Any hopes for Superman Returns being good?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, July 2, 2005 13:34
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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:41 PM

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Originally posted by JuTin77:
Spider-Man is totally gay... meaning homosexual... not some ebonics-style definition that Eminem wants to give it...

I'll try to address this comment in an articulate and thoughtfull manner...
WTF are you on about???
In what way 'gay'? What, he wears tight pants so you can see the delineation of his athletic, luscious bum?
Maybe you should look in the mirror, closet-boy.

JUst kiddin', just kiddin' Chrisisall

ZEEK

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:07 PM

All I know about the movie so far is they cast someone who doesn't look like superman to me and that they created a costume that just looks silly.

So far it's not looking good.

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:19 PM

The costume in the first couple of Lois And Clark episodes was similar in that the 'S' was small, and they got wise and fixed it right away. Even so, I liked that a lot better than the 'little red bootie'/low riser brief/dirty pajama look for Superman Returns!!
They might have time to fix it, if they're smart.

What are they thinkin' Chrisisall

OPPYH

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:05 PM

The extended television broadcast of Superman 2 is a rare animal. My friend told me about a scene in which the General Zod, and the other two break into the White House, take the machine guns away from the guards, and just start wasting everyone in sight. I thought it was a riot that ABC would actually throw in scenes of more graphic violence. I'm sure thats a first, and most likely only time that will ever happen. I really hope it gets released on dvd.

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:44 PM

I still have it on VHS tape, Zod just fires on the guards like it's a toy he's holding. Also another guard falls to his knees in front of Ursa, who kicks him square in the face, although ABC trimmed the actual shot of the guard's face getting smashed.
It was mean.

Chrisisall

SPIROGYRA

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:52 PM

Wasn't Hugh Laurie(Dr. House) originally cast for Perry White? I was going to see it just for him.

Too bad they recast the role, cuz the rest of the movie looks like crap.

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:57 PM

At least we have Fantastic Four as far as the hero thing goes. And Serenity will be all we need for the next year or so after that...

Sci-fi junkie Chrisisall

SIMONWHO

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:39 PM

I think the probable thing to look to is: did you enjoy Bryan Singer's X-Men films? If you did, chances are you'll like this. If you didn't, you probably won't.

The costume looks pretty much the same as the comic/movie one, we're not talking a "yellow spandex?" complete overhaul here.

Bit weird though that the guy playing grown up Superman is two years younger than the guy playing him as a teenager.

CHRISISALL

Friday, July 1, 2005 9:25 PM

You know what? I liked the first X-Men a lot. The Michael Kamen (God do I miss him) music was great, and the script was cool. They weakend our heroes powerwise, but it wasn't too bad.
X-Men 2 had Kelley Hu, Nightcrawler, a great mansion fight, and a more epic feel, but missed the mark in some key areas.
First: let's incapacitate Professor X...AGAIN! The music sucked (in comparrison to Kamen's stuff). There was a LOT of preaching ( "have you tried not being a mutant?" F-ing slap me in the face with it, whydoncha?). The X plane can do incredible speeds- then not. The plane is ultra manuverable- then not. Storm can zap stuff with lightning bolts- but she can't hit missles with them.
And the narration in the end is a plain rip-off of Spock at the end of Wrath of Khan (let's forget that the X plane is a rip-off of Firefox).
Singer is very talented at getting actors to spout interesting dialogue, but the longer he makes super-hero movies, the more apparent I think it will become that he is only a competant action director, relying on second units and stunt co-ordinators, hence the uneven and contrived feel of the film (X-Men 2) as a whole.
I think Brett Ratner's third installment of X-Men will be a huge improvement over the first two, even if the script is weak, just because he understands action better (working with Jackie Chan twice never hurts), and is a more talented overall film-maker.
And Superman Returns will be slick, well produced, good lookin', uneven junk.

I could be wrong...nah Chrisisall

AMNESIAC

Friday, July 1, 2005 9:45 PM

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Originally posted by JuTin77:
Spider-Man is totally gay... meaning homosexual... not some ebonics-style definition that Eminem wants to give it...
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Was Mary-Jane a man in drag? I fail to see how Spiderman was homosexual. Also, um, does being gay mean that you're not good, or that a movie with gay people in it is bad? If spiderman is gay, and anybody out there knows him, could you give him my phone number? I'd appreciate it.

I liked X-men 2. It had drama and action and interesting characters. The acting was good except Halle Berry who looked like she was waiting for a bus through the whole film.

Superman has always been kind of boring to me. He's morally perfect, physically unstoppable, and just too darn good looking. He has nowhere to go. So unless they can come up with a decent character arc for him, I'll be rooting for Lex Luther again. Now Lex is a normal human who is willing to take on someone as powerful as superman. How cool is that?!

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