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PrincessElisa said:

(Side tangent, 'cuz you guys probably aren't reading this post anyways.....) SOOOOOOOO my parents (gotta love em) raised an interesting question. Any of you guys notice how Superman shadowed Passion of the Christ?!? Okay....at least to be rkmb politically correct, "The Christ like figure." Note the blatant "savior" references aka when he's in space listening to the cries of humanity on the earth. Also when Superman's being beaten up by the henchmen, to the driving of the kryptonite in his back (like the crown on Christ's head), the way superman collapsed down into the water basically "dying" until he "rises again" being saved by Lois), to the picturesque Christ scene (after saving humanity from the krypty island) when he falls to earth with his hands outspread like he was on a cross as were his feet *watch for it next time, PROMISE!*. Pretty interesting.......and the whole movie seemed to show that even Superman needs a savior. "Whoda thunk it"?!?



I've never seen Passion of the Christ, but I have always found it somewhat ironic that the Christ metaphor is so often ascribed to Superman. As the article Grimm posted on page 6 touches upon, Jerry Siegel(a Jewish man) created Superman as an analogy to Moses. His family sends him away in a capsule to save him, he is taken in by a family of a different culture, lives a double-life because of his past, etc.

MisterJLA is RACKing awesome.