Comments on: Superman Returns Movie Review

By: Jim Gleeson

Jim Gleeson — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:52:41 +0000

Concerning the implausibility of seeding the crystals into the ocean and getting rich, it is no more implausible than a lot of the diabolical plots thought up by criminal minds in movies of the past such as shooting nuclear warheads in the San Andreas fault to make a whole new shore for oceanfront property. If you look back at any of the movies there is probably an implausibility flaw built in. That is what separates Luthor from being merely money hungry into being a sociopathic person devoid of any consideration of anyone but himself.

By: Below The Beltway

Below The Beltway — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 12:37:49 +0000

Superman Returns: A Movie Review...

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By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:51:55 +0000

Anderson: I think they did a variation on that theme the first season of "Lois and Clark."

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:48:41 +0000

(Surely the Army Depâ??t & then the Pentagon began studying the Superman problem from very early on? Kryptonite bombs? Secret â??Xâ?? weapons?)

Or, they could have just manufactured Kyptonite like they did in Superman III. Well, the lab did screw it up, but I am sure that with a pentagon-size budget they could get it right!

Either that, or trick Superman into going into that chamber that takes away his powers (pt. II). heh.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:17:36 +0000

Robert: I think the problem with Superman as a live action character is that heâ??s essentially flawless. I was trying to think of a workable plot. One is to acknowledge that while Superman in 2006 is still hale & hearty, Lois Lane is probably in a nursing home right now, and to see what a time-manipulating supervillain could tempt Supes with. Pathos of immortality & all that. Another was to imagine that Superman, offering his services to his country after 9/11, was rebuked by a suspicious administration that didn't want any Boy Scout values hindering its Global War on Terror, with the plot building to an attempt by the feds to take out Superman. (Surely the Army Dep't & then the Pentagon began studying the Superman problem from very early on? Kryptonite bombs? Secret "X" weapons?) Given the utter stranglehold our liberal media have on Hollywood, I'm actually rather surprised this film didn't get made ....

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:46:39 +0000

Robert: I think the problem with Superman as a live action charact er is that he's essentially flawless. Not only is he a Boy Scout (although maybe not so much given his implied relationship with Lois in this version) but he's invincible and damned near omnipotent. That means writers have to rely on tired variations of the Kryptonite schtick (which DC did away with to brilliant effect in Superman #233 way back when) or other wildly implausible devices to make conflict interesting.

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By: Robert Prather

Robert Prather — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:31:39 +0000

It sounds like this Superman movie inherited the weakness of the original Batman movies, i.e. a villain who's more interesting than the main character.

Luckily Batman was remedied last year, and if all else fails, we have the original Superman movies.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:35:03 +0000

But how was the Spidey 3 preview?

By: donsurber

donsurber — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:30:13 +0000

"Like Valerie Perrine in the Reeve movies, though, one wondered why Luthor would consort with such an obviously stupid woman."

Men like stupid women. Smart women know this

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:59:39 +0000

Good. Some themes should never change, and that is one of them...

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:56:31 +0000

It's the old John Williams theme.

By: Below The Beltway

Below The Beltway — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:52:45 +0000

Superman or Superdud...

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Conservative Outpost — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:52:28 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:39:24 +0000

Is the theme music the same as the old Superman movies, or do they have a completely different sounding song?