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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:21 PM Original message |
Superman Returns is structured as retelling of the story of Jesus. |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Even though that Jerry Siegel guy was plainly Jewish? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gosh, and to think that Siegel and Schuster were both Jews |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. And what does that have to do with my post? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. eh -- is it being said that it's "propaganda" because of an imagined "conspiracy" |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Sometimes, in answer to your first question, it's hard to tell in this forum. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. i rarely poke my head in here... should have thought of that... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. "secular-folk" gave us our Constitution. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. that's not what i meant... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Oh? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. how 'bout insisting on discord where there is none... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I "jumped" on you because you used a very broad term in a narrow-minded way. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. if you read my post without that giant chip on your shoulder, you might have |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Your exact words: |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. the "clarification" is the context. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Right. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. But Siegel and Schuster didn't write the movie |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Everyone I know that saw it... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. totally agree -- the outstretched arms thing was over-the-top |
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rsdsharp (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think you're pushing the "clues" a little hard. |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I just finished reading the web page |
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rsdsharp (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. The website was created 20 years later. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Batman story is an allegory for Buddhism |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Tom Mankiewicz who did much of Superman #1 said they didn't avoid the metaphor. |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. I would say they are both based on the same archetypes |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. Is this an issue for you? |
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cain_7777 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. The Jesus story predates christianity |
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