Superman (1978)
The Boyz talk SUPERMAN…You will believe 3 men can debase themselves every week.
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Hell yeah
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Lee Ving is also the lead singer of the punk band FEAR. One of the few bands not welcomed back to SNL.
I also like small Japanese trees. I love a good Bone-sai.
I wish my birth name was Swamp Thing
Sound FX in the cold open 💯
John Ratzenberger sighting
Love the Bruce Timm shout out here
Another classic ABZ!
Young Clark in that wig is a dead ringer for Boy from Little Monsters
FYI Grant Morrison has come out as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
This is the most debased episode in quite a while. 5 stars
That was your best cold open ever. It was short and this dumb former 2 time janitor understood it. Keep em short and sweet action Boyz, don't drone on forever.
Glenn Ford, the second biggest legendary movie star in this movie is just "this guy" to Rodgers, marone WHATEVA HAPPENED DA GARY COOPAH??
This was a standout episode and I loved watching Superman for the first time in over 25 years. It looked great and really touched a nerve
Argyle probably the funniest example of a black character named after fabric/material
Somehow I saw the international cut of Swamp Thing on late night cable as a kid… those extra few seconds of Adrienne Barbeau were transformative. Before that I had only ever seen Return of Swamp Thing with Heather Locklear.
Ventura County Beaches Baby
Boyz, Oregon Coast. Cheap and weird and chill. Astoria rocks
Even further down the coast at Manzanita, Depot Bay, etc. Sleepy beaches and cheap restaurants
Mavis Beacon was a staple of my childhood as my Mom made it a priority to learn touch typing. I recently had the memory and did a search, and was kind of shocked to find that she was actually a fictitious character and it's just illustrations, and stock images of several different models... This may also be one of those things everyone knows already.
To answer Rodgers' question: one reason (it's a stretch of course) to create and release coronavirus would be to test a country's response and the effectiveness of their medical infrastructure. It sounds far-fetched, but we count on routine military conflicts to do the same thing to test and improve our military infrastructure and inventory. (Background: I work for one of the biopharm companies developing vaccines for coronavirus)
Anyone remember the name of that animated super man show from the 40’s?
I remember reading that’s where his flying came from because it was easier to animate than him jumping over buildings
Master pedo getting cut off before being able to say “too old” for superman’s 18th bday wrecked me lol
I love when Raphael uses his bone sais.
I'd like to add Alan Moore's "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" to the other amazing recommendations posted here.
And his run on Miracleman, though some of the racial stuff has certainly not aged well…🤨
I love that they are as amused by pedo Yoda as I am
Found the Handiman sketch with Damon doing Jor-El https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-QoS0mdv4
Vividly remember watching this movie on tv at a dairy queen and then 1000 more times on cable. Superman is a total stud.
There are certain movies that play better on a old Zenith TV in your garage
I think there was a similar relationship to Reeve and Brando between Hemsworth and Hopkins on the first Thor. Sir Anthony is famous for marking certain scripts NAR - no acting required.
Recommended superman reading list: All Star Superman -- Superman Story run by Geoff Johns/Gary Frank. (Brainiac, legion of superheroes) - Irredeemable (alternate universe nightmare superman) - Kingdom Come -- add your own.
Also... Geoff Johns and Richard Donner collaborated on a storyline in Action Comics called "Last Son" which incorporates Zod and Company into the regular DC universe of the time. It is honestly Great Comic Book writing and amazing art by Andy Kubert.
I realized I didn’t like this movie as much growing up because it had that “dusty old 70’s” movie feel Gabrus talks about with some films. Always preferred the second one with the super powered fight scenes. But it was a nice rewatch having not seen it in years
I find it very impressive that a major studio was willing to cast a wheelchair bound quadriplegic as Superman in the late 70s.
But seriously, do Swamp Thing.
Yeah, stop fucking around and do Swamp Thing.
Here’s a snippet from the Intel Community’s recently released assessment on Covid origins:
The IC assesses that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged and infected humans through an initial small-scale exposure that occurred no later than November 2019 with the first known cluster of COVID-19 cases arising in Wuhan, China in December 2019. In addition, the IC was able to reach broad agreement on several other key issues. We judge the virus was not developed as a biological weapon. Most agencies also assess with low confidence that SARS-CoV-2 probably was not genetically engineered; however, two agencies believe there was not sufficient evidence to make an assessment either way. Finally, the IC assesses China’s officials did not have foreknowledge of the virus before the initial outbreak of COVID-19 emerged. After examining all available intelligence reporting and other information, though, the IC remains divided on the most likely origin of COVID-19. All agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident. Four IC elements and the National Intelligence Council assess with low confidence that the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection was most likely caused by natural exposure to an animal infected with it or a close progenitor virus—a virus that probably would be more than 99 percent similar to SARS-CoV-2. These analysts give weight to China’s officials’ lack of foreknowledge, the numerous vectors for natural exposure, and other factors.
Love this movie. Please do all the sequels (II because it's good, III and IV for other reasons)
I grew up in a sleep beach town in Florida in the 80s. Fernandina Beach
I lived there for a few years about a decade ago. Small world
How friggin’ adorable is lil Stanger dressed up as Superman?!?! And wearing Clark Kent clothes over it-Genius parenting move by Mom Stanger!
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Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman is really great.
Can’t wait for my ears to debase themselves!
If anyone is interested in a Superman origin story set in the era of his comics debut and featuring the limitations of his early power set I’d recommend Tom De Haven’s “It’s Superman!”. It’s quaint in the best possible way and has a definite debt to Steinbeck as he travels the country.
Put the gun down and let the little boy go
Rodgers mentions John Byrne’s reboot of Superman and part of that was to noticeably de-power a character which was too powerful to have any true threats in any story, which we see in the third act. Prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths leading to the reboot tidying up continuity Superman could move fast enough in space to travel in time, although unlike the film, this wasn’t depicted as being possible through reversing the Earth’s rotation. For a Silver Age adaptation I think they got it as spot-on as they could but at the same time exposing the corner the comics had written Superman into.
I found this movie to be incredibly boring any time Gene Hackman wasn’t on screen.
Balls out style
Nice