WARNING: The following contains plot details. Do NOT read further if you don't want to undermine any surprises in this movie. On the other hand, if you view it as a funny popcorn movie, or you've seen it, read on.
According to the Torrance Daily BREEZE, there are some major similarities between the plot of the new "Superman Returns" and that of the Jesus story: Marlon Brando sends Earth his only son as its savior. Then, at the end, S'man (almost?) dies but is resurrected (after 3 days?). Meanwhile, Lois Lane plays the role of Doubting Thomas, having won a Pulitzer for a news essay "Why we don't need S'man as a Savior" (or whatever: the key word is the last one). At the end, S'Man announces that he'll be around, sort of like our Personal Savior, JHC. But this is superficial. The film is more about family values, the passing of the torch from grandfather Marlon (a.k.a. Jor-El) to S'Man (Kal-Kan), to the latter's son (Jason? Justin? Joshua? one of those J-names). Here are the interesting plot details that I warned you about above, which go against standard family values: * Jason is the illegitimate son of S'Man and Lois! (I'm imagining super-sex. Note that Lois's live-in boy-friend does not hold this against her or S'man at all, though he's not totally concious of Jason's provenance.) * and he's got super-powers along with asthma! and the first super-act he commits leads to someone's death! (a bad guy, yes, but doesn't S'man usually refrain from killing people?) * finally, the movie implies that it's Jason's kiss that leads to S'man's resurrection. Can you spell sequel? Kevin Spacey is a great Lux Luthor. Even better, I think, is Parker Posey as Lex's moll. -- Jim Devine / "Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force." -- George Bernard Shaw
