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1. 1
   llewxam Says:
   

   thank you!!! this really brought my spirits up! sums the movie up pretty well in the only hilarious way you can do it. thanks again!

   December 2nd, 2007 at 6:32 pm
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   Phixius Says:
   

   Bra-vo.

   December 2nd, 2007 at 6:46 pm
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   gc_danny Says:
   

   The technical term for the movie is a ‘Re-quel’. It’s when the sequel of a film copies the plot of a previous film almost identically, while still admitting that film occured within the same continuity. The James Bond series is notorious for its requelling, while Star Trek requelled Wrath of Khan as films 7 and 10.

   December 2nd, 2007 at 7:59 pm
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   angrykirby Says:
   

   I also enjoyed the part where superman blasted falling glass with his heatvision which turned it into sand, saving the people below. problem is superheating glass doesn’t turn it back into sand, it turns it into molten glass. he would have hurt them worse. that part didnt make any sence and no one cut it out of the movie, a whole cgi team had to make that scene. what the hell?

   December 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 pm
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   moorish Says:
   

   Great script, Rod. Superman Returns is a travesty, not only because it bungles the character of Superman so badly (and also that of Clark Kent, who it seems like is barely in this flick), but also because Bryan Singer taking off to WB to make this meant that we were forced to suffer through Brett Ratner’s X-Men 3. A double whammy of bullshit.

   December 2nd, 2007 at 11:55 pm
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   A-Killa Says:
   

   Good point Moorish – what WAS Singer thinking anyway? A double whammy of bullshit indeed.

   December 3rd, 2007 at 3:01 am
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   Phil D. Says:
   

   Wonderful! I just wish scripts could appear more often. It’s all right… I understand what it takes to write these. A lot of critical creativity. Very true about Superman Returns… at least it’s better than “Smallville”!

   December 3rd, 2007 at 4:22 am
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   Broz Says:
   

   Awesome. One of your best.

   December 3rd, 2007 at 4:40 am
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   Andy Says:
   

   Did anybody else notice how quickly Lois must have married Cyclops after Superman vanished for it to be plausible that it was his son? Or maybe not, it has been a long time since I saw this film.

   December 3rd, 2007 at 4:55 am
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    Chad Serrant Says:
    

    Hehe. Good stuff.

    The only part I wished were in this script was Superkid using his superstrength once and only once, although there were plenty of times to use it again (the sinking ship for example.)

    December 3rd, 2007 at 5:09 am
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    Rod Hilton Says:
    

    Andy:

    YES! I noticed that, too, but didn’t mention it in the already-too-long script.

    But yeah, think about this. Some number of days must have passed between them having sex and Superman flying off to Krypton. The smaller that number of days is, the bigger a dick Superman is. For example, if it’s a low number, then Superman left without saying goodbye like the day after fucking Lois – what an asshole. If that number is large, it makes it even more implausible that Cyclops could think the kid was his.

    And that’s just for the gap between superman fucking Lois and superman leaving. Then there’s the gap between superman leaving and Lois hooking up with Cyclops.

    She must have literally turned around and fucked Cyclops the DAY Superman left. Either that, or Clyclops is really, really, really, really bad at math.

    This kid is a bastard twice over. His alleged father, James Marsden, isn’t married to his mother, but he’s not even the damn father. His real father was on another fucking planet.

    Lois is a slut. Superman is a terrible father.

    Seriously, the people who like this movie haven’t thought about the implications it has for the world of Superman. If you like Superman, and you like this movie, you’re just an idiot who can be quieted by big action scenes and special effects. As far as I’m concerned, I’m only able to tolerate this movie because I always thought Superman was a lame superhero. I can’t imagine what I’d think of this piece of garbage if I actually gave two shits and a fuck about the character. Yet there are people who collect Superman comics and say this is the best movie yet. Seriously, people like that simply don’t have functioning brains.

    FUCK this movie sucks.

    December 3rd, 2007 at 5:59 am
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    Snow Says:
    

    It actually could have been worse – there were 14 attempts at a 5th Superman movie before this came out, and one of the pitches was (seriously) that Superman is killed by Doomsday, his ghost impregnates Lois, she gives birth to Superman Jr, who becomes an adult in just a few weeks, and after he saves the world, Lois dies. I’ve also heard that another idea had Lex Luthor and Braniac combining to become “Luthorac” and that Nicholas Cage was strongly considered to play Superman early on. Think of all that the next time you’re watching this, LOL. ;)

    December 3rd, 2007 at 6:33 am
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    Mart Says:
    

    For proof of Superman being just dumb, what about Parker Posey’s car accident? The movie actually shows us Superman in space listening to the pleas of the entire WORLD, so you know he’s thinking “Okay, there’s genocide in Darfur, and an earthquake in Southeast Asia killing millions, and floods in South America, and a single crazy woman driving slightly fast in a city filled to the brim with policemen, doctors, paramedics, and countless other trained emergency professionals who can save her unendangered life. Choices, choices…”

    Oh yeah, Bryan Singer, this was totally worth ruining X-Men 3 for. This has been so much better for everyone involved.

    December 3rd, 2007 at 3:18 pm
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    Matt Says:
    

    @ Mart: I agree. Isn’t every second Superman spends stalking his ex through her walls another preventable death somewhere? At what time of day does Superman just say, “enough saving people from tragedy, I need a little ME time”?
    Great script, Rod. But be fair; I can’t think of ANYTHING as bad as Superman 64.

    December 3rd, 2007 at 8:22 pm
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    Geoff Says:
    

    Time and again I think about trying to catch this movie, and time and again it seems like as big a disappoint as everyone says. I’ve tried to to at least “see” every film, if not watch them with undivided attention without doing something else, but I don’t think I want to see this at all. And I held it together to see the first half of Ghost Rider:P

    Here’s hoping The Dark Knight and Iron Man make for good superhero flicks next year.

    December 3rd, 2007 at 9:25 pm
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    Lance Says:
    

    Rod;

    I absolutely love the way you don’t even include James Marsden in the script–his completely extraneous character is just referred to as “Cyclops”! Hysterical!

    I HATED this movie and I’m so glad that you hit all the points directly on the head! I especially love when Kevin Spacey “forgets how to act”…brilliant!

    As always, a pleasure to read!

    December 3rd, 2007 at 10:08 pm
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    Keith Callbeck Says:
    

    i remember seeing the first film when I was about 8. At the flying around the world backward thing, my 8 year old mind grasped “that would never happen.” Flash forward many years to SR. “Two objects can’t occupy the same space. That’s science!”
    “Um… conservation of matter would dictate that to create the crystal continent, all the minerals disolved in the ocean would solidify, dropping the level of the ocean at the same rate you are making the land. There would be no net change to ocean levels”
    Apparently stupid science was also a homage.

    December 3rd, 2007 at 10:17 pm
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    Gustavo Says:
    

    You seems to forget the most appealing thing about Cyclops that make Lois jump to his arms as soon as Superman left her pregnant. He is Perry White’s son…
    Yep, she is a real modern role model, girls.

    Although, I got to agree with Matt… This was far better than Superman 64.

    December 4th, 2007 at 6:53 am
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    Ian Says:
    

    “Lift an entire continent made of kryptonite into space? You remember you had trouble lifting a plane in the beginning of the movie, right?”

    Thank you, thank you, thank you, and once again, thank you for pointing that out. Was Superman taking the piss at the start or something? “Oh look everyone, ooh, this plane is soooo heavy, gngngngng, can I stop it in tiiiiiimmeeeee oh yes I can, just, phew, adore me.” Then goes on to lift a whole damn island out the sea while mortally wounded.

    Shockingly bad film. Superman sucks as a character anyway. He’s, er, Superman? So at what point is he ever going to be in any mortal danger? What’s that you say, skippy? Kryptonite? What novel plot device is that?

    December 4th, 2007 at 7:15 am
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    Tyallie Says:
    

    Andy: To my memory, Lois wasn’t married to Cyclops, she was engaged. This was apparently because she kept refusing to set a date and also didn’t want to talk to anyone about that, implying that while Cyclops wanted to marry for the sake of ‘their son’, Lois didn’t really love him. She loved Superman. But in that case, why is she loving up with Cyclops anyway? Why not just raise Superboy as a single parent?

    All the same though, I definitely don’t think SR was any worse than any other Superman film. The Reeve films get a great name because Reeve is in them, and everyone venerates him because his accident was so tragic. Those old films are movie gold. Except they’re not, because on top of all the crappy science, poor acting and plot contrivances, their effects sequences are crappy too. SR has great effects and pretty excellent CGI, and it also sticks closer to Superman’s comic book powers than the original movies did (no, Superman never had telekinesis and he could never make holograms of himself). Sadly, what it retains from the originals is the poor storytelling, the contrivances, and the bad acting. Singer (and James Marsden, for that matter) would’ve been far better sticking with X-Men.

    December 4th, 2007 at 7:18 am
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    A-Killa Says:
    

    At least Spacey didn’t ask Routh to SOLVE HIS MAZE…

    December 4th, 2007 at 8:24 am
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    Anonymous Says:
    

    Rod, i dont know how busy your schedule is, but you should just pick a day to post updates, ie: a new script every monday.
    Its very frustrating to visit day after day and not find any news, waiting for a specific day of the week would be better than the current uncertainty
    keep up the good work.

    December 4th, 2007 at 8:28 am
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    Rod Hilton Says:
    

    Anonymous:

    You could just subscribe to the RSS feed. Then you can be alerted whenever it updates.

    Alternatively, you can get e-mail notifications by clicking this link:
    Subscribe to The Editing Room by Email

    December 4th, 2007 at 9:55 am
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    Sean C Says:
    

    Find a new way to tell a joke. You’ve used the “Oh, you mean…?” “No, I mean joke at movie’s expense!” formula for like ten million scripts. I also wanted to hear more about the old lady’s vagina.

    December 4th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
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    Lance Says:
    

    Tyallie;

    The first Superman movie is held up as the bar to reach for all super-hero films because it simply is THE BEST! It is a respectful telling of Superman’s origin by a director who cared about the source material and from the get-go told the producers “We have to take this seriously, or it won’t work.” How many directors do that nowadays?

    If you want to argue the telekinesis factor, do it with Superman 2, which was directed by Richard Lester, who totally fucked it up 100%. If you view Donner’s director’s cut DVD, there’s none of that nonsense in there. Yes, the acting for all the movies can be argued either way(less so with the original), but what can’t be disputed is that Donner filmed the movie with loving care and attention to detail…something Singer didn’t do.

    The effects may look crappy to you because it was in the 70’s, but any film will look crappy to someone watching them 30 years later, simply because technology advances. But if you watch closely, they still hold up. SR had passable effects at best, and too heavy a reliance on CGI…which if you put things into perspective, Donner didn’t have at his disposal. He had to do his effects the old-fashioned way: WORK at them!

    Superman Returns sucked Jor-El’s nads, and thank god Rod finally got around to roasting this overdone piece of shit!

    Again, thaks Rod!

    December 4th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
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    Rod Hilton Says:
    

    Lance:

    In Superman: The Movie, Superman flies around the planet, and turns back time.

    It sucks.

    December 4th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
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    Lance Says:
    

    Rod;

    Everyone’s entitled, but you cannot tell me with a straight face Superman: The Movie is worse than Superman Returns.

    December 4th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
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    Rod Hilton Says:
    

    Lance:

    Well, no shit. I’d rather bathe in my own feces than watch Superman Returns. But your point was that Superman: The Movie was not only good, but “THE BEST!”

    If a movie where a guy flies west really fast in order to turn back time is the best comic book movie, then Marvel and DC can just close down their film production studios right now.

    Actually, that’s a great idea. Maybe Superman: The Movie really IS the best.

    December 4th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
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    Ryan Ferneau Says:
    

    Well, SOME ARGUE that the planet wasn’t really turning backwards, but it looked like that from Superman’s point of view because he was going backwards through time. Though if your point was that it’s silly for Superman to be able to fly faster than light, then, sure. If you introduce time travel once, then you’d better have a darned good reason why it can’t be used again.

    “SR has great effects and pretty excellent CGI, and it also sticks closer to Superman’s comic book powers than the original movies did (no, Superman never had telekinesis and he could never make holograms of himself).”

    What about the giant cellophane S? That’s such a classic ability! I’m sure that was taken from the original comics, because there’s no way you can have a decent Superman story without him throwing the giant cellophane S at least once.

    December 4th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
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    Ron Says:
    

    I’ve got to wonder what the Jewish guys that created Superman would think about their hero being turned into Jesus.

    December 4th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
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    Bob Says:
    

    My personal favourite bit was how Superman Junior found out about his powers

    Junior:
    How did you discover your powers, Dad?
    Superman:
    Well, I found out that I could jump really far when running playfully through the fields in Kansas. What about you?
    Junior:
    Killed a guy with a piano.
    *awkward pause*

    Oh, and way to go Bryan Singer. XMen 1 and 2 were both pretty good (for comic book movies); XMen 3 was a complete piece of ass. Thanks for ruining 2 superhero movies in one blow.

    December 5th, 2007 at 3:13 am
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    Tyallie Says:
    

    Ryan, I’ll admit it – I have issues with Superman anyway. I don’t understand why so many people like a character who has no match. The only thing that’s come close to matching him in the comics is Doomsday, and hey, somehow he still came back. The guy became so overpowered that DC decided to introduce magic and kryptonite as his weaknesses because they needed a way to threaten him. And now, magic has almost no bearing on him in the comics, and kryptonite only ever seems to slow him down. You’re right, I don’t like him.

    But that original movie? That wouldn’t be good even if I did like him. Well, not unless I was into lazy writing and plot contrivances, which I’m not. And maybe the effects only seem bad now because they’re thirty years old, but you’re hardly going to tell me that the CGI in SR is worse. Of course it’s not! It’s a technological advancement for a reason, dude. And if you think people don’t need to ‘work at’ CGI, then go ahead – do better. Let’s see if you can get in front of a computer and do those kinds of effects, because I’ll guarantee you, you won’t be able to. It’s difficult, and it takes time and training. Just because it’s not ‘real’, as in made from claymation or something similar, doesn’t mean it’s not good. That’s just elitism, and it’s something that’s terribly prevalent these days. People look at CGI and say that it’s bad just because it’s CGI. And yeah, when it looks fake it’s irritating. But no more so than puppets with jerky movements that look just as fake, in a different way.

    The original Superman sucked ass. The Superman franchise sucks ass. Superman as a character? Yeah, he sucks ass too.

    December 5th, 2007 at 4:58 am
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    Victor Says:
    

    I’m so glad this was written. I’ve never liked any of the Superman films, and this just about covers them all.

    December 5th, 2007 at 7:00 am
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    Levi Says:
    

    KATE BOSWORTH
    Cyclops takes me flying all the time.

    BRANDON ROUTH
    So what, I have laser beams that come out of my eyes.

    KATE BOSWORTH
    So does he, what’s your point?

    BRANDON ROUTH
    Oh, Well I bet you he can’t freeze objects with his breath.

    KATE BOSWORTH
    No, but he has friends that can. Which drastically improves my social life that my boyfriend has friends, because to be honest, your even loner when you try to be human.

    BRANDON ROUTH
    Well, at least I have x-ray vision and Super Hearing, None of his friends have that.

    KATE BOSWORTH
    Well, actually no. But Cyclops does have a friend who can read and take control of people’s minds. So honestly why are we wasting time with this movie, the X-men could completely kick your ass.

    BRANDON ROUTH cries.

    December 5th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
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    Marsten Says:
    

    If he went back to his home planet for five years… Didn’t his home planet, like, I dunno, BLOW UP in the first film?

    December 5th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
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    --The-Joker-- Says:
    

    Seems to me that he “charged” himself up with sunlight before lifing the continent… still BS though. When the kryptonite shars started growing towards him as he lifted it, I thought they were gonna start piercing his flesh; that would have been cool. I’m sitting here in my pants at twleve midnight and I can come up with cooler shit than proffessioanl screenwriters.

    And when he fell from the sky… wasnt he out of orbit when he threw the continemt into space? Shouldnt he just float around instead of falling convieniently into the middle of the city? Pah.

    I forgave the film all its faults as much as I could, but Superman in a hospital gown made me want to leave the theatre. Bullshit. And Lois, at no stage during the hospitilization scenes, turned to the medical staff and said hey, you know what seems to help him out? Sunlight. Maybe move the bed up to the roof? Couldnt hurt, eh?

    Ditch this Bullshit.

    http://–The-Joker–.bebo.com

    December 5th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
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    The Silent Shadow Says:
    

    I think what is truly sad about the Superman Franchise is that is started with him being quite vulnerable. He couldn’t fly (only jump high), didn’t wear a cape, could be hurt by poisonous gases, and the like.

    After while DC, the Cartoons, and movies keep pushing how strong he was. To the point where it is my understanding in the movie his eyes are made of steel and can reflect bullets.

    Even his suit used to get ripped up. (I think that was stopped because people where afraid kids would be concerned how Superman fixed his costume every time.)

    I still think the worst thing they did to him was when the comic book changed him to a being made of electricity. He had to morph into Superman with electric powers.

    December 5th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
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    Alex Says:
    

    Everything to do with Superman sucks, from the comics to the movies (even the oh-so-highly-regarded-despite-it-being-crap “Superman: The Movie”) to the series to the other series to the spinoffs ad infinitum. Superman is not only supposed to be invincible, but he can melt stuff with his eyes, freeze stuff with his breath, fly faster than a speeding bullet … not to mention his super strength. Anybody gifted with those powers would rule ass, yet Supes somehow manages to get *his* ass kicked on a regular basis. Seriously, if Krypton hadn’t exploded he would have been the wimpiest kid there. 12-year old girls would have been giving him super-wedgies and kicking his school books in the dirt while he’d be on his way to college. He’d die a virgin, seriously.

    Oh, great script, Rod. Keep up the great work.

    p.s. How old was Kate Bosworth supposed to be when she had her little bastard? In the movie she couldn’t have been much older than 17.

    December 6th, 2007 at 2:31 am
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    John Says:
    

    I love the sendup Rod, but I thought you missed a fairly obvious joke. When Superman is at the Smallville farm, and his dog comes up and drops what’s obviously his favorite fucking ball at Superman’s feet, Supes picks it up and whips the thing to the moon, and the dog starts chasing after it only to stop. What a dick!

    December 6th, 2007 at 8:41 am
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    Dave B Says:
    

    “Oh, and way to go Bryan Singer. XMen 1 and 2 were both pretty good (for comic book movies); XMen 3 was a complete piece of ass. Thanks for ruining 2 superhero movies in one blow.”

    Actually, Singer only deserves the blame for X-Men 3. Superman Returns would have been directed by McG using that fucked-up J.J. Abrams script if Singer hadn’t agreed to direct it, so it was always going to suck.

    December 6th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
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    Tom Says:
    

    Wow Rod. 40 comments and rising. Comic book fans are not to be taken lightly. Here’s another, totally absurd, Superman power that nobody mentioned yet: The ability to make someone lose their memory of he and Clark Kent being the same person, by GIVING THEM A GREAT BIG KISS! Remember? That was how Superman II ended. At least the Richard Lester version ended that way. (I never heard about the Donner re-cut before. Interesting.)

    As for dodgy physics here’s my two cents worth. It simply isn’t possible to hold an airplane by the nosecone and lower it to the ground without the whole thing snapping apart. All the of weight acts on the opposite end. Aluminum bends etc.

    December 6th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
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    Lance Says:
    

    Tom;

    In regards to the nosecone thing: in the shitty novelization of the shitty Superman Returns movie, the one bright spot was a part where Lex Luthor is reading the paper after Supes does the airplane trick, and shouts in stupefaction to his girlfriend,
    “Do you have any IDEA how many laws of physics he’s violating?”

    The best part of a crappy book to a supercalishitalistic movie.

    December 6th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
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    Ryan Ferneau Says:
    

    Yeah, who does he think he is, Astroboy?

    December 6th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
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    Valis Says:
    

    Does anyone remember the part where in the second movie when they’re teleporting and Superman makes holograms or some such of himself?

    Am I the only one? I truly am alone.

    December 7th, 2007 at 10:26 am
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    NotAnAmbiTurner Says:
    

    Sean C Says:

    “…I also wanted to hear more about the old lady’s vagina.”

    weird.

    December 7th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
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    A-Killa Says:
    

    Superman doesn’t HAVE to suck. The whole Superman/Lex dynamic is supposed to be the ultimate physical speciman versus the evil genius. Superman can do anything he wants from a physical standpoint. Luthor is a normal man physically, but can scheme, invent, and manipulate to get whatever he wants. They could have played up that dynamic. In the 1990’s Superman cartoon and 2000’s Justice League cartoon, they presented Luthor as a ruthless corporate CEO, almost always behind the scenes, creating several threats to Superman but never confronting him directly. Superman knew Luthor was behind it all, but couldn’t make anything stick from a legal standpoint, and his personal moral code kept him from simply murdering Luthor.

    That was interesting. In this movie, however, Luthor’s not a cold calculating genius. He’s a screwball; practically comic relief, and never really comes off as a threat to Superman. So in conclusion, the movie sucks.

    December 7th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
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    Kumquat Says:
    

    Am I the only one who’s noticed that James Marsden’s character in SR is pretty much exactly the same character as That-Random-Guy-MJ-Was-Going-To-Marry-In-Spiderman-2? Observe:

    Son of the Head of the Newspaper: Check

    All-Around beloved supernice good-guy that really? Makes him a better man than the hero in so many ways: Check

    Comic-book square head and jaw: Check

    Only function in plot is to be a THREAT to the hero’s relationship: Check

    Seems to know about the fact that his fiance is cheating on him with a superhero, and is not only okay with that but seems to be kind of gently nudging her towards the Other Man: Check

    Ability to fly big importanty things like planes and spaceships: Check

    Oh, I could go on. Particularly since James Marsden was the original first choice for the guy in Spiderman2.

    December 8th, 2007 at 12:25 am
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    Ryan Ferneau Says:
    

    I was one of the people who expected that guy to unknowingly bring the Venom symbiote to Earth on returning from his space trip, like in the ’90’s cartoon. But no, the spaceship had nothing to do with anything; the symbiote just randomly fell out of the sky one night.

    December 8th, 2007 at 3:34 am
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    Lisa Says:
    

    Kumquat:

    Good point! And I also think James Marsden is probably forever stuck with playing the character whose girl is in love with another character. He was Cyclops, whose girlfriend loved Wolverine; he was the Prince, whose fiance is in love with the whiny lawyer from the real world.

    And now with this movie…I just don’t know what to make of his career.

    December 8th, 2007 at 11:21 am
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    Ron Says:
    

    Here’s a link to read Superman’s first appearance (to my knowledge) in Action Comics:

    http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/yeung/actioncomics/cover.html

    Kind of interesting…
    The people from his planet just plain grow up to be strong, etc. Earth’s yellow sun has nothing to do with it.

    The newspaper Kent works for is called The Daily Star, not Planet.

    Clark isn’t discovered by the Kent’s. A random motorist finds him and drops him off at an orphanage where Superman routinely displays his strength…wouldn’t people know his identity because of that? The motorist doesn’t bother mentioning the FUCKING SPACESHIP to someone? The orphanage says nothing? He doesn’t get turned over to some kind of lab??

    Anyway…just thought it was kind of interesting how his mythology has changed. Also, no mention of Lex Luthor. Not sure when he shows up. Not much of a comic book historian.

    December 8th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
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    Saber-Scorpion Says:
    

    The thing I agreed with most in this entire script was your comment (#11) that you always thought Superman was lame. Great to hear – I hate it when people support this “classic, original comic book character.” He always was corny as hell. Even when I was a kid I wanted to see Batman kick his ass.

    I can’t believe Bryan Singer left the X-Men, some of my favorite comic book characters AND movies, to be mutilated and destroyed by Brett Ratner, so that he could go off and make this steaming monument of crap based on friggin’ Superman.

    Ah well, I’m sick of superheros anyway.

    December 9th, 2007 at 6:43 am
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    Planet Krapton Says:
    

    Funny script Rod. Kinda said it all. Superman Retards was a dull, boring, pretentious movie that was as flawed as hell and written by two silly schoolboys (who get cameo roles in the museum scene where a minerals exhibition just happens to open as Superman returns. Wowza. Coincidence. And it just happens to have kryptonite on display). Singer should have stuck with X-Men. But.. I find X3 far more entertaining than Superman Returns, at least you get to see some energy, excitement and action in Brat Hackner’s X-Men. In Superman Retards we got bland, blank expressionless non-entities that were supposed to imply hidden emotion, and oh-so-subtle camerawork that replaced those things called acting, characterisation and dialogue. I think Singer’s X3 would have been like Superman Returns, arty but dull: replace returning Superman with returning Jean Grey, replace Lex with Magneto. I’d rather have X-Men 3, even though it was the usual Fox-up.

    December 9th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
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    Alex Says:
    

    Ha ha, nice link to the Superman comic, Rod. Hard to believe that POS sells for up to $250,000. One question, though: what the funk is that on his chest?

    December 10th, 2007 at 5:04 am
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    Chad Serrant Says:
    

    *Agrees with A-killa*

    In the 90s and 00s cartoons with Superman, Lex is so damn smart he can setup events to humiliate and humble Superman. And he can convince supervillains to go after Supes. Superman manages to overcome the obstacles, but he never manages to pin anything on Luthor.

    In Superman Returns, Lex is convinced he can build a continent and overwhelm North America. He’ll bop Superman with some Kryptonite and the army won’t snipe him because…um…uh…I’m sure there’s a reason. That’s not subtle. That’s not unpinnable. That’s just…dumb.

    December 10th, 2007 at 10:22 am
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    jon Says:
    

    Um, this was a bit unpleasant. Please lay off the slagging of old ladies. Thanks

    “isn’t anything subtle or ambiguous about this scene. I’m like 90 years old, my pussy hangs down to my knees, and your limp dick was inside it. You, the self-proclaimed greatest criminal mastermind of our generation, has gone from evil schemes like “launch two nuclear missiles at once” to “eat out old, wrinkled bitches.””

    December 10th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
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    Andre Navarro Says:
    

    As usual, Rod, brilliant abridged script. The dialog is pure gold. “Not even a password, random woman who I will assume must be Lois Lane. Now, did you need something, son?”.

    You just apparently forgot to mention Brandon Routh’s wooden performance. That Wilson ball from “Cast Away” would have been a better choice than him.

    As for the movie, it’s entertaining, but that bad kind of entertainment. Turn-your-brain-off-and-leave-it-at-the-door kind of entertainment. Really, Superman lifting a WHOLE GODDAMN ISLAND PRACTICALLY MADE OUT OF KRYPTONITE was simply moronic, and I couldn’t believe it was Bryan Singer directing this.

    December 10th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
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    Cris Says:
    

    Besides being dull, stupid and insipid, I especially thought this movie was cheesy. Superman Returns must be *the* most cheesy movie made since Whitney Houston’s The Bodyguard.

    December 10th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
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    Ryan Ferneau Says:
    

    I like how that comic explains away his powers just like Spider-Man’s. “Hey, if little bugs can lift and jump many times their size, why not people too?”

    December 10th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
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    SS7 Says:
    

    brilliant! I think u shudve mention how despite supes leaving 5 years ago cyclops still thinks supermans child is his, meaning lois mustve already been doing cyclops at the time or just went trawling for blokes to bang and dump the responsibility of fatherhood on :P

    December 11th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
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    Damon Says:
    

    What was all this at the beginning about Lex screwing the old woman and turning her into a sexual icon? Huh? That’s not how it went down in the movie. That’s some kind of perversion you should really have checked up Rod.

    Otherwise, downright hilarious script, really made my day.

    December 11th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
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    Snow Says:
    

    Yeah, I don’t remember anything remotely resembling what Damon mentioned either. Good script, but I think this movie was a lot more tolerable than most of the others here do.

    “Well, did Nuclear Man ever get himself off the moon?”

    Superman digs himself out of the moon after Nuclear Man reverse-piledrove him into the surface, then stops to straighten out the American flag while Nuclear Man kidnaps that rich girl and takes her into space (?!). Then Superman pushes the moon in front of the sun (!) and Nuclear Man loses his powers. Superman then takes the girl back to Earth and drops Nuclear Man into the nearest nuclear power plant, providing a quick boost of power to the nearby city. You guys still think this movie was THAT bad? ;)

    December 11th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
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    Blog Nomad Says:
    

    I remember the old woman saying something about all the “pleasure” Lex has been giving her, and it seemed strongly implied that he was pleasuring her.

    December 12th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
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    Dom Says:
    

    Ha ha ha! Snow, Damon? You didn’t pick up on the old lady and Lex’s “relationship??” Wow. She BAILED HIM OUT OF PRISON! She has a line that goes something like: “You’ve shown me pleasures I’ve never known before.” That’s hardly subtle.
    I bet you didn’t notice the Jesus parallel either. Do you also think Superman never had sex with Lois?

    December 12th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
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    Snow Says:
    

    I didn’t interpret that line to mean they had sex, but hey, guess I don’t have that dirty of a mind. ;) And I did notice the Jesus parallel and I won’t argue with any of that; the end was pretty dumb.

    December 12th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
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    Dave B Says:
    

    What was all that business with the old lady even there for, anyway? Isn’t Luthor rich enough to buy his own damn boat?

    December 14th, 2007 at 6:21 am
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    Dan Laurikietis Says:
    

    I enjoyed this film but I agree with all the faults you’ve found with it.

    Another excellent abridges script.

    I can only hope that one day my dream of seeing Rod Lampoon the Batman films will come true!

    December 14th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
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    Billy Says:
    

    ROD…YOU MUST…DO…AN I…AM…LEGEND…SCRIPT…NOW!!!

    Just got back from it, and man it was BEGGING to be abridged.

    December 14th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
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    Matt Says:
    

    I second that. Please do I Am Legend as soon as you can.

    December 15th, 2007 at 12:19 am
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    Candy Cane Says:
    

    Nice to see that with a writer’s strike raging, you’re here to entertain (you must be non-union).

    December 15th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
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    Josh Says:
    

    The new harry potter is out to rent rod.

    December 17th, 2007 at 8:41 am
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    Sofie Says:
    

    Yes it is.

    December 17th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
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    John Says:
    

    And just why the fuck was young Clark Kent wearing glasses? He can see FINE! It’s only when he got older to “protect his identity” did he start wearing glasses.

    Jesus Christ, Singer, WTF?? Are you a moron?

    I also like how the first room Supe’s looks in at Lois’ house is her bedroom. Friggin’ Peeping Tom!

    December 18th, 2007 at 7:15 am
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    Matt Says:
    

    Rod: In case you’re looking for an out, please know that some (well, one at least) of us fans give even less of a shit about Harry Potter than you do and wouldn’t mind if you waited a while to do the next one. So many movies I’d rather read your scripts for.

    December 18th, 2007 at 10:19 am
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    Aaron Says:
    

    Nope. The man has committed to Harry Potter. It’s written in his own blood. That’ll teach him to ask for his readers’ opinions.

    December 18th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
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    Matt Says:
    

    Ahem. “Not for a while”, I believe the man said. Good riddance.

    December 18th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
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    Josh Says:
    

    I just wanted a new abridged script, even if it is of HP 5. Stop being a D-Bag

    December 19th, 2007 at 9:59 am
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    Rod Hilton Says:
    

    I’ll do Harry Potter eventually. I plan on doing all of them, because the poll I asked before was which franchise do you all want abridged fully, and that won. If they add movies, I have to abridge ‘em.

    The polls are all about driving traffic to the site. When Harry Potter won out, it just meant I stood a better chance of getting people linking to me and promoting the site by abridging the movies. All of the movies I ask about suck, and I’d love to abridge them all but I don’t have time, so I may as well focus on the ones that people want to read the most.

    Looks like there’s basically a tie between I Am Legend, the new Die Hard, and Golden Compass, but HP is last. So I’ll probably still wait to do HP. Of the three of those movies, I hated Golden Compass the most, so I might ignore the poll anyway. ;)

    December 19th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
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    CM Says:
    

    This was a bad movie. Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who thought so, as the mainstream press seemed to love it.

    December 20th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
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    Dark Lord Says:
    

    Ron:

    Jesus was Jewish.

    December 27th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
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    Ron Says:
    

    I’m well aware that Jesus was Jewish.

    January 1st, 2008 at 9:35 pm
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    Joe Says:
    

    This was the funniest thing i’ve read in a long time. I remember being in the theater muttering WHAT THE FUCK?, at almost every scene.
    I’d love to see your take on the Clooney BATMAN. Or maybe Transformers… oh wait, I think that movie lampooned itself.

    January 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
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    GodsAreMonsters Says:
    

    Fucking hilarious and I even liked the movie. I’m glad you pointed out how ridiculous the first two were as well. The bar was not set high.

    January 4th, 2008 at 7:54 am
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    Maverick Says:
    

    Laughed my ass off, and I agree for the most part. The only “fault” I could find with the script is that I think it was Kate’s kid’s kiss that wakes Superman, not Kate’s kiss. The whole “father becomes the son, the son becomes the father” thing. And so Kate’s kid (unknowingly) gives up his power to heel his father. That was my interpretation.

    Not that it makes the entire story or movie any better. Or seals up any plot holes or plot contrivances. But enjoyed reading that. :)

    January 4th, 2008 at 9:04 am
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    A-Killa Says:
    

    The Clooney Batman doesn’t even deserve an Abridged Script. But it might go something like this:

    Something REALLY STUPID HAPPENS.

    AUDIENCE: Well, this movie is pretty stupid, but it could be stupider.

    Something EVEN STUPIDER HAPPENS.

    AUDIENCE: Wow, the only way this movie could be stupider is if…

    That ALSO HAPPENS.

    END

    January 4th, 2008 at 10:47 am
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    Fantasticles Says:
    

    Not to mention that according to the logic of SR, Superman either impregnated Lois while he was devoid of powers in Superman II, then gave her the kiss of forgetfulness so she basically would have NO idea why she was suddenly pregnant (immaculate conception, anyone?) OR it happened some other random time after Superman II, in which case he knocked her up and never told her his real name. In either case, Superman = Super prick. Way to blow, Bry.

    January 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
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    Az Says:
    

    Loved it funny as fook but no way was Superman returns better than Smallville , you should have said better than polished shit

    January 4th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
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    The Hat Says:
    

    I don’t like Superman because I have never once believed that he could defeat Lex Luthor. Luthor is a genius. A freaking genius. Superman is a bumbling idiot, whose only claim to fame is being able to hit things really hard. There’s always some lame plot contrivance that defeats Luthor…not Superman. I resent the fact that one of the best villains in all of superherodom is wasted on this blockhead. He messes up any team dynamic.

    Forget the fact that this guy shouldn’t be able to lift a mountain. It isn’t a matter of strength, it’s a matter of leverage and the size to actually do it. I can lift 150 lb weights attached to a bar, but I cannot lift a 150 lb misshapen rock thing that’s bigger than me simply because I don’t have the size required. It was kryptonite. KRYPTONITE! Superman can’t even be in the same room as kryptonite without getting the shake like some meth addict. All that kryptonite should’ve killed him…especially with the stabbing.

    January 9th, 2008 at 11:15 am
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    Jetblac Says:
    

    Immediately after reading this hillarious script I had to rent the “richard donner version” of Supes II. I never heard of it before. Some things I noticed that messed with my head big time. Superman didn’t kiss lois to make her forget, he reversed time just like in Supes I! and everyone had dejavu or couldn’t figure out how they got where they just so happened to be. So it was like the whole movie DIDN’T HAPPEN! then he went to that diner and kicked that truck drivers ass for “no reason” the poor guy shouldn’t even know who he was.
    Supes impregnates Lois before he relinguishes his powers then reverses time… She shouldn’t be pregnant at all.
    Also Bryan Singer sould never work again for how he destoyed Lex Luthor in this movie. He turned a genious into a simple one track minded hooligan.
    It’s time for a complete reboot… in 5 years

    January 22nd, 2008 at 8:27 am
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    Reese Says:
    

    I have to agree with JetBlac. Anyone who thinks the Richard Donner version of Superman II was awesome has lost their mind. It didn’t make a lick of sense! I mean it was worse, WORSE, then Superman I and yeah, even worse then Superman Returns. Changing time, the world doesn’t know what happened to themselves, then getting revenge against someone who remembers why you want revenge, even though he shouldn’t remember because you changed time 5 minutes ago…

    WTF?

    It was just sad. May the original Superman II live on in all of its stupid awesomeness. And may Hollywood stop making these movies for a very long time.

    January 26th, 2008 at 11:43 am
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    Ali Says:
    

    My childhood Superhero returns. Only this time he is a glib marriage wrecking stalker – ‘wahey Lois, look at me – I can fly! Doesn’t that make you hot?’.

    January 29th, 2008 at 10:16 am
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    Manuel Says:
    

    You forgot to mention the fact that Lois somehow knows Superman is the kid’s father. She was supposed to have had her memory erased by the superkiss at the end of S2. And if she does remember she had sex with Superman, how come she doesn’t also remember that he’s Clark?

    February 7th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
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    eliza Says:
    

    i placed a link on my own Multiply page. thank you. =)

    March 2nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
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    PC Says:
    

    There’s one thing I’ve noticed in a lot of these comments and that’s the common theme of “I’ve always hated Superman.”

    So… why watch the movie? Doesn’t that seem a little… oh, I dunno… ridiculous? Some of you really need to get a hobby.

    March 10th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
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    Mike Says:
    

    PC Says:

    There’s one thing I’ve noticed in a lot of these comments and that’s the common theme of “I’ve always hated Superman.”

    So… why watch the movie? Doesn’t that seem a little… oh, I dunno… ridiculous? Some of you really need to get a hobby.
    ____________________________________________________________

    Sounds like someone liked Superman Returns and didn’t like the way Rod took the piss out of it.

    Way to miss the fucking point, dickstain.

    April 5th, 2008 at 4:03 am
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    Tyciol Says:
    

    Awesome summary.

    April 20th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
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    Benzo Says:
    

    “Because Bryan Singer really just wanted to make a brand new Superman movie, complete with origin story and all. He was worried that ignoring the previous Superman movies would somehow be disrespectful to Richard Donner and Christopher Reeve, so he just went through the screenplay and replaced all instances of “arrives” with “returns”.”

    I thought from the very beginning that this pseudo sequel crap was a mistake. Singer should have just rebooted the franchise altogether like Batman Begins. I honestly think that Singer was weighed down by his own decision to try to maintain continuity with the Donner films.

    The cast were fine ages for an origin film but for a film supposedly set 7 years after Superman 2 they were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy too young.

    Spacey really could have been awesome as a sinister, cerebral Lex Luthor but of course (for continuities sake) he had to be portrayed as a hammy buffoon because that’s just how Gene Hackman did it.

    And knocking up Lois right before he skips town resulting in a super-powered son? Awful. Just awful.

    So many problems created by trying to connect this to Donner’s Superman.

    April 22nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
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    Andie Says:
    

    I liked the first Superman movie even if it was pure cheese. I wish comic book movies dealt with origin stories like that: first thirty minutes devoted to backstory aaaand… DONE, bring on the villain! Now the audience is forced to endure hours of garment-rending emotional porn as the hero deals with the same everyday issues that us mortals are paying too much money to escape from for an hour and a hal– oh, right, now we get almost three hours of ‘epic’ suffering.

    Smallville ain’t exactly top-notch quality writing, acting, etc. but I’d take Erica Durantz’s Lois Lane over Eva Marie Saint any day. Also, that whole ‘Lois Lane is a really bad speller even though she’s a fucking award-winning writer’ running joke doesn’t fly in a world with spellcheck.

    The plot felt like a tired fanfiction writer’s attempt to string together a bunch of scenes he thought would be really cool despite the fact that the whole idea made Superman look like self-centered tool.

    ‘Gee, Lois, I’m sorry I ditched you without even saying goodbye, but my role in this world– no, the galaxy!– is so super important that I just couldn’t make the time. And I don’t like conflict, you know? Can’t you overlook this and dump your normal guy and young child for me? What? Oh, that’s MY kid? Gee, hmm… Well, see-ya!’

    Can’t wait to see Superman VI: The Quest for Back Child Support.

    April 23rd, 2008 at 7:16 am
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    Superman Says:
    

    Hey,in reference to comment 91 – when Lex asked Lois who the kid’s dad was, she said it was James Marsden’s character. When Lex said ‘are you *sure*?’ she thought about it again. It looked to me like Luthor put doubts in her mind, which were confirmed when the kid was able to throw the piano. The movie implied that before that happened, Lois thought that Cyclops really was the kid’s dad. Remember, before the encounter on the boat, the kid had asthma and sucked at gym class. Those aren’t really attributes you might associate with Superboy. By the canon of the movies, maybe Lois didn’t know Superman was the dad, and only realised the truth after the kid revealed his superstrength.

    It’s still stupid, though. Superman can’t do psychic kisses.

    April 25th, 2008 at 5:17 am
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    chris Says:
    

    brilliant. and you should send this masterpiece to WB. maybe they would want to make it into a parody movie to squeeze some more cash to compensate the losses in SR

    how moronic WB was to give the 2 schoolboys to write the script for a 200mil budget movie.

    May 29th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
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     Tom J. Says:
     

     Tyallie. I think it was implied that Lois had been encouraging her son behave like a nerdy weakling in order to protect him. She is, in effect, cultivating a Clark Kent-type alter-ego in her son without knowing Clark Kent is her sons father.
     Ironic? No. Confused Bullshit? Yes.

     May 30th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
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     Chris Says:
     

     Tyallie said:
     the kid had asthma and sucked at gym class
     —————————————————

     That reminded me of something else retarded in this movie. When there reading the little bastard child’s report card he gets like a D or F in P.E.. (presumely because of his asthma) I’m pretty fuckin sure they don’t grade kids in PE for how athletically talented they are especially if the kid has health issues. Shit there was to many things wrong with this movie.

     June 4th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
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     lehcor Says:
     

     Great script. I was laughing my head off.

     I agree with most of the criticisms in the script and the comments, but:

     Why do so many of you think Richard thought the kid was his biological child? Nothing in the movie implied that. I heard one of the prequel comics implied it, but I don’t think think they were meant to be in the same continuity.

     Also, I didn’t get the impression from the movie that the airplane was very heavy for Superman (although in the book, it was). It looked more like he was having difficulty getting it safely on the ground without tearing the plane apart, or decelerating it too quickly.

     June 5th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
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     Ryan Ferneau Says:
     

     I absolutely love the way you don’t even include James Marsden in the script–his completely extraneous character is just referred to as “Cyclops”!

     It took me way too long to figure out that Rod was referring to James Marsden playing Cyclops in the X-Men movies rather than taking an odd dig at James Marsden’s appearance.

     June 16th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
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     Saj Says:
     

     ..HA-H-A-H-A-HA..

     If only there was a superman and read this script of yours..

     Great script.. :)

     June 20th, 2008 at 5:47 am
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     Kevin Lehane Says:
     

     Superman: The Movie is a classic. It has problems, like every single film ever made, but the turning the world back is a romantic gesture. It doesn’t hurt the film for me at all.

     Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is not a real film. Much of it is vastly superior to Superman II, but as Donner didn’t have the chance to fully complete his film he had to assemble it with what was left and thus the film doesn’t fit with the continuity of the film. I really wish he did get to do Superman II properly all those years ago because it would have been a better movie, for sure.

     Superman Returns was a boring, languid, nonsensical shite sequel and it deserves every knock it gets … but the first two films are fantastic and can be enjoyed for being exciting and very well written. And if some of you guys can not appreciate that, I’m at a total loss. There’s a reason everyone has looked to Donner’s first Superman when making all the other comic book movies. It’s a gem.

     June 21st, 2008 at 5:23 am
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     Walt Says:
     

     Ok, what the hell? Here we have people who seriously complain about the physics in a movie about goddamn SUPERMAN, the poster child of willing suspension of disbelief, yet they say that the Superman fans are the bigger idiots? What the fuck is up with that?

     June 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am
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     Si Says:
     

     Benzo and Andie have nailed it. By trying too hard to be reverent to Richard Donner’s film, Singer failed to give this film an identity of its own, leaving it like a pointless remake. By also laying emphasis on “themes” a la Batman Begins, Casino Royale and the Bourne trilogy, but doing so in a far more heavy handed way, he dragged out the film’s running time to a painful length.

     He blatantly tried to have it both ways and shot himself in the foot, spectacularly.

     July 7th, 2008 at 5:48 am
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     Moorish Says:
     

     This script is spot-on. Screw this awful movie, right in the ass.

     August 28th, 2008 at 7:39 am
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     Icarin Says:
     

     http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/ten-superhero-movie-mistakes.php

     September 3rd, 2008 at 9:58 am
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     Halogirl Says:
     

     “Why do so many of you think Richard thought the kid was his biological child? Nothing in the movie implied that.”

     It’s kind of ambiguous about whether or not he knows–I think part of him deep down always suspected the truth. (That could be why he asked Lois about her article: “I spent the night with Superman” and if she was really in love with him.) There’s a moment at the end when he’s driving Lois to the hospital when she’s about to visit Superman with Jason in tow; he gives her a hug and you can see in his eyes that he finally realizes Jason is not his child. (That’s my theory, anyway.) It’s also important that Lois and Jason visit Superman but not Richard.

     That being said, this movie had some interesting aspects but it isn’t about Superman in any shape or form, but a super-being who is stuck on a planet full of people who don’t appreciate him. That has absolutely nothing to do with the Superman myth/comic/movie character. It’s a completely different character. The only thing he has in common with other Superman renditions is his name and superpowers. That’s it. It’s not Kal’El or Clark Kent. It’s “I’m stuck on Earth/miss my dad/no one cares about me/my son will never know me” Man. That’s all there is to it, unfortunately. And there’s no where they can go from there.

     That’s why WB has not only canned Singer but is taking his film out of the Superman film canon. Smart move on their part.

     September 8th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
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     Nick Says:
     

     Don’t worry people of Earth! I, Superman, will defend you with my amazing power to shoot out a cellophane ‘S’!

     Great script. Heh, I remember that part of the movie:

     KEVIN SPACEY

     (forgetting how to act)

     WRROOONNNGGG!!!

     September 23rd, 2008 at 8:06 pm
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     Nickshort Says:
     

     You got to admit that the scene with the GENERIC BANK ROBBERY was awesome.

     December 7th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
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     krispy Says:
     

     Sadly, it was much, much, much worse than Smallville.

     At least that show knows what it’s trying to do, and does it right, even if they end up making Clark a whiny bitch. Instead, this movie tries so hard to be the first movie and ends up being an incomprehensible piece of shit.

     December 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
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     Tynk Says:
     

     “Forgetting how to act”
     Spot on dude.

     This movie was a major didapointment. It’s like they tried to hard and the effort was written in big bold leeters all over the movie. Horrible.

     Tip for Watching Smallville (Worked for me:

     Smallville… hard to say if it is good or not. After the first..mabey…three seasons you have to stop looking at as Clark before he was Superman. I know that defeats the purpose, but it is the only way I have managed to see it as a good show. Smallville is just…Clark. He doesn’t even seem to be that much of an alien, other than the powers, but more of an over the top do-gooder. Oh wait.. that is alien.

     December 18th, 2008 at 12:20 am
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     netster007x Says:
     

     Spot on summary. Perhaps you can save some souls from wasting two hours on that garbage, I wish I didn't.

     April 8th, 2010 at 5:59 am

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