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General Zod and his gang make terrible supervillains because they should be able to beat Superman every single time. CMV.

I haven't seen the new Superman movie yet, but Superman winning against General Zod and his lackeys always bugged me. 

It's three "supermen" with military and combat training of a futuristic world versus one superman without military and combat training. I mean, either one of General Zod's lackeys should be able to crush Superman like a white belt versus a seasoned MMA fighter. A part of me has always wanted to see General Zod or one of his lackeys go all crazy- knee to the balls, eye gouging, fish hooking brawl versus Superman, and then KO him out like they should be able to. Also, tricking the leader of a global coup d'etat of a more advanced world and his two military trained followers into walking into a room of red light is lame. So lame. 

Because General Zod and each of his lackeys should overpower Superman, Superman can only win through some deus ex machina, which is why they make terrible supervillains.
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>Because General Zod and each of his lackeys should overpower Superman, Superman can only win through some deus ex machina, which is why they make terrible supervillains.

Lex Luthor is probably Superman's best known arch-nemesis. You know what he is, he's human. He can't punch Kal-el in the face and beat him to a pulp. He can't go full on muai thai on the guy. He can't do any of that. But, time and time again Luthor challenges Superman. Utterly challenges him. 

That's why General Zod is also another important villain. It has nothing to do with beat up Superman or whatever. It has everything to do with pushing Superman to all of his limits. What makes Superman different from Zod is that Superman thinks, he improvises, and he tries to do everything possible to succeed. Do you realize how boring Zod would be if it was simply as easy of a story as Zod comes in and Superman and he have a Dragonball Z styled fight that goes on for hours and hours and hours. No, Zod is a great villain because he can also challenge Superman for the most fundamental reason, he's also Kryptonian.