I can't sugar-coat it. This movie wasn't anywhere near as good as Brian and Craig's expectations. Brian definitely had more issues with it than Craig, but neither thinks the franchise is without a future, necessarily.\n\n\n\n\nBrian pre-rated Man of Steel as a 9 and ended up at a 4\n\nTaken and how it was ripped apart by Jim Norton\n\nSuperman is the iconic archetype superhero and must be protected\n\nMy three year old knows Superman and will never not know him\n\nTone, plot and character.\n\nScrewing up the character of Superman\n\nThe portrayal of Krypton was great\n\nClark as a wanderer of the earth was also great\n\nJonathan Kent and his confusing lessons to Clark\n\nTeaching Clark to watch people die\n\nThe action overload in the film\n\nThe film series isn\u2019t dead\n\nHenry Cavill was pretty good as Superman\n\nAfter Earth and Man of Steel ending with bad jokes\n\nThe brutality of comics as writers tested the boundaries of taste\n\nShould the Superman universe have had the same tone as The Avengers?\n\nHow could they have fixed Man of Steel?\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices