John's Blog

Since most of us grew up with the George Reeves version of Superman, it's only natural that there would be a great deal of interest in the shady circumstances surrounding his death. So I got pretty excited to see the story being told again in the upcoming movie Hollywoodland as previewed in the above trailer. It's got a ton of top notch actors (Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins, Molly Parker), and; oh yes the dreaded Ben Affleck as well.

His early promise quickly evaporated into a suckfest every time he's on the screen, and despite his favored status staring in Kevin Smith vehicles, his presence in a film is usually a bad sign. Let's hope this is an exception to that rule. Perhaps, it can be since I didn't notice it was him till the clip was almost over. Maybe I got fooled by the glasses, the same was that Lois missed Clark's real identity?

A few more related "super" links:

Superman Sells Frosted Flakes
Clark Kent's dirty little secret
Kevin Smith talks about Superman Lives
"Superman" the Movie Re-enacted by Bunnies in 30-Seconds
Ben Affleck: Your Life Totally Sucks Compared to Mine
Bollywood Superman