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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #45 on: November 18, 2005, 02:35:39 PM »
Our bibles are more interesting than yours, I guess.
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #46 on: November 18, 2005, 02:48:26 PM »
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only he has xray vison and heat ray eyes...


And Jesus didn't?
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #47 on: November 18, 2005, 03:29:53 PM »
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Anyone else catch the overly christian themes of superman himself? The character is a rewrite of Jesus, basically. :P


Ya the creators of Superman were Jewish and the name Kal-El mean "god" more or less.
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #48 on: November 18, 2005, 10:29:26 PM »
"El" means "God".  I don't know what "kal" means.
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #49 on: November 18, 2005, 11:43:58 PM »
kal mean coal

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Superman's name on his home planet of Krypton, Kal-El, bares a strong resemblance to the Hebrew transliteration meaning "all that God is" .
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #50 on: November 20, 2005, 01:30:26 AM »
Saw the teaser at Harry Potter, and we were very happy with what we saw. It was NOT dark (yay!) and Superman LOOKED like Superman. The music was great too, ha ha... Made me want to see this movie right away.
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #51 on: November 21, 2005, 03:27:33 PM »
Yeah, I think that was husband's favorite part about seeing HP4. He's been frustrated because they keep saying they're going to make a superman movie, but then they don't. So now he knows it'll be coming out.

I thought one thing was interesting. I am not an avid fan of superman; I like superman, but I've never been a comics buff and I didn't watch "hero" cartoons much as a kid (I little spiderman, a little batman, but that's all) and so I don't know how Jor-el's character is traditionally portrayed, but I thought it was interesting that his character is exactly opposite of what we've seen in Smallville--that he wants Kal-el to help the human race and be good, where as in Smallville, Jor-el wants him to rule over the human race and kill them if he has to. So anyway, interesting.
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #52 on: November 21, 2005, 03:30:42 PM »
Go out and see the Christopher Reeve movie you heathen.
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #53 on: November 25, 2005, 09:05:06 PM »
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I thought one thing was interesting. I am not an avid fan of superman; I like superman, but I've never been a comics buff and I didn't watch "hero" cartoons much as a kid (I little spiderman, a little batman, but that's all) and so I don't know how Jor-el's character is traditionally portrayed, but I thought it was interesting that his character is exactly opposite of what we've seen in Smallville--that he wants Kal-el to help the human race and be good, where as in Smallville, Jor-el wants him to rule over the human race and kill them if he has to. So anyway, interesting.


From what my way-too-into-Superman friend has told me, Jor-El isn't supposed to be a complete jerk like they portray him in "Smallville".  (Personally, I don't care - I watch "Smallville" for Michael Rosenbaum *drools*.)

As for Kal-El Coppola ... he'll be at the therapist with Apple Paltrow and Phinnaeus (however the heck you spell it) Roberts (seriously ... Phinnaeus?  What was Julia Roberts thinking??), and Audio Science.  *resists hijacking thread with astonishment over what celebrities shackle their kids with*

Either way, I'm sure I'll be going to the movie ... but that costume is something else.  And not "something else" in a good way.
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #54 on: November 28, 2005, 11:00:05 AM »
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From what my way-too-into-Superman friend has told me, Jor-El isn't supposed to be a complete jerk like they portray him in "Smallville".

Metropolis isn't supposed to be in Kansas, either. But neither of those facts matter in the slightest. But that's a subject for another Page 33.
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #55 on: November 30, 2005, 06:39:01 AM »
Clark only thought at first that Jor-El wanted him to conquor the world because he misread the message.  They only do dumb stuff like that to try suprising people who already know the story I suppose.
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Re: Superman Returns
« Reply #56 on: December 18, 2005, 01:11:21 PM »
There was a post here, however I found out the story was BS... so I removed it :D
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