| F0X said: What was he going to do? Pin Zod down on the ground until one of them die of starvation? Zod was right - it's a fight to the death. There are no magic Kryptonian chambers capable of stripping his powers in this movie. Keeping him alive would only continue to put people in danger. |
At the end of the day its up to the writers to figue this stuff out. I'm sorry but they could have easily come up with another way. Superman killing Zod was just lazy writing.
Now I'm not one of the people that thinks Superman should NEVER kill, that was not my problem with that scene. My problem was that moment hadn't been earned yet. That moment should have come at a later date, in a later movie. Going forward there is no reason for superman not to kill everyone as soon as they threaten a family of four. Also, the events preceding that moment, contradict that moment. Superman and Zod had been displaying wanton disregard for human life for pretty much the entire film and now all of a sudden superman must do the unthinkable just to protect one family despite showing zero concern earlier? If he really cared, why didn't he snap his neck sooner? Ridiculous.
