Super Surprised

Having grown up watching Superman: The Movie, as well as Superman 2, 3, 4 on TNT I figured since it lost interest and they stopped making them that Superman was dead, at least the series of movies would end with the Rick Flair Superman Clone. To my astonishment they continued the series after Christopher Reeves finally died.

Being a comic book enthusiast you have to know quite a bit about Superman. All I really cared about was that Batman kicked his ass on several occasions and that his outfit was pretty fruity. Also, his secret identity could only fool completely dense idiots, not the worlds greatest reporters.

So get to the point. Last night I watched Superman Returns and was amazed at how true to the series it was. It was actually kicked ass. Basic premise is Superman left shortly after the end of number 4 looking for the remains of Krypton, his home planet, and he returns to find the world moved on..well at least Louis Lane did. She wrote a Pulitzer Prize wining article called "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman". Drama huh.

Near the end you realized why she was so pissed at him for leaving which I will leave one spoiler line at the end of this post. She also has a kid now (who is like supposed to be 4 I guess) and has a boyfriend/fiance. Singer drug Cyclops along with him to play the role. Basically Lex Luthor ( was Gene Hackman, now Kevin Spacey) got out of prison due to loopholes in his arrest and married a dying widow to get tons of money. He goes to the Fortress of Solitude and talks to Zordon..err, Jor'el, his father and learns all Superman's Secrets.

The rest you will have to watch if your interested. They poke fun at how Clark is obviously Superman but never follow up on it like good reporters. 3 out of 5.I will probably own this movie.

The Spider-Man 3 trailer was the best part by far. It starts off showing his red suit and then shows the black symbiote crawling up it and covering his body armor completely. Then it shows his bad ass spider logo on black. Asked the question about being good and evil and then shows some action.

Should be on the net next week, but it only showed Spidey with the symbiote on, Sandman attacking off a building and Harry Osborn looking really evil and pleased with something no doubt evil. The end is dramatic, showing Spidey looking at himself in the reflection of a building window. He is wearing the black suit and the red suit is in the reflection. I would have liked it the other way around. Maybe he has one of those weird moments like Norman Osborn when he talks to his evil self. Ehh.




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Superman is the babies daddy. She's all pissed off because he hit it and quit it. Superman on Springer after Singer.




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Charlie Frisby