For those who can’t get enough lame serials in their diet, Ivan from Thrilling Days of Yesteryear (one of the earliest adopters of Wo’C) is doing a weekly rundown of the 1948 Superman chapterplay, and finding some remarkable parallels to our present situation in Iraq. Here’s a sample:
JOR-EL: Derision and disbelief are not new to men of science…for centuries they have combated the skepticism displayed…
FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER: Give us facts…
Jor-El makes a game try of trying to explain to these ward heelers that Krypton is slowly being sucked into the orbit of its sun, but his warnings are interrupted with cries of “Ridiculous!” and “Bullshit!”
RO-ZON: Gentlemen…gentlemen… (To Jor-El) Assuming for a moment that what you say is true—how can we avoid this disaster?
JOR-EL: It cannot be avoided…it is a natural evolution of nature…a force that even we supermen are powerless to prevent…
RO-ZON: We are powerless?
JOR-EL: Yes…but we can use our great ability elsewhere…we must flee Krypton…
Oooh…big mistake…suggesting that everybody get the hell out of Dodge on some series of giant space arks is not going to pacify these neoconservatives, who clearly see that suggestion as “cut-and-run.” “So this is how you plan to solve the dilemma you created…by flight…spacecraft?” scoffs one Council member. (You tell him, Councilman! Stay the course!)
Click here for the rest. It’s good stuff.
3 Responses to “Jor-El? What is that, some kind’a Muslim name?”
JOR-EL: Derision and disbelief are not new to men of science…for centuries they have combated the skepticism displayed…
FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER: Give us facts…
Jor-El makes a game try of trying to explain to these ward heelers that Krypton is slowly being sucked into the orbit of its sun, but his warnings are interrupted with cries of “Ridiculous!” and “Bullshit!”
RO-ZON: Gentlemen…gentlemen… (To Jor-El) Assuming for a moment that what you say is true—how can we avoid this disaster?
JOR-EL: It cannot be avoided…it is a natural evolution of nature…a force that even we supermen are powerless to prevent…
RO-ZON: We are powerless?
JOR-EL: Yes…but we can use our great ability elsewhere…we must flee Krypton…
Oooh…big mistake…suggesting that everybody get the hell out of Dodge on some series of giant space arks is not going to pacify these neoconservatives, who clearly see that suggestion as “cut-and-run.” “So this is how you plan to solve the dilemma you created…by flight…spacecraft?” scoffs one Council member. (You tell him, Councilman! Stay the course!)
Click here for the rest. It’s good stuff.
3 Responses to “Jor-El? What is that, some kind’a Muslim name?”
It’s interesting that there’s nothing in the original about Truth, Justice and the American Way. Nope. Instead, we have Jonathan Kent telling his son tat he should use his abilities for Truth Tolerance and Justice. That’s it.
Meanwhile, I’ve been unable to catch much of Atom-Man vs Superman. The chapter I did see is titled “Superman crashes thru”. He does? I’m sooo surprised. And it’s hard to take seriously a villain whose outfit consists of a regular black suit and who sound slike he’s speaking from inside a bucket. That probably is because he is wearing a bucket.
Meanwhile, I’ve been unable to catch much of Atom-Man vs Superman. The chapter I did see is titled “Superman crashes thru”. He does? I’m sooo surprised. And it’s hard to take seriously a villain whose outfit consists of a regular black suit and who sound slike he’s speaking from inside a bucket. That probably is because he is wearing a bucket.
I actually want to watch that second serial, but my wife has threatened divorce if I have that on TV while she’s around.
Shouldn’t Ro-Zon’s name actually be Chay-nee?
No comments:
Post a Comment