Editing Krypton (comics) (section)

===Film===
====''Superman''====
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In the [[Superman (1978 film)|first feature-length ''Superman'' film]] in 1978, a vastly less idyllic image of Krypton was presented. Whereas in the comics Krypton was colorful and bright, the film depicted the planet with stark bluish-white terrain of jagged frozen plateaus under heavy, dark skies. The planet was threatened by their sun turning into a [[supernova]]. [[Jor-El]] unsuccessfully attempted to persuade the council of elders to immediately evacuate the planet.

Kryptonians themselves were portrayed as coolly cerebral and morally enlightened, clad in stark white bodysuits emblazoned with each family's house symbol. The architecture featured halls of white crystal under crystalline arches. The crystalline motif was employed not only in the architecture, but in the landscape and technology as well, suggesting that the entire planet had been adapted and altered by Kryptonian influence. In 1948, Krypton was ultimately destroyed when its red sun began to collapse; the planet was pulled into the sun and steadily crushed, then exploded in the ensuing supernova. When Krypton was destroyed, fragments from the planet were launched into space, resulting in the creation of a harmful radioactive substance known as kryptonite.

Both Jor-El and Lara preserved some part of their "essence" (in the form of virtual copies of themselves) in the starship that took three years to bring their child to Earth. On [[Clark Kent]]'s eighteenth birthday, a glowing crystal revealed itself in the ship and compelled Clark to take it north. He eventually reached the [[Arctic]], where the crystal constructed the massive crystalline Fortress of Solitude. Inside, an [[artificial intelligence|artificially intelligent]] hologram of Jor-El appeared to him and initiated twelve years of Kryptonian education. These virtual versions of Jor-El and Lara remained as constructs within the Fortress throughout the series.

Superman's symbol was given a Kryptonian origin in the film. Male Kryptonians were shown wearing unique symbols on the chests of their robes, similar to a [[coat of arms|family crest]]; Jor-El and Kal-El wore the familiar S-shield, which [[Lois Lane]] later assumed to be the letter ''S'' from the familiar [[Latin alphabet]], and thus dubs him "Superman".

====''Superman Returns''====
The 2006 film ''[[Superman Returns]]'' presents a version of Krypton almost identical to [[Superman (1978 film)|''Superman'']]. In the beginning of the film, scientists discover remains of Krypton, and Superman leaves Earth for five years to look for it. His ship is seen leaving the dead planet. The planet is destroyed when the [[red supergiant]] Rao becomes a [[supernova]].

''Superman Returns'' extends the [[crystalline]] Kryptonian technology from ''Superman'' which allowed young Clark Kent to "grow" the [[Fortress of Solitude]]. Kryptonian crystals are able to grow huge land masses and incorporate the properties of the surrounding environment; a sliver taken from one of the crystals used to test the theory causes Lex Luthor's basement to be filled with a huge crystal structure. Growing land in this manner causes widespread power failure. Lex Luthor later combines one of the crystals with kryptonite and shoots it into the ocean, creating a new land mass he calls "New Krypton". Superman uses his heat vision to get under the crust of the island and throws it into space, including the other crystals that Luthor wanted to use to set up a real estate scam, despite the warning that many people would die from the massive tsunamis and earthquakes that the crystals would create.

The novelization by [[Marv Wolfman]] states that one of Superman's ancestors helped civilize Krypton long ago.

====DC Extended Universe====
The ''[[DC Extended Universe]]'''s Krypton is introduced in the 2013 film ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'' and adds strong [[dystopian]] elements to Krypton and its fate. The planet is portrayed as having an Earth-like terrain composed of mountains, canyons and oceans. The planet is 8.7 billion years old and approximately 27.1 light years from Earth. Its parent star Rao is depicted as a 13 billion year old red [[Dwarf star|dwarf sun]]. Its gravity is much higher than that of Earth, and its atmospheric composition is unsuitable for humans. It is also shown to have a [[natural satellite]]. Kryptonian society is [[Oligarchy|oligarchal]] and divided into houses, such as the House of El. Citizens wear the crests of their house over their chests, which hold meanings, such as the crest of House of El meaning "hope". The planet is ruled by an [[Aristocracy|aristocratic]] "Science Council".

Kryptonian civilization is at least 100,000 years old and many millennia more advanced than human civilization on Earth, and had begun exploring the [[Milky Way]] Galaxy, with at least one ship reaching as far as Earth. After their colonies collapse, Kryptonians abandon these projects in favor of [[isolationism]] and artificial population control, engineering newborns for pre-determined roles in society. By the early 1980's, the planet's resources were strained, and the stability of the planet was threatened by careless mining of the [[Planetary core|planet's core]]. As Jor-El attempts to warn the Science Council of their folly, General Zod stages a coup, which in turn sets off a massive [[civil war]] across the planet. In hopes of preserving the Kryptonian race, Jor-El steals the genetic Codex of the planet (a list holding the DNA pattern of everyone yet to be born on Krypton) and infuses it into the cells of Kal-El, the first natural-born child on Krypton in centuries and sends his son to Earth. Zod kills Jor-El and is arrested by the authorities. He and his followers are banished to the Phantom Zone shortly before Krypton is destroyed. The planets destruction frees Zod and his men from the Phantom Zone, and after learning of Earth's existence, they vow to terraform it into a new Krypton.

In the 2016 film ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'', Lex Luthor Jr. who in a deal with a Senator gained access to the crashed Scout Ship, managed to enter the ship using the fingerprints of General Zod. Using Zod's Command Key, he managed to access the Ship's mainframe. Luthor eventually overrides General Zod's authority over the ship, and learns how to use the Genesis Chamber. The Ship warned against what it would create, but Lex ordered it to proceed. Over the course of a couple of days, Zod's body began metamorphosing into a "[[Doomsday (comics)|Kryptonian Deformities]]", a crime among the Kryptonian Science Council.

====''Teen Titans Go! To the Movies''====
Krypton appears in ''[[Teen Titans Go! To the Movies]]''. In the film, the Teen Titans travel to the planet and harmonize its crystals with music, preventing its destruction and preventing Kal-El from arriving on Earth and becoming Superman, although they later undo this and allow Krypton to be destroyed to ensure Superman's existence.

====''Superman: Unbound''====
Brainiac's abduction of Kandor, despite the resistance posed by Krypton's military, is shown in ''[[Superman: Unbound]]''. Brainiac is infamous for destroying the planet's he takes cities from, but he left Krypton intact. Jor-El correctly theorized that this was because Brainiac detected that the planet would soon explode anyway and decided not to bother wasting a missile on their sun. Jor-El and his brother Zor-El then sent their children to Earth on rockets while studying how to defeat Brainiac and convince their government of the danger to Krypton. At least some of the populace of Argo City also outlive their planet, but rather than preserving their city with an energy shield, they are abducted by Brainiac before the planet's destruction in response to Zor-El studying how to defeat the villain.

====''DC League of Super-Pets''====
In ''[[DC League of Super-Pets]]'', the destruction of Krypton is depicted as the opening scene where Jor-El and Lara prepare to send Kal-El to Earth, but in this depiction, Kal-El's pet dog, Krypto, jumps into his carrier to accompany him. Jor-El reluctantly agrees to send him off in hopes that his son will have a lifelong friend to be there for him.