In "Superman" (2025), when Mr Terrific scans the kaiju, his HUD screen tells mass and height of the monster (mass of 8345 tonnes and height of 97.45 meters) and reveals it's undergone gene-editing (most probably by Lex Luthor)

1.8k

u/VariableVeritas 7d ago edited 6d ago

I like that metric for him struggling a little bit but still being able to talk and use his breath power on the dog while lifting part of 10 18 million pounds. I do think that pavement would have collapsed sooner, unless he just stopped lifting once the dog was clear.

Edit: also watching it now he stops that mass from hitting the building very handily

673

u/mrspoopy_butthole 7d ago

I think that actually says 18 million pounds. Also I don’t think he was necessarily “squatting” the monster, I think he was moreso flying upwards against him (like he did to prevent it from falling on the building), because you’re right- the pavement would’ve given out a lot sooner.

456

u/DashingMustashing 7d ago edited 7d ago

I do think that pavement would have collapsed sooner

You have to throw out structual logic in any sense with any Superman movie. I mean come on a human sized pressure point isn't holding the weight of a falling building..

344

u/elegylegacy 7d ago

I always liked the explanation for the Superman-type character in Irredeemable.

His real power is that he warps the laws of physics around him, and he just thinks he's really strong

204

u/DashingMustashing 7d ago

Man really just a Warhammer Orc believing hard enough that the red paint makes the ship go faster that it really does! I like this idea lol

80

u/TheColossalTitan 7d ago

Aren’t the orks literally capable of collective manifestation as well lol

Edit: maybe Superman’s strength comes from people’s collective belief in him 🤔

39

u/MattH_26 7d ago edited 6d ago

The S actually stands for Santa Claus

66

u/noonesaidityet 7d ago

I swear there's a Superman story where he finds out all his powers are actually psychic and telekinectic. Or maybe it was something that was teased.

90

u/Toby_O_Notoby 7d ago

Canonically Superman has "Tactile Telekinesis" which means that his powers extend to things he touches. So like he can grab the wing of a plane and gently lower it to the ground where as without that power the wing would just snap off. Same way he can catch someone who fell from a thirty-story building without breaking their neck. The second he touches them his powers envelop them as well.

43

u/100100wayt 6d ago

This is also an explanation for his suit being bulletproof sometimes.

30

u/No_Gazelle9054 6d ago

They do that with the My Adventures With Superman version! He can extend like an aura around things to keep them structurally sound.

4

u/SimonCallahan 3d ago

In Superman Returns it's implied, then, that this even happens when he's unconscious or dead. There's a hospital scene where they bring him into the OR (I believe he's had a dose of Kryptonite, though I can't quite remember, it's been a while since I've seen the movie) and one of the doctors attempts to use a syringe on him, but it bends, then another doctor tries to use a defibrillator on him and it shorts out.

5

u/Additional_Post_3602 4d ago

i mean he literally can move massive objects without anything to stand on so his power is just way more complicated that he is strong physically. Homelander is Superman without magic powers at least in way he interact with world around him

13

u/Double-Seaweed7760 7d ago

I might have to watch that,what year did irredeemable come out?

34

u/elegylegacy 7d ago

It's a graphic novel series from 2009-2012.

It's another "Superman Deconstructed" story from that era, but it has a much different vibe from The Boys or Invincible.

10

u/Double-Seaweed7760 7d ago

Ty I'll have to look into that

15

u/Samiel_Fronsac 7d ago

"Irredeemable" was a comic book series Boom Studios, I think. It ran around 3 years.

The premise is that the Superman-analog of the world turned 180 from good to evil.

Seems pretty basic, right?

Things get intense and weird from very first issue. I highly recommend this series.

5

u/Double-Seaweed7760 7d ago

Ty I'll look into it

4

u/SporesM0ldsandFungus 6d ago

The companion series to that is Uncorruptible. One of the main super villains of that world goes 100% good after witnessing the turn of the Superman Analog (aka The Plutonian).

1

u/Double-Seaweed7760 6d ago

Interesting ty

3

u/Ninjamurai-jack 7d ago

Isn’t that just The Tick?

2

u/JudasIsAGrass 7d ago

I also like how that is how they're able to kill him also at the same time

31

u/VariableVeritas 7d ago

I like the flying upward logic. Really about how much force he can exert I suppose. Like, he probably could lift it into space if he had a place to grip it or it wasn’t moving around so much so he could balance it while lifting. Also he wanted to keep it alive.

20

u/Raging-Badger 7d ago

The materials of the building wouldn’t be able to support the entire weight on the surface area of his hands. It’s like standing on a needle, sure the steel might not give out but the needle is still pointy

So we solved the ground problem, how do we solve the building problem?

25

u/VariableVeritas 7d ago

That’s been solved by the “field” he projects. “How do his clothes not take damage”, answer: he projects a field of invulnerability around himself near distance. He can extend the field and does so subconsciously to hold together objects and protect people. I like this one.

15

u/TimeBlossom 7d ago

I've heard a pretty good argument that his core power set is actually inertial control. His strength and durability come from manipulating how much he changes the inertia of external matter, and resisting any changes to the inertia of his own matter. Likewise, his flight comes from letting small forces have a large impact on him when they would move him in a desired direction, and dampening the impact of any forces that would move him in an undesired direction.

This control extends to anything he touches, at least to a certain degree, which is why he's able to do tricks like supporting an entire building from a single small point, snatch people up and immediately accelerate them to superspeed without harming them from the whiplash, or catch someone falling hundreds of feet without them breaking every bone in their body like they would if they hit the pavement.

15

u/Johnnyamaz 7d ago

Sometimes they get around this by govibg him general gravity/momentum powers over thongs hes touching, similar to how flash can share his immunity to momentum and friction on contact

12

u/wunderboy_teh_turd 7d ago

Contact telekinesis is my favorite explanation for his ability to lift planes or grab falling buildings

3

u/Johnnyamaz 6d ago

Contact telekinesis is a better way to describe it lol

1

u/Cold_Internal_5755 3d ago

I want to touch a thong

6

u/Culionensis 7d ago

There's some lore I saw somewhere, not sure if it's canon or not, that says he's got an implied superpower called contact telekinesis. It wraps a telekinetic field around anything he's directly touching that cradles it so it doesn't just fall the fuck to pieces from the stress.

Good headcanon, at least.

9

u/WretchedBlowhard 7d ago

Superman has tactile telekinesis. When he's holding on to or pushing a structure, he's applying force to a much wider and larger area than what his hands are actually touching.

1

u/SilentBlade45 5d ago

That's actually a super power called tactile telekinesis you're basically in contact with the entire object even though it only looks like you're touching a small part of it. It's probably pretty safe to assume this particular version of Superman has it.

1

u/EngineeringOne1812 3d ago

I didn’t even think about that. Those bricks and mortar right next to his hands are just strong as shit

17

u/Alarming_Orchid 7d ago

He can fly. Maybe he’s not putting all the weight on the pavement

8

u/RevWaldo 6d ago edited 4d ago

One famous Superman story his Fortress of Solitude is opened with a regular looking key he just leaves in front of the door. It's made from material from a neutron star and weights billions of tons, so only he can pick it up. It doesn't sink to the center of the Earth though. In other words, don't think about it.

6

u/_spider_trans_ 7d ago

I think he was using his flight to keep it from crushing the pavement while not leaving the ground, making the force exerted on the concrete basically nothing

1

u/Gorilla_Krispies 1d ago

Definitely would’ve, but also if we’re being “realistic” with the physics of Superman, he would probs be buried up to his ankles in the foot of that beast.

Like imagine leaning with all your weight, barefoot, on a little steel figurine the size of a Lego, whose arms (the sharpest part) are pointed upwards. It’s like one level away from just stepping on a nail.

1

u/Cbeach1234 1d ago

Superman is said to have tactile telekinesis, which explains why stuff like planes don’t fall apart when he lifts them

239

u/Robcobes 7d ago

I was so sure Mr Terrific would die. Especially since he is a superhero played by Edi Gathegi.

168

u/Morticide 7d ago

This is actually Darwin still. After the events of First Class, his powers saved him by teleporting him to the DC universe and making him Mr. Terrific.

Darwin played the long game.

2

u/esgrove2 22h ago

His mind adapted to make him super smart and move himself to another universe.

-8

u/[deleted] 6d ago

[deleted]

4

u/_cdk 6d ago

no proof of a marvel character moving over to dc? you don't say!

932

u/misguidedkent 7d ago edited 7d ago

And yet he keeps being labelled "weakman". MF spent 95% of the movie holding back, trying not to hurt anything. He even ragdolled a stronger version of himself despite not being at full power.

478

u/ProtectMyExcalibur 7d ago

Superman is stronger without Ultraman’s suit, and also faster. But with Lex controlling his moves, ultraman is a better fighter. When Lex couldn’t see the fight and control him, superman will defeat him easily.

It’s crazy how Lex hates Superman so much that he learned his fighting pattern, and knows the moves to defeat him. He would make a really good gamer lol.

241

u/mooseman00 7d ago

1A! 1A! 1A!

137

u/Jet_Siegel 7d ago

74

u/Incredible-Fella 7d ago

Dude has the signature look of superiority.

60

u/HardCorwen 6d ago

I thought it was a nice touch that the first attack input (assuming 1A is the first one logged), is just a straight punch to the face. A cathartic choice Lex no doubt did because of how much he's always wanted to just punch Supes in the face, but never could.

19

u/WretchedBlowhard 7d ago

Dude wants his fuckin' sauce, man.

139

u/ItsNorthGaming 7d ago

I think the funniest display of Lex’s hatred of Superman was how he trained monkeys in a pocket dimension to spread Superman hate online instead of just using AI lol

58

u/Cr1m50nSh4d0w 7d ago

Lex is a generational hater, grand traitor, murderer, capitalist pig, and so on, but he's not pathetic enough to resort to AI to make up slander!!! /s

25

u/areallytinyhorse 6d ago

I think it's also a joke about if you had infinite monkeys on a typewriter one would eventually write shakespeare, but instead it's just superman hate

9

u/makovince 5d ago

It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times?! You stupid monkey!

6

u/Gloppy_ 6d ago

I dont understand this reasoning. so superman was such a bad fighter that a guy could predict his every move from behind a computer? sounds like superman is too predictable

24

u/ProtectMyExcalibur 6d ago

Superman was also not full out trying to kill them at first, so that helps.

Also Lex is like the smartest person on earth after Batman.

13

u/ep2kgaming 5d ago

It’s probably because Superman never lost a fight before the first scene in the movie, when it says exactly that. You don’t really need to mess with a fighting strategy if it’s won you every fight you’ve ever been in.

4

u/Anjunabeast 4d ago

Guessing this supes hasn’t trained in martial arts yet.

5

u/AX-man 3d ago

Well yeah he’s been focusing on saving people and never having to go against anyone stronger than him while Lex spent 3 years specifically trying to find out how to kill him

120

u/volinaa 7d ago

clone wasnt stronger, he was told what to do in every fight via com. also he seemed lobotomized the rest of the time

145

u/crazyeight80 7d ago

Lex says ultraman is dumber than Superman but actually stronger

109

u/stohelitstorytelling 7d ago

Stronger than what Lex has witnessed Superman do so far.

35

u/koomGER 7d ago

Kinda like "Superior Spiderman". Spiderman was controlled by Doc Ock, who accidently killed people and learned that OG-Spiderman hold A LOT back from his powers to not actually kill people.

52

u/Kreptyne 7d ago

He does but this is based on DNA sampling and seeing Superman's previous battles where he's never had to go all out and that'll only get you so far.

He might be right, but he also might be wrong - we'll see as we get more of the DCU

6

u/Imperium_Dragon 7d ago

Yeah once that support from Luthor stopped Superman dominated the clone.

237

u/USSRPropaganda 7d ago

I assumed it was a giant mutant axolotl or something

78

u/volinaa 7d ago

I mean it grew from a dog sized animal but it looked a little bit like an axolotl ya

174

u/Slimsuper 7d ago

I loved Mr Terrific! Wanna see more of him!

57

u/91xela 7d ago

I think he’ll be here for the long run. But I’m betting on Guy dying sooner rather than later make room for Hal

43

u/2KYGWI 7d ago

Kyle Chandler's playing Hal with a younger actor as John Stewart, so I'm guessing John's being planned as the long-run GL.

13

u/The_Flurr 6d ago

Live action John Stewart? Finally?

everyone who watched the JL cartoon cheers

7

u/makovince 5d ago

I just thought he'd be too busy with The Daily Show, but I guess not

12

u/Spacegirllll6 6d ago

I honestly think that Green Lantern show that’s rumored to be a murder mystery is gonna be abt Hal and John investigating Guy’s death

9

u/Ed_Vilon 6d ago

You can have multiple Lanterns running around.

1

u/Diniland 5d ago

Doesnt Guy go off I to deep space so then Hal has to become Earth's green lantern. Also how does John come I to the picture

12

u/Snowbank_Lake 6d ago

Watching him kick ass while Lois watched the bodies fly around from the protective bubble was -chef's kiss-

73

u/notquite20characters 7d ago

8 significant figures for its mass??

Screw flying men and alternate dimensions, this is a bridge too far.

18

u/Downtown-Dingo2826 7d ago

He wouldnt be called mr terrific for nothing ynkow

57

u/Potatrobot 7d ago

And in War of the Worlds (2025) Ice Cube gets the same information by right clicking a video feed and selecting Show Metadata.

23

u/didthathurtalot 7d ago

It's probably a Cadmus experiment which is lex authors cloning facility.

13

u/jameytaco 6d ago edited 6d ago

I’m glad they put Lex Actor in this movie instead

15

u/Pmoe_97 7d ago

Better than him looking at the metadata of a picture and getting all of that info. 🙄

3

u/Tar_alcaran 4d ago

hmmm, 100 meters tall, so 58 times taller than a human. So it should weigh roughly 58^3 times as much. It weighs 8350 tons, so it should have a build of a 1.7m tall, 42kg human.

That's closer than most movies get, really.

3

u/matthewsaaan 3d ago

With this info we can calculate the BMI of the kaiju.

With a BMI of 882.7, it is firmly in the obese category.

3

u/strangway 6d ago

Technical term: Kaiju

1

u/OperationAlert2984 4d ago

It's Mr Terrific not Mr Metric System

1

u/Elloitsmeurbrother 3d ago

The most unrealistic part of this movie is that Mr. Terrific, a very intelligent scientist and engineer, uses imperial measures.

-32

u/sakhabeg 7d ago

Amazing to hear about this movie detail just when the film runs the cinemas. Fucking marketing genius

36

u/hates_stupid_people 7d ago

Your logic is so off, I hope for your sake that you're trolling.

The movie released 6 weeks ago and came out on streaming on Friday. That's why people keep posting details now: They have access to higher quality screenshots.

15

u/PinoDegrassi 6d ago

Not that this is even a spoiler realistically.

7

u/ojuditho 7d ago

Do you post this exact same comment in every post about this movie?

6

u/Sauerkraut1321 7d ago

Monkey

1

u/SabrinoRogerio 5d ago

Huh

-79

u/[deleted] 7d ago

Wait. I haven’t seen the movie. Are they trying to stomp on Pacific Rim? Don’t even.

66

u/RealisLit 7d ago

Pacific Rim didn't invent the term Kaiju

42

u/RKAID-e 7d ago

Never too late to delete this stupid ass comment

31

u/TheMcBeetus 7d ago

He didn’t delete the comment but he deleted his account. That’s a win in my book

37

u/Mama_Lyra 7d ago

how do you come to that conclusion 😭😭😭

🥚 Easter Egg In "Superman" (2025), when Mr Terrific scans the kaiju, his HUD screen tells mass and height of the monster (mass of 8345 tonnes and height of 97.45 meters) and reveals it's undergone gene-editing (most probably by Lex Luthor)

You are about to leave Redlib