Ken Jennings makes an interesting observation today:
…in the ’40s, Clark Kent always took a very leisurely approach to disaster intervention. Electric wires will be hissing and snapping, fire engulfing farmhouses, dams cracking, giant robots on the march, and Clark will just wander through the carnage like a doughy zombie. Finally at some arbitrary juncture, about seven minutes into the short, he’ll mutter his catchphrase-“This looks like a job…for Superman!” and duck into an alley to actually change into his crimefighting uniform for a brief action sequence.
This is surprising only until you remember that Supmerman, when all’s said and done, is a dick.
Wow, are those pictures real? That’s so strange! What’s amazing is that such poorly written stuff would actually sell. Ah, the days before video games.
Anita 🙂
From their FAQ:
Q: Are these real?
A: Yep, they’re all authentic and unaltered. They appear to you today exactly as they did the day they were first published.
Except that whole appearing on a computer screen part.