Superman eschews longtime patriot act

The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 6/30/06 | Tatiana Siegel

[durasell]

And Hollywood wonders why they are losing touch with middle-America. What a load of PC crap.



Hollywood has no doubts about why they are losing touch with middle-America. The fact of the matter is, middle-America doesn't count. Beyond the seven or eight major markets in the U.S., all they care about is the global market.

[DustyMoment]

"The world has changed. The world is a different place," Pennsylvania native Harris says. "The truth is he's an alien. He was sent from another planet. He has landed on the planet Earth, and he is here for everybody. He's an international superhero."

So now even Superman is a "globalist".

Thanks, but no thanks. I like MY superheroes home grown!!

[RexBeach]

Why don't these effers try rooting for the home team...just once. Nope. Can't do that. That would actually mean they loved their country.

What a bunch of self-inflated, supercilious SOBs.

[VOA]

But in the latest film incarnation, scribes Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris
sought to downplay Superman's long-standing patriot act.

I'll go their "downplay" one better.
I'll zero-out the amount of money I WAS going to spend going to see the film.

[L98Fiero]

"Nope. Action Comics #1 was published in 1938.."

Yep. Superman was created years before Action Comics #1. They were just not having any luck getting him published. I believe he was "created" in 1932.

[epluribus_2]

>>meant back in the '40s and '50s, which was something more noble and idealistic."
Uh, no. It still means that for a majority of americans - See Bush/Kerry 2004

[Pravious]

Yep. Rose instantly to the top of the: "Oh, well. Not seeing THAT one" list.

[VegasCowboy]

Hollywood has no doubts about why they are losing touch with middle-America. The fact of the matter is, middle-America doesn't count. Beyond the seven or eight major markets in the U.S., all they care about is the global market.

Of course, you are correct. Its too bad, though. If they came out and said that it was all about marketing it globally, I could live with that. But no. They have say that the "American way" no longer means what it used to. The unspoken thought here is that America is no longer the beacon of freedom and justice (and its all because of the eeeeevil George Bush).

[Blue Turtle]

Interesting that they release it on 4th of July Weekend, isn't it? Guess Independence Day is good for selling a movie.....

[epluribus_2]

Besides, he grows up on a farm in small town in a red state by two norman rockwell parents. He could have been born in Tazhikistan but that upbringing would make anyone a red-blooded, patriotic, American.

[rhombus]

"Hesitant." Can't even be certain about his squeamishness. Typical lefty. Not just unpatriotic, but ANTIpatriotic. And mostly because he's too squeamish and unsure to stand for anything.

You make an excellent point. Folks like this need to come face to face with evil more often instead hiding in their coffee shops sipping lattes.

[Mamzelle]

I'm of the opinion that better entertainment can be had than movies--on American television. Ever since I got netflix I've been watching backlogged television series, and they're surprisingly good...particularly compared to what recent movies have offered.

I'm beginning to wish this "Superman" would bomb. I don't like what I've read of what they've done to Lois Lane. Sounds like Terry Hatcher and Margot Kidder were the last good LL's.

[durasell]

My statement was, I thought, a bit harsher. It also pained me to make it because the implications are far reaching.

American pop culture continues to dominate the world market. Wherever there are teenagers eager to offend their parents, you'll find American rap music.

[Xenalyte]

Is Superman still American?

Superman never WAS American. He's Kryptonian.

[durasell]

Is Superman still American?

Superman never WAS American. He's Kryptonian.




Illegal immigrant!!!!

[Bernard Marx]

"So, you play the movie in a foreign country, and you say, 'What does he stand for? -- truth, justice and the American way.' I think a lot of people's opinions of what the American way means outside of this country are different from what the line actually means (in Superman lore) because they are not the same anymore," Harris says. "And (using that line) would taint the meaning of what he is saying."

Translation: foreign box office receipts are a lot more important to the writers/producers than "the American way." To non-liberals the American way's meaning hasn't changed a bit.

[Bommer]

The dirty little truth is that Superman is a Mexican from another planet. He came into this country illegally and does the dirty jobs that Americans refuse to!

[gdani]

Superman never WAS American. He's Kryptonian

Which means Clark Kent is an illegal immigrant too. And must have forged documents to gain employment at The Daily Planet. I'm no longer so sure about this Superman guy.....

[Colorado Mike]

"The world has changed. The world is a different place," Pennsylvania native Harris says. "The truth is he's an alien. He was sent from another planet. He has landed on the planet Earth, and he is here for everybody. He's an international superhero."

No, he's an illegal alien. Where are his papers? Maybe he has a UN Global Passport™ ?

[KevinDavis]

Ok, so who is going to demand that Superman leave this planet..