Seeing people on the site mentioning once again that they don't like Man of Steel reminded me of something. A rare fable was discovered recently, a high quality, amazingly well written tale of hardship that leads eventually to hope and salvation.
It was found 'online' on the internet of computer systems and nobody knows who wrote it. All people know is that it makes men cry and it makes women cry too. No one knows what it makes children do as no one has ever asked them.
If I remember correctly it goes something like this.......
........I see every comic book movie ever made as kids in a big classroom, and there in the middle is little Man of Steel, and all around him in the other seats are all the other movies, I see Iron Man 3 is sitting next to him and on his other side is Age of Ultron, behind him I see Green Lantern who looks a little ill.
The classroom is pretty calm and quiet and there at the front is a teacher sitting in a la z boy smoking a big fat blunt, who looks suspiciously like that Silent Bob guy...
Every few weeks, the classroom door opens and in walk a few guys carrying long sticks, they make their way through the room and chairs, passing little Ant Man and then Batman and Robin who also look a little off colour, much like the Lantern child.
They stop a little way off from Man of Steel, actually two rows of chairs behind him, close to Deadpool, who looks really smug for some reason. They then start to poke Man of Steel with their sticks. *poke* *poke*
Man of Steel says ouch, and asks them why they are poking him with their sticks. The stick guys say in unison..
"We don't like you".
And go back to poking little Man of Steel. The teacher eventually looks up from what looks like a Batman comic, and asks the stick guys to stop and please leave.
So this happens regularly for quite a while, and so Man of Steel asks the stick guys
"Why don't you poke at someone else?, what did I do to you to make you so upset and angry?".
The stick guys all say in unison,
"We don't like you and because we don't like you, we will keep on poking you".
Man of Steel asks
"But surely you must dislike some of the other films in the class too, I can't be the only one who you dislike?".
Teacher Bob notices and asks the stick guys to leave.
3 years later, the stick guys are still in the classroom and still they only poke their sticks into little Man of Steel. Man of Steel now at the end of his tether asks Teacher Bob for some help.
Teacher Bob says
"Hey stick guys! Just you stop that poking now!"
The stick guys stop poking Man of Steel and look over at the stoned overweight Teacher
"Listen stick guys, if Man of Steel was a real living child, he would be in therapy from all this non stop bullying that has gone on for three years, none of you bully and try to hurt any other film kids in here, it's wrong and you need to take a good hard look at yourself"
The stick guys all look at each other and say in unison
"Well we don't like Man of Steel and it's our opinion and right to keep poking at him for as long as we want"
Teacher Bob thinks long and hard..
"Stick guys, if Man of Steel was a real person, you guys would have been arrested for repeated bullying and mental cruelty, you should be ashamed that you spend so much time repeatedly poking at something that exists, has existed for ages, and will never change to something you will like, you never poke your sticks like that at any other film children in here, why is that?"
The stick guys look at each other and say to Teacher Bob
"But we don't like Man of Steel and we will keep on and on forever if we have to because Man of Steel has hurt us so badly and deeply in our lives that we have to keep on doing this repeatedly for 3 years and counting"
Teacher Bob shakes his head, realising that the stick guys are too deeply hurt by MoS to ever be normal again.
Bob turns to Man of Steel..
"Hey Superman" says teacher Bob.
Man of Steel looks confused as teacher Bob continues,
"Yeah, I said Superman" ..
"Why are you calling me that sir?" Man of Steel asks.
"Because you are Superman! I see that clearly, so do most people and we love you"
Man of Steel sheds one single tear slowly down his cheek as he says emotionally..
"But I'm hated and not right, I'm not the right Superman!, I kill people and never show that I save or care for others!"
"And I don't smile to the camera in orbit!"
Man of Steel starts to cry. The stick guys snicker..
"Dont you dare say that Superman!"
Bob says with anger, his 'blunt' vibrating with his passion...the ash falling slowly from the glowing tip, almost glistening, like tears in the rain..
"Your heart and passion and love is there for all to see, you are a hero, it's just unfortunate that some do not have the ability to see it, to just... let it in"
*Bob winks to camera*
"Okay!"
Says Superman, with regained hope and almost regalness
"I'll not let the vocal minority of stick guys get me down, I have people to save Teacher Bob, and cats and kittens and children in mittens! and thank you for helping me see the reality of things, you are the best teacher ever Bob"
Bob salutes Superman with his half smoked J, and as the Man of Steel rises majestically into the red and orange twilight skies, he whispers..
"Anytime Clark...anytime.."
the end
