tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post3217268602291803106..comments2024-03-18T07:24:33.610-04:00Comments on Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!: The Fall of Metropolis: Apocalypse Literature and Man of SteelBullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708103213119467419noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-15451765052284334652013-06-23T05:14:47.568-04:002013-06-23T05:14:47.568-04:00Thanks for the well written article. Before I get ...Thanks for the well written article. Before I get into the meat of my comment I will say that the girl that was trapped is 'Jenny' Olson. Jimmy is now Jenny. <br /><br />I remember 9/11 very clearly even though I lived on the other side of the country. I never saw the towers but I've loved NYC each time I've had the chance to go out there and visit. <br /><br />Man of Steel left me feeling disgusted during those scenes. I thought the 'S' was supposed to stand for hope. I felt hopeless watching that. When I watched the Avengers I felt they they were doing everything in their power to protect people. <br /><br />There was an interesting article about this over on IGN http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/18/what-would-man-of-steels-destruction-cost that puts the sickening destruction that they filmmakers were going for in perspective. <br /><br /> Pink Devil Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499121896824965457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-85395765420907093382013-06-22T02:05:19.576-04:002013-06-22T02:05:19.576-04:00Long time reader, first time commenter. You've...Long time reader, first time commenter. You've clearly articulated what made me so viscerally angry at this movie that I've been ranting up and down about how bad it is to all and sundry. <br /><br />Superman stories need hope. That's what he represents! Strength in the service of others, a protector and defender, the guy who runs into the fire instead of away from it. <br /><br />Sadly, Hollywood's overall tone of cynicism doesn't buy into hope, so all they can do is deconstruct the hero and leave nothing to fill the empty space left behind. <br /><br />Bless yer fuzzy little heart, Bully, you know what's up. BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-83182238729754899912013-06-19T11:10:46.886-04:002013-06-19T11:10:46.886-04:00I thought I was alone in thinking that the destruc...I thought I was alone in thinking that the destruction in the film mirrored 9/11 imagery a bit too much. It was enough to trigger a PTSD episode right there in the theater. Thankfully, my viewing companion was able to get me to look away.<br /><br />Thank you, Bully and John, for assuring me that I wasn't oversensitive about it.Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132196355430345167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-62112065889845582012013-06-18T08:44:49.347-04:002013-06-18T08:44:49.347-04:00Bless you, Bully. You too, John.Bless you, Bully. You too, John.Matter-Eater Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582100232490047227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-3953277795693812112013-06-17T22:23:39.419-04:002013-06-17T22:23:39.419-04:00Thank you for writing this.Thank you for writing this.jonnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291085782348812770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-28248395945693510522013-06-17T15:04:38.360-04:002013-06-17T15:04:38.360-04:00This film is so po-faced not even Bully can joke a...This film is so po-faced not even Bully can joke about it? We're doomed.<br /><br />Perhaps there's a post-credits scene where Manchester Black recruits Superman for the Elite?Michael Hoskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302540308587868138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-20100142646272582732013-06-17T08:57:17.422-04:002013-06-17T08:57:17.422-04:00I read you loud and clear, Bully. The wanton destr...I read you loud and clear, Bully. The wanton destruction made it almost impossible to enjoy the film. I liked much of the film up until the climactic battle scene and I feel tremendously conflicted over the thing as a whole.Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-84289295270834583932013-06-17T00:41:15.381-04:002013-06-17T00:41:15.381-04:00Huh.
The Avengers lost me because of how sterile ...Huh.<br /><br />The Avengers lost me because of how sterile the invasion was. I enjoyed MoS much more because it wasn't sterile.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390329155831945380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-11685638231742196042013-06-16T05:27:02.491-04:002013-06-16T05:27:02.491-04:00I felt the same exact way. When those buildings we...I felt the same exact way. When those buildings were crumbling for no reason and Superman had to willfully ignore the screams of thousands, didn't he rethink the plan at all? When he was flying around metropolis, couldn't he sense all of the lifeless bodies that he knew he could have saved? What's the moral lesson, that he saves the entire world and has to compromise his own values to do so? Is that what Pa meant about the world being "ready" for someone who is willing to get their hands dirty through enacting justice? It's a totally dark, scary idea of an ubermensch whose judgment everyone has to trust implicitly. There's nothing benevolent about this superhero (myth), and instead of the worst of misplaced cynicism, we get even worse totally accurate and reasonable cynicism that most people (you, myself most of the time) can't deal with.Russell J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01366776120043225451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-74059315505542976472013-06-15T17:55:07.992-04:002013-06-15T17:55:07.992-04:00Thank you for being so thoughtful and sharing your...Thank you for being so thoughtful and sharing your reaction.Bill S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12786195100780643845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-24869510043307787662013-06-15T16:39:39.068-04:002013-06-15T16:39:39.068-04:00I liked the movie for the most part. I'm sorr...I liked the movie for the most part. I'm sorry you were unable to enjoy it.rocketdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574717380856957685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-79689546009672003832013-06-15T10:47:56.731-04:002013-06-15T10:47:56.731-04:00This is really beautiful and thoughtful. Thank you...This is really beautiful and thoughtful. Thank you!Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566814482445255963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-60987050834281229182013-06-15T01:43:57.427-04:002013-06-15T01:43:57.427-04:00good god man. got you. not exactly, but perilously...good god man. got you. not exactly, but perilously close to what i felt. i'm not even new yorker, i live in medellĂn, colombia, and was around the terror era of pablo escobar. good god man. Daniel Cenizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153491661845786059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-427933628336595582013-06-15T01:34:50.118-04:002013-06-15T01:34:50.118-04:00I enjoyed The Man of Steel a great deal and intend...I enjoyed <b>The Man of Steel</b> a great deal and intend to see the sequel. However, I'm with you in that this movie really isn't my kind of Superman story.Cullen Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649159671742392347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-1200576229312425322013-06-14T23:00:49.132-04:002013-06-14T23:00:49.132-04:00Yes, thanks so much for writing this.
I suspect (...Yes, thanks so much for writing this.<br /><br />I suspect (and said so perhaps a month ago) that no one in Hollywood can write a Superman movie anymore, perhaps not for several decades now. <br /><br />(On perhaps a lesser level, I'm still smarting from the most recent Iron Man movie as being "not the movie I wanted to see", so these observations are especially well timed.)Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-56117791718318375872013-06-14T22:16:14.060-04:002013-06-14T22:16:14.060-04:00Thank you.Thank you.Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802102986034492970noreply@blogger.com