Post by The Curmudgeon on Nov 25, 2008 8:41:52 GMT 2
A great idea that could really take off, "Throwing the S" is a jump-the-shark type idea that documents when a superhero movie got really, really stupid.
It is, of course, a reference to the non-more baffling moment in Superman II when Superman, erm, throws an S from his (hands? Costume?) and wraps it around Non.
Here's the official word..
As part of our new Super Bloopers section--where we nitpick comic book movies for errors, omissions, problems, bloopers, continuity and just plain stupid stuff, we have come up with a new catch phrase in the vein of "Jumping the Shark." Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... "Throwing the 'S'."OK, this is probably the all-time stupidest thing ever to happen in a comic book movie. Since when did Supes get the awesome kryptonian power to throw his "S" emblem and defeat villains with what looks to be a fruit roll-up?
In Superman II, where he is having the final fight scene with General Zod and his co-Kryptonian criminals in the fortress of solitude... right out of the blue Supes rips off his "S" emblem and chucks it like a frisbee at Non. The thing expands out like some sort of cellophane netting and captures the dude... For a few seconds. So this extra super power isn't even very good.
This isn't even the only super blooper in Superman II. I've neglected to mention his Multiple Supermans power, or the finger beams that Zod, Ursa and Non possess, or the power of kiss amnesia that he uses on Lois Lane at the end of the movie so she forgets that he's Superman. But since the cellophane "S" is the absolute most stupid thing ever, we will be using it in the future to describe when ever a comic book movie franchise "jumps the shark." Example: Boy, Spider-Man III really "Threw the 'S'" with too many villains in it.
Superman is chock full of examples of Throwing the S. The examples up there are all well and good, but what about when he REBUILDS the Wall of China with his eyes? Or flies so fast time goes backwards so he can save Lois? (Couldn't you just do that every time, Clark, to save, I dunno, everyone ever?)
Anyone think of any more comic book movies that Threw the S?
It is, of course, a reference to the non-more baffling moment in Superman II when Superman, erm, throws an S from his (hands? Costume?) and wraps it around Non.
Here's the official word..
As part of our new Super Bloopers section--where we nitpick comic book movies for errors, omissions, problems, bloopers, continuity and just plain stupid stuff, we have come up with a new catch phrase in the vein of "Jumping the Shark." Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... "Throwing the 'S'."OK, this is probably the all-time stupidest thing ever to happen in a comic book movie. Since when did Supes get the awesome kryptonian power to throw his "S" emblem and defeat villains with what looks to be a fruit roll-up?
In Superman II, where he is having the final fight scene with General Zod and his co-Kryptonian criminals in the fortress of solitude... right out of the blue Supes rips off his "S" emblem and chucks it like a frisbee at Non. The thing expands out like some sort of cellophane netting and captures the dude... For a few seconds. So this extra super power isn't even very good.
This isn't even the only super blooper in Superman II. I've neglected to mention his Multiple Supermans power, or the finger beams that Zod, Ursa and Non possess, or the power of kiss amnesia that he uses on Lois Lane at the end of the movie so she forgets that he's Superman. But since the cellophane "S" is the absolute most stupid thing ever, we will be using it in the future to describe when ever a comic book movie franchise "jumps the shark." Example: Boy, Spider-Man III really "Threw the 'S'" with too many villains in it.
Superman is chock full of examples of Throwing the S. The examples up there are all well and good, but what about when he REBUILDS the Wall of China with his eyes? Or flies so fast time goes backwards so he can save Lois? (Couldn't you just do that every time, Clark, to save, I dunno, everyone ever?)
Anyone think of any more comic book movies that Threw the S?
