warning! Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Official Trailer 2 | WB Pictures Batman v Superman - Exclusive Sneak | WB Pictures Batman v Superman Trailer Introduced by Ben Affleck | GMA Blitz Spirit: Britons Who Refused Shelter | BBC History Turns Out Spoilers Are Good For You | NPR Pluto, Pixels, & The Psychology of Spoilers | Verge ESP DC Graphic Novel and DCU MFV Uber Collection | Warner Home Teen Titans Go! - Two Parter: Part Two | Amazon Video Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.com Twitter: @mosanswers Subscribe: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / YouTube Proud member of the

A shorter holiday episode.  Being thankful, grateful, and appreciative.  Diving into the mailbag. Answers, insights, and commentary on: UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm Lois's hair color Superman's character arc in BvS Will Superman be a moral ideal in BvS? Does the title Batman v. Superman denigrate the heroes? Seeing the Fortress of Solitude again PG-13 Rating for Suicide Squad Magic's effect on tone and realism Maintaining suspense for nonlinear stories and period pieces Steve Trevor in modern day Setting Wonder Woman during The Great War ...and more! How to make a smart TV ad | Freakonomics Dana White & Tony Hinchcliffe | Joe Rogan How can you drive across Antarctica | BrainStuff How to create suspense | Freakonomics Cosmic Queries Science Fiction | Star Talk Radio Justice League Unlimited Complete Series Blu-Ray | Warner Archive Juvenoia | VSauce The Professor in the Cage | Jonathan Gottschall Producer Charles Roven Reveals the DC Brain Trust | Collider What's the Meaning of Life | Where There's Sm

How can Jor-El fight or beat Zod?  How could Clark fight and win?  We look at Kryptonian culture in the first five minutes of the film for some answers and challenge the assumptions raised by these questions.  Insight into Zod's character and Clark's perseverance. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Martial arts driven by genre and tropes Having genre literacy before criticizing What we learn in just the first 5 minutes The many martial trappings of Krypton Jor-El and Zod were friends Jor-El proves he can fight Krypton relies on projectile weaponry Feudal and warrior culture influence on Man of Steel Are scientists and warriors are mutually exclusive on Krypton? Jor-El as Kryptonian nobility Would Zod have different training than Jor-El The folly of Kryptonian society How does Kal-El know how to fight? How Zod's training contains disadvantages How the final fight inspires Speculating on Batman and Wonder Woman's fighting styles ...and more! Torquasm-Vo | wikia Torquasm-Rao, Klurkor, and H

Creative choices.  The tornado scene intended a "cave of questions" to organically shape Clark's character, rather than 12-years in an actual literal cave.  Exploring why the alternatives of Jonathan living, saving a child, or dying of natural causes frustrate this intention.  How to find themes and how this scene fits-into and supports those themes. "If you wanted and expected sameness, perfection, tradition, and safety... why in the world would you ever invite an alien immigrant into your life?  The alien immigrant represents something new, different, foreign, and challenging." Answers, insights, and commentary on: Jonathan dying a hero or in a clearly unavoidable way issues What the tornado teaches Clark better than the heart-attack Nonlinear telling softens tragedy and sets the stakes for following acts Interpretation beyond creator intent The pain of birth is worth the potential Organic is better than engineered How the film shows multiple facets to every profession Defying film formulas to set

Judgment.  How emergency decision-making works; Judging those decisions with justice, fairness, and reason.  Compassion, empathy, grace, understanding, open-mindedness, and the willingness & imagination to entertain other perspectives definitely helps... but we systematically analyze the unconscious processes that account for fast, intuitive decisions with science and real-life examples. Primarily a diegetic analysis, we use seven questions as our framework: Why didn't Martha let Hank out? Why did they go for the overpass? Why go back for Hank? Why didn't Jonathan send Clark? Why didn't Clark act? Why did Jonathan hold up his hand? Why did Clark abide by that? Answers, insights, and commentary on: The wisdom of knowing that you don't know and uncertainty The Dunning-Kruger Effect and the Impostor Effect Cognitive biases like hindsight bias, anchoring effect, priming, risk aversion, etc. Deliberate and elemental analysis for fair judgments Reasonable Person Standard with the same kn

A road map for breaking down the tornado scene, the dialogue in the station wagon, the implications of "safe", remarkable parenting, priming and its effects on the present, and a terrible-not-even-close Mark Waid impression. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Getting your facts straight before judging Why safe is good Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Why Clark's limits weren't tested Assuming Superman's invulnerability Keeping Clark safe from what? Jonathan's forgiveness What if there was no tornado? What is priming? Ulysses Contract ...and more! Superman Kryptonite | Darwyn Cooke & Tim Sale Killing Babies, Saving The World | RadioLab #Priming | YouTube The Inquiry | BBC Confidence Driven Decisions - Peter Atwater | TED You v. You | RadioLab Web: ManOfSteelAnswers.com Twitter: @mosanswers Subscribe: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / YouTube Proud member of the Superman Podcast Network! Software Generated Transcript

Sonic booms and other collateral effects of flying at super-speed, showing Lois's investigative skills in the search for her rescuer, the cemetery scene, an analysis of the structure of the first act, and the psychology of selflessness and killing. Answers, insights, and commentary on: Larry Niven's critique of Superman John Hodgeman and Neil Tyson on nostalgia Beneficial collateral effects and power evolution How Lois tracks Clark and shows skill How long the investigation would have taken How and why Clark tracks Lois to the cemetery How the first act reaches a new status quo How the first act structure reinforces the theme of identity Why heroes don't necessarily need origins Why film can be silent on psychology but not comic conceits Revisiting themes from 1988 ...and more! Science Vs. | Wendy Zuckerman If superpowers were real: Super Speed - Joy Lin | TED Ed What if Quicksilver Ran Past You? | VSauce3 The sonic boom problem - Katerina Kaouri | TED Ed Flying Fast, Flying Quiet | NASA Black