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Man of Steel (2013)

This is an odd thing to contemplate, but I think this is the first time they've let Superman appear shirtless with a hairy chest in live action rather than the stupid 'shaved chest' look.
 
It is odd, but now that you mention it, I think you're probably right.

Another odd thing to contemplate: that apron. Is he a butcher? A short order cook? A barista (or is that baristo? Starbucks-speak confuses me, the non-coffee drinker)?
 
I'd say a cook. Probably in one of those roadside diner's, like the one in S2.
 
Telekinesis? Either this is fake or I'm pissed. Yeah, the old Superman movies invented stupid new powers as well...I hated it then too.
 
John Byrne explained Superman's flying ability as self-telekinesis, so they might've gotten their angle there.
He also made him weaker, and allowed him to grow hair and facial hair like normal men.
Superman again increased in strength when Byrne left (thank God), but it seems to me that, if any source material at all, Byrne seems to be one of them.

Other than with Byrne, and Superman II and IV, I can't recall telekinesis making an appearance for Superman himself.
 
Byrne's "excuse" there was just to justify his flying though, wasn't it? It did not translate into any other powers from memory.

I am not a Supes-by-Byrne fan. :)

Oh, and Smallville toyed with a little bit of telekinesis too, didn't it? (Or at the very least, 'device-assisted' telekinesis like crystals and keys flying and being drawn to people's hands.)
 
True on both accounts. That the key calls to Kal-El, that I can bear, but I like to think of Supes complete power set as otherworldly. Telekinesis isn't.
 
Ever notice that every single person who survived the sinking of the Titanic is now dead? I know, crazy! It's just like Final Destination!

Not only that, a huge number of actors who have appeared in movies about the Titanic are now dead too. :-o





Naturally I'm just kidding, but it's my usual reply to people who talk about pop culture curses. Especially the Superman one. Who'd a-thunk that a property spanning eight decades would rack up several deaths or crummy careers? ;)

P.S. If it sounds like I'm bitching, this isn't aimed at anyone...it's just a pet peeve. You know how it is. :)
 
It was merely a link, of course. I believe in that curse just as much as I do in anything else that can't be substantially proven.
Christopher Reeve kept his career alive through sheer hard work, and although it's mainly B-movies, the same can be said for Dean Cain.
Brandon's got Dylan Dog going now (I somehow think he'll get a sequel for that too), so I don't see what the fuss is all about.
That curse was probably an excuse by George and Kirk themselves ;)
 
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It was merely a link, of course.
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Of course. That's why I mentioned how it was just a pet peeve. I wasn't whining about anyone here, just whining in general. :)
 
Kal-El said:
Brandon's got Dylan Dog going now (I somehow think he'll get a sequel for that too), so I don't see what the fuss is all about.
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That is just a fanboy talking. There will NOT be another Dylan Dog movie. It barely made a million in the US, and no amount of overseas gross or DVD sales will make a sequel to such an insignificant property like Dylan Dog happen.

As for the curse, all that talk comes from Reeves death/suicide. If he lived out his career doing nothing else their wouldn't be any talk. There's just as much a Batman curse career wise as Superman (if you exclude Clooney).
 
Fanboy? LOL
I haven't even seen it yet. Perhaps I should have checked its winnings. Whatever.
Point being, the so-called curse won't affect his career, because no one will remember him as Superman,
as much as they did George or Christopher.
 
I personally think of Bobby Long in "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" when I think of Brandon Routh.

PS. Interesting sidenote. BRANDON Routh plays Bobby LONG and Justin LONG plays BRANDON St. Randy. Hehheh.
 
Kal-El said:
Fanboy? LOL
I haven't even seen it yet. Perhaps I should have checked its winnings. Whatever.
Point being, the so-called curse won't affect his career, because no one will remember him as Superman,
as much as they did George or Christopher.
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I meant a Supes fanboy, not Dylan Dog. I think Routh's problem will be no one will remember him period, let alone as Superman. I wish him the best, but he seems very stiff as an actor and isn't making very good career choices. He was funny in Scott Pilgrim though.
 
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