Well, I'm heartened by the fact that they didn't take any of the easy outs in this film--making Richard a jerk, or killing him off heroically--so I suppose I should wait and see how this gets dealt with in future movies before I have a kneejerk anti-Clois reaction.
I completely agree with you about the irony of Clark going in search of someone he could connect with on Krypton when he was leaving a son behind. That really *hurts.*
When I think about it, though, I wonder if Superman could raise a son? I mean, Lois is clearly not a model mother (who the hell takes your 4 year old kid into dangerous situations like that?), so it's not like she would be compensating for all the times he had to fly away and save the world. And if this film is really the unofficial sequel to Superman II (I didn't realize that before reading your review, actually), don't we still have the Larry Niven "Man of Steel, Woman of Tissue" problem? I'm not sure I, personally, would give up a stable parent and the possibility of sex even if I was actually in love with Superman. Unless the whole "Why the world doesn't need Superman" thing was to set up another "Clark giving up his powers" scenario. But I doubt they're going there, since that's been done already.
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I completely agree with you about the irony of Clark going in search of someone he could connect with on Krypton when he was leaving a son behind. That really *hurts.*
When I think about it, though, I wonder if Superman could raise a son? I mean, Lois is clearly not a model mother (who the hell takes your 4 year old kid into dangerous situations like that?), so it's not like she would be compensating for all the times he had to fly away and save the world.
And if this film is really the unofficial sequel to Superman II (I didn't realize that before reading your review, actually), don't we still have the Larry Niven "Man of Steel, Woman of Tissue" problem? I'm not sure I, personally, would give up a stable parent and the possibility of sex even if I was actually in love with Superman. Unless the whole "Why the world doesn't need Superman" thing was to set up another "Clark giving up his powers" scenario. But I doubt they're going there, since that's been done already.