[Gravedigger]

Originally Posted by AphexPhin

Was Zod this weak in the older Superman film? From what I remember he put up quite the fight against Superman in the Reeves' film.

In this one he really didnt pose much of a threat and wasn't that good of a fighter considering ol' man Russell Crowe handled him for the most part only to get a cheap shot in there from Zod.

Spoiler!

He didn't cheap shot him, Jor El let Zod do it because he knew that the planet was doomed and his one true last hope had launched with his son. And yes, Zod from the earlier films wasn't a terribly challenging individual, he got beat up by Superman quite a bit throughout the film. Ill agree they made Crowe look like a much better fighter than he should've been for a scientist.