This article contains spoilers for "Superman." By now, plenty has already been written about the more absurd aspects of James Gunn's "Superman." Those aspects are intentional, of course -- efforts to remove the film from the more self-serious tone of some other recent adaptations and embrace the silliness of the comics.

Superman is full of awesome sci-fi elements, but the most fascinating one might be Lex Luthor's pocket dimension. How does that even work?

Superman is the most powerful superhero in DC Comics, able to go toe to toe with its most powerful villains, like Darkseid and Brainiac. That’s why it’s surprising that his nemesis is Lex Luthor, a man without any superpowers.