Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
This thread is for people who have seen the movie and want to discuss it. There will be spoilers, so if you haven't seen it yet, stay away.

So.....

Superman has a kid?!
I said it before: "Surgeon General's Warning: Sex Causes Children"

And why does his kid look about 7 when he's supposedly been gone for only 5 years?

He's either been raised on the same kind of milk that John Conner was raised on in T2, or it might be that his dad was 6'4". Take your pick. My kid looks at least a year older than his peers and he doesn't come from tall stock.

And why does Superman get beaten senseless by Lex and his cronies on the Kryptonite island, but about 20 minutes later he is able to through the island, pick it up and fly into space with it? Sure, it landed him in hospital, but he shouldn't have even been able to lift that thing, let alone fly.

I think this was total dramatic license that worked for me. Simple mind over matter. Most of the Kryptonite was yanked out of his back by Lois (only a small shard remained ... the difference between a human being stabbed with a poison blade or poked with a poison-tipped needle I suppose). He realized the great importance of what he needed to do, flew up to the sunlight to "recharge his batteries" and then did what he needed to do to save the world. After that he collapsed in a heap. And what saved him in the very end? Lois telling him that, yes, the kid was his. There's no science in that, but it makes for great drama.

These weren't the problems I took issue with. These were decent plot points. The suit, the super-stalker, and the casting of Lois were all that really bothered me.