thedeadparrot

1. I am writing about autumn feelings, because apparently I haven't done this enough already. I need an actual arc or conflict or something, but I will probably waffle around in cheerful feelings, and it will be gross and twee instead until I get bored with it. I'm feeling like an asshole lately, so I kind of want to write something where everyone ends up miserable and unhappy and alone at the end.

2. I have decided to replay Costume Quest because it felt thematically appropriate to the time of year. It's a little repetitive and simplistic, but I enjoy its charms. I am also making my way through my first playthrough of Dragon Age: Origins. Something about the high fantasy setting bores me to tears, even though I do enjoy the worldbuilding that Bioware has put into it. It is fine for now, but I suspect that I will not make it all the way through.

3. I enjoyed Film Crit Hulk's very thorough analysis of the storytelling failures of Man of Steel. I will one day watch this movie so that I can hate it personally, but I am glad for all the thoughtful, annoyed criticism this movie has produced. (Warning: the essay is long, and it is written in hulk speak.)

4. I am the worst Bostonian, because I didn't even realize the Red Sox were in the World Series until this past Wednesday. Whoops.

Okay, more thoughts on Superman Returns.

I think it excelled was in the big moments, while Batman Begins was a movie that excelled in the details. Sure, Superman had some awesome small moments, and Batman had some awesome action scenes, but it's not quite the same. Superman Returns' quiet character moments were generally disconnected from a lot of the action and occasionally, from each other, while for Batman Begins, the character details and plot interlock so tightly and neatly that it's like watching a puzzle come together. On the other hand, Batman Begins' action scenes are tight, violent and dirty. They're not bad, but they don't elicit that same joyous wonderous glee of watching the action scenes of Superman Returns.



Anyway, dude how about that The Prestige movie? It is looking quite awesome, and I don't even like the subject matter. But I'm totally willing to watch anything that Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan do together.


P.S. Lois and Clark are awesome (see icon), and Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeve are so adorable. OMG. I totally have a "Lois is fucking awesome" post coming along.

A list of Superman Returns fic on LJ

Everything I've read so far is good.

My peronal favorite is Wave If You See Me From Afar which takes place pre-Superman Returns, and has an awesome Lois. I am a sucker for an awesome Lois.

I'm totally writing a post-Superman Returns Clark/Lois fic. And I wanted it to be happy and fluffy, but it kind of devolved into angst, because ( spoiler-ish ) I like to think I succeeded. I might change my mind tomorrow.

I've got a gazillion Superman Returns plotbunnies. There's this Richard/Clark/Lois thing, this Clark gen thing. Uh, maybe a Clark/Lois/Bruce Batman Begins crossover thing. I'm not quite sure. It's crazy, yo. Arguably, I was kind of the same way when Batman Begins came out, so it all makes sense. Kind of.

I officially declare today, thedeadparrot Blabs A Lot About Superman Day.


I love the odd bits of Superman/Batman parallelism in terms of, well, everything. Even though people (and by people, I mean comic book writers) only seem to be able to compare their origins, as if that's the only moments of true parallelism.

I love the idea that Superman's personas are both inherently true, as I believe that Clark is as much him as Superman is. I love the idea that neither of Batman's personas are true to him, like, at all. Bruce Wayne is, well, Bruce Wayne, idiotic playboy bazillionaire. Batman is sort of this act that he puts on to scare criminals. Yeah, it's more true than Bruce Wayne is, but I still think it's very much an act, while Superman is both badass superhero and dorky reporter (which is why it's such a big deal for him to need Lois to fall in love with Clark as well as Superman, because they're both him, and he needs her to love all of him, not just a part).

I love the fact that both Metropolis and Gotham are New York City, except that Metropolis is utopia!NYC and Gotham is dystopia!NYC. I have this whole thing about cities, as you may or may not have figured out, and the idea that they come from basically the same exact city, except completely different. I love the idea that their cities have shaped them, in some way, or that they've somehow shaped their cities.

I love that Batman is from this planet, yet alienated enough that he has to create a persona to deal with it. I love that Superman is from another planet, yet loves this one enough to live among the people, creating a persona in order to do good in it.

I love that Batman goes underground, creates a cave for himself to watch the goings on in Gotham. I love that Superman goes above the world, likes to watch it from the outer atmosphere (because, uh, there's no sound in space).

I love that Batman chooses to use fear, and that Superman chooses to use hope. That they chose those things, because they believe it's the right thing to do, and I love that sometimes they're right, and sometimes they're wrong.

I love that Batman is so rooted in one place, despite having been around the world. His town is Gotham, and that's where he works, that's where he does business, that's what he loves. I love that Superman is about the entire world, even though he grew up in a small town. He loves the world, he protects all of it, not just Metropolis.

I love that they're big damn heroes (to borrow a phrase from Joss Whedon), that they both wear silly costumes, that and that they're always there to save the day.


P.S. I'm totally this poster to go along with this one. Because they seriously match. I swear.

Dude. It was far from perfect, and I have a few issue with things here and there, but there were so many moments of pure comic book awesomeness squee right there that I can totally reccommend it.

(More on this later.)