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Death of Superman is definitely excellent, though I do feel they gave Green Lantern and Wonder Woman a bit of a short change though.
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I think they could have avoided 'breaking' Hal's constructs and instead going around them in some fashion. - Doomsday VS Martian Manhunter was a good fight, you get the sense that J'onn was defeated because of his weakness, while still being powerful. - The classic breaking Hal's arm is a good one to beat Hal.
Diana, I dunno, I think having her pulled away for some reason might have been better. - An emergency elsewhere, perhaps, with her 'tagging in' Superman once he arrives. Or, something like it's Olympus pulling her away.
Compel wrote: Death of Superman is definitely excellent, though I do feel they gave Green Lantern and Wonder Woman a bit of a short change though.
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I think they could have avoided 'breaking' Hal's constructs and instead going around them in some fashion. - Doomsday VS Martian Manhunter was a good fight, you get the sense that J'onn was defeated because of his weakness, while still being powerful. - The classic breaking Hal's arm is a good one to beat Hal.
Diana, I dunno, I think having her pulled away for some reason might have been better. - An emergency elsewhere, perhaps, with her 'tagging in' Superman once he arrives. Or, something like it's Olympus pulling her away.
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The thing is, as skilled and experienced as Diana is, in a straight up slugging match she shouldn't be able to hold Doomsday for much longer than she did. Even as a better fighter, she can't compete with the sheer brute force. Same with Cyborg or GL's tech, Aquaman and Hawkman's magic weaponry, the full array of Manhunter's abilities, and of course Batman's smarts.
I think that sequence does a treat job of proving that the only person who can win is someone who can hit back just as hard, and that Superman is the only one capable of doing that. In this continuity we've seen the League take down Darkseid, so having Doomsday stomp them flat is an effective, if unsubtle, way of illustrating his sheer power.
I don't think Death of Superman works as a story if anyone else has a chance of matching Doomsday. It's ultimately a tribute to how he's the only one, physically and mentally, who can win this fight, even at such a high cost. I don't always like Superman shown as above and beyond the rest of the League, but for this story I think he has to be depicted that way.
My main issue in the film is Luthor's suit... So many cool designs over the years to draw from, and they go with something looking like a weaponised TV...
Yeah, this came out a month ago iirc in the US. Quite enjoyed it and rather liked that we got to see an R rated Doomsday get to do what a Doomsday should do.
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It’s just some random monster, you go do your thing, we’ll take care of it.
We’ve been here five minutes and three Justice Leaguers are down! Send more Justice Leaguers!
I do wonder if the whole Justice League minus Superman going in at once could have taken him. They kind of came at him piecemeal just like two at a time.
