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Well, Superman was pretty irrelevant in my book by that time anyway. The reboot of the character that I look back at fondly involved a sand creature back in '72 or so. Um...I guess you had to be there... Oh, good God, I remember that issue! He lost two-thirds of his power, which gave them an excuse to nix the truly moronic super-powers, like blowing out suns or flying faster than light and so on. The "big" reboot in the 80's, with John Byrne was a good idea in theory...the only trouble was that Byrne was an average writer at best and a truly terrible artist IMHO. "Kirby without balls" is how a friend of mine liked to put it, but mainly his art looks ugly and amateurish. To ME anyway.

Just another sign that the physical encoding of music is being tossed into the dustbin of history.

Did you see that they adapted that one for the Justice League animated series a few years back? I'm man enough to admit that it always brings tears to my eyes. I haven't seen that adaptation. So it was pretty decent?

Generally, I agree. Although I think there are some movies that are only worth watching once, just for a change of pace, or to remind you just how lousy a bad movie can get. One more thing: As time goes on, I find that the number of times I've seen a movie means less and less as to how good I think it is. There are more and more mediocre films that I've seen 3, 4 or even more times. This doesn't mean I like them all that much more, just that I've lived longer. (Of course, the films that I really like I've seen more times than I can guesstimate.)

Well, Jazzmoose, there you have it. Curt Swan. Go to it, man. (In many ways it's kind of the "ulimate" Superman story. You can get both halves of the story in a single square-bound comic now, too.) Another really great one is "For the Man Who Has Everything" written by Moore, drawn and lettered by Dave Gibbons. It came out just before the start of the Watchmen series. Still another great Moore/Superman story is a Swamp Thing crossover where Superman caught a Kryptonian disease and is dying. Really quite good.

Seems I waited too long...

Now that is a very good idea. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

The music is great. My reaction to most of the visuals is a sincere "What the Hell?"

Damn but it's fun, ain't it? (Although I'd hate to tell you how many movies I've seen more than three times. A movie worth watching is usually worth re-watching is one of my cinematic mottoes.)

I hate to sound like a total wacked-out fanboy, but the Superman stories I like the most are the ones written by Alan Moore.

I did not know that...

Bear in mind that Moore was writing for DC comics, a company that primarily publishes superhero comics. You are right, of course. Comics don't HAVE to be about superheroes. As with any medium, comics can accomidate any and all subject matters and genres. Some of the best comics are NOT about superheroes (Spiegelman's "Maus"; Satrapi's "Persepolis"; Clowes' "Ghost World"; Ware's "ACME Novelty Library" and "Jimmy Corrigan"; Bagge's "Hate"). I love "Hate."

I dig you.

Nice thread! Cool Struttin' and Workout come to mind.

"...Don't clap for him!"

Oh, god...another icon fucked with? Well, not like there haven't been dozens of films, tv series, etc. Young Sherlock Holmes sticks out as a particularly non-canonical one. But reading this again, Jude Law makes sense as Holmes, but Watson??? It gets even better...Holmes will be played by Robert Downey, Jr.! I'm actually looking forward to seeing what he does with the role... Me too. And I actually think a lot of the TV/cinematic portrayals of Watson have been rather off the mark. I agree. He wasn't supposed to be a total schlub.

Finally pulled the trigger on the RVG of Leapin' and Lopin'. I've had the old one for ages.

Weird, wild stuff...

Nice. I wonder if this will get the kids into Brubeck. (I'm doubting it.)

The reviewer on Fresh Air said something very similar. Funny, since Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons used every trick to stretch the comic book medium as much as possible, then it would seem that a film version that hewed to the spirit (if you'll pardon the expression) of the comic would use every cinematic trick they could think of to lend the story that kind of life on the screen. Instead, (according to this critic) Snyder artistically "embalmed" the material, leaving us with a curiously lifeless film, despite ratcheting up the violence as much as possible. And I agree with Alexander that Jude Law could have been very good, almost perfect, as Adrien Veidt (Ozymandias.) "Veidt"---even his real last name is rather German.

I think I'll give it a miss.

Soon: Daily Show and Colbert Report reruns.

Anytime! Glad you like it.

Frankly, I'm surprised there are any significant numbers now.

Yikes!