Movies - Man Of Steel (2013) #3 - Page 3

**lyndell75** · 05-14-2015, 05:20 PM

Best scene in the whole movie

Christopher Reeve cameo

~ Jis_Bon ~ · 05-15-2015, 07:30 AM

He looks like Christopher Reeve

MD7 · 05-16-2015, 03:35 AM

amancanfly

~ Jis_Bon ~ · 05-16-2015, 11:18 AM

these gifs are awesome

**lyndell75** · 05-16-2015, 04:44 PM

~ Jis_Bon ~ · 05-16-2015, 08:25 PM

Wow

The video looks fantastic!!!

**lyndell75** · 05-22-2015, 06:14 AM

~ Jis_Bon ~ · 05-22-2015, 02:13 PM

Great videos!!!!!

**lyndell75** · 05-24-2015, 05:54 PM

Zack Snyder's Darker Man of Steel Recalls Superman's Earliest Days - The Atlantic

Superman's Dark Past
Some fans are complaining that Zack Snyder’s envisioning of the Man of Steel is too grim—but it’s less a departure than a return to the superhero’s roots.

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Despite what many believe, Superman’s first appearance wasn’t in Action Comics No. 1 in June 1938. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster first published the character in a 1933 illustrated short story called Reign of the Superman as a bald supervillain not unlike Lex Luthor. Instead of physical superpowers, though, Superman had the power to read and control people’s minds, all in an effort to take over the world.

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Audiences familiar with the rather stiff and morally upright character that Superman would later become would be surprised to discover that Siegel and Shuster’s original character was actually a tough and cynical wise guy, similar to the hard-boiled detectives like Sam Spade who also became popular during the Depression years. Superman took to crime-fighting with an adolescent glee, routinely taking the opportunity to mock and humiliate his adversaries as he thrashed them.

The early Superman not only makes threats, he also delivers on them. And what makes his actions even more uncharacteristic is that he’s threatening mere mortals, not evil superhumans. In one story, a madman with a container of poisonous gas drops it on the floor as Superman advances toward him. As the gas fills the air, choking the man, Superman watches him die saying, “You’re only getting a taste of the fate you planned to doom others to,” effectively being a murderer by purposely refusing to save him. (And it happens other times throughout the hero’s 77-year-history). In another scenario, Superman threatens to leave two criminals hanging underneath an airplane as it’s about to land. He tells them what to expect if they don’t give him answers: “When the plane lands, you won’t make a pretty sight. Confess, or I won’t release you.” Luckily for the thugs and for readers, they do.

Superman’s more violent, or perhaps more grounded persona changed after The Adventures of Superman hit the radio airwaves in 1940. It was on that show that he gained the ability to fly, the nickname “Champion of the Oppressed” was dropped and the catchphrase “Truth, Justice, and the American way” forever became associated with the hero now known as the Man of Steel. Other changes occurred in the radio show that became part of the Superman mythos in the comics, the 1950s TV show starring George Reeves, and the Christopher Reeve movies in the 70s and 80s.

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Superman would go in and out of style throughout the following decade. The 1978 feature film starring Christopher Reeve solidified Superman as the hero most people know him as today—an inspirational beacon of hope and goodness. He never lies, he doesn’t fight unless he has to, and he would do anything to protect the people of Earth. He’s mannerly and wholesome and he’s ... well, he’s perfect.

And that’s the problem.

How do you write Superman—the most powerful man on Earth, the man who can blow out stars with a single breath, who can see through most anything, who has heat vision and super breath, who essentially is indestructible and has no character flaws whatsoever—in a compelling way? That’s Superman’s biggest problem, and it’s the one the writers and editors at D.C. Comics have faced continually over the years; trying to make Superman interesting and relevant.

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Judging from the trailer for Batman v Superman, it looks like Snyder is playing off the controversy the first film caused: Superman’s forever-long fight with Zod and his violent death at the hands of the Man of Steel, along with the destruction of Metropolis, and Superman’s utter lack of effort to try to save people. The first line of narration addresses it directly: Is it really surprising that the most powerful man in the world is a figure of controversy?

The trailer brings up other compelling points. If Superman were real, how would people handle such a god-like being? Would we accept him or reject him? Would we follow him as a source if inspiration, or would we try to capture that power and harness it for ourselves?

~ Jis_Bon ~ · 05-25-2015, 01:54 AM

Very interesting article!

Thank you, Lyndell

**lyndell75** · 06-10-2015, 12:56 PM

~ Jis_Bon ~ · 06-10-2015, 01:00 PM

Fantastic gifs!!!

**lyndell75** · 06-14-2015, 05:11 PM

This is a great review of the movie and points out how many of the criticisms hold
no ground.

~ Jis_Bon ~ · 06-15-2015, 12:45 AM

That's amazing!!!

**lyndell75** · 06-16-2015, 01:46 PM

Here is another view

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