yes, Superman returns

[scarfman]

• Even when he was being kicked while he was down, he never stopped struggling.
• qtrhorserider spotted when I didn't that the boy seems to be empowered by kryptonite.
• There are complaints from women on my flist that Singer's Lois Lane is as wimpy as Singer's Storm. Maybe I just don't have the 'nads to see it, but when she jumped off the plane I decided I disagree.
• qtrhorserider said, "I bet Jim and Brandon had a lot of bonding moments over, 'Isn't that heat vision stuff cool?'"
• And, "Listening to Williams' score pieces is like hearing all the rules I learned in music theory."
• Superman will not want to come between Lois and Richard now. He'll want Jason to have it as good as he had: a loving foster father to whom he comes first.

Mostly I'm put in mind of Alan Moore's comment in his introduction to the trade paperback of The Dark Knight Returns, that a legend requires an ending: it's not complete without the sword thrown into the lake, or the ascension to Olympus, or the arrow shot in the air to determine the burial spot. The development in Superman Returns isn't an ending - there are unanswered questions aplenty for mining sequels - but it's a landmark; nothing will ever be the same from now on. I hope Singer gets to make his sequels, and I'll wait to see how this development impacts the legend overall.

Comments

[larksilver.livejournal.com]

I didn't find Lois particularly wimpy, but I did find her difficult to like, as usual.

For some reason, the Lois character has always been an unsympathetic one to me. She lies whenever it suits her, she treats Clark like dirt, and yet, he dotes on her.

The man of steel is the ultimate b*tch magnet?

Sure, sure, she did pull out all the stops to save his arse, later, which redeemed her some in my mind. But grr.