Superman Returns--my 2 cents
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Spoiler!
No, really, Spoiler!
My problem with this movie is an odd one*, and it's this: there's a throwaway line near the beginning, and it excited the HELL out of me, and if they'd pursued its implications, I think it would've been a much more interesting movie.
Okay, you're Lex Luthor. You possess one of the finest minds on the planet. And you've just been told that you have at your fingertips, at your total disposal, all the knowledge, literature, "all the science of 28 galaxies".
Dude. DUDE. That's like giving Genghis Khan the keys to the Death Star. Better, because you're also letting Genghis know that his chief rival had the keys for years...and NEVER BOTHERED TO SHARE THEM WITH THE TRIBE.
There's your Prometheus, right there--all that knowledge, all those advances, all those mind-blowing concepts. Immortality. Faster than light travel. Safe free power. Diet soda that tastes good. AND the ability to let the world know they could've had it all a decade earlier, but Superman. Wouldn't. Share.
And instead, Lex learns how to make crystals grow really big.
*Two problems, really, if you count the fact that Superman never punches anything. It's not really a superhero movie as much as it is a Force of Nature in Human Form movie, and that's fine, if that's what you're into.
Me, I'm into Superman vs. Godzilla. (Though I'll settle for Titano the Super-Ape).
Spoiler!
No, really, Spoiler!
My problem with this movie is an odd one*, and it's this: there's a throwaway line near the beginning, and it excited the HELL out of me, and if they'd pursued its implications, I think it would've been a much more interesting movie.
Okay, you're Lex Luthor. You possess one of the finest minds on the planet. And you've just been told that you have at your fingertips, at your total disposal, all the knowledge, literature, "all the science of 28 galaxies".
Dude. DUDE. That's like giving Genghis Khan the keys to the Death Star. Better, because you're also letting Genghis know that his chief rival had the keys for years...and NEVER BOTHERED TO SHARE THEM WITH THE TRIBE.
There's your Prometheus, right there--all that knowledge, all those advances, all those mind-blowing concepts. Immortality. Faster than light travel. Safe free power. Diet soda that tastes good. AND the ability to let the world know they could've had it all a decade earlier, but Superman. Wouldn't. Share.
And instead, Lex learns how to make crystals grow really big.
*Two problems, really, if you count the fact that Superman never punches anything. It's not really a superhero movie as much as it is a Force of Nature in Human Form movie, and that's fine, if that's what you're into.
Me, I'm into Superman vs. Godzilla. (Though I'll settle for Titano the Super-Ape).
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