QHow did Richard, Lois and Jason find Superman in that vast body of water after he fell off the cliff?
AJason spotted him. Remember the hurled piano? Jason was just beginning to discover his powers because of the stress from watching Brutus try to kill his mother. It's reasonable to assume that the super vision of his father would begin to take effect too, enabling him to spot Superman from the plane.
QHow can Superman lift the Kryptonite continent?
AIt may seem incongruous that Superman can lift a large portion of Lex Luthor's Kryptonite-lace continent and hurl it into space. However, he first gathers strength from the Earth's yellow sun (his traditional power source), and then using the insulation of the bedrock between himself and the Kryptonite to temporarily protect him until the Kryptonite grew into the bedrock. While under the continent, Superman could have spent an indeterminate amount of time "excavating" underneath to separate it from the ocean floor with his eye beams to achieve the necessary amount of protection.It can also be said that he gets far on sheer force of will. The Herculean effort, and the exposure to the Kryptonite, does nearly kill him. One must also understand that this is loose continuation of the original Superman 1 and 2, where Superman was based on the Silver Age version of Superman. That Superman, as well as the current Superman almost again, has unlimited strength.The idea that crystals inherit the traits of the minerals around them must be addressed. Though this is true to an extent, crystals cannot simply be used to make an exact duplicate of any solid element. The Kryptonite emulated by the crystal was then diluted, dampening its potency to an unknown degree. This is evidenced by the fact that Superman was only weakened by contact with the continent. A true continent made of pure Kryptonite would have killed him before he even landed on it. Assuming that this crystal will also continue absorbing mineral traits, once the emulated Kryptonite crystals hit the ocean bedrock, it was diluted once more, absorbing the traits of the minerals contained within the ocean floor. It must also be said that the chunk of Kryptonite Lex stole was already diluted in the first place by earth rock, having been filtered through the crystalline minerals already in the Addis Ababa mine where it came from. Thus, what Superman was exposed to on the surface of the continent was much more potent than what was on the bottom of the continent.
QIs "Superman Returns" based on a book?
ANo. Superman Returns is based on a script by writers Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris, and Bryan Singer. The Superman character is, of course, based on the fictional character created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 and sold to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1938. Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938), and the rest is history.
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