TV's Superman attacks the approach to parental responsibility in the new cinematic one
4 Comments Published by Avi Green on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 at 10:46 PM.
Dean Cain, formerly the Man of Steel on Lois and Clark (with the great Teri Hatcher in the Girl Friday role) on NBC, came out against the way Lois Lane's handling of her child was depicted in Superman Returns in an interview with USA Today (via Debbie Schlussel):
They seem to be discontent with heat vision too:
For the record, here's Debbie's transcript from her discussion of the movie on MSNBC's Scarborough Country.
Q: How does Kate Bosworth compare to Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane?Okay, that does it, I'm not wasting my money on a movie that does something as slapdash as that.
A: Teri's Lois had a hard exterior with a real soft interior. The whole thing with Lois having a child (a 5-year-old son, Jason) in the film was a little unsettling. I have a child (Christopher Dean Cain, 6) and that changes things. Lois Lane is always going to be an intrepid reporter, but I would never bring my child to a place where he could possibly get in danger — yet she does, which was kind of surprising.
They seem to be discontent with heat vision too:
Q: What was the biggest difference between your series and the film?Sounds like excess to me. What next, Superman as a human flare cannon?
A: I wasn't in the water as much as Brandon. And the film's special effects were a lot better than ours. It ups the credibility when it comes to flying. They also changed the heat vision. I had little laser beams that came out of my eyes, and his are more like heat waves.
For the record, here's Debbie's transcript from her discussion of the movie on MSNBC's Scarborough Country.
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It seems to me your title is a little misleading.
In the quote (and article itself) it seems less like he's criticizing the single parent aspect so much as bringing the child into a dangerous situation aspect.
And mild criticism is hardly an attack.
You've got a point. I'll try to change the title a bit.
There, I think I've fixed it.
Thanks for the replies, Bobb and Hube. R. Johns, to say the least, crossed the line at one point, and thanks to that, now finds that the blog is otherwise off limits to him. I will allow his current messages to remain intact for now, but if he tries these stunts any further, he will once again be shown the door. Dissent is always welcome, but trolling is most certainly not.
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