Superman
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Indeed, though I wonder if they won't go with the "Super Pets" movie version where Krypto hops inside the rocket at the last minute, it's too late to stop him and he makes the trip with Kal-elDude, do you even Superman?
Krypto was sent on a test rocket!
Delightful movie, and a rather sweet spin on Krypto's origin.
It hasn't been confirmed that Alcock will be in Superman, only that she will debut in another DCU production prior to Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. But yeah, Superman seems the most likely place (and much preferable, IMO, to something like Creature Commandos or Peacemaker).
PeaceMaker and Supergirl?
Ooooooo...
No wait, the age difference.
He wouldn't say anything sexual about a teenager?
Well, the WoT Supergirl is 21, so ....
But, still icky. In fact, Peacemaker with anybody is pretty icky.
But, still icky. In fact, Peacemaker with anybody is pretty icky.
Krypto is a main character in the Supergirl story line so I am not surprised he would make his debut here.
Yep. If they're going to do a faithful adaptation of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (I know, Christopher, I know), Krypto is an essential component.
I only recently saw half of her Ozcom "Upright" where her Character is 12 years old.
The math wasn't really adding up.
But now you know why I was dreading her nude scenes on House of the Dragon.
Even the Reeve films had angles aimed at kids. Hell, much of Superman III feels like they wanted a young audience and tailored Richard Pryor's physical slapstick, lack of even the mildest obscenities and some of the costumes (not to mention the Richard Lester streets of Metropolis visual gags) to a theater that would have kids and teenagers in abundance. Plus, when Vera Webster gets turned into the horrifying cyborg you could still see how that frizzy-haired, glowy-eyed monstrosity was designed in part to make kids go "COOL."
And we did back in the '80s, though the Vera scene was more nightmare fuel than anything else.
And we did back in the '80s, though the Vera scene was more nightmare fuel than anything else.
Yeah, the entire "Superman's first night in Metropolis" montage was extremely kid friendly, as was a lot of the stuff with Lex. They were definitely "family films" in the same way the first Star Wars was.
SUPERMAN and STAR WARS, as well as CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, were the anomalies of standard '70s fare, lest we forget. JAWS was going to get the R-rating THE GODFATHER and THE EXORCIST had. You had two (almost three) graphic mainstream blockbusters in a row. JAWS opened the door despite its comparative cynicism, then STAR WARS and SUPERMAN blasted it wider, when there was still much DEER HUNTER-style anti-escapism.
Of course, for me, the only sane option is to partake in both.
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And even ST:TMP was originally G-rated and aside from some scary moments of ships being "processed for data storage" by V'Ger and their crews being zapped into a stream of information there wasn't anything in that film that was going to scare kids or give the family groups who like to monitor the media fodder to lodge complaints about violence, sex and morality issues.
You ain't kidding.
Speaking of Robert Wise productions, just how does ANDROMEDA STRAIN maintain its G rating where there's at least one dead nude woman in clear sight? I only noticed this on my fifth viewing.
