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This isn't quite related to the movie, but more so to the movie's product line. I was in Toys'R'Us today, and I noticed a 12 inch talking Superman figure. I didn't pay much attention to it, but I noticed a little splash on the box that read, "English-Speaking Toy!" which was then repeated below it in Spanish. That just totally blew my mind that it's now required to denote which language the toy speaks in, especially since you can push the button to find out anyway if you really wanted to! It was funny and amazing and really, really weird. I'm not trying to sound like a hick or discriminatory against people who speak another language, but it just seems like it's going a bit too far. The exclaimation point was rather funny too, as if the fact that it spoke English, as oppose to another language, was a selling point! As if Superman would speak another language besides English anyway! ^_~

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Well this *new* Superman does appear to be a polictically correct, caring, emo, in touch with his feminine side kind of guy so its only natural that he would speak Spanish. And being topical his IS an illegal alien so I'm sure he's at the forefront of debate considering today's headlines. Then again he appears to claim that he IS some sort of saviour so he could be a religious extremist as well.

Go figure!
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Originally posted by: greencapt
Well this *new* Superman does appear to be a polictically correct, caring, emo, in touch with his feminine side kind of guy so its only natural that he would speak Spanish. And being topical his IS an illegal alien so I'm sure he's at the forefront of debate considering today's headlines. Then again he appears to claim that he IS some sort of saviour so he could be a religious extremist as well.

Go figure!


If I wind up laughing so hard at one of your posts that I fall out of my chair, I'm suing you for negligence and endangerment!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape

If I wind up laughing so hard at one of your posts that I fall out of my chair, I'm suing you for negligence and endangerment!


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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
This isn't quite related to the movie, but more so to the movie's product line. I was in Toys'R'Us today, and I noticed a 12 inch talking Superman figure. I didn't pay much attention to it, but I noticed a little splash on the box that read, "English-Speaking Toy!" which was then repeated below it in Spanish. That just totally blew my mind that it's now required to denote which language the toy speaks in, especially since you can push the button to find out anyway if you really wanted to! It was funny and amazing and really, really weird. I'm not trying to sound like a hick or discriminatory against people who speak another language, but it just seems like it's going a bit too far. The exclaimation point was rather funny too, as if the fact that it spoke English, as oppose to another language, was a selling point! As if Superman would speak another language besides English anyway! ^_~

I've seen the Superman action figure for this movie. The toy is more masculine looking than the actor upon whom it's modeled.
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"Maybe if I fly backwards around the world fast enough people will forget what a douchebag I look like!"

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Speaking of the Superman toys, I saw a remote-controlled flying Superman toy (think R/C airplanes) as well as a Gak-like substance called Krazy Kryptonite.

C'mon man! Krazy Kryptonite! That's marketing genius!

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Krazy Kryptonite compound can be molded, thrown, bounced, or stretched! The Krazy Kryptonite compound comes in a plastic molded case that is similar to the Kryptonian crystals featured throughout the movie, Superman Returns.

The green Krazy Kryptonite compound easily scoops out for a variety of ways to play.

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Originally posted by: greencapt
And being topical his IS an illegal alien so I'm sure he's at the forefront of debate considering today's headlines.

Hey, after the crap Zod pulled, I'm thinking these illegal aliens may be VERY dangerous! For every Kal-El who wants to fight for "Truth, Justice and all that stuff" you get three Kryptonian Kriminals who want to rule the world.

We need a bigger interplanetary fence made out of Kryptonite.
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Originally posted by: greencapt
And being topical his IS an illegal alien so I'm sure he's at the forefront of debate considering today's headlines.

Hey, after the crap Zod pulled, I'm thinking these illegal aliens may be VERY dangerous! For every Kal-El who wants to fight for "Truth, Justice and all that stuff" you get three Kryptonian Kriminals who want to rule the world.

We need a bigger interplanetary fence made out of Kryptonite.


Remembering that the character was created by two Jewish immigrants, it's *meant* to be at the forefront of Superman discussions.
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NY Times Superman Return article

As the movie begins, Mr. Singer explained, Clark returns from a mysterious absence to discover that Lois has a fiancé and a child. This creates what may be the film's central quandary. "Even if you're the strongest man in the world," Mr. Singer said, "if the woman you love has found someone else that she's nearly married to that's not a bad guy, how do you figure out what your place is in that woman's life?"

He added, "I call it my first chick flick."


Great. A chick flick. Superman. I mean it was obvious, but he has now made it official.
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I'm not worried about comments like that. I'm just glad its more character driven, I think we can take the chick flick comment in jest. I mean, Singer isn't known for really big character driven movies, is he?
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Originally posted by: greencapt
NY Times Superman Return article

As the movie begins, Mr. Singer explained, Clark returns from a mysterious absence to discover that Lois has a fiancé and a child. This creates what may be the film's central quandary. "Even if you're the strongest man in the world," Mr. Singer said, "if the woman you love has found someone else that she's nearly married to that's not a bad guy, how do you figure out what your place is in that woman's life?"

He added, "I call it my first chick flick."


Great. A chick flick. Superman. I mean it was obvious, but he has now made it official.


I don't like the sound of that.
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I'm not worried about comments like that. I'm just glad its more character driven, I think we can take the chick flick comment in jest. I mean, Singer isn't known for really big character driven movies, is he?


Which is retarded, seeing as he did X-Men...
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Originally posted by: greencapt
NY Times Superman Return article

As the movie begins, Mr. Singer explained, Clark returns from a mysterious absence to discover that Lois has a fiancé and a child. This creates what may be the film's central quandary. "Even if you're the strongest man in the world," Mr. Singer said, "if the woman you love has found someone else that she's nearly married to that's not a bad guy, how do you figure out what your place is in that woman's life?"

He added, "I call it my first chick flick."


Sounds like the same theme The Dead Zone has been exploring for five seasons.
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Originally posted by: greencapt
NY Times Superman Return article

As the movie begins, Mr. Singer explained, Clark returns from a mysterious absence to discover that Lois has a fiancé and a child. This creates what may be the film's central quandary. "Even if you're the strongest man in the world," Mr. Singer said, "if the woman you love has found someone else that she's nearly married to that's not a bad guy, how do you figure out what your place is in that woman's life?"

He added, "I call it my first chick flick."


Sounds like the same theme The Dead Zone has been exploring for five seasons.


I never watched the Dead Zone so I wouldn't know.
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Originally posted by: greencapt
When Brian Singer says he loves Superman... he LOVES Superman!

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Interesting article.

You know what would have been really cool? A large scale adaptation of Kingdom Come. Especially if Christopher Reeve hadn't been paralyzed and all; it would have been cool to see him come back as the older Superman of the KC storyline.
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In a lot of the comics, the future Superman has greying hair, sometimes a beard, so as far as I know, he does age. I don't think he ages the same as an Earth man does, though, because in most 'future' Superman comics, Lois and his family have all passed away. This also means that all depictions of Superman set in the future usually portray him as either crazy with loneliness, or arrogant and cynical having lost touch with his 'humanity'.
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But in the films (and Smallville) he ages from a baby to a teenager at the same time as all the rest of the guys..Lana Lang and whatnot.

I've always wondered the same thing.

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But in the films (and Smallville) he ages from a baby to a teenager at the same time as all the rest of the guys..Lana Lang and whatnot.


Exactly. This whole "Superman doesn't age like Earth people" can only be taken so far.
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He hits his physical peak the over the same period a human does, but he retains his physical peak a lot longer than humans do, and constantly gets stronger as long as he absorbs solar energy. The best examples of this are in 'Dark Knight Returns' and 'Kingdom Come'.

Also the Batman Beyond episode "The Call".

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Fair enough, even though that makes no sense whatsoever! I mean, he's only stronger an' shit because of our sun, why would that make him live longer??

This is coming from someone who has only watched the movies and the various TV shows....sorry

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