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Superman Returns spoilers...


I really loved the film. It was a bit longer than I thought it was going to be though...

I thought Superman and Clark were perfect. I liked seeing him run and enjoy his powers when young. But why did he wear glasses at that age? To prepare for a future life as a superhero???

Loved Lois. I know some people thought she was too soft, but other than the faint, I really liked her. I did think the "how many f's in catastrophe" was lame though. Even if someone thinks that word has a f in it, why would there be two f's??? And I wasn't sure what time it was set in, but there were mobile phones and computers, so presumedly spell-check?

Richard was so sweet. I loved him. It was really nice that they had a character like that to show the best the humanity had to offer. I still hope the sequel has Superman and Lois romance though :D

As for Lex, I thought there was a tendency to go a bit over the top/campy at times, but mostly I liked him. His scene with Lois was pretty good. It's a shame we only got confrontation scene with Superman though. I thought Lex being so sadistic there was interesting, but overall I would have preferred a more cool and calculating Lex.

I didn't like when Lois turned the plane around to save Superman, she should really have gotten her son to safety first. But oh well.


And I know Smallville and SR conferred, so I don't know if there were deliberate references to Smallville, but I noticed Lex referring to mythology just like our Lex does, and Lois saying that Superman never lies, which I took as a sort of wink at Smallville's Clark. Oh and I suppose that Jonathon was killed in season 5, to fit in with the film

Overall I really loved it, and Clark/Superman were my favourites :) I missed the tribute to Christopher Reeves though, I thought there would be one included in the end credits?

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[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

I found most of the references made were to the original films (which I saw when they first came out - eek, *is old!*) and the 'original' mythology set up in those were what struck me as I saw this one.

Clark is supposed to have developed his powers over time as he gets older, so he is supposed to have worn glasses as a child (and been hopeless at sports - which they made reference to with Jason) and as his powers developed he didn't need glasses etc. In the original comics etc - he just starts out very strong, and the other things come later. I think that's what they were making reference to.

I didn't dislike Lois - but there was something really wierd about her hairline which kept distracting me. And what on earth did they do to her hair that made it look like dreadlocks at one point!!!

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

But if he's an alien, why would he need glasses? And they're designed for human eyes anyway, what good would they do?

What were the Kent's thinking with taking him to an optician? In Smallville he's never sick, and never goes to the Doctor even, in case it's discovered that he isn't human.

Amds I putting too much thought into this :P

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Yes you are! *snickers*. Remember it's not real.... *g*