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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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To: John Lenin

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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To: John Lenin
"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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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."

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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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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To: John Lenin
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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To: John Lenin
"....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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To: John Lenin
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: 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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"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: John Lenin

Well, I liked it. Even if the writers had an anti-American agenda, you couldn't really tell it from this quotation. It was a throwaway line by the newspaper editor and was meant to be funny.

However, the moviemakers did go out of their way to show that Superman was an international superhero. It showed him saving folks in Germany as well as in the USA. Also, he traveled to space to contemplate the Earth as a whole.


23 posted on 07/02/2006 8:52:10 AM PDT by Cyclopean Squid (Österreich ist frei!)
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To: Solamente

I despise when they alter a great American icon. Ping!


27 posted on 07/02/2006 9:39:58 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Proudly Posting Without Reading the Article Since 1999 !!!)
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To: John Lenin

Superman is an Illegal Alien and should be Deported.


28 posted on 07/02/2006 9:45:29 AM PDT by H. Paul Pressler IV
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To: John Lenin
Superman - played by Brandon Routh - vows to fight for "truth, justice and all that stuff" in the film

I'm a big Superman fan. Just this past week i purchased dvds of Seasons #3 & 4 of the TV show starring George Reeves. Enclosed was a free pass for this movie. I just may use that free pass and make a show of walking out when this line is spoken.

31 posted on 07/02/2006 10:09:01 AM PDT by Beowulf
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Instead, Superman - played by Brandon Routh - vows to fight for "truth, justice and all that stuff" in the film

That's completely incorrect. Superman never vows anything in this movie. The 'all that stuff' line was uttered by the Metropolis version of the New York Times editor, Perry White, about Superman.

If you can imagine an NYT editor saying the words 'truth, justice and the American way' without choking violently on the words, I guess you have a much more active imagination than I do. As it is, the line made perfect sense in context.

33 posted on 07/02/2006 10:59:16 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (- Islam will never survive being laughed at. -)
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To: John Lenin

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0607020321jul02,1,715073.column?coll=chi-news-col

This Man of Steel could use some mettle
John Kass

July 2, 2006

"....The American icon is no longer an American. He's not proud of the American way.

It says so in The Hollywood Reporter, in a story by Tatiana Siegel, about the movie that other reviewers insisted was so, so iconic.

The real Superman, the pre-Kyoto, pre-Guantanamo Bay Superman, understood who he was. He fought for "truth, justice and the American way." That was his credo--even while threatening terrorists into giving up important information in time to save the day.

But in the new movie, the Man of Steel can't even bring himself to say it. Instead, a supporting character, played by Frank Langella, says Superman stands for "truth, justice and all that stuff."

All that stuff? Why didn't he just say "truth, justice and, you know, like, whatever?"

Excerpt: Go to: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0607020321jul02,1,715073.column?coll=chi-news-col


39 posted on 07/03/2006 9:08:28 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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Wow, I was actually planning on going to this movie today. Now I won't be going.


43 posted on 07/04/2006 10:02:22 AM PDT by Scutter
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To: John Lenin
He has landed on the planet Earth, and he is here for everybody. He's an international superhero

In other words, in dropping "the American way" was a marketing decision.

45 posted on 07/06/2006 3:51:20 PM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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