Posted on 06/14/2013 5:52:01 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s … Jesus?
When Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created their iconic comic book hero Superman in 1938, their character wasn’t just a representation of “Truth, Justice and the American Way,” but for many, a metaphor for Jewish immigrants in 1930s America. Created by two young Jewish men, Superman was an allusion to the Jewish faith and history, from his baby Moses-like origins to his golem-esque invincibility, to his outcast status and his ultimate struggle to assimilate in a new land.
But somewhere along his journey since 1938, Kal-El converted to Christianity, which is no more evident than in Zack Snyder’s current “Man of Steel.”
Snyder and his "Steel” co-creators Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer have layered this latest incarnation with quite a few allusions to Jesus Christ. Here are a few:
While there isn’t a miraculous birth per se, Kal-El’s (Henry Cavill) father Jor-El (Russell Crowe) claims that his son is the first “natural” birth in centuries. All children on Krypton are genetically engineered to a pre-determined purpose and thus artificially inseminated. Not Kal-El. Jor-El and his wife Lara had some legitimate baby making going on.
There is some Christ-like imagery planted throughout “Man of Steel.” One blaring symbol occurs during a climactic battle: Superman jumps from General Zod’s (Michael Shannon) ship and hovers in the sky with his arms out-stretched like the crucifix. Freeze-frame it and you can have your own Superman prayer card.
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I guess this explains the negative reviews in the lib papers.
Their war on Christianity may shed Christian blood...but it will only cause the Christian cause to gain strength.
Hard to wage war on the Truth. The harder you fight, the stronger it gets.
Strange because in the last movie they took away the “American Way” and made him an illegitimate father! A reason I am not intent to see this one.
Saw it today. Really cool movie. Towards the end, a general asks Superman how he can know if Superman will act against American interests. Superman replies, “General, I grew up in Kansas. That’s as American as you can get!”
Saw it today. Really cool movie. Towards the end, a general asks Superman how he can know if Superman will act against American interests. Superman replies, “General, I grew up in Kansas. That’s as American as you can get!”
The Islamic mob is going to hate it, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-...
Art usually fills the vacuum more quickly than life/nature itself (actually life imitates art...which is why real art is so damn important). This is an example of it.
I didn’t care for that either. It notice it right away, and it was offensive.
We neutered the brand to sell it overseas. We surrender our culture at the drop of a hair follicle these days.
The “natural birth” is also both “Brave New World” and P. D. James’ “The Children of Men” some 75 years later. Both saw societal degeneration as represented by willful infertility.
When the Christian base gets smaller, it also gets more concentrated with the most serious Christians remaining. A bit like a liquid containing fissionable uranium being concentrated, its mutually stimulated activity will pick up. That’s already happening as nominal Christians are no longer bothering with church activities. By the time lion feeding begins, the church will be white hot...
The Superman saga is laden with messianic allusions, except of course Superman himself only goes so far. All the honest people applaud Superman but nobody worships him or asks him how to become supermen too.
*SPOILER*SPOILER*SPOILER*SPOILER*
I think libs are getting upset that Superman is killing people in it, too. I found it to be a statement on capital punishment, which was interesting.
(Of course, did libs forget that Supes essentially killed Zod & friends in Superman II, too?)
I have not seen it and did not plan to do so but my interest is now piqued.
“Smallville” had a lot of imagery from the Bible and also Jesus. It was a pretty good series although the casting of a lot of the lesser characters was PC to the point of being almost humorous.
I saw nothing in them that was Jewish in any form.
Is this story written by an anti Semite idiot?
Christianity is not just a ticket to heaven but a rebellion against Satan and the demons, in fact against their waypoints as well i.e. world and flesh.
Guarantee the lefties did NOT like that...
One of my close buds here in L.A works for Legendary, the production behind MOS and 300’. Won’t get much into details to avoid the DU trolls hunting for conservatives in Hellywood, but there are forces’ at work behind the scenes that got to this. The same way Iron Man 1’s first 30 minutes got greenlit as is...
Saw it myself today and I can say without a doubt that its the best superman movie ever.I highly recommend this movie to everyone. Be advised though that the same guy that directed this movie also directed the movie 300. Another movie lib’s and muzzie’s detest but also another one of my favorites.
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