Superchrist
"They could be a great people, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason, above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them [my] only son."- Superman Returns trailer
There has been a good amount of concern and criticism about the upcoming adaptation of C. S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the first book in Chronicles of Narnia series, but I'm wondering if christian ideologies might be finding their way into the cinema under cover of blue tights, rather than in the form of a CG lion. I wonder if there was any concern over this line when it was first uttered by Marlon Brando in 1979's Superman? See the trailer here: Superman Returns Trailer




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Seriously? No one's gonna leave me an angry comment over this one? I got a couple annoyed emails, but they went quite the spectacle I was hoping for. I guess I'll just have to try harder.
jason
April 24, 2006 10:45 AM
I was just writing an essay called Jesus 'Christ vs Superman' when I stumbled across this site. The essay is about the Superman Returns trailer.That Superman image is so relevant to what I wrote. read below.
"I guess the consequences of portraying Superman in a Christ like manner can only be discovered in the future. I imagine in the future fictional characters, such as Superman, clouding the original Jesus Christ, and in a desperate attempt to 're-resurrect' Jesus in a society of unbelievers, Jesus would then be portrayed in the light or/and likeness of Superman, perhaps to make him fashionable again. Such a move would reverse the roles of fact and fiction and leave confused consumers wondering which is history's original, by that time the lines would be so blurred the undiluted authentic will become untraceable."
Pelumi
May 7, 2006 06:02 AM
The name says it all... (though Superman may be a more flashier version of what some might take as a symbol acceptable in this day in age so modernized vs. the really conservatives that will probably flame you for emblazoning the Superman insignia on Christ's chest.) To me he is super, and that all that matters.
Jesus Christ Superstar!...
May 25, 2006 10:15 AM
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