But Marvel villains were remotely even that interesting, let alone that SMART. Zod at the end was about killing every single human being. So, how can you lead someone away from that, exactly? And if I recall, Superman sacrificed himself to Zod to SAVE humanity only to discover that he was intending to destroy mankind anyway just so the Kryptons can survive. The moment he learned that they were at his moms crib, Supes beat the breaks off of Zod, if I recall!
Zod had potential, but at the start of the film he gets whooped by a scientist breh
a scientist
, despite him being genetically bred to be a warrior
. Jor-El didn't even do anything smart, he beats him with hand to hand combat
. Couldn't take Zod seriously after that and the movie didn't either. Faora on the other hand
gave Superman a good old fashioned whooping with swagger. She was far more threatening than Zod and had a higher kill count. Zod loses all three fights he's in
, terrible main villain.
In Iron Man 2, Iron Man assesses the situation and realises that people in the area will die if he doesn't lead the drones out of the area. He even proposes an evacuation. The drones were there to kill him. Man of Steel has the exact same situation, but Superman chooses to brawl instead of doing or even suggesting what Iron Man does. It's the same in the climax. There's zero thought for his surroundings or civilians. Even DragonBall Z got it right with Goku. It all comes back to the
script.