Some view new Superman as Christ figure

but i wanna fool around with this superman.

that's a scene you won't find in matthew, mark, luke or john.

Amen

This is absurd, imo. Superman is a comic book figure. End of story. Let's not attach pseudo-religious allegories here.

BTW: Thou shalt not worship false idols. :evilgrin:

The Christ-figure is one of the most common. Many stories contain what is arguably a Christ-figure, but that does not mean the story is about Jesus.

everyone from Charlotte in "Charlotte's Web" to Tom Robinson AND Boo Radley in "To Kill A Mockingbird" are Christ figures. It is one of the most used literary devices.

"Literary devices"

It's a literary device with several thousand years of pedigree, i.e. not a new idea in the 1st century.

and she was vehemently anti-religion. (also, very conservative. More or less a nazi.)

End of story

The creators of Superman were both, in fact, Jewish.

Jews and the invention of the American comic book

by jay schwartz
staff writer

Look up in the sky: It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a minyan of comic book superheroes and their geeky Jewish creators.

From its inception, the modern comic book has been a friendly domain for Jews, from Marvel’s Stan Lee to Maus’ Art Spiegelman. Hawkman, the Flash, Thor, Superman and Batman were all created by overactive Jewish imaginations.

But like some dark secret held until the last cryptic panel, the Jewish connection to comics has only recently gotten any serious ink.

Why the Jews? How did the People of the Book become People of the Comic Book?

San Francisco-based writer Gerard Jones, author of “Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book,” says Jews did it by channeling “adolescent boys’ primal projections,” thus transforming a disreputable enterprise –– the lowly comic –– into a cornerstone of pop culture.

Most of the Jews who breathed life into the comics have origin stories worthy of a comic superhero: Depression-era teens dodging Yiddish hucksters and predatory gangsters, and displaying some superhuman chutzpah.

Says San Francisco’s Trina Robbins, a Jewish historian of women in the comics: “They either had to fight for themselves or be beaten up by the tough Irish kids. I don’t know if it’s in the genes, I don’t know if it’s the heritage, but there’s a thing about Jews and communication.”

Story continues...
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27348/format/html/displaystory.html

;-)

this issue has been beaten to death on the imdb.com board, aka superman returns board...and the nut jobs are out in force big time, on that board from time to time...

Why tinker with success....

That was the whole myth to begin with....

But I forgive them. ;)

...somebody wrote a BOOK examining the parallels between Superman and Christ? I'm in the wrong business.

...I just don't have enough P. T. Barnum in me. 'Cause there is a lotta money to be made off of nutjobs out there.

Its a common theme in storytelling throughout history, both before and after Jesus. Even V for Vendetta had a certain Christ-story element to it.

that's just silly.

However, if the Second Coming happens on opening day of this flick, I'll stand corrected.

Redstone

by, I swear, I'll bedevil him FOREVER!

and then you can tell me your view point on it...:)

so I've heard. I'll have to call the publicist on Monday to see if some mistake has been made.

In any event, we'll go to the film after it opens because I've been waiting for it!

In peace,

Radio_Lady

PLEASE NOTE: The movie opening date has been pushed back to JUNE 28th -- but I still love this poster we saw in NYC!

change at the Seattle publicist's office. A VP left on May 22, during my vacation.

So maybe it's just a glitch. I hope so!

from arkansas? fayetteville, little rock?

from the AR border, i'm on the MO side....

Silver Dollar City.....I've seen it. Didnt go.

has been trying to talk me into going to Silver Dollar City, but that sorta thing, just isn't for me....

the best time to go is xmas time, all the shows and stuff like that, and that the food is great...but thats not enough to entice me to go mill around with thousands of other people...same reason why I won't ever to go disneyland, or any place like that...

The story of SPIDER-man is the greatest story ever told. I've always felt the Gospels would make a better read if Jesus started out kind of greedy but then turned to good after the brutal murder of his gentle Uncle Ben.