It's a good ability for Superman, since he's a worldwide hero.
DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)
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I think that’s right. I’ve encountered it online. These are people for whom Superman is first and foremost a power fantasy. Which is certainly an aspect of the character and concept, but far from the most important one to me.
The Death Star's defenses were virtually unbreachable, but Luke Skywalker got in. The CIA's defenses at Langley were virtually unbreachable, but Ethan Hunt got in. If nobody could get past a theoretically unbreachable security system, there'd be a lot fewer stories. Fiction is not about things working perfectly, it's about things going wrong, or being made to go wrong. It's about the exceptions, not the rules.
Every superhero HQ I can think of has been breached, probably more than once Even ones owned by geniuses like Reed Richards and Bruce Wayne. And ones with access to advanced alien tech like the JLA and the Avengers.
Diana Prince, after casually breaching the Batcave’s security: “Yes, it looked expensive.”
The right uniform and security badge can get you into a lot of restricted places. I should know. As a driver for 20+ years delivering sensitive materials to hospitals/banks/government offices, I was in places not normally seen by the general public and my presence wasn't questioned.
I'm a millennial, way too young to have seen the Superman films when they came out, and that John Williams theme is THE Superman theme to me. It's as iconic as his comic book logo and the S on his chest. He's had other themes in the past, he should have other themes in the future, but that's his franchise theme. His pop culture icon theme. All Supermans have a right to it.
I just saw the trailer. I still love Krypto. It seems in the interview scene that Lois has just learned that Clark is Superman. I get what Gunn said about this being a story about Superman early in his career. He's young and less experienced than the Superman in the comics. He heard a cry for help, went to stop a war and save people, and now he's upset that this has become an issue. I can see it being a story of Superman's ideals being challenged in the face of the "real world" and the struggle will be Clark trying to find a way to keep his ideals.
My money's on Lois having figured it out. Anything else makes her look stupid. She's dating this guy, for chrissakes!
Hardly a new notion, of course - Lois fisrt figured out the "secret" back in the 1940s. Then Clark spent four decades or so gaslighting and humiliating her.
Hardly a new notion, of course - Lois fisrt figured out the "secret" back in the 1940s. Then Clark spent four decades or so gaslighting and humiliating her.
well that's only if you're watching the inferior version...
I don't think so. For one thing she's recording it, and another thing, he's not wearing his glasses. If he's not wearing his glasses around Lois, she already knows.
Hmm, fair points. We'll have to see more to be sure.
There have occasionally been stories where Lois didn't recognize Clark as Superman even without his glasses. I think there's a scene in the George Reeves "Panic in the Sky" where that happens, where the injured, amnesiac Clark is lying in bed (I could be wrong, though). But admittedly, such scenes don't always make sense. In the final Kryptonite serial in the '40s radio series, Superman lost his memory from kryptonite exposure and became a star baseball pitcher. Lois and Jimmy were sent to interview this phenom, and upon encountering him without his glasses, performing incredible feats of physical prowess, and speaking in his deeper Superman voice, they immediately recognized him... as Clark Kent, but not as Superman!
I thought of the recording thing myself. That does seem potentially telling.
I’ve been going back and forth on JD’s theory. I’m currently back to my initial impression, that the scene is what it appears to be, and that Lois does know. And honestly, I’d prefer it that way.
It's Schroedinger's Interview.
Yeah, there's nothing in the scene that suggests it's either a flashback or a reveal.
I was seven when the film came out, and the theme is “Superman” to me.
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