9) Who Framed Superman?
For a plot point that was the crux of the first half of the film, the idea that the world would think Superman was guilty of all those deaths in Africa made little sense. Why would Superman shoot people, for one?
The Ultimate Edition clears this up as a new sequence shows Lex’s mercenaries actively framing Supes. After shooting the rebel fighters in Nairomi, they then burn them beyond all recognition. As well as destroying the evidence that they were shot, the manner of death now resembles Superman’s heat vision.
The advocate in the media for Superman’s guilt is a local resident named Kahina Ziri. As played by Wunmi Mosaku, Ziri appears briefly in the theatrical cut, but here we find out that she’s threatened and blackmailed by Lex to frame the Man of Steel.