Hey all......
Still not sure if I'm doing this right.
Long time lurker, first time poster.
My fav section of this site is the editorials..... Discussion, conflict, etc.!
Anyways... (Should have said this at the start but I am horrendously drunk... hence the courage to finally do this! so please forgive any errors!)
This post is in regard to some peoples fears, and my own, at seeing the Man Of Steel trailers. Quite early on we are introduced to a shot of a young child with black wavy hair playing in his yard with his dog... he is wearing a red blanket pegged to his shirt. He then adopts classic silver age hero pose, hand on hips, chest out.
I've seen lotsa people freak out about this. "Why if, Superman is the first hero does the kid wear a cape?!", "Why does young Clark imitate a well know American icon before he BECOMES the icon?!" etc. etc.
People. These are the closing shots of the film.
Consider Jor-El's voice-over; "You will give the people an ideal to strive towards...."
I reckon, in my humble opinion, that after Superman makes his public appearence, and let's face it, saves the world, he does it in such an inspiring humanitarian way (i.e. refusing to kill Zod and co. even though the military demands it) that he becomes the poster boy for Truth, Justice and the American Way.
Cut to shots of the military approaching Luthor because they have this wild cannon alien they can't control, Superman adopting the Clark Kent persona so as to protect his loved ones, and little kids all over America inspired not to join the army, but to strive to a higher ideal. To be like Superman.
That, my friends is an origin story.
And that's why I think the kid in the trailer wears a cape!!!!!
Phew! Feedback totally appreciated!
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