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Superman gives up on 'American way'
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Posted on 07/01/2006 9:37:13 PM PDT by John Lenin

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And more and more Ameircans are giving up on Hollywood.
1 posted on 07/01/2006 9:37:15 PM PDT by John Lenin
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OK, I won't be going to this movie now.


2 posted on 07/01/2006 9:38:21 PM PDT by NinoFan
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"I think when people say 'American way,' they're actually talking about what the 'American way' meant back in the '40s and '50s, which was something more noble and idealistic."

How stupid. The United States is still the only country on earth people are willing to risk their lives to get to. "The American way" still means something to the rest of the world, even if it means nothing to Hollyweird. This is another movie I won't see, even though I was a fan of Christopher Reeves' "Superman."

3 posted on 07/01/2006 9:41:08 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: John Lenin

Thanks for posting, you just saved me about $30.00.


4 posted on 07/01/2006 9:41:27 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: John Lenin

---"The world has changed. The world is a different place," Harris said.---

Yeah, it's a place I won't be going to see your movie in.


5 posted on 07/01/2006 9:42:48 PM PDT by claudiustg (¡En español, por favor!)
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"The ideal hasn't changed. I think when people say 'American way,' they're actually talking about what the 'American way' meant back in the '40s and '50s, which was something more noble and idealistic."

We were more noble and idealistic before communists and socialists took over hollywood.

I've heard that the new Batwoman comic will portray her as a lesbian.

American patriots need to take the entertainment media back over. As of now, it is an active propoganda campaign against America, and this "Superman" movie is just one more example.

6 posted on 07/01/2006 9:49:06 PM PDT by Washi
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With this attitude why have a white guy as Superman anymore? Liberals are famous for hating their own history.


7 posted on 07/01/2006 9:52:28 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: hsalaw

I just got back from the theater and I was relatively pleased with the movie. If it was just judged on the way it is said in the movie I probably wouldn't have been bothered by it but hearing the writer's take on it makes me regret having paid my money to see it.


8 posted on 07/01/2006 9:55:27 PM PDT by Uriah_lost (http://www.wingercomics.com/d/20051205.html)
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To: John Lenin
I'll go see "Click", "Cars" and "all that other stuff" I'll wait for the DVD if my kids need to .....or something else now.....thanks...f'ing libs.

KMA as in Kiss My A##

That's why I"ll save on popcorn over the 4th of July weekend.

They will get the people that would see anything... however they won't get the dollars that are generated by those of us with "discretionary" income that I can choose to use in multiple ways.

I love it..."all that stuff"....like we wouldn't notice.

asshats.

9 posted on 07/01/2006 9:59:02 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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OK, I won't be going to this movie now.

Nor will they even get $1 for a DVD rental from me.

10 posted on 07/01/2006 10:50:21 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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The 1978 Superman is one of the most overrated movies ever. Cool opening, pretty Smallville and arctic scenes, but the rest is lots of fake FX and bland dialogue, and a silly villain.

This one is direct sequel, with Superman now having a kid out of wedlock and, from what I've been told from those who've seen it, it's BORING. Superman doesn't have any combat scenes, he's just flying around lifting stuff, basically, though there's one very good action scene.

I have no interest in "reimaginings" which don't even stay true to the essence of the original. And Superman is a not-very-interesting character--too powerful, too bland. And I don't need anymore of this director's special pleading for the gay agenda, which diluted the first two X-Men movies.

11 posted on 07/01/2006 11:17:57 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
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"....I think when people say 'American way,' they're actually talking about what the 'American way' meant back in the '40s and '50s, which was something more noble and idealistic."

That one line doesn't seem to fit the rest of what this guy is saying.

12 posted on 07/01/2006 11:35:36 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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Wonder where they get these ideas from..."Uberman, who in disguise is Klaus Kent, a mild-mannered clerk for the Ministry of Propaganda, Fights a never ending battle for untruth, injustice, and the Nazi way!" ~~ Click here to view entire 1978 Saturday Night Live skit
13 posted on 07/01/2006 11:55:58 PM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: martin_fierro; Zavien Doombringer; MeekOneGOP; BJClinton; Slings and Arrows; MotleyGirl70

SNL's Uberman alert!


Jor-El: [ John Balushi sounding like Brando in The Godfather ] My Son. My Son. I am your father, Jor-El. Your mother and I have sent you to Earth the only survivor of Krypton. As you hear this, I will have been dead many centuries, but I will reborn as Charlie Rich. On the planet Earth you have special powers and knowledge, which will separate you from mankind. Use these powers only for good, and above all you must never tamper with the destiny of man. [pauses] And don't eat junk food. [ disappears ]
14 posted on 07/02/2006 12:02:00 AM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: John Lenin

"The ideal hasn't changed. I think when people say 'American way,' they're actually talking about what the 'American way' meant back in the '40s and '50s, which was something more noble and idealistic."

Idiot!

As if the America of the 1940s was so much more noble.

Nope. What's changed is that Hollywood has become so much more *ig*noble.


15 posted on 07/02/2006 12:04:38 AM PDT by WOSG (Do your duty, be a patriot, support our Troops - VOTE!)
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To: Washi
I've heard that the new Batwoman comic will portray her as a lesbian.

Are you serious?

16 posted on 07/02/2006 12:13:15 AM PDT by KittyKares
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"Harris insists it was part of an attempt to make Superman more of an international icon."

So Stuperman will now behead the infidels, because that is an international way of truth and justice?

Eff hollyweird and the commie whorse they rode in on!!!

17 posted on 07/02/2006 2:39:43 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (I'd rather be carrying a shotgun with Dick, than riding shotgun with a Kennedyl!)
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To: John Lenin

Good reason not to see the movie.


18 posted on 07/02/2006 4:14:16 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: hsalaw

Wrong. Each day hundreds of Africans try to get across the street of Gibraltar to reach EU mainland. Many don´t make it over there.


19 posted on 07/02/2006 4:23:09 AM PDT by Michael81Dus (1954, 1974, 1990, 2006)
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Don't go to the movie? Good idea. Don't support Hollywood? Another winner. Drop the phrase, "The American Way". Well that's sort of in the middle. I LIKE the phrase, and it IS a historical part of the Superman genre, but at the same time the movie market now is a global market, and I can understand how they might want to skip a message that interfered with global sales. What i DO NOT Like -- the phrase & All That Stuff. It denigrates. It makes the other two seem small and unimportant -- TRUTH! JUSTICE! and all that stuff? Hey back in the day, Truth and Justice WAS the American Way
20 posted on 07/02/2006 5:40:09 AM PDT by 9999lakes
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