It gets 32 in the South ? I assume neg 32 a typo . But for us folks in the cold zone , 32 is a balmy day . Snow doesn ' t even form at that point . As I said before , it ' s barely sweatshirt weather . Wimp . <| sep |> No . Not really . <| sep |> The reason you ' re being downvoted is because you offer no counterargument other than declaring Snyder ' s thematic explorations as pretentious and offer no alternatives to the approach . Negativity without reason is unproductive and contributes nothing other than needless vitriol to the discussion . The source material is as pretentious Alex Ross and Paul Dini ' s Peace on Earth sees him trying to solve world hunger indeed , an idealist in a nonideal world and also features a panel akin to the Day of the Dead scene , saving a child in addition to a slew of other parallels already posted as comic panel hyperlinks above . News headlines like Superman ' s Mission Falls Short are direct parallels to the skeptical media portrayed in BvS . The comic , like most introspective stories of Superman also show the character struggling with his place in the world , his status as a saviour , the world ' s fear that he may become a despot and his ultimate inability to solve every problem , making him feel inadequate I ' m afraid I didn ' t see it because I wasn ' t looking . Mark Waid ' s Birthright also has similar media headlines Not One Of Us , Demolition Man ? , etc . The latter is especially pertinent for those who harp on about the destruction in Man of Steel , althought its outright idiotic to expect anything less from an alien invasion . The cynicism of society apropos superheroes is also a running theme in Kingdom Come , obviously . But like all these iterations , Snyder ' s Superman rises above it all because THAT is the essence of the character selflessness regardless of the lack of reciprocity from the other party . And in that , Snyder has a far better understanding of the character than individuals like yourself who want a linear narrative that has a Superman that is ceteris paribus univerally accepted , and thus has no reason to be anything other than a cheery boyscout . A genuine hero ' s journey should feel earned , for that is what adds emotional gravitas and induces actual character development not something plainly handed on a silver platter and all good stories in the canon are emphatic about this .