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BlackSentoki 3 Oct 2005 16:02:38 921 posts
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kalel wrote:

MikeD wrote:
How much of the new film will be used on origin... I hope they keep it to a minimum.

None, or at least very little. It's the real Superman 3. It's called Superman Returns and is set after Superman 2, and he has been away from Earth for 6 years, and is now returning. He come back to discover a world that has learnt to cope without him, and also Lois Lane has moved on..OR HAS SHE??

She probably hasn't.

Derblington 3 Oct 2005 16:04:41 35,161 posts
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Spanky wrote:
He's meant to be young in this one isn't he? How many twenty somethings do you know who can pass for normal with muscles the size of a superheroes, that's right... none! All the women would be chasing him around if he was built as large as the comics, no matter whether he had glasses or not. I think they've done fine, just enough muscle to be disguised under lose clothes.

Anyhoo the face is more important than the muscles imo.

I know of plenty of people that have more muscle than this guy but it's hardly noticable under loose clothing. And I half agree about the face comment but I don't think he has that either - he looks too much like a model. He manages a decent nerd but it's not Clark and I don't think he's Superman at all.

I thought the same about Bale in Batman Begins - great Bruce Wayne but shitty Batman because his jaw isn't gruff or wide enough. The studion obviously thought the same as they made the cowl really wide in the jaw but it looks daft.

I think I'll like Superman Returns but I really disagree with the look and no amount of good acting will change that.

Derblington 3 Oct 2005 16:07:47 35,161 posts
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MetalDog wrote:
I don't remember Reeve being ripped either and he looked fine.

That's true and I agree completely - he just *is* Superman. He had a good costume too, that doesn't make him look skinny with a long torsoe and dumpy legs.

I just think they've really cocked up the look in SR.

pjmaybe 3 Oct 2005 16:10:46 70,666 posts
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MetalDog wrote:
I don't remember Reeve being ripped either and he looked fine.

You wouldn't kick him out of bed for farting though, no?

I wouldn't say no to "not being ripped" if that's what not being ripped is

Peej

Spanky 3 Oct 2005 16:11:28 15,037 posts
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MetalDog wrote:
How many women actually /like/ bulging muscles on a guy?

I just mean tarty women

I wouldn't say Reeve was rippling but he was certainly statuesque. Not some curved shoulders midget like us normals

What woman wouldn't want a man built like a superhero? I know the looks superficial but it's not like he was a thicko either, like us poor normals.

Derblington 3 Oct 2005 16:16:53 35,161 posts
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Spanky wrote:
I wouldn't say Reeve was rippling but he was certainly statuesque.

That's a good desription, and the new guy isn't that. Reeve looked powerfull and imposing as Supes, and he had a good physique too. The new guy is too skinny and the suit really doesn't help him.

I'll try and leave it now

DaisyD 3 Oct 2005 16:18:34 11,816 posts
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What's a 'tarty women'?

Although I want to see this film, I have a huge problem with Kate Bosworth and any film she's in. I'm sure she's a good actress, but I've got to get past my dislike for her to manage to watch it.

pjmaybe 3 Oct 2005 16:19:16 70,666 posts
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Fruit_Salad wrote:
Gay?

Not a gay comment, I was addressing MetalDog and asking her if she'd kick him out of bed for farting you dumkopf!

Look at Reeve's neck ffs!!! That's a man who ate a lot of beef!

Peej

Derblington 3 Oct 2005 16:19:59 35,161 posts
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Kate Bosworth seems too 'soft' to play Lois.

Edited by Derblington at 16:24:25 03-10-2005

Spanky 3 Oct 2005 16:25:50 15,037 posts
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DaisyD wrote:
What's a 'tarty women'?

A female Chippendale etc

Chip n' Dale are chipmunks.

MikeD 3 Oct 2005 16:26:14 10,063 posts
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pjmaybe wrote:Look at Reeve's neck ffs!!! That's a man who ate a lot of beef!

I eat a lot of beef!

Yet all I have is a double chin.

DaisyD 3 Oct 2005 16:28:56 11,816 posts
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Spanky wrote:

DaisyD wrote:
What's a 'tarty women'?
A female Chippendale etc

Chip n' Dale are chipmunks.

An 'exotic dancer'? So they're the women who like beefed up guys?

MikeD 3 Oct 2005 16:30:25 10,063 posts
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You're the cop. You'd think you would be in enough contact with people to know the women that like beefy men.

DaisyD 3 Oct 2005 16:45:08 11,816 posts
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Only women I ever meet are old ladies for a cup of coffee and biscuits. Other than that I work mainly with Teenagers, and I can't remember the last time I needed to arrest a woman . . .

So no.

MetalDog 3 Oct 2005 16:58:02 24,076 posts
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pjmaybe wrote:
Not a gay comment, I was addressing MetalDog and asking her if she'd kick him out of bed for farting you dumkopf!

Look at Reeve's neck ffs!!! That's a man who ate a lot of beef!

That's not attractive. That's quasi cardassion.

I wouldn't be in bed with anyone /just/ because of the way they look either, I'm not a bloke.

Spanky 3 Oct 2005 17:01:10 15,037 posts
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DaisyD wrote:
An 'exotic dancer'? So they're the women who like beefed up guys?

I'm not getting dragged into one of your lefty conversations, take your 'inclusive' gubbins elsewhere

Deleted user 3 October 2005 17:01:39

MetalDog wrote:
I wouldn't be in bed with anyone /just/ because of the way they look either, I'm not a bloke.

Outrageous! Bloody sexism. Blokes don't just got to bed with women on the basis of looks you know!

They have to be gullible / drunk enough to say "yes" too.

Edited by Fozzie_bear at 17:05:57 03-10-2005

smoothpete 4 Oct 2005 09:53:31 37,743 posts
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Hey Kalel, check it out! Cage names his son after you!

Deleted user 4 October 2005 10:02:53

Oh dear�

Well, I�d like to think that he has done the research and found out all about what the word means both in Kryptonian and the actual Hebrew words that were originally used to make up the Kryptonian language by Superman�s creators. I�d like to think that he understands the significance and importance of giving his son such a name, but alas, I suspect he did it because he thought it would be cool. Unless he was just naming him after me like you say, in which case that is understandable.

Spanky 4 Oct 2005 10:05:01 15,037 posts
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Whats this hebrew stuff all about then, never heard anything alluding to that before?!

RubyRed 4 Oct 2005 10:09:36 4,303 posts
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MetalDog wrote:
How many women actually /like/ bulging muscles on a guy? I suspect not so many... anyone forumwomen disagree? Is it mostly guys that like that look?

Honestly? Not bothered about muscles on a man at all. There are more contributing factors to making a man attractive than muscles, plus I've always like skinny men. Serious muscles can look yuck, especially verging on Arnie Schwarzenegger territory!

Anyway, people might as well accept that you'd be hard-pushed to find an actor who can match Christopher Reeve as Superman, so might as well accept that this new actor isn't a bad choice. I'd heard of worse choices than that. (Dean Cain anyone?) IIRC Nicholas Cage was rumoured to play him as well.

Edited by RubyRed at 10:14:44 04-10-2005

Spanky 4 Oct 2005 10:13:28 15,037 posts
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Aye and that flared nostrilled twat in that bag of fucking crap Smallville.

Deleted user 4 October 2005 10:14:55

Well, Siegal and Shuster were both Jews, and used bits and bobs of Hebrew words to make up Kryptonian words, for example, El is the Hebrew word for God, and kalel or Kal-El is actually a bit of a bastardised way of saying 'Messiah', although I think it literally means 'goodness of God' or something like that.

That's it really officially I believe, although there have been books written on the relationship between Supes and Judaism. During the Superman Vs the Nazis years there was a lot of symbolism, and over the years there have been various references to it, it�s a bit of an in joke now. There�s even a reference to it in Superman 2. If you listen very carefully when he dives into Niagara Falls you can distinctly hear the voice of an old New York lady go: �He�s Jewish you know!�

DrPhil 5 Oct 2005 00:24:20 694 posts
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Dean Cain! Now there is the real Superman.

Furbs 14 Jun 2007 22:45:51 45,740 posts
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IF Batman = Begins
Superman = Returns
Spiderman = 2
Fantastic = 4
Elektra = ?

Furbs 14 Jun 2007 22:45:51 45,740 posts
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CaptainBinky wrote:

Furbs wrote:
IF Batman = Begins
Superman = Returns
Spiderman = 2
Fantastic = 4
Elektra = ?
Elektra = shite?

We have a winner!!

Furbs 14 Jun 2007 22:45:51 45,740 posts
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Isnt it about this point that superhero threads descend in to "whos harder?"

Furbs 14 Jun 2007 22:45:51 45,740 posts
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Whats wrong with choosing a name cos its cool? Wish my parents had, instead of saddling me with the label of a "wagon maker".

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