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[Frumple]

So let's say I hate myself, my life, and existence, and want to look at correlations between county level population migration, government spending (preferably in regards to specific sorts, such as infrastructure, utilities, etc.), and economic shifts in the USA over time. Last three decades or so, more is great, less is fine.

Anyone just happen to miraculously know something on the net that's already set up to do that, where the prospect doesn't include functionally creating a searchable new database via stitching together census data by hand?

'Cause curiosity's starting to hit me, it's not the healthy sort, and I'm having it confirmed that no one fucking cares about rural areas in this country, to the point no one seems to have a goddamn clue what's happening on a level below state and no one's gotten around to making any sort of dataset amiable to that kind of crosschecking. And I'd really like to find out I just missed 2017's candidate for the patron saint of statistics, rather than them not having incarnated yet.

[Neonivek]

I've heard that sticking things in your pocket is a thing that small male children do.

While I am sure children do this in general. Is this a male trait or is this just a stereotype?

This question isn't loaded. I am just skeptical of it being gendered... at the same time "I" did it when I was that age too... and I am a gender.

[Hanslanda]

I've heard that sticking things in your pocket is a thing that small male children do.

While I am sure children do this in general. Is this a male trait or is this just a stereotype?

This question isn't loaded. I am just skeptical of it being gendered... at the same time "I" did it when I was that age too... and I am a gender.

I think little boys more often have pockets than little girls. Most young girl dresses and such lack pockets. I think this may influence the perception.

Also people around you say the strangest shit.

[hops]

Given there's a Bay12 thread for it, I think Neo just have a kook magnet,

[Scoops Novel]

What would be a good motivation for Zod in Man of steel?

Throw out the genetics bullshit, ruling the world is unnecessary and terraforming it much more so. Can you stay true to the character while giving him a motivation that makes sense?

Far as i know that boils down to being a touch fascist and nostalgic.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Zod and Jor-El were in agreement on one point: The Kryptonian regime's purpose-cloning was wrong. Now, Zod thought that the mighty ought to rule and Jor-El just sort of wanted them to reproduce like sane people and go back to space travel, but there is a commonality.

Hence, Zod should want to use Earth to restore the Kryptonian species, but believe human self-determination is a danger to both species. You could even have him be non-hostile during the first half of the film, trying to stay hidden since he doesn't know what a yellow star will do to his crew yet. He finds out about the two Kryptonian wrecks on Earth and investigates, discovering Kal-El. He initially believes Kal-El is a unique case and tries to convince him to rule the world for its own benefit, and offers to help him. Superman's refusal eventually leads to conflict as Zod increases his moves to disable human governments, and Zod's suit is damaged. Cue discovering they can all be God-Kings and making the attempt on conquest seen in the film, maybe add some human quislings who agree that Zod should rule.

Man of Steel is near-unfixable, but that's better than what Snyder gave us.

[Scoops Novel]

That's the thing. You need him to be fascist, but he's got no reason to "conquer" the world. By existing they are automatically the de facto rulers, and all the perks of rule like fame, money etc he either already has or automatically go to him thanks to his superpowers.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

He doesn't know he has superpowers until there's a suit breach, and Superman violently opposes him.

You could have them hit the spaceship carrying all the Kryptonian embryos with a nuke or something, those aren't invulnerable and it'd make Zod panic and go heavy-handed with the need to make the world bow before him (see, because in the old movie he...says....yeah...).

[Neonivek]

Zod is meant to be a counterpoint to Superman so to speak.

Superman when he discovers his powers uses them to help people.

Zod when he discovers his powers uses them to subjugate people.

Superman is the "Man of Tommorow" a sort of optimistic look to a future, so Zod would also be a bleak look to a future.

The way to do a good Zod, might be less to deal with his motivation but more to deal with the direct result of it. Just have Zod win and use his technology to turn the US into a police state. Show how absolutely bleak things are and how even the smallest modicrum of resistance is stomped out... Even make the weather bleak. Wait, is that a bird? Its a place... No its SUPERMAN!

[MetalSlimeHunt]

There's not really any reason why Zod would be able to act without Superman stopping him.

You could have Zod and Kal-El arrive on Earth at the same time, the Kents sheltering him to one day be the savior, but by that point you've completely diverged the entire world. Wouldn't work for a franchise film like Man of Steel.

[Neonivek]

There's not really any reason why Zod would be able to act without Superman stopping him.

He could have beaten Superman... Superman could be crippled by the challenge and not act (Hey... They are pushing that grit... might as well)

Superman in that movie spent years doing absolutely nothing while murders happened. Have Zod come during his Hobo years.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I cannot think of anything less Superman than Clark Kent in a ragged coat in dystopian Metropolis telling the plucky character "There ain't a Superman anymore kid, buzz off and leave me be".

Even "Superman turns evil" stories are more Superman than that.

Therefore, it's probably exactly what the studio execs wanted.

[Scoops Novel]

My ideal plot would basically be training day (spoilers ahead!) with the roles reversed. Young idealistic superman showing the old cool Zod around Metropolis, superman trying to impress and walking him through his powers. As the movie goes on we clock that Zod know's more then he's letting on, and when he gets the powers he should act like he's high with it. The mystery is what Zod's planning.

I'm still missing the motivation though.

[Neonivek]

Motivation isn't THAT important as silly as that sounds.

Zod wants power and believes that a totalitarian regime is the best use of power.

[hops]

You're asking for motivation from a guy named Zod.

That's like trying to make Zeeblflarx the Conqueror a sympathetic villain.