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Superheroes movies like Avengers should not be scorned

Earlier this year, beneath the wind-whipped tarpaulin of a catering tent in Gloucester, I was working on a film with the actor Malcolm Sinclair. Over scrambled eggs at an ungodly hour, he told me something I had not previously known: when Christopher Reeve was young, barely out of Juilliard, he was roundly mocked by his peers on Broadway for accepting the role of Superman. It was considered an ignoble thing for a classical actor to do.

Since then some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in Batman; Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. In spite of 20 years of mercurial work in the likes of Chaplin and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, it was his rock-star-charismatic yet somehow humble Tony Stark in Iron Man that helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr. And Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight quite simply changed the game. He raised the bar not just for actors in superhero films, but young actors everywhere; for me. His performance was dark, anarchic, dizzying, free, and totally, thrillingly, dangerous.

The rest of the article is here.

Well-played, sir. Well-played. Especially from a man with your classical training. I knew there was a reason I was always watching films with you in them. ;)

Yissssss!

REPRESENT, BITCHES!

XD

*high-fives all around, strikes a pose*


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Lyrics shamelessly stolen from her, as well. I LOOOOVE YOU! *blink, blink, uber-Lane Twins-style-cute*

( HEE! )

Now I fully intend to do the drabble meme that caused this most awesomest of awesome, but it'll be next month when Anissa and your poor Author only have three deadlines. My request was "I think my choice is going to be obvious. *LOL* Although I'm tempted to say what about one with Kala and her favorite AU brother, Kon, in lieu of Lois and Clark."

Behold the fantabulous result!

Like I said, next month. When we have breathing room. *sheepish smile*

As soon as I can get a shower and get dressed, Anissa and I are going on a quest to find these at the, like 12 Wal-Marts here in town. She was due to purchase me some serious PJs that she didn't get to at Christmas, so this is one less thing I get at Sexy McSleepware Store, but TOTALLY WORTH IT! Hee!

ETA: Pajama bottoms found and too damn precious for words! Now I just need a comfy XL shirt to go with it.

( Don't You Wish Your PJs Rocked Out Like Mine? *Busts A Move* )

swingandswirl, you own me now more than ever for finding this. hesychasm, you are a poet and a goddess among people for writing this piece.

It's here.

This is what fandom is to me, as well. You are all my family, a family I wish so badly I had had in my younger years, when I had no one to talk to about the Superman fandom and what it means to me. Every time I can talk to someone who likes the mythos is like a present I was never give in the past and I'm so grateful to know you all.

I'm also grateful for the lurkers out there, those that don't speak but still have such an interest. Once upon a time, I was you. Today's lurkers are usually tomorrow's writers, tomorrow's artists. YOU are what continues to fuel us, to make us strive to be better, in hopes of contact.

This is a time in my life that I will never have again and always, always remember.

ETA: Anissa's not going to SC this weekend. Plans changed at the last minute, which is why I was able to make this entry.