Superman Returns how could anyone hate Superman?

[supzfan]

Several aspects of Superman Returns has got me to thinking. First there is the hurt and disillusionment on the part of Lois when she penned "Why The World Doesn't Need Superman" and of course there is the pathological hatred for The Man Of Steel that obsesses Luthor. That scene between Spacey and Posey when he reprimands gods as being selfish beings is very telling as it shows, at least a little, where Luthor is coming from and how, on a mass scale, many saner pople might feel the same. I recently watched an old sci-fi film called "The Power" by George Pal. It was made in the mid-1960s and dealt with a mentally advanced telekenetic who was killing off his enemies, one-by-one. In one pareticular scene one of the scientists comments on this mysterious "Superman" (yes, they do use the name Superman more than once, I believe). Anyway, he goes on to say that anyone that had the power to do what this guy can do (control other people, manipulate objects, etc.) is such a scary notion that he would be willing to kill the guy. Immediately I thought of Luthor, without the insane jealousy and ambition. And I understood, for the first time how these heroes we pu on pedestals are often secretly despised for their greatness. How many times have we seen the great fall and taken satisfaction in their fallibility? If Singer had appraoched the character Luthor from this angle rather than the one-dimensional hate-filled maniac he's ma out to be, the story would be better for it.

 

[mano012sg]

Several aspects of Superman Returns has got me to thinking. First there is the hurt and disillusionment on the part of Lois when she penned "Why The World Doesn't Need Superman" and of course there is the pathological hatred for The Man Of Steel that obsesses Luthor. That scene between Spacey and Posey when he reprimands gods as being selfish beings is very telling as it shows, at least a little, where Luthor is coming from and how, on a mass scale, many saner pople might feel the same. I recently watched an old sci-fi film called "The Power" by George Pal. It was made in the mid-1960s and dealt with a mentally advanced telekenetic who was killing off his enemies, one-by-one. In one pareticular scene one of the scientists comments on this mysterious "Superman" (yes, they do use the name Superman more than once, I believe). Anyway, he goes on to say that anyone that had the power to do what this guy can do (control other people, manipulate objects, etc.) is such a scary notion that he would be willing to kill the guy. Immediately I thought of Luthor, without the insane jealousy and ambition. And I understood, for the first time how these heroes we pu on pedestals are often secretly despised for their greatness. How many times have we seen the great fall and taken satisfaction in their fallibility? If Singer had appraoched the character Luthor from this angle rather than the one-dimensional hate-filled maniac he's ma out to be, the story would be better for it.

True..mate..
You know if you ever watched Samurai X, the Japanese Anime, you would realise, even more indepth..about how not everybody, is entirely good or bad.
Luthor has his needs for importance, he feels jealous that superman is more popular. This mixed with Luthor's need to survive and hence control...drives him to where he is. BUt if superman were real...he definitely wouldn't hate luthor..coz he would realise this. but he would neer stop trying to make luthor sensible

 

[Kabuki_Jo]

still not good enough to make Superman Returns a good movie.

 

[Hack and Slash]

still not good enough to make Superman Returns a good movie.

Yup, loh

 

[BULLITT]

Marvel/ Batman "only" fanatics.
People with a truely weak grasp of the concept of morals.