June 28, 2006
Truth, Justice ...
... and all that stuff.
- Mike Dougherty and Dan Harris, the two credited screenwriters for 'Superman Returns' have changed Superman’s famous motto, "Truth, Justice and the American way", to "Truth Justice and ... all that stuff". Seriously. No, really.
- Dan: "I don't think 'the American way' means what it meant in 1945." Mike: "He's not just for Metropolis and not just for America." Dan: "He's an alien, from Krypton; he has come to Earth to be kind of a savior for this world, not our country . . . And he has no papers." Mike: "What would happen with the immigration laws we have now?" Dan: "I'd like to see someone kick him out!"
Yes, yes, good for you two jackasses. Aren't you just so clever. I bet Stalin and Kim Jung-il couldn't be prouder.
... and there's more. On the web Posted by AlexC at June 28, 2006 3:07 PM
I was disappointed when I first heard that "..and the American Way" had been expunged. But as a free trader, I have to accept it as a side-effect of exporting American intellectual property to wide international distribution.
It would not be "the American Way" to alienate a potential customer, nicht wahr? N'est ce pas?
Posted by: jk at June 28, 2006 3:54 PMMillions of tired, poor, huddled masses did not risk everything to come to America mid-way through the 20th century because America was the land of "all that stuff." The "American Way" is freedom and opportunity. No other country can claim these as their guiding principles like America can.
Posted by: johngalt at June 28, 2006 4:41 PMWell said jg.
Posted by: jk at June 28, 2006 4:49 PM | What do you think? [3]