Yeah, Superman Returns was fairly problematic for me simply on the level of Clark being a DICK. I couldn't get over how superior he seemed to feel, how free he felt he was to, I don't know, stalk Lois and creep into her son's bedroom at night. I wrote a review to that effect, when it came out, but man. That whole movie just didn't taste right to me.
I enjoyed the first two Christopher Reeve movies when I was a kid, so I have a fond place for them and Margot Kidder in my heart. But Superman is really sort of lame.
Yeah, Superman is such an egomaniac in this movie. "Boo hoo, I disappear for five years and return to find out that most of the world has moved on!" Initially I was sort of proud of Lois Lane for finally getting her act together, but then I couldn't even have that.
And ditto on fondly remembering the two first Reeve movies. I remember I even got hooked on the Lois and Clark TV series as a child.
Yeah, no one really came off well in that film, did they?
Oh man, I did too, in college. But that was because inasmuch as I have a thing for superheroes, it's really the secret identity that gets me. With Lois and Clark, bad as it was, the focus was on Clark, who is sort of by necessity more interesting than Superman because he's trying to be less. It's the only version I've seen where Clark was the "real" personality, and Superman the disguise.
I read a very in-depth detail essay about whether or not it would be possible for Superman and Lois to reproduce.
It included such things as projectile cumshot and whether his sperm would be super strong and not just go into her egg, but through her entire body, filling her with holes. And the baby kicking its way out of her.
Also, how to possibly solve these problems. Kryptonite and jerking off on the moon was involved. It was interesting.
"Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex," by Larry Niven. The part that I find the most giggleworthy in retrospect is that the author handwaves away the fact that there is a known female of the Kryptonian species canonically also on Earth by pointing out that Supergirl is Superman's cousin and anyone who suggests they could hook up is a cad. But, hey, the whole point of the essay was to point out all the nuances where Kryptonian physiology was probably incompatible with human in a reproductive sense, and he needed to get Kara out of the way for that.
What sucks even more is when you watch The Usual Suspects for the first time already having had the plot twist ruined for you. I barely paid attention the entire time.
And Superman Returns was lame. As soon as Lois showed up with that kid I was like, really? REALLY? Yeah, they had to fucking go there. I did love Kevin as Lex, though. I have a friend who is a die hard Smallville fan who hated him as Lex simply because she thought the dude who plays Lex on the show gives the end all be all performance as Lex. Psht, lame. I'll take Spacey any day.
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I enjoyed the first two Christopher Reeve movies when I was a kid, so I have a fond place for them and Margot Kidder in my heart. But Superman is really sort of lame.
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And ditto on fondly remembering the two first Reeve movies. I remember I even got hooked on the Lois and Clark TV series as a child.
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Oh man, I did too, in college. But that was because inasmuch as I have a thing for superheroes, it's really the secret identity that gets me. With Lois and Clark, bad as it was, the focus was on Clark, who is sort of by necessity more interesting than Superman because he's trying to be less. It's the only version I've seen where Clark was the "real" personality, and Superman the disguise.
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It included such things as projectile cumshot and whether his sperm would be super strong and not just go into her egg, but through her entire body, filling her with holes. And the baby kicking its way out of her.
Also, how to possibly solve these problems. Kryptonite and jerking off on the moon was involved. It was interesting.
Never has my icon been more appropriate.
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The next time I have to explain something I've done I want to shrug and say "Kryptonite and jerking off on the moon was involved."
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And Superman Returns was lame. As soon as Lois showed up with that kid I was like, really? REALLY? Yeah, they had to fucking go there. I did love Kevin as Lex, though. I have a friend who is a die hard Smallville fan who hated him as Lex simply because she thought the dude who plays Lex on the show gives the end all be all performance as Lex. Psht, lame. I'll take Spacey any day.
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