tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632600753283514309.post886796178161194398..comments2023-10-28T04:21:54.316-04:00Comments on Provocative Ponderings with Robert Corin Morris: Lois Lane: Savior of Earth?Provocative Ponderingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16064088515580898033noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632600753283514309.post-78340688953900018372013-07-21T18:36:58.044-04:002013-07-21T18:36:58.044-04:00I see your point, Kurt, and you make a good case f...I see your point, Kurt, and you make a good case for it, but I still see it differently. Clark doesn't just "get the girl." Lois doesn't suppress her story because she's fall in love with him, but because she realizes he could be in danger. In the final scene, Lois and Clark's eye-contact speaks to me of collusion and partnership, which I noted in my blog. As to depth of character, it is, after all, a comic book adaptation. Just goes to show, I guess, that texts can be read differently. Thanks for commenting. Provocative Ponderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064088515580898033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632600753283514309.post-17582997877504284252013-07-09T09:53:51.577-04:002013-07-09T09:53:51.577-04:00"your" post... :)"your" post... :)Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359553690204479581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632600753283514309.post-31589117979838315532013-07-09T09:28:47.100-04:002013-07-09T09:28:47.100-04:00Robert,
Been thinking about you post here, which ...Robert,<br /><br />Been thinking about you post here, which I am thankful you wrote...<br /><br />I would love for what you say to be the Lois Lane reflected in Man of Steel. But I don't believe it is the message coming from the movie...<br /><br />Yes, Lois is brave and strong in the movie. Yes, she represses her story after meeting with Clark: despite earlier showing that she usually would do anything to get the truth of the story out. Yes, she risks her life.<br /><br />The movie, however, reveals nothing about the depth of the person. The character does not share what she is thinking or feeling concerning what she does (unlike Clark/Superman). Instead, I believe it is the movie climax that ultimately reveals her motivation: she has fallen in love for Clark/Superman, and she would do anything for him (like the top-billed female actor is supposed to do). The really overdone, never ending kiss at the end of the movie confirms this motivation. <br /><br />I'm not saying that the movie was wrong to have Lois and Clark develop feelings between them: but the way it is done reduces it to the hero getting the girl. As if we needed anymore reinforcement of this being the movie message, the most clever moment of the movie---Superman destroying a US satellite attempting to keep tabs on he and his mother and the conversation that follows---sets up the General's assistant drooling over him--- "He's so hot!" Woo-hoo...how funny... Sadly, I find that is the overarching message of the movie: there's the bad woman who hates men, the helpless women in need of saving, and the leading lady who will do anything...for her man.<br /><br />Your post reflects what this Lois could have been: the elements are all there. Perhaps if they had shown more of the conversation that convinces her not to share her story...perhaps if Clark had confided in her rather than the priest (and the heavy attempt at Jesus parallel). Perhaps if the movie ended with hinted possibility of future romance between them, rather than the "passionate hero's kiss". <br /><br />I don't think people missed her strength intentionally: I think the movie drove them there.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359553690204479581noreply@blogger.com