I am happy to see they apparently do right by the antagonist--both the motivation (hello!) and performance.
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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§ ita § - Jun 14, 2013 4:37:16 am PDT #24714 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2013 5:44:57 am PDT #24715 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Gris - Jun 14, 2013 5:56:28 am PDT #24716 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I think that might be my favorite of his movies. So stupid yet so fun!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 14, 2013 6:41:20 am PDT #24717 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't remember liking the actual movie all that much, but it formed the core plot of Not Another Teen Movie, which I loved dearly.
Tom Scola - Jun 14, 2013 9:44:29 am PDT #24718 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
So I was hemming and hawing about whether or not to see Man of Steel, but this very spoilery review by Mark Waid helped me to make up my mind. I would have been very angry to have paid money to see the character of Superman compromised in that way.
Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2013 10:52:14 am PDT #24719 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Man, at this point, I am seeing the movie out of morbid curiosity.
Also io9 says there's good superpunching.
amych - Jun 14, 2013 10:54:37 am PDT #24720 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Thanks for posting that review link, Tom. If that's what it is, that's... not Superman.
Consuela - Jun 14, 2013 11:39:54 am PDT #24721 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Thanks for that link, Tom. The endless collateral damage in superhero movies has been really getting to me the last few years. The Avengers didn't get me as much that way, possibly because we saw Cap and others trying to save people, and the montage at the end did a good job of acknowledging the deaths of ordinary civilians. As did IM3, in some ways.
But after this review, I don't think I'll be seeing Man of Steel; I'm not a big Superman fan anyway, although I enjoyed Lois and Clark.
Jesse - Jun 14, 2013 11:40:11 am PDT #24722 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have to see it, because I kind of made my cousin see Star Trek, and she really wants to see MoS.
Rayne - Jun 14, 2013 12:57:29 pm PDT #24723 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
If you've been interested in seeing Girl Rising, it's airing on CCN this Sunday June 16th at 9pm. It's a documentary about the importance of educating girls worldwide. It's well worth your time.