Doug Barr
Supermen of America
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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2006, 08:58:00 PM » |
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I am really looking foreward to this "new" cut of 'Superman 2'. I remember, after having seen the 1st film, going to see the 2nd one & being slightly dissapointed. I dont know why Donner pulled out of the 2nd one, maybe it had something to do with losing Marlon Brando, but the 1st film had been so great. I had heard that the 2nd was really going to deal with Krypton, far more so than it ended up doing. That we would learn the nature of the conflict between Jor-El & Zod, what had led up to the opening scene of 'Superman 1', that Zod & his crew were coming to earth not suspecting that an heir of Jor- Els would be there, but recognizing him as soon as he saw him by the 'S' on the chest, which Jor El too had worn in the earlier film, this & the fact that they all shared the same super-powers. People who like the film as it is get angry with me over my dissapointment of the 2nd movie, just as they do when I voice the opinion that Tom Welling would have made a perfect Superman in the up-coming film, but I felt that 'Superman 2' got bogged down with the romance(It is, however, better than the films that came after it) The whole part of him insisting that he marry Lois Lane, even though it will cost the world 'Superman', I find it unreasonable & self indulgent. I have no idea how far Donner got with his version before he was replaced by Dick Lester (The Beatles director), but I hope he got pretty far. The 1st film is still, for me, the finest super -hero movie to have been done. The only other one that works as well as it does is animated;The Incredibles. Many people will snicker, as though 'Incredibles' were just a childs movie. Maybe it was, but it was a good one.And it works! It had more of the spirit of the early Kirby- Stan Lee comics in it than 'The Fantastic 4' would later have. I am no fan of that film,(Fantastic 4) the reasons why could fill another topic.I grew up a Marvel fan by the way. You know, I think maybe if you grew up a Marvel-guy, then a show like 'Smallville' will work a lot better for you maybe. Any film made on any Marvel character falls far short of the mark for me, like,I think, 'Smallville' does for guys who came up on DC. But think about one thing, if a show can wake someone up to how really amazing a character was all along, can it be all bad?
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