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“You’re not Gene Hackman or that guy who played Napoleon Dynamite, but you’re okay.”
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...actually suggested as a possible Lex Luthor. If that had actually happened I would have bought a ticket to Australia for the express purpose of killing Jon Heder. "Step away from the skull cap Jon and put your head between your legs so you can kiss your ass goodbye."
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Saw it in an edit bay today at Warner Ranch. It's awsome!
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My sphincter returned to it's normal size.
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Did I misread it?
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...it's just a crappy teaser. I dont wanna see the real trailer for this until about a month before the movie. I can get myself more excited and have more fun that way. If it's months before the release, it's hard to keep the escitement up and I start looking for flaws and getting worried about the final product. Then again, if I had more of a life it would probably solve this dilemma. www.unseenfilms.com
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excitement. I have failed as a human being. www.unseenfilms.com
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i read somewhere it'll be on apple's trailer site starting tomorrow night. Not that people shouldn't watch Smallville, it kicks ass this season.
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And looking forward to SUPERMAN RETURNS...
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From being first. I'm still looking forward to the new movie.
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but he does play one in internet chat rooms...
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YMCA. ... Product placment will feature KY and butt plugs
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That's really funny.
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Funny, funny stuff.
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{singing superman theme} da da da da da da daaaaa.
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Got to an employee screening of the new Potter flick last night and much to my surprise, one of the previews had the DC Comics logo at the start. Surely, this couldn't be a Superman preview already?? But, it was!. Now I have been apprehensive of this new version of Superman, after reading all I have on this site. Some of the choices Singer has made, have left me in fear that this and X3 are going to be the worst "sequels" ever. But the trailer left me fired up beyond belief, and was much better than the Potter movie. (Minor)SPOILERS The trailer is narrated by Brando dialogue from the original flick, and scored spectacularly with original John Williams music. We get shots of of the Kent Farm, shots of a young Clark jumping through the cornfields. What looks like a young Clark in front of his spaceship. Then we cut to the Daily Planet, Clark in his civvies. An overhead of Superman talking to Lois Lane. And finally, a reveal of the suit and Superman flying! It ends with Supes in space looking down at the Earth. Alas, if there was any Lex Luthor, I missed it. END SPOILERS I may have left a few scenes out, as I was very tired, but I was amazed at how much the trailer actually showed. It left me pumped up for a project I was getting pretty sour on. This was more than your average teaser, let me tell you. Anyway, go see Potter if you want to see this trailer on the big screen. And, um, Smallville rules!
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So how many people sent this story in? ;)
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Would you believe Deadwood? So Brando's in this. Did they have a seance and get his permission? Because he sued everyone and wouldn't even let them use his footage in Superman II. Supes had to talk to his mother about how he'd kill Lois with his super load unless he gave up his powers. Talk about awkward.
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Can't wait for Superman Returns to do Catwoman sized business at the box office. Next...
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"Whatever I want to, Superman, GOSH!"
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Nov. 17, 2005, 10:16 a.m. CST
"So Brando's in this. Did they have a seance and get his per
by cookylamoo
Let's just say, they made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
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http://www.zippyvideos.com/6273677692263846/superman_returns_teaser/
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I'm not so worried about the gayness of Superman Returns, even though Singer is the director and Spacey is Luthor. I'm way more concerned that it will be a lame remake of the Donner/Reeve Superman flicks, which REALLY WEREN'T THAT GOOD! Reeve played Clark Kent like a one dimensional nerdy asshole, not like a real person. Smallville has made huge strides turning Clark/Superman into a real, fleshed out character and not a cartoon. Going back to the Reeve suckfest will just be a step in the wrong direction. Why the fuck didn't Warner Bros. recognize what a great thing they had in Smallville and take it to the big screen when Clark was ready to go from Superboy to Superman. Instead, they have to give it the Daredevil/Catwoman/Fantastic Four treatment and fuck it up royally. Yeah, I know it hasn't been released yet but what is out there isn't looking good.
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the music. Otherwise I would have thought I was tuned into the WB. But whoever did the music for that trailer, that young whippersnapper is going places, you heard it here first.
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but who cares, it's real footage none the less!
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So what happens with Smallville when the time does come (soon I hope, god let it end, Lois is starting to look stringy and haggard) for Clark to Go Super? Can they rechristen the TV series "Metropolis"? Or
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Nov. 17, 2005, 11:54 a.m. CST
Ok I just saw the teaser, yes, BendersShinyAss's link is the
by Shermdawg
and it's extremely...meh. The music is the only thing worth mentioning. Seriousley though, why didn't Singer just cast the Rushmore kid? *sigh* The clip wasn't bad, it was just...yeah, so what? You know. If you want to excite people, show us Clark flying around like Neo, or even like Tom Welling's "super jumps" on Smallville. I hope I can yawn loud enough when they play this before Harry Potter this weekend. And BatMarjere, if this was better than Potter, somethings seriousley wrong....with your judgement.
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Nov. 17, 2005, 12:06 p.m. CST
Re: Ok I just saw the teaser, yes, BendersShinyAss's link is
by ottawafreddy
Actually, Shermdawg, that trailer is a fake and it's been online for months. Apart from the poor quality and mediocre worksmanship, the music isn't John Ottman's, it's John Williams. Just sayin' is all.
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Nov. 17, 2005, 12:08 p.m. CST
Now, on to Smallville, this weeks topic: Allison Mack, is hot, b
by Shermdawg
Let the debate begin.
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You mean the teaser could turn out good? CURSES!!!
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If that thing isn't fake then singer blatantly ripped off the fan trailer that has been floating around the net
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http://216.86.150.60/videos/0/226384_a54a7_256k.wmv
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U know that trailer does not look as polished as it should if it were "real". Also, is it me or does that trailer have a Batman Begins feel to it? Either way, I don't think it's real, but I don't think it sux. Can't wait for Supes to come home to daddy.
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Brainiac tries to free general ZOD!!! AND a S.R. trailer!!!
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"Exciting"? You misspelled "exiting". Smallville will be exiting at the end of this season to make way for the Superman film franchise. If there's ever an 'exciting' Superboy series paul Dini will be involved. and if there's ever a good Superboy series Lana will be a red head, Martha will have grey hair, Jonathon will have white hair and Clark will have black hair, like in the source material. At least they got Lex's scalp color right. "No cape no fly" my Aunt's patootie. You been conned.
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Of course it's not real..all they did was use footage from the video blogs that have been released over the past months.
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that trailer on zippyvideo.com or whatever was sooooo frickin fake! i cannot believe that actually fooled anyone!!
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catwoman business? not a chance...this movie will rule. this is a labor of love for singer and he will not fail us superman-fiends. i will guarantee you this movie, as more of it is revealed over the coming months, will become the must-see event of 2006. it will make 80-100mil opening week(if it comes out around a holiday and opens on a wednesday), or 50-60 mil if it opens on friday. it'll be 200 mil by the time its all said and done(and that's just in the U.S.). if batman begins (a great movie, wholly deserving of its critical praise) can achieve blockbuster status, superman returns will be twice as big simply for the fact that superman has reached an iconic status that no other super-hero ever has; his story has become modern day mythology. everyone will want to see this movie, even you haters on talkback(if you say you won't see it, you're lying). by the way, last week's smallville episode was the best in a long time. loved that clark/brainiac fight at the end. just out of curiosity, is brainiac really from krypton in the comics? not sure.
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Nov. 17, 2005, 5:26 p.m. CST
Well, being one who doesn't really care about the flick...
by Shermdawg
and haven't kept up with Singers "video blogs" or whatever, the fake teaser, did fool me.
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Just because its a labor of love does not mean shizzle to me. *Daredevil* was a "labor of love" for MSJ, and we all know it sucked. *Captain America* was a "labor of love" for Albert Pyunn (sic), and it sucked. *Catwoman* sucked. Both *Batman Returns* and *Batman & Robin* sucked. Everything Ed Wood did was a "labor of love" and they all sucked. So you prove nothing except for your fanboyness and devotion to Bryan Singer's "vision". Call a spade a spade. *Superman Returns* is going to be a turkey that should be served up during Thanksgiving for carving, not for the multiplexes next summer. And it won't make $100 million its first weekend...plus the public prefers Batman to Superman.
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oh come on man! lol. No offense dude, but coulndnt you tell how shitty the editing and sound effects were? that music was horrible!!
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http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/trailer.html
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thats all the official trailer is too, what a waste of time.
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I thought the connection was just bad or something, possibly just a shitty bootlegged version or sumthin. Kinda like those YouTube video's. I saw the REAL teaser tonight, it looks promising, but dang....Routh is a f'n girly man if I ever saw one.
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Nov. 17, 2005, 9:32 p.m. CST
By the way, great episode of Smallville tonight, but something c
by Shermdawg
Lex asked Lois if she had any of a certain type of muffin. What's the big deal? You may ask. Well, the muffin he asked for, was so strange, that it garnered a closeup on Lex's face when he uttered the words "banana blueberry". Notice there was no "and" between the "banana" and the "blueberry", meaning that there was both bananas AND blueberries in the muffins he was asking for. These muffins he spoke of must be some sort of strange side effect to the meteor rocks, a mutant muffin if you will. This could be the only explanation because I've heard of banana bread muffins, and blueberry muffins, but a banana blueberry muffin? That is something I have only dreamed of, but tonight's episode proved, that in a small town by the name of, uh, Smallville, dreams indeed can come true.
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Don't feel like watching an entire episode.
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well, i'm a huge fan of superman, but i'm not a "boy", so i guess you can call me a fan-man. true, anything and everything that is revealed about superman returns i will be psyched about. so when you call me a "fanboy" it doesn't bother me. i just find it hilarious that you think this movie will do catwoman business. either you are just trying to be a hater, or you have no idea about the money aspect of hollywood. i think the former. the funny thing is, i know the box office for this movie will have a few of your hateful dollars in it.
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Lex said "muffin pedling", not pushing. I checked. =P
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So, Smallville is a suburb of Metropolis? The grography of this show is so screwed up! Seems like maybe a 20 minute drive back and forth. And Lex, evil genius, has the spaceship under guard by 2 people? Lana and Lois can break in? Sorry, i like the show, but I can't stop all brain activity while watching.
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Sorry, but don't bet on me seeing the flick...you'd be wise to aim at a box office closer to being above *Serenity* for the flick and not on the high of *Batman Begins*. The trailer was flat. But if you want to waste your $8 on a crappy movie, be my guest. But I'm sticking to my guns and will not see a modern Superman flick until the Smallville cast is put in place in it. I will also not see X3 or Casino Royale either. It will be the great movie boycott of 2006.
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I swear that kid looks younger than Tom Welling. I hope I'm wrong but is that suckage I hear in the background?
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The trailer aired on Smallville around the 50 minute mark. You can watch it anytime if you go to http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/trailer.html
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Can't say I'm at all impressed by this trailer. The whole look of the film is just too drab, dark and subdued, with none of the bright, vibrant colorfulness I associate with the character. Oh, and the reason Routh looks younger than Welling is because he IS. Welling is 28. Routh is 26.
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But I loved it.
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I like it. And I agree with above posters who said it could have used more money shots, but it was almost like they were... teasing us. I like coming to aicn. I thought I was a cynical fucker, but I seem like the eternal optomist in comparison. Kneel before Zod.
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Superman is up there with Batman and Spiderman as far as mass appeal to the general public. Warner Bros. will push the heck out of this movie. If you think F4 can make 50+ millions at the Box Office with horrible advance reviews then this will easily beat that mark.
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I understand people being thrilled that there is a TV version of Superman. I understand that it's pretty cool that such a great character got a bit of cultural rejiggering, and that every once in a while the show gets a beat or two right. But the fact is Smallville IS NOT A GOOD TV SHOW. Any narrative momentum it has is scuttled by the fact that NOTHING CAN TRULY TAKE PERMANENCE. The show is hamstrung by the Superman mythos and it can tweak stuff and do the "two steps forward, three steps back" thing, which it does, AD NAUSEUM, but it never gains traction because it CAN'T REALLY MOVE FORWARD. Yes, it's nice that Welling looks the part and that his parents are well-played and that it emphasizes his wholesome all-American upbringing and shows how strongly his wholesome, righteous and moral all-American parents shaped his morality and personality and sense of duty. But Welling isn't a very good actor, Kristin Kreuk is a HORRIBLE actress, and the fact that they have kept Lionel Luther around a good 3-4 seasons too long and done such an agonizingly repetitive slowburn on the Lex Is Evil storyline, along with the aforementioned limitations when it comes to PROGRESS all adds up to a subpar show. If it wasn't about Superman it wouldn't be watched at all. Some of the episodes are EMBARRASSING. Most of them end with some ridiculous "I saw him show his powers but then I forgot" storyline. The lack of a seasonal villain arc has also hurt the show, as has their obsession with bouncing Significant Characters From Superman's Future into the storyline in absurd ways. Not to mention the pathetic geographic proximity of Metropolis. The best episodes were the ones that played Williams' score and focused on the SUPERMAN aspect of Clark and not on the "I Love Lana" crap that was old by the second season of Wonder Years in 1988. I love Superman too. But that doesn't mean I'll accept any second-rate incarnation of his story. Smallville is below-average TV most of the time and I for one am glad that Singer and WB stayed away from it when making the new movie.
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A Smallville episode where one of the Kents get sick, and Clark has an emotional scene with whoever is dying about not giving up and blah blah blah? The episode in itself was good, but I can't get past the fact that the producers put the characters in the same situations every week, but act as if they never went through anything like it before. By now, if Lana or Chloe go crazy, Clark shouldn't act like he has never seen that before. Because it has happened. Repeatedly. However, I am glad that Smallville is more consistenly fowarding their major subplots. Last year, the stones storyline dragged on with no cohesive story, and wrapped up in confusing fashion. This year, they are moving the Braniac storyline quickly and efficently, so as not to get lost. I can't wait to see what Braniac will do next. It would be even easier to keep track with Smallville's storylines if they would include a recap at the beginning of every episode, or every one in which they will address a subplot. Smallville's much improved this season even if they still give Clark the same problems to solve. BTW, is Jor-El still in control of Lionel Luthor?
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(( Smallville IS NOT A GOOD TV SHOW )) One word: Chloe (drool). Apart from being a hottie and a half, she's a relatively interesting character. I hope she gets her own show when SVille takes its last flying leap over a tall building ...
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is that people who don't like something and "don't watch it" come on here and give unbelievably detailed info on the episodes, and feel the need to tear something down that is enjoyed by others. So it can't move forward by leaps and bounds because it's hamstrung by it's own future. So freakin' what. House, CSI, E.R., etc...same episode each week. Still worth watching. If you don't like it, dont' watch it and do something else.
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I DON'T watch it. But I DID give it a shot and DID watch the Reeve eps and got suckered back in by the actual Superman stuff, but then left it. My issue isn't with people watching the show, God knows we all have favorites and who am I to judge, per se, I just think people go overboard in declaring Smallville and its cast the ultimate incarnation of Superman and harping on the fact that the new movie isn't falling in line with that stuff. Take the show for what it is and stop whining that the movie isn't the show. Sorry to offend you but I thought my comments were a hell of a lot more measured and restrained than most posts.
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That's the one with Reeve, right? Where Williams' score plays and stuff? That's what got me back into the show for a half season, until it devolved back into its usual sorry state and I left again.
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PSUEDO-SPOLIER SINCE THEY MADE IT SO DAMN OBVIOUS ... The duhn-duhn-duhn music, right as they cut into the credits pretty much spelled out that Johnny Kent is the one to go. I was hoping they'd go in a less obvious direction. Especially since he's probably the best character on the show (taking over since Lex dropped the baton). END SPOILER ............. Is Jor-El alive or dead? I'm not sure that they've ever been clear on that. I got the impression last night, from Fines, that he was still alive. .......... I've never been one to point out Welling's acting ability before, but that scene with his dying mother was one of the worst performances that I've ever witnessed. I fully get what everyone means now. Thankfully, they don't have him doing emotional scenes much during the show. I just watch for the fun parts anyway. I'm good at compartmentalizing like that. ........... Superman Returns looks like a cheesy remake so far. I was put off by them using Marlon Brando's voice. They couldn't find another actor, in all of Hollywood to do his voice? Plus, I find it disgusting when dead actors are forced to work against their will. Mother Fuck whoever's decision that was. I'm gonna find out your name and then piss on YOUR grave when you're dead. But necromancy aside, I keep on hearing how they're trying to model everything after I and II. It sounds like the Bewitched or Dukes of Hazzard style of movies to me. I want NEW, not OLD. Why is that so hard for Hollywood to figure out? Are they all so drugged up and culted out, that they're just completely incapable of creative thought anymore? I've got Superman on DVD, I can just watch that instead I guess. It wasn't a great movie, but it sounds about the same in any case.
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Nov. 18, 2005, 3:49 p.m. CST
Probable spoiler on who will die ( do not read if you don't
by Whedon
Apparently Allison Mack has been contracted to appear in 3 episodes of ER that will air sometime in February. Considering that the producers shoot smallville in Vancouver and ER is shot in Chicago I have a hard time believing she will be able to do both shows. I hope I'm wrong but this news makes it seem like Chloe is done for.
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No problem. Thanks for the reply. I have never said this is the "ultimate" version of Superman, it's just one. And this season they have done a really nice job of tying into the '78 film with the fortress, etc...I'm sure the movie will be great, and I can't wait to see it. Rosetta was a great ep...but I think this season is by far the best so far.. And Chloe is SO going to be the one to die...Inspires Clark to take up the hero mantle, Lois to become a reporter, etc etc...
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Does NOT shoot in Chicago, except for a few ins and outs..
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Nov. 18, 2005, 5:17 p.m. CST
BatMejere, you were right, the teaser was more entertaining than
by Shermdawg
Boy was that film a snoozefest. Seriousley, it actually put me to sleep, which has never happened in a theater before. The last one was great, but Goblet? Zzzzzz...
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But did you all not watch the last minute of last night's ep. Granted, that could be deflection, but not in a show as simple as Smallville. They made it quite clear who would die.
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SMALLVILLE is definitely in Kansas. This isn't an open-ended thing like the SIMPSONS/Springfield thing. I can't site a specific example at the moment, but "Smallville" - as fictional as it is - is a given Superman/Kansas "landmark." Sorry for the excessive quotation marks and slashes.
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i also believe clark goes to Central Kansas University in order to stay close to home. true?
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It's supposed to read, "SUPERMAN RETURNS Commercial To Blow" etc.
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Nov. 20, 2005, 2:38 p.m. CST
Why is his cape blowing in the wind clearly outside the atmosphe
by Red Giant
Simple question.
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Nov. 20, 2005, 7:41 p.m. CST
Who cares? At least, he's not shooting lord knows how much s
by Shermdawg
Seriousley, where did Parker store all of that?
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It's called "solar wind." ;-)
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Seriously. A year and a half and nothing? At least one of us cares about this, Herc.
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June 18, 2007, 12:22 p.m. CST
i think alot of old posts get deleted
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
idk why either really gay i just wanna go back in time for a bit JESUS
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