That clip keeps crashing my IE.
I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.
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Connie Neil - Dec 10, 2013 8:20:11 pm PST #25991 of 30000
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Dana - Dec 11, 2013 8:17:30 am PST #25992 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We're watching Man of Steel. This is the stupidest portrayal of Jonathan Kent I've ever seen. It literally makes no sense.
le nubian - Dec 11, 2013 9:10:50 am PST #25993 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Girl, the movie gets worse. So bad. But there are people here who liked it so I will pipe down.
Dana - Dec 11, 2013 9:27:50 am PST #25994 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think it had the potential to be a really interesting different movie. Unfortunately, it's not the movie they made.
Dana - Dec 11, 2013 9:31:56 am PST #25995 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
They're currently destroying downtown Smallville. There's just so much random stuff.
Who decided that Kryptonians don't have a system of morality? Why is the evil woman lecturing Clark about evolution when the Kryptonians took evolution out of the picture entirely? If Zod and company were only in the Phantom Zone until Krypton was destroyed, that was, what, about twelve hours?
Dana - Dec 11, 2013 9:42:59 am PST #25996 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Now they're terraforming Metropolis, which also makes no sense dramatically, because this Superman has NO connection with Metropolis. It's just where the Daily Planet happens to be.
Tom Scola - Dec 11, 2013 9:45:08 am PST #25997 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Didn't see it; it's not my Superman.
Zenkitty - Dec 11, 2013 9:54:42 am PST #25998 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Indeed, the character of Pa Kent was so bad, it was just stupid. There was a lot of COOL stuff in the movie and a lot of OTT fighting and destruction pron*, but there's so much that didn't make sense, even within the suspended-disbelief universe the movie created. I think the movie was written for (and possibly by) adolescent boys who read comic books for the BIFF BAM POW and never notice there's anything more to the stories.
*I'm all about giant overpowered creatures stomping all over stuff. But there has to be a decent story there; if the plot exists just to showcase destruction, it becomes boring fast.
le nubian - Dec 11, 2013 9:57:11 am PST #25999 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Now they're terraforming Metropolis, which also makes no sense dramatically, because this Superman has NO connection with Metropolis. It's just where the Daily Planet happens to be.
I read this out loud to Beau and he said: "that's an excellent point."
Dana - Dec 11, 2013 10:00:24 am PST #26000 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I didn't realize I was that attached to the character of Jonathan Kent, but once Kevin Costner started telling Clark to let a school bus full of kids die rather than reveal his powers...yeah.