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.
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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.
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.
Sean K - Jun 14, 2013 3:35:39 pm PDT #24724 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'll be skipping Man of Steel, I think.
Amy - Jun 14, 2013 3:37:00 pm PDT #24725 of 30000
Because books.
I'm not even a Superman fan (I mean, I don't mind him, but I don't love him -- I'm a Batman girl all the way), and even I knew, reading the review that Tom linked, that the filmmakers made a Big Mistake.
Zack Snyder, maybe you're drunk. So go away.
Steph L. - Jun 14, 2013 4:31:33 pm PDT #24726 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm not opposed to Superman, though I like him best as part of an ensemble (although I suppose I'm basing that on comic books, not film), but the trailers for Man of Steel just never, ever grabbed me. So I wasn't really planning to see it. But Mark Waid's review just tipped me over into OH HELL NO.
Zenkitty - Jun 14, 2013 5:58:12 pm PDT #24727 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'll be seeing MoS tomorrow with a friend of mine. She suggested we see it at the local drive-in, and I didn't want to even though I love the drive-in, and then I realized, it's because I want to save the special experience of the drive-in for movies I know I won't hate.