Sunday, June 20, 2010

Superman II and the Twin Towers, etc.

"The Daily Planet Building at Planet Square with the Financial District, in 2006's Superman Returns." Metropolis_(comics)#New_Troy Not Superman I or Superman III, only Superman II uses the WTC symbolism as a giant RomanNumeral2. http://www.supermansupersite.com/movie2.html There are 2 main versions of the 2nd Christopher Reeve movie. Superman_II & Superman_II:_The_Richard_Donner Cut.
{"The earliest specific reference to Metropolis located it in New York State: in Superman #2 (Fall 1939), Clark (Superman) Kent sent a telegram to George Taylor, the editor of the Daily Star (the antecedent to the Daily Planet), addressed to "Metropolis, N.Y."}

{"In late 1939, the name Metropolis appears in the chronicles for the first time (Act No. 16, Sep 1939), and the city is situated definitely in New York State (S No. 2/2, Fall 1939: "Superman Champions Universal Peace!"). "}
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{"Superman II, (1980). Both versions of the poster include the World Trade Center with the New York City skyline on fire, or in this case Metropolis."}

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The view from the top of The Daily Planet Building shows the new 7_WTC.
The absence of the twin towers is clearly reflected in, Superman_Returns. 
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http://syncnotes.blogspot.ca/2011/01/superman-story.html ,