Oh, thank God I’m here to talk about that Superman trailer, surely you haven’t heard enough about it by now.

§ December 12th, 2012 § Filed under superman § 3 Comments

So certainly a lot of hay has been made out of this new trailer for next year’s Man of Steel flick, in which a young Clark apparently risked exposing his strange, otherworldly abilities while saving folks on a bus. Pa Kent seemingly isn’t thrilled about this, to which Clark remarks “should I have let them all die?” Pa’s response: “Maybe.”

Well, people certainly didn’t like that, as it seems quite at odds with the traditional view of Pa Kent as the wholesome farmer who instilled his solid down-to-earth values of fairness, honesty, and justice into his adopted boy. I suspect (despite my Twitter gag that Pa’s advice would inspire in Clark a reign of bus-destroying terror) that Pa may in fact have more to say in the actual film beyond the snippet of dialogue we’re dramatically teased with in the trailer. I would doubt we’re being given a Pa Kent who is literally telling his son that he should have let people die to protect his secret.

But then again, maybe the movie is giving us a darker, grittier Pa Kent. A Pa Kent who wants every body buried, every skeleton kept in its closet. A Pa Kent who cares so little for his son’s moral upbringing he won’t even tell Clark to put some shorts on, for God’s sake.

Anyway, the trailer looks interesting, if perhaps too serious. It definitely establishes Superman as a powerful and impressive being, somber and bearing the weight of responsibility for the world, but here’s hoping they make room for some fun as well.

Also, every time Superman movie buzz happens, I’m reminded we could have had Dudley Moore as Mr. Mxyzptlk and how disappointing every Superman film becomes in retrospect.

3 Responses to “Oh, thank God I’m here to talk about that Superman trailer, surely you haven’t heard enough about it by now.”

  • Old Bull Lee says:

    Didn’t this dynamic play on Smallville frequently? Maybe movie Pa is weighing the potential lives a future Superman could save v. saving the few in the bus and not having a Superman career because of blown cover.

  • Roger Green says:

    Also in the Superman video was him remembering that his father thought he wouldn’t be accepted if people knew. This COULD be interesting.

  • Casie says:

    Dudley Moore as Mr. Mxyzptlk? How perfect! And now I’m sad.