Fellas! I am a very happy girl right now! I listened to a delightfully entertaining Storymen podcast while doing my paperwork, cut work an hour early to catch the matinee of Star Trek Into Darkness, got a super fresh movie quote for Monday and beat the rain home! Unlike poor Superman, Into Darkness is a rare instance of my hopes and expectations for a sequel actually being met. The thrill hasn’t left me yet – my grin is too big for my face!! 🙂

I thought of you guys all through the trailers (then again, I’d just finished listening to you talk on the way over). A WWZ one I hadn’t seen (& on the big screen!) skeered me. Now You See Me and After Earth made me think of Clay-ton, and all through the Man of Steel trailer I was channeling JR’s thoughts – pretty much every line lead back to his take on the movie. I hope it’s good.

I’m planning to see it in the theater, and this thrilly happiness is exactly how I want to feel coming out. For me, Matt couldn’t be more right, Superman = knight in shining armor. What I want out of my Superman is that he should soar – truly soar. And make me feel, when I come out of the theater, like I am sort of floating too. Of course, I absorb a movie and come out of a thriller looking over my shoulder because I just know I’m about to get got. But I sure hope you know what I’m talking about, because I think a really good movie should take you in and make you a part of it. You should leave the theater with a plume of movie dust just billowing off you.

I loved Christopher Reeve’s Superman (1st movie) because he was gorgeous, I mean beautiful to look at – 🙂 I mean humble and sweet and good. Really those things made him beautiful. He made me feel that goodness is attainable, and that maybe I could be good too. I don’t mind if Superman has struggles, but I want him to overcome. And to make the right decision, the moral and ethical and right decision. Even if it’s contrary to what he wants, even if it hurts. I want Clay’s Superman who wouldn’t do the wrong thing, because more than any other super hero, I want to feel good about who Superman is. Not only because it makes me think I can be good too, but more importantly because it makes me want to be good too.

Ok, that’s a ramble, but I’m too happy to feel bad about it, haha!