Posted on 06/30/2006 8:01:53 AM PDT by Roberts
If they didn't want to put "And the American Way" in there they shouldn't have put the line in there at all. "And all of that stuff" is not only leaving it out, but seems to be a deliberate attempt to mock us.
I`m surprised they did`nt take it even further. I mean, isn`t the word superman inappropriate and sexist? If a male member of Congress has to be called a Congressperson, should`nt the PC crowd be up in arms and demanding he be called superperson? Maybe not, though. The word person implies a member of the species homo sapiens, so using the word person could be construed as being specist. How about superlifeform?
What does he say now? I can't believe how much the movie has made already. I guess most people don't care about that line. It has made 32 million and has not even been in full release yet. This weekend it will pull in a lot, but next weekend it Prirates!!! That will be a great movie.
jbw's right...the Justice League of America WAS changed to JLA so as to omit the offending "America" word. They gave the same "the superheroes are here for everybody, not just Americans" line they mention in the article. I remember when they announced it (my kids were just at the right age for getting into Batman/Superman stuff).
As for the new title...well, perhaps the whole JLA thing didn't work out like they wanted and decided to go back to the original. Truthfully, I have no idea why they made that decision.
Regards,
Nikos,
National Treasure was a fun movie, and perfectly OK for the whole family to see. A little Indiana Jones-ish, it's about a guy who steals the Declaration of Independence in order to save it from the bad guys AND to find the treasure who's secrets are encoded in the document. Good clean fun.
You might also want to check out "The Rookie," with Dennis Quaid and "The Greatest Game Ever Played." Both are sports movies (baseball and golf, respectively), and both are again perfectly OK for all to see. My kids loved all three movies.
Regards,
That's when we decided not to go see it either!
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In yet another triumphant redefinition Smallville realistically depicts Perry White as a suicidally depressed alcoholic Pulizter prize winning MSM journalistTM nursing a guilty conscience.
"Wunderkind"?
lol. The only good moment in the entire film was when Wolverine behaved like Wolverine and started killing people.
Other than that, it was a suckfest.
That's because the line makes perfect sense in the context used. Can you imagine the editors of the New York Times asking if Superman was still standing for 'Truth, justice, and the American way'? No way, they'd choke on the words. All Perry White did was say something totally in character.
The only people getting spun up over this line are the ones who haven't seen the movie.
I'm a lot more annoyed that the movie should have been titled "Lois Lane's Feelings About Things, with special guest star Superman".
All I'm saying is 'Supes, you can do better. Way better. Let her go.'
Good grief, one harang from the the press (normally your sworn enemy) and you're all ready to mark in goose-step. It's a great movie. Superman is shown as a strong, responsible, principled force for good. The movie is well made and powerful.
Y'all must need something (else) to have an opinion about before the facts.
PS - aqll this "gay" buzz is an excuse for gay man-boys to have a crush on someone out of their league and make the rest of you all think gay is okay. It's their old trick of saying "ya know, Socrates was gay", "Attila the Hun was gay," "everyone famous or talented was secretly gay - hey, gay's okay."
Again, you all take the bait so easily sometimes, it makes me want to look for the marionette strings.
Superman is an illegal alien. Bush won't put up a wall around our planet. He's just here to save the buses that American's won't save.
You're gay.
Spoken by the voice of experience (and lonely internet grumbling bitterness).
Please refrain from proving too much about yourself.
Well, it's true. Anyone so preoccupied by gay things has clearly got a little bit of a 'swissue'.
Stop being gay. Stop it.
Just stop.
That is incorrect.
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