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SUPERMAN Movie Script Review!! (Krypton doesn't explode)(Lex Luthor an alien)?
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| 9/23/02
| Moriarty
Posted on 09/23/2002 9:58:19 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
As a Supes fan...I'm hitting the panic button! This sounds awful...Jimmy Olsen gay? Luthor a Kryptonian? Gimmie a break!
To: KneelBeforeZod
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
I've been a Superman fan (not to mention Bats, Spidey, Flash, FF & everything else in the comic pantheon for that matter) for a long time.When Christopher Reeve donned the big red "S" in "Superman", I thought the ads were right: "You'll believe a man can fly."
I loved the John Byrne reboot of the franchise after 1985's landmark "Crisis" saga. I understood the reasons, the rationale, the logic behind it. Not only that, but Byrne's Superman rocked. It didn't violate the original continuity.
The biggest change it introduced was that Lex Luthor was reborn as Donald Trump. Not only that, but the interaction among the characters was much more realistic over the ensuing years.
I had patience when Clark & Lois got married. I had patience during the Doomsday/"Death of Superman" saga. I even had some patience during the "Electric Superman Red/Blue" stories.
But whatever moron came up with this bilgewater needs to have his head examined. If they film this monstrosity, it'll end up being the biggest dud in history. Passing "Ishtar." Passing "The Postman." Passing "Waterworld." Passing "Glitter."
I'm warning you, DC Comics...don't let 'em do it. Don't let 'em destroy the legend...
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posted on
09/23/2002 10:10:48 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: Behind Liberal Lines
that Paris is burningI like that part!
To: mhking
But whatever moron came up with this bilgewater needs to have his head examined. If they film this monstrosity, it'll end up being the biggest dud in history. Passing "Ishtar." Passing "The Postman." Passing "Waterworld." Passing "Glitter."I hear they are already calling this "Krypton's Gate"
To: Behind Liberal Lines
ummm, yeah...
what he said
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posted on
09/23/2002 10:16:12 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
To: Behind Liberal Lines
In Metropolis, Lois is getting bitched out by her editor, Perry White, for her techniques even as Jimmy Olsen gives Clark Kent a tour of the place. It’s Clark’s first day. And now he’s the age he was in the opening. Jimmy’s a little younger, and is described as “Brooklyn-born and somewhat effeminate.” Perry White makes jokes about Jimmy’s boyfriend later in the scene. It’s one of those bizarre choices that you hope you’re misreading. It’s suggested more than anything, but it is suggested. It certainly could be read that way. Did they just arbitrarily decide to suggest that Jimmy’s gay?Jimmy's boyfriend?!?!?!? Jimmy Olson's boyfriend?!?!? This phrase should even exist. That's like saying the water is dry. Or the sun is quite blue today. I hate these idiots.
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posted on
09/23/2002 10:26:27 AM PDT
by
far sider
To: mhking
In the AOL TimeWarner universe, DC Comics is a tiny cog. So the loonies at Warner Brothers can do whatever they want.
You'd think they'd learn how distorting the tales destroyed the Batman movie series or that they'd noticed how Marvel's had great success recently by making movies that are faithful to the comics. Heck, their biggest franchise, Harry Potter, succeeded by being very faithful to the source material.
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posted on
09/23/2002 10:32:22 AM PDT
by
LenS
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
This sounds awful...Jimmy Olsen gay?Of course. Remember that awful opening to the last WB Batman movie? Where we got close-up shots of Batman's and Robin's leather armored crotches?
Some of the same people behind that innovative shots are behind this script.
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posted on
09/23/2002 10:43:59 AM PDT
by
LenS
To: far sider
I liked the "fascist" Superman from the the Dark Night Batman series. In that incarnation, he was a God-like, but weary establishment symbol of American power, pre-occupied with the moral trade-offs of maintaining order in the universe. Very interesting.
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posted on
09/23/2002 10:44:42 AM PDT
by
Callahan
To: Behind Liberal Lines
NO!
There I feel better. Not much, but better nonetheless.<p?prisoner6
To: far sider
I cannot believe that this is the script for a new Superman movie. This reads like something written on bad acid. Lex Luthor is a Kryptonian, and has superpowers? Oh boy, does that stink up the place. This whole thing stinks on ice. Wow, what a stinkbomb!
OTOH, it has been twenty years since the last Superman movies came out, there is a whole new generation of MTV-numbed youngsters out there who are ripe for a new version of this story. You can count me out.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
This project is being SAVAGED (to put it mildly) on every fan forum imaginable. I can't repeat the language without being banned for a LONG time. Great comment from one fan: "If Krypton NEVER explodes, where the H*ll does the Kryptonite come from?" ROTFLOL! Spider-Man stuck to the source material, and made $425 MILLION! If WB puts this on film, sell your stock while you have the chance...proposed 'Superman' being referred to as the next 'Battlefield Earth'.
To: Darth Sidious
You've GOT to see this...comments?
To: Behind Liberal Lines
EARTH TO HOLLYWOOD:
Post 9/11 we want family movies and heroes who kick a$$ without angst.
I saw Superman with Reeve over twenty times (I'd leave my residency 36 hour shift and watch the second half at the local theatre, being too tired to date anything mortal at the time and found Krypton and Brandon too boring to sit through more than a few times.)
I loved Lois and Clark on TV. And despite extremely poor reception I try to catch Smallville occasionally.
No way will I go to a Superman turkey fest, however. Eat your new movie.
To: LenS
I don't remember who said it, but as someone once pointed out: "Sure, Lois Lane is Superman's girlfriend... but he gave the fancy watch to Jimmy."
Jimmy Olsen's nickmame "Mr. Action" takes on a whole new meaning in light of this abominable sneak preview.
Zee Zee Zee,
B-chan
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posted on
09/23/2002 11:22:48 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
To: LenS
Geez, I had almost forgotten about that...and the molded plastic nipples on Batman and Robin's costumes. Call me old school, but I long for the days of Bizarro and Giant Turtle Olsen...
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Ugh sounds right. They will probably lose money on this liberal 're-telling.' I haven't read comics in years, but I have liked some of the recent movies (X-Men, Spawn) and I hear Spider Man was good.
I have heard they are coming out w/ an Iron Man movie. That should be great. Anti-communist, wealthy capitalist hero w/ cool toys and enjoys three martini lunches and hot babes. Ha ha ha. They can update the story by having him experience his heart attack while field testing DoD equipment in Iraq, ha ha ha.
In other geek comic/sci-fi/fantasy news, Scifi.com announced in their preview of the upcoming season that they are producing miniseries based on LeGuinn's "Earthsea" stories and Zelazny's "Amber" series. If they just follow the stories they should be good.
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posted on
09/23/2002 11:28:52 AM PDT
by
Gothmog
To: Behind Liberal Lines
My word, that sounds horrendous.
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posted on
09/23/2002 11:31:24 AM PDT
by
Sloth
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