Superman Returns
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seandcSo Friday was the big trip to the moving pictures. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
njamos and I went out to the early morning session of Superman Returns.
We got in a good while before the ads started, and talked. Then the ads started, and talk turned to making up silly reasons and voices for the ads. See what happens if I'm allowed an audience? ;) Trailers this time around were for: Miami Vice; Talladega Nights; You, Me and Dupree; and Lady in the Water.
Lex comparing himself to Prometheus: I just want to bring fire to the people. Just like his comic counterpart is doing in the pages of 52 with his plan to turn everyone into metas. *must not reveal his secret meetings with Wanda Maximoff*
"Loads more mutants!"
Lois' Pulitzer-winning article being "Why the world doesn't need Superman" - ouch.
Although, not so terribly out of character for Supes himself. I'm thinking of his appearance in the pages of Nightwing at the time of the Gotham earthquake/quarantine, and his constantly coming up against the expectation that he'll do everything, no mere mortal need do anything with Supes in town. Much with the telling looks when even Dick starts talking like this.
Plus could this argument be also used for the Superman of the Justice League animated series. If he were to do it all for them, wouldn't it be just that much shorter a step to declaring sentence on his own and going down the path of the Justice Lords?
The scene where Clark throws the ball for his dog - way over the horizon. Would this mean that he's been away so long that he no longer has to reign himself in around the fragile squishy humans.
Lex's little friend is called Kitty. Can she also walk through walls? No. Well, Lex, you get the sidekicks you pay for... *runs off with the Marvel Kitty*
Heh. Bo the bartender still has the Olsen bow tie - and notice who Jimmy's hugging when the plane is saved. (Jack Larson played Jimmy in the 50s tv series Adventures of Superman)
During the first power outage, thanks to descriptions of what's coming up in Smallville, I was kinda expecting the message "Kneel before Zod" to appear on the screens (ok, I haven't seen the first two movies).
Lex's model railway - Gomez Addams would be proud of what he did (Fester would've been handy in that scene too).
Superman in Space, watching the Earthand breathing in space a la Batman, I swear this scene was painted two or three years ago by Alex Ross.
Glad that Supes wasn't the only one doing the rescuing, but did the Lanes (ok, the Whites) *have* to be on the bit of the boat that broke off? Although in all this it seems that Lois is going for the Daniel Jackson Award for Injuries Dustained In-story.
Waidaminit... since this kid is "meant to be" Cyclops's son, does that make him Cable? :D What, he's a different character in here? Oops ;) (just wait a few years for a new friend to be brought home - Wade Wilson!)
Ok, that was a hard landing... could it be that Superman is a tad miffed?
When the three guys were beating up Clark, that would've been a good time for Emoboy Prime to show.
Lex is getting in touch with his inner Jason Todd...
*cut to: Lex spending hours making his Kryptonite-knife all wavy like Jason's*
Would Tok'Ra technology for building and demolishing their tunnels be able to beat the Kryptonian versions?
The coma could've been a good time to get Batman into a small part of the movie. He could've gone up to Metropolis to see Superman's condition for himself.
We see a nurse standing over Superman's bed, when a voice asks about his condition, and when the nurse turns around, we see the black cape, and the cowl... he is there.
How did the Daily Planet get it's landmark globe back on top of the building so fast (you see it briefly in the final flyby - somehow I don't think there'll be two skyscrapers in Metropolis with the same landmark.
Overall, really enjoyed this movie - was too busy being caught up in everything to really take many notes.
Afterwards we had planned on getting a late lunch (yes, I consider 1pm as late for lunch :P), but anywhere we looked for cheap simple lunch was too crowded or too closed (our normal before-or-after movie places being long-since closed) not that we really *needed* lunch anyway - large popcorn is a little too large, we only managed somewhere between a quarter and a third of the box between us. So, we went home. Well, I went to the shops first to pick up my computer I'd dropped off in the morning to have the power supply replaced. I hadn't realised the other one was so noisy even in normal mode!
About the only other noteworthy thing happening during the week was a lunch on Tuesday, for a workmate who by now is over in Greece and Cyprus until year's end - bit of change from the routine and chance for a nice bit of steak (they've cut down on the "jus" but still need to do the same for the salad dressing). The artificial streams along the old Claise Brook have been closed down for "winter" *pokes clouds for this rain stuff that's meant to appear in winter*. The small lake that's part of these is also draining, the first metre or so around the edges is just mud, but at least the ducks are happy to go nosing around in it.
So, that's about it, stuff continues much as usual; waved coworkers off, gained new computer parts (and external hard drive for backups, much quicker than burning cds), did the meet-up and movie thing for the first time in years, and once more into one of my uncommunicative moods (even for me) where I pretty much can't think of anything to say. Perfectly normal week.
njamos and I went out to the early morning session of Superman Returns.We got in a good while before the ads started, and talked. Then the ads started, and talk turned to making up silly reasons and voices for the ads. See what happens if I'm allowed an audience? ;) Trailers this time around were for: Miami Vice; Talladega Nights; You, Me and Dupree; and Lady in the Water.
Lex comparing himself to Prometheus: I just want to bring fire to the people. Just like his comic counterpart is doing in the pages of 52 with his plan to turn everyone into metas. *must not reveal his secret meetings with Wanda Maximoff*
"Loads more mutants!"
Lois' Pulitzer-winning article being "Why the world doesn't need Superman" - ouch.
Although, not so terribly out of character for Supes himself. I'm thinking of his appearance in the pages of Nightwing at the time of the Gotham earthquake/quarantine, and his constantly coming up against the expectation that he'll do everything, no mere mortal need do anything with Supes in town. Much with the telling looks when even Dick starts talking like this.
Plus could this argument be also used for the Superman of the Justice League animated series. If he were to do it all for them, wouldn't it be just that much shorter a step to declaring sentence on his own and going down the path of the Justice Lords?
The scene where Clark throws the ball for his dog - way over the horizon. Would this mean that he's been away so long that he no longer has to reign himself in around the fragile squishy humans.
Lex's little friend is called Kitty. Can she also walk through walls? No. Well, Lex, you get the sidekicks you pay for... *runs off with the Marvel Kitty*
Heh. Bo the bartender still has the Olsen bow tie - and notice who Jimmy's hugging when the plane is saved. (Jack Larson played Jimmy in the 50s tv series Adventures of Superman)
During the first power outage, thanks to descriptions of what's coming up in Smallville, I was kinda expecting the message "Kneel before Zod" to appear on the screens (ok, I haven't seen the first two movies).
Lex's model railway - Gomez Addams would be proud of what he did (Fester would've been handy in that scene too).
Superman in Space, watching the Earth
Glad that Supes wasn't the only one doing the rescuing, but did the Lanes (ok, the Whites) *have* to be on the bit of the boat that broke off? Although in all this it seems that Lois is going for the Daniel Jackson Award for Injuries Dustained In-story.
Waidaminit... since this kid is "meant to be" Cyclops's son, does that make him Cable? :D What, he's a different character in here? Oops ;) (just wait a few years for a new friend to be brought home - Wade Wilson!)
Ok, that was a hard landing... could it be that Superman is a tad miffed?
When the three guys were beating up Clark, that would've been a good time for Emoboy Prime to show.
Lex is getting in touch with his inner Jason Todd...
*cut to: Lex spending hours making his Kryptonite-knife all wavy like Jason's*
Would Tok'Ra technology for building and demolishing their tunnels be able to beat the Kryptonian versions?
The coma could've been a good time to get Batman into a small part of the movie. He could've gone up to Metropolis to see Superman's condition for himself.
We see a nurse standing over Superman's bed, when a voice asks about his condition, and when the nurse turns around, we see the black cape, and the cowl... he is there.
How did the Daily Planet get it's landmark globe back on top of the building so fast (you see it briefly in the final flyby - somehow I don't think there'll be two skyscrapers in Metropolis with the same landmark.
Overall, really enjoyed this movie - was too busy being caught up in everything to really take many notes.
Afterwards we had planned on getting a late lunch (yes, I consider 1pm as late for lunch :P), but anywhere we looked for cheap simple lunch was too crowded or too closed (our normal before-or-after movie places being long-since closed) not that we really *needed* lunch anyway - large popcorn is a little too large, we only managed somewhere between a quarter and a third of the box between us. So, we went home. Well, I went to the shops first to pick up my computer I'd dropped off in the morning to have the power supply replaced. I hadn't realised the other one was so noisy even in normal mode!
About the only other noteworthy thing happening during the week was a lunch on Tuesday, for a workmate who by now is over in Greece and Cyprus until year's end - bit of change from the routine and chance for a nice bit of steak (they've cut down on the "jus" but still need to do the same for the salad dressing). The artificial streams along the old Claise Brook have been closed down for "winter" *pokes clouds for this rain stuff that's meant to appear in winter*. The small lake that's part of these is also draining, the first metre or so around the edges is just mud, but at least the ducks are happy to go nosing around in it.
So, that's about it, stuff continues much as usual; waved coworkers off, gained new computer parts (and external hard drive for backups, much quicker than burning cds), did the meet-up and movie thing for the first time in years, and once more into one of my uncommunicative moods (even for me) where I pretty much can't think of anything to say. Perfectly normal week.
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Date: 2006-07-08 06:10 pm (UTC)The only way that would work would be if Lex Luthor was still possessed by Zod long after Smallville--and he can't be, since Zod appeared in the second movie, too. Complicated? Yes. :lol:
(ok, I haven't seen the first two movies).
First movie: I haven't seen the entire thing yet, but at some point Luthor uses a missle to try to destroy the west coast. He wants to destroy California for beach front property, I think. Hey, at least he's consistent.
Second movie: Lex escapes from jail, and meets up with the fugitives from the Phantom Zone. He wants them to take over the world, as long as they give him Australia. I'm not kidding. Lois finds out Clark is Superman, he takes her to the Fortress of Solitude and makes himself human, they sleep together, he fights bad guys after walking to Antartica to get his powers back, and he wipes Lois' memory with a SuperKiss at the end, and she never knows she slept with him.
You have to wonder just how confused she was when she turned up pregnant. :lol:
Although in all this it seems that Lois is going for the Daniel Jackson Award for Injuries Dustained In-story.
At that point she should have had a concussion or broken back at the very least. Not counting the incident on the plane.
The coma could've been a good time to get Batman into a small part of the movie. He could've gone up to Metropolis to see Superman's condition for himself.
I agree. He could have entered and exited through the window, just to mess with all the nurses. And if he had had a Kryptonite needle, he could have taken a few samples for himself. And hidden under the bed while Lois was there. If she had bent down to fix her shoe, she would have spotted him. :lol:
How did the Daily Planet get it's landmark globe back on top of the building so fast (you see it briefly in the final flyby...
I didn't notice that blooper. Maybe Superman flew it up there in between scenes, and sealed it to the building with heat vision?
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Date: 2006-07-09 11:05 am (UTC)Hey, at least he's consistent.
Consistent, eh? Why don't we ask Lois?
Lois: Gene Hackman was a better...
Lex: WRONG!!
as long as they give him Australia.
Well, of course he wants the best bit for himself! :D
and he wipes Lois' memory
And years later Batman finds out that even Supes is mindwipy, and wonders if his own mind might've been wiped, and of what....
Oh, and much eye-covering.
You have to wonder just how confused she was when she turned up pregnant. :lol:
Maybe Kryptonian pregancies work differently, and there'd been enough time to meet
ScottRichard.*snerk* DING-DONG!
"Mom? Dad? It's some lady calling herself Dark Phoenix, and one called White Queen, and they want a word with you two!"
At that point she should have had a concussion or broken back at the very least. Not counting the incident on the plane.
Aye, even after the plan ride she should've been in plaster for many months! Unless she's got her own secret healing factor...
"Superman thought he could erase my memory and that I'd never find out. He was wrong. My healing factor brought my memory back. And now that I've found out, I'm going to remind him that I'm the best at what I do..."
If she had bent down to fix her shoe, she would have spotted him. :lol:
Lois: You're under his bed in secret?
Batman: Yes.
Lois: Need I even ask why? No, forget it. Is there anyone who ISN'T in some kind of almost-relationship thing with him?!
Batman: ...
Lana: ...
Jimmy: ...
Kitty: ...
Richard: ...
Maybe Superman flew it up there in between scenes, and sealed it to the building with heat vision?
But did he have any between-scenes time? Well, maybe after he snuck out of hospital and before he turned into Jor-El.
Although, if he was going to put it back himself, why put it on that car in the first place?
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Date: 2006-07-09 09:20 pm (UTC)That's never going to get old. :lol:
And years later Batman finds out that even Supes is mindwipy, and wonders if his own mind might've been wiped, and of what....
If Batman really wanted to know, he could ask Alfred. The one person that Superman refuses to mind wipe in that way. :D
Lois: Need I even ask why? No, forget it. Is there anyone who ISN'T in some kind of almost-relationship thing with him?!
That would be a no. :lol: If Perry White had some awkward silence, too, Lois was freak out. Batman would decide it was just safer to stay under the bed for a while. :lol:
Although, if he was going to put it back himself, why put it on that car in the first place?
That's true. Maybe Perry White hired someone to fix it as soon as possible? Think of that bill!
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Date: 2006-07-11 02:14 pm (UTC)Well, probably not "refuses", just "wouldn't dare". :lol:
That would be a no. :lol: If Perry White had some awkward silence, too, Lois was freak out. Batman would decide it was just safer to stay under the bed for a while. :lol:
I was *so* tempted to include Perry, but I thought five would be enough to make the point. ;)
Maybe Perry White hired someone to fix it as soon as possible? Think of that bill!
True. Especially in the seller's market of Metropolis' building repair biz, with every single skyscraper needing new windows at the least.
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Date: 2006-07-11 03:03 pm (UTC)And the mindwipe would probably just not work with him anyway. :lol:
Especially in the seller's market of Metropolis' building repair biz, with every single skyscraper needing new windows at the least.
Maybe Perry could get the owner of the Daily Planet to pay for it. In the comics, Bruce Wayne bought it.