Quote Originally Posted by Lord Raziere View Post
I mean to me, it has nothing to with strength, more like Superman is showing by example what happens when he doesn't have the morality. How scary and terrifying it all becomes if supers don't hold themselves to the standards they do. Basically he pulls a superhero version of scaring them straight by for a second demonstrating what he could be if he wasn't so nice.
Doesn't he lobotomize the Elite's leader at the end, though, or at least laser-beam out the part that gives him superpowers?