Man of Steel Trailer: Five New Questions Raised

The latest trailer for Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Man of Steel will hit theaters this week [...]

Man Of Steel TV Spot #3 Zod

The latest trailer for Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Man of Steel will hit theaters this week ahead of prints of The Hanover Part III - but it debuted online tonight, giving fans a look at a number of the film's big action components as well as a sense for how Amy Adams will be used as Lois Lane--it looks like she might have been serious about having a blaster gun after all! We're trying to approach this trailer with what we already know, based on interviews, other trailers and the Man of Steel prequel comic book released over the weekend. Interestingly, that comic gave us quite a bit of fodder to explore some of the odder edges of the trailer.

dev-em-or-karaWho is that Kryptonian skeleton?

Could this be Dev-Em, or Kara Zor-El, as seen in the prequel comic? It seems like those are the obvious answers...but this body isn't dressed like either one of them appears in that book. Why are they the obvious choices? Frankly, nobody else on the ship was awake enough to be clinging to anything in their final moments. For that same reason, Dev-Em (who had already started to exhibit some super powers) seems an unlikely candidate as well. Of course, the last we saw Dev-Em, he had been stabbed in the hand with the Sunstone, which we suspected might be the movie version of red Kryptonite. Could it have left him powered down? The armor, at least if you compare it to others in the film, seems to be that worn by a Kryptonian female. The simple shoulder pads and the neckline match up with Faora's, but not particularly with Zod's or any of the other male Kryptonians we see, whose armor seems a bit more elaborate. Could that be the body of Kara, the Kryptonian we assumed to be Supergirl? Having her dead before the first movie would be a heck of a shakeup to the status quo!

whats-out-thereWhere the heck is Superman here?

Is it just us, or does that blinding light coming from the crack in the wall look an awful lot like the energy emitted by the Black Zero? We get a good look at that energy in this trailer--and it's hard to guess what it might be. Is that just an energy drill, attacking the Earth itself? Is it something more, like a Phantom Zone projector that drills by transporting the land in its way? The image at right could just be that he's discovering his powers in a big way, finally really cutting loose, and that this is light peeking in from outside the Fortress of Solitude--except that in the film, the Fortress appears to be far below ground. Also, just after the image we screen-grabbed there, it appears as though the light dims somewhat. Is Superman punching through a wall to get a better look at an invasion force outside?

superman-skullsSeriously, what's going on with all the skulls?!

We've talked about this before--Superman in a pile of skulls is just weird. But it appears as though Zod is standing there watching him sink into them. Could this be a byproduct of the growth codex in Kara's ship from the prequel comic? What if she (or Dev-Em) tried to "grow" Kryptonians but it somehow failed, leaving a mass grave of Superman's people here on Earth? It could still be a dream or fantasy sequence, certainly, but it's hard to imagine Superman getting a lot of sleep after he's gotten a look at Zod based on the pacing in the ads.

lois-lane-astronaut

Who's Lois with in this shot? We haven't seen Superman "suit up" in Kryptonian armor in any of the previews, but here not only is Lois wearing what appears to be a Kryptonian astronaut's suit...but she's doing so directly opposite somebody else who appears to be doing the same thing. It seems unlikely that Zod or his cronies would give a human--let alone Lois--access to their technology, but could it be that someone defects from his group? While we're considering possibilities here, by the way: Where did she get a ready-to-use Kryptonian space suit meant for a woman's frame? Did they steal it off the mummy?! It could be something provided by Zod; some early rumors had it that Superman and Lois both board the Black Zero at one point before the fighting really starts.

why-so-serious

What's got Superman so upset? Here's a shot that seems to take place in a public place--it looks like a train station or something--and Superman is screaming, looking very distraught. Could this be right after Zod manages to take a major strategic advantage, or perhaps after Superman finds out about the death of a supporting character?

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