On Saturday, i watched a good old film. (Author: a bit long... don't complain...) I can still remember watching it when i was a kid in primary school. It was good at that time and still it is today. Too bad the actor pass away last few years. He was Superman. Yes, i watched Superman 1 that night. Anyone here remember Christopher Reeve's Superman? It was a classic! Cool too! From the comment i read in the Internet, many commented Superman 1 was the best. The second installement and third installment fair a bit less. Common too at that time for a remake. But now, i think those three installments will now be a classic and legend. No doubt. Everyone likes Superman.
While watching, my mind started to compare Superman 1 with Smallville and i found some similarities: (please feel free to add)
In Superman 1,
1. I realized the girl in the football field talked to Clarke was Lana. Lana was also in Smallville with a bigger role and related to Superman.
2. The bag worn by Clarke running beside the train actually had the word 'Smallville' on it. Smallville is the title that the series is now running. All this while i thought it was Kansas.
3. The young Clarke Kent in Superman 1 worn red shirt. So did the series Smallville had Clarke occasionally wearing red. Well, i must definitely say RED is for Superman.
4. Notice in the opening, Superman's father was Marlon Brando giving trial to three bad guys. Those guys will return in Superman II.
5. In planet krypton, only Superman's family has the 'S' insignia. The rest of the kryptonian have other symbols. I guess each of those represented symbol will play a significant role somewhere else in the comic.
6. The hair of Superman has the 'S' style in front. The new 2006 installment Superman Return does not have that 'S' style. Which hair stylist did that for Christopher Reeve?
7. I noticed Superman was quite an idiot to divulge his information to the news reporter Lois Lane. For a normal guy like me, i would be damn panic and said, "Kanineh, apa lu mau kay poh saja, pigi lar!". Maybe Superman was syok tengok Margaret Kidder (to me, she's not so sexy) in negligee or what you call that see through pyjama. No wonder he is always bulging at his bottom. Don't you notice that? I am not gay.
8. I just can't help looking at Superman's underwear. It's always bulging. It makes me think that he is always on an erection. (look pal, i am on super viagra). Just joking but still it is so visible. Or is it just me? Maybe that is where his "Man of Steel" comes from.
9. Notice that in one of the scene in which Lex Luthor planned to sabotage the XK-01 missile, he had his girl fainted in an accident scene? The soldier who went to call an ambulance was, might be, Dana Harvey who acted in Master Of Disguise.
10. Superman earth's father had heart problem. The only difference is Smallville prolonged his father role. Otherwise, there won't be much to tell in the series.
While watching, my mind started to compare Superman 1 with Smallville and i found some similarities: (please feel free to add)
In Superman 1,
1. I realized the girl in the football field talked to Clarke was Lana. Lana was also in Smallville with a bigger role and related to Superman.
2. The bag worn by Clarke running beside the train actually had the word 'Smallville' on it. Smallville is the title that the series is now running. All this while i thought it was Kansas.
3. The young Clarke Kent in Superman 1 worn red shirt. So did the series Smallville had Clarke occasionally wearing red. Well, i must definitely say RED is for Superman.
4. Notice in the opening, Superman's father was Marlon Brando giving trial to three bad guys. Those guys will return in Superman II.
5. In planet krypton, only Superman's family has the 'S' insignia. The rest of the kryptonian have other symbols. I guess each of those represented symbol will play a significant role somewhere else in the comic.
6. The hair of Superman has the 'S' style in front. The new 2006 installment Superman Return does not have that 'S' style. Which hair stylist did that for Christopher Reeve?
7. I noticed Superman was quite an idiot to divulge his information to the news reporter Lois Lane. For a normal guy like me, i would be damn panic and said, "Kanineh, apa lu mau kay poh saja, pigi lar!". Maybe Superman was syok tengok Margaret Kidder (to me, she's not so sexy) in negligee or what you call that see through pyjama. No wonder he is always bulging at his bottom. Don't you notice that? I am not gay.
8. I just can't help looking at Superman's underwear. It's always bulging. It makes me think that he is always on an erection. (look pal, i am on super viagra). Just joking but still it is so visible. Or is it just me? Maybe that is where his "Man of Steel" comes from.
9. Notice that in one of the scene in which Lex Luthor planned to sabotage the XK-01 missile, he had his girl fainted in an accident scene? The soldier who went to call an ambulance was, might be, Dana Harvey who acted in Master Of Disguise.
10. Superman earth's father had heart problem. The only difference is Smallville prolonged his father role. Otherwise, there won't be much to tell in the series.
11. Superman 1 never showed that Lex and Clarke were friends. Was it or did i miss a few words in the movie? Correct me if i am wrong.
12. Notice that in Smallville, in one of the series there was a part in which it told that previous before Clarke there was another Superman. If you relate the incident to Superman 1 why Jor-El (Marlon Brando) chose Earth for Superman to live then you will have that theory arguing Jor-El did went to Earth. That is the reason why Superman were sent to Earth and Jor-El knowing that his son will have super powers.
Any great Superman idols or fans out there?
Is sky the limit... i see a bird, i see a plane... its Superman!
2 comments:
1. yeah, all the while i only know superman's gf is Lois Lane.
2. on the bag written "smallville high", was the name of high school of clark. smallville was the place clark was born. He moved to Metropolis for University, but his parents still in SmallVille.
10. In earlier drama "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", starred by Teri Hatcher, Clark's parents visited Clark husband and wife in metropolis. But surprisingly in this Superman 1, Jonathan died.
I'm sure all Superman's fans out there knew the point! Thanks for pointing it out.. Quite well in noticing all the similarities and contrast of it!
1. Some part of Superman's mystery were revealed in Smallvile series and some were modified to suit the flow of the story. For e.g, the time contrast of the death of Jonathan Kent, the friendship of Clark and Lex Luthor and the role of Lana Lang.
2. First, Jonathan Kent died in the fifth episode of Smallvile while in Superman 1 he died early. Anyhow, both story pointed that Jonathan Kent will die just before Clark Kent became Superman which was true for both series and movie.
3. The contrast of friendship. Here, the modification, in the movie, Clark Kent's friendship was not introduce to Lex Luthor but in the Adventure of Lois and Clark, the friendship was expanded and introduced which showed that Lex Luthor indeed knew Clark but not Superman. However, story always a story, it manifested into Lex almost deep into knowing Clark's deepest secret. And this part was later modified into better sequence in Smallvile.
3. The Role of Lana Lang. This is also another expanded and modification.
4. I loved watching Christopher Reeves and Tom Welling especially the new series of Smallvile. I be waiting for the new movie of Superman : the Return.
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