tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post4317619148182764330..comments2023-07-03T10:34:14.805-05:00Comments on Zombie Jesus: Superman ReturnsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post-1397809621968148422005-11-20T17:56:00.000-06:002005-11-20T17:56:00.000-06:00Thes question is: what did you think of the origin...Thes question is: what did you think of the original Donner <i>Superman</i> film? The voiceover in the trailer was obviously taken from there, so if anything it was Donner and Puzo that did the preaching! I just like the optimistic mood it gives paired with the Williams score.<br><br>Word has it Singer toned down the Christ symbolism in this one by comparison. I don't generally have a problem with characters being "Christlike," in the sense of being a savior figure. And I have a really hard time imagining the Bryan Singer of <i>The Usual Suspects</i> and <i>X-Men</i> taking what he describes as his favorite superhero and using it to prosthletize.<br><br>But I guess we'll have to wait and see.Ryan McReynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333879625502795277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post-90979834052750868612005-11-20T17:29:00.000-06:002005-11-20T17:29:00.000-06:00I'm feeling a little too skin-crawly from the ...I'm feeling a little too skin-crawly from the god overtones. I know, people say Superman always had that, but I've been a big superhero comic nerd for a long time, and I've never had such an overwhelming feeling of being preached at by a comic before.<br><br>It made me shudder a little. I'm ALL sorts of filled with trepidation about what they're going to do to this movie now! I want my usual superheroes, not just another outlet to be told someone's god died for my sins!Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910981403554526969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post-33894543182449915492005-11-20T12:56:00.000-06:002005-11-20T12:56:00.000-06:00"I have sent you, my only son."huh... so..."I have sent you, my only son."<br><br>huh... sounds familiar...<br><br>Evangelical Superman? Wouldn't surprise me, especially on the heels of The Chronicles of Narnia.genenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post-21288506152807057922005-11-20T09:28:00.000-06:002005-11-20T09:28:00.000-06:00Well, it obviously doesn't show plot or anythi...Well, it obviously doesn't show plot or anything, but I think it looks good for one main reason. Trailers are supposed to invoke the feeling of watching the movie, the sort of emotion you're supposed to feel while watching it. A Michael Bay trailer is going to have some hard rock and a bunch of explosions.<br><br>And if they chose that particular dramatic music and that particular Brando voiceover from the first film - and given that Bryan Singer is a talented and capable director - I have very high hopes for what it could be.Ryan McReynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333879625502795277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685698485860402737.post-32379647508863567292005-11-19T14:58:00.000-06:002005-11-19T14:58:00.000-06:00And what do you think?And what do you think?Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07968644402229930001noreply@blogger.com