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Post by inebriated87 on Oct 19, 2010 12:01:33 GMT -5
East Houston Arm Wrestling Chamoions Featuring Boog Oddly enough, I currently live in East Houston. Maybe you can shed some light on what Zod finds so interesting ?    |
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Post by ye5man on Oct 19, 2010 12:11:58 GMT -5
Why is the barmaid dressed like cave-woman?
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Post by Legsy on Oct 19, 2010 13:08:01 GMT -5
Oddly enough, I currently live in East Houston. Maybe you can shed some light on what Zod finds so interesting ? Chicken Fried Steak. It's named after a chicken, but it's a steak. Fascinating. Why is the barmaid dressed like cave-woman? That's the way barmaids in East Houston women dress. |
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Post by ye5man on Oct 19, 2010 16:55:35 GMT -5
Good production design actually
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Post by Shane on Oct 20, 2010 2:14:02 GMT -5
pretty sure zod was checking out the specials for the day
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Post by Legsy on Oct 20, 2010 9:28:15 GMT -5
I wonder if the dog on top of the TV is actually a stuffed dog? Porcelain maybe? It just maybe another question for Mr. Owl.
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Post by Kamdan on Oct 20, 2010 14:39:47 GMT -5
Can you see the Burger King logo on the back wall?  |
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Post by Jimbo on Oct 20, 2010 14:52:40 GMT -5
Can you see the Burger King logo on the back wall? Haha, you sure can. I've never noticed that before either. Why would a diner be advertising a Burger King? |
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Post by Kamdan on Oct 20, 2010 15:15:34 GMT -5
Didn't they have a tie in with glasses or something like that? At least it's more subtle than Popeye's in Supergirl. ;D
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Oct 20, 2010 16:20:25 GMT -5
lex lobbied zod to own australia-
but then he laverages cuba.
isnt there a scene at the end, at the fortress, where zod says:
" luthor...ruler of australia"
and lex "corrects" him :
"...and cuba!"
zod:
" ...and cuba.."
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Post by inebriated87 on Oct 20, 2010 18:17:07 GMT -5
Haha, you sure can. I've never noticed that before either. Why would a diner be advertising a Burger King? Diners advertise all kinds of things.  |
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Post by Kamdan on Oct 20, 2010 18:30:07 GMT -5
Wow. "Get US out! Of the United Nations?"
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Post by jor-el76 on Oct 21, 2010 8:56:26 GMT -5
I really want: a blue ray of the complete two part saga with: Supeman the movie and Donner's cut revisited by Selutron! that's all i hope Warner hire Selutron for this project i'm still my fingers crossed..... i really hope. and like th president in Superman II "Selutron, where are you?!"  |
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Oct 21, 2010 10:40:24 GMT -5
Yeah, I noticed that too, and was a little shocked to see such a bold statement in the background of a comic book film. (*Though I should mention- In reading the Donner bio, apparently Donner's politics have changed over time. So what he felt in during one period and set of politics during that time may or may not reflect how he feels 20-30 years later. I guess one could look at the political situation at the time the movie was made, but I, for one, am too lazy right now to do so.  ) Donner's Lethal Weapon films also have political messages thrown in the art direction. Kind of mixed on the idea of sneaking in literal political ideas into fantasy films. Metaphors are great, but stuff like that - regardless of which side of the political line you're on--- I don't know if it's right to put into a fantasy. (i.e. would be like putting in actual Presidential ads for either president in a film- unless it was a historical piece or based on a true story of some sort.) |
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Post by ye5man on Oct 21, 2010 10:47:30 GMT -5
"Politics and corruption"
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Post by Jor-L5150 on Oct 21, 2010 15:46:20 GMT -5
Wow. "Get US out! Of the United Nations?" please. try to do it. |
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Post by Jimbo on Oct 21, 2010 16:36:25 GMT -5
Does the UN even do anything these days?
As if Kim Jong-Il cares about "sanctions".
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Post by The Phantom Menace on Oct 21, 2010 19:17:43 GMT -5
Does the UN even do anything these days? As if Kim Jong-Il cares about "sanctions". He's too "ronery" to care about anything. |
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Post by Kamdan on Oct 22, 2010 13:33:02 GMT -5
Lets also remember that Donner had Zod shoot up a pitcture of Nixon. WOW.
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Post by Jimbo on Oct 22, 2010 13:45:08 GMT -5
Pretty understandable. The Watergate Scandal left the Office of the Presidency a joke for the rest of the 70s. When writing the script, Ford had just left office, and his presidency was mired by pardoning Nixon.
The quip about Superman having to battle every elected official in the country was also a symptom of that.
That being said, it's nice to see that Mank/Donner went with having E.G. Marshall's president be a strong person.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Oct 23, 2010 15:19:43 GMT -5
Glad that the specific reference to Nixon was left on the cutting room floor. I know it's a definite consideration as to how many 'real life elements' to include into a fantasy film.
With Superman the Movie, the Donner treatment seemed to treat the character as if this were his entire life history- in a specific world that also felt a bit timeless at the same time, as Donner was trying to blend different eras of Superman --- so I'm glad that (for the most part) the STM universe felt a bit timeless. Leaving Nixon out helps.
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Post by ye5man on Oct 23, 2010 15:50:23 GMT -5
That Nixon shot definitely had to go
References like that also date films IMO
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Post by Olly H 82 on Oct 23, 2010 16:09:49 GMT -5
Superman II and III need to be colour timed by Bob Paynter when they get remastered for bluray.
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Post by ye5man on Oct 23, 2010 17:50:22 GMT -5
Pretty understandable. The Watergate Scandal left the Office of the Presidency a joke for the rest of the 70s. When writing the script, Ford had just left office, and his presidency was mired by pardoning Nixon. Film was for a World wide audience... |
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Post by Kamdan on Oct 25, 2010 21:14:23 GMT -5
Superman II and III need to be colour timed by Bob Paynter when they get remastered for bluray. It's too late... |
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