by we I mean you because obv I am not in the greater LA area
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
at local screening last night, critics were horrified, if their FB posts this morning are any indication.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
how so?
― goole, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
5 minutes in, the print they were watching jumpcut to "A Serbian Film"
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
It's a risky move, the implications of which are fully realized in the movie's tense climax, in which Superman is compelled to act in a way that none of the other prior screen incarnations of the hero would ever have even considered.
gonna go out on a limb here and guess that Superman kills some innocent people
― Bathory Tub Blues (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
FINALLY the grim and gritty superman movie that no one was asking for
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
cool, we're getting pre-Crisis Superman
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
in bone-snapping 360-degree rotating slowmo
― Bathory Tub Blues (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:18 (ten years ago) link
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BY
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
DAVID S. GOYER
THAT "SUPERMAN IS A DICK" WEBSITE GUY
― hashtag sizzler (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
Superman goes on a PCP binge and eats off Lex Luthor's face
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
Wait, he eats off of his face, or eats his face off?
― hashtag sizzler (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
he eats a tasty calzone off Lex Luthor's face, yes that's exactly what I was saying
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
"Oh hey Kal-El would you like a tasty calzone?"
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/verger.jpg
― hashtag sizzler (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
Why didn't I go with "Kal-elzone?" WHY?
― hashtag sizzler (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
As punishment, you will be banished to endless imprisonment in the Phantom Kalzone: the eternal void, which you yourself discovered.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 19:46 (ten years ago) link
Damn, Nietzsche really DID invent it all.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jun/11/man-steel-hollywood-break-superheroes
Yes, yes, yes again.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
wow joe queenan got old huh
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
You wake up awesome. Not because you did something special like beat Hitler or cure polio. All you did was wake up. And suddenly you were awesome. It is the dream of the fame-hungry X Factor generation.
Yes, it's true. Superheroes have never been popular with any other generation.
I do, however, love "Is nothing sacred? No."
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 05:01 (ten years ago) link
Superhero movies are made for a society that has basically given up. The police can't protect us, the government can't protect us, there are no more charismatic loners to protect us and the euro is defunct. Clint Eastwood has left the building. So let's turn things over to the vigilantes.
this is a joke, right?
I have not been able to figure out whether the Dark Knight can actually fly
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 05:03 (ten years ago) link
out-denbys denby. pray you avoid it.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 05:05 (ten years ago) link
it's weird tho bc queenan didn't used to be insane i don't think
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 05:06 (ten years ago) link
the vigilantes are finally welcome now that dirty harry is gone
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 05:23 (ten years ago) link
http://manofsteelresources.com/
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 05:24 (ten years ago) link
Not all superheroes are Republicans, but most of the movies are. Republicans, that is.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 11:40 (ten years ago) link
http://www.charlierose.com/images_toplevel/content/11/1153/clip_11531_460x345.jpg
"Superhero movies are made for a society that has basically given up. The police can't protect us, the government can't protect us, there are no more charismatic loners to protect us and the euro is defunct. Clint Eastwood has left the building. So let's turn things over to the vigilantes."
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 12:07 (ten years ago) link
uh, Eastwood freq played a vigilante w/ a badge
othwise Queenan otm
also stop going to these fucking movies
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 12:16 (ten years ago) link
Man of Steel didn't sexualize Superman enough.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 12:23 (ten years ago) link
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:23 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark
lol i was gonna say
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 13:26 (ten years ago) link
I guess Dirty Harry did manage 3 weeks at #1, after all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1971_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 13:37 (ten years ago) link
But so did And Now for Something Completely Different.
I'm more amazed that said Monty Python film did that well!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 13:40 (ten years ago) link
I just seriously don't get how someone can decry the fascistic potential of the superhero-as-savior concept and in the same breath lament that "there are no more charismatic loners to protect us." What is he even asking for?
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:03 (ten years ago) link
wait, who's saying that
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
I know it was already quoted twice but since you asked
Dirty Harry was not a "vigilante" as such. He was a pissed-off cop, and after the first movie he was a very by-the-book kind of guy. Magnum Force is about him stopping other guys from doing just what he did in Dirty Harry!
Paul Kersey in Death Wish was a vigilante.
― hashtag sizzler (Phil D.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:14 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, he's saying the lament is coming from the audience he's attacking here.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:15 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/The_outlaw_josey_wales.jpg/220px-The_outlaw_josey_wales.jpg
guy looks pretty lawful to me
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:18 (ten years ago) link
DJP: no prob, i spaced and missed it both times... i need more sleep
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
that queenan piece is such a bummer, weird to see him be so muddled and earnest about a subject he was so entertainingly flippant about 20 years ago
― da croupier, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
Seriously, tho. Man of Steel is so unbelievably boring.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:34 (ten years ago) link
I'll take divisive over pleasant.
― Studied keyboard mash (tsrobodo), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:39 (ten years ago) link
From whatever third stringer is handling tentpole reviews now that all the good people left The AV Club:
Man Of Steel eschews the usual trappings of Superman stories—right down to the word “Superman,” which is uttered only once. There’s no Lex Luthor, no Kryptonite, no glasses, no mild-mannered reporter, very little Daily Planet, and even less Metropolis.
Yeah, stuffing a movie full of those worked real well for Bryan Singer. Why would Nolan and Snyder avoid them?
― hashtag sizzler (Phil D.), Thursday, 13 June 2013 13:41 (ten years ago) link
good point. Superman Returns tried too hard with the Superman 2 baggage
― Nhex, Thursday, 13 June 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, stuffing a movie full of those worked real well for Bryan Singer.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/how-hit-movies-become-flops
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
Colloquially, I don't remember anyone really liking the Singer Superman, but ^^^ article says otherwise.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:36 (ten years ago) link
BY MATT SINGER
hmmmm
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:36 (ten years ago) link
I enjoyed it somewhat for nostalgic reasons. I really don't feel the need to see this one though. What the heck is that costume made of, alligator skin or something?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:42 (ten years ago) link