{"id":2228,"date":"2025-01-25T22:13:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T06:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2025-01-25T22:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T06:15:48","slug":"retro-movie-adventures-superman-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/25\/retro-movie-adventures-superman-1978\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Movie Adventures: Superman (1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/superman-1978.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Reeve's chest as Superman's chest.\" class=\"wp-image-2229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/superman-1978.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/superman-1978-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/superman-1978-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025 has had kind of a rough start. One of the things that&#8217;s made it harder than usual was Los Angeles&#8217; attempt to burn itself to the ground. This showing of Superman at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood was a fundraiser for a bunch of charities who are helping people impacted by the fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the right choice for a stressed city. Did I tear up a couple of times, including once right at the very beginning when the music swelled as Superman&#8217;s symbol appeared onscreen? I&#8217;ll never tell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not a perfect movie by any means-  I could live without ever hearing Margot Kidder recite &#8220;Can You Read My Mind?&#8221; again- but it was a pleasure to watch a Superman who is unquestionably a force for good. I&#8217;ve always liked a Superman who&#8217;s greatest power is to do the right thing, even when the right thing is impossible. I hope Gunn&#8217;s version in July keeps that unwavering goodness in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, about this poster&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, I blamed the poor poster on the poor movie. Today, I have no excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Superman-1978-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A poster for Superman (1978) that homages the poster for Demolition Man, but not very well. \" class=\"wp-image-2234\" style=\"width:683px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Superman-1978-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Superman-1978-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Superman-1978-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Superman-1978-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here&#8217;s hoping I remember how to make these decent soon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I let myself believe a man can fly. Just the movie I needed today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":10,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-pass-adventures","category-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2236,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions\/2236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}