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June 29, 2006
New Superman Scorns American Way
So much for "Truth, justice, and the American way" — the classic Superman motto has been discarded for the new Superman Returns, as moonbat screenwriters Mike Dougherty and Dan Harris consider it to be excessively patriotic. Sneers Harris:
I don't think "the American way" means what it meant in 1945. He's an alien, from Krypton; he has come to Earth to be kind of a savior for this world, not our country ... And he has no papers.
Dougherty piles on:
He's not just for Metropolis and not just for America. What would happen with the immigration laws we have now?
Apparently, the two are complaining that our government even pays lip service to the concept of securing the borders from foreign invasion.
So Superman is no longer patriotic. At least, contrary to rumors, he isn't gay — yet.
Hat tip: Varla
Posted by Van Helsing at June 29, 2006 10:21 PM
Comments
I just got back from the movie. Thank God I live in a podunk town where the run-down little theater only charges three bucks. This movie defies physics by both sucking and blowing at the same time.
Posted by: Uchuck the Tuchuk at June 29, 2006 10:40 PM
I shot a couple of movies with a girl who was able to defy physics in just that way, Uchuck, back when I was known as Redbone Poonhound.
As for Superman, I think the producers have a point. We can't have an illegal alien representing this nation's values. But it could have been worse: They might have replaced the motto with "Truth, justice, and Amway."
Posted by: The Right Reverend Rabbi Judah at June 30, 2006 3:50 AM
Het now, don't knock Amway. They're cool.
Posted by: Archonix at June 30, 2006 4:50 AM
To be honest, I don't remember hearing "Truth, Justice, and the American Way" in the Christopher Reeve movies, or seeing it in the comic books. That was just something they did in the 1950s TV show.
Posted by: phil at June 30, 2006 5:42 AM
I hated this movie. Its worse than what is described here. The writers tried to make Superman appear to be Jesus Christ with not too subtle imagery. See my review here:
http://www.belch.com/~blog/2006/06/28/superman-returns-avoids-child-support/
Posted by: BelchSpeak at June 30, 2006 6:54 AM
To be honest, I don't remember hearing "Truth, Justice, and the American Way" in the Christopher Reeve movies, or seeing it in the comic books. That was just something they did in the 1950s TV show.
So using the altered line in the movie at all then is completely gratuitous. As though the film-makers are going out of their way to flaunt their exclusion of "the American Way."
Posted by: V the K at June 30, 2006 9:11 AM
UPDATE:
A&E ran a special on Superman (to plug the new movie)last night (6/29/06) and immigration was referenced THREE TIMES.
At one point, the narrarator intones: "Superman was the ultimate American immigrant." They then cut to...noted immigrant/Superman expert Gene Simmons of Kiss who tells us he came here from Israel and, yes, he too believes Superman should be seen as an immigrant.
The point is thrown in a third time later in the program, which I think ran two hours. It was awkward, and obviously shoe-horned in to try to tie the movie to the current HOT TOPIC.
In case the viewers didn't get the point, the narrator notes that Superman used to fight Nazis and support "social causes," but in the 50s fell victim to the "conservative era."
The makers of the current movie need a hook. And it's this: we're returning Superman to his roots, fighting for "social justice," which today means fighting for illegal immigrants.
Posted by: CJ at June 30, 2006 11:55 AM
