Or maybe the girl slapped the mother. Like that funny American Dad scene.
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Superman
- Thread starter urbandefault
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Edgy.
Discipline is not necessarily a bad thing, but there are plenty of ways to do it that don't involve violence, which is never OK.
Love ya, Skipper, but I'mma say that's at least two "verys" too many. And 46-year-old film is 46-year-old film is not exactly breaking news, either. Different times, in short.
It is fun to watch younger folks discover this magical movie for the first time, though, isn't it?
It IS the most cringe thing in the entire film for me but that's a tiny, barely noticeable wart on a largely immaculate cinematic face.
BTW, it's pretty cool that urbandefault's initial shitpost -- seemingly existing only to denigrate a particular Superman actor, who has since certainly enjoyed the last laugh -- has now reached 100 pages of posts celebrating one of pop culture's greatest and most enduring creations. Here's to the Man of Steel and his world, especially his equal and in some ways better half, the one and only Lois Lane. Next stop, page 200.
That's what you're going with, is it?
My wish is that no child will ever again have to suffer through living with a parent who holds that kind of an attitude. I just can't wrap my head around the mindset of someone who would look at their own child and think, "they need to feel pain".
Such an attitude sickens and disgusts me.
I see Elder abuse in her future.
Considering the sound effect, in this case it would have almost broken her wrist.
But CPS were half assed back then, because they were allowed to drink at work, well? Drink at lunch, and fostercare would still be a thousand times worse.
You have a point
Indeed, the saddest thing is that for the period the scene is absolutely normal and plausible.
Yeah, it's obvious that this particular Superman doesn't care. He had super-hearing, so it was like the little girl was slapped in front of him, but he chose to do nothingGolden age Superman (circa 1938) might have taught the parents a lesson or two,
It should have been the black pimp slapping the child. Three Stooges style.
That's what you're going with, is it?
My wish is that no child will ever again have to suffer through living with a parent who holds that kind of an attitude. I just can't wrap my head around the mindset of someone who would look at their own child and think, "they need to feel pain".
Such an attitude sickens and disgusts me.
Simply put, if you have to use violence against a child then one is really just a bully in an adult body.
Considering the use of both characters in Superman the Movie (abused child as comedy and racist stereotype), its not difficult to imagine an alternate scene where the black pimp slaps the little girl, while Superman slowly flies away to the tune of some whimsical Williams "another day in the city"-type music.
So were they actual pimps, or just dressed like pimps?
Superman approves of prostitution?
Superman doesn't recognize prostitution at face value?
Although if Superman is guaranteeing the safety of all the hos... Pimps are redundant?
Is Superman the Uberpimp?
What a golden age for prostitutes!
The violent heroin addicts who takes 70 percent of their money is gone, and lasers from the sky burn any one that try to rough them up.
How perfect.
Superman approves of prostitution?
Superman doesn't recognize prostitution at face value?
Although if Superman is guaranteeing the safety of all the hos... Pimps are redundant?
Is Superman the Uberpimp?
What a golden age for prostitutes!
The violent heroin addicts who takes 70 percent of their money is gone, and lasers from the sky burn any one that try to rough them up.
How perfect.
Come to think of it, in the first film it's not as if Superman did any particularly inspiring things, except for a few speeches here and there. He "limits" himself to acting like a super-cop/super-fireman, more concerned with maintaining the status quo than truly improving the lives of humanity.