Superman, get your life together

Sometimes you just have days where angry Facebook statuses are completely insufficient, and only a ranting blog post will do. 


This is one of those days. 


WARNING: THERE IS MORE SUPERHERO NERDING HERE


So I've spent most of the evening dividing my attention between two activities:
1) Coloring in the Avengers activities book that I got at Wal*mart.
2) Watching the 1980 Superman II.


My angry ranting has to do with activity #2.


Now, I have to admit, as corny as Superman II is, I love that movie. Yes, the graphics are terrible, the acting is worse (the music is the only saving grace--long live John Williams)--but I still like it for some bizarre reason. 

HOWEVER, the whole toxic Lois-Clark love...thing is disgraceful. Disgusting. I'm talking throw up in your mouth-stab me with a rake-death by paper cuts torture. 


I'm not going to go off about how Margot Kidder's acting is forced and annoying. I'm not even going to go off about how I wish that someone could re-edit the movie so that Lois Lane isn't even in the story. I will, however, go off about why their relationship is psychologically unhealthy. 


REASONS WHY CLARK KENT SHOULD DROP LOIS LANE LIKE A BAD HABIT (in the 80s version) 
1. It's Lois Lane
2. She clearly does not care about Clark. She treats him with zero respect or consideration.
3. She's manipulative 
4. She puts him in awkward situations (e.g. throwing herself off a bridge so that Clark could prove he's superman) 
5. It's Lois Lane
6. She can't see that he's Superman just because he's wearing a freakin pair of glasses
7. She's so absorbed in obsessing over her career that she can't see that he's obviously in love with her
8. It's Lois Lane 


My only hope of changing my opinion of Lois is if she's awesome in the new Superman coming out in a year. And by the looks of this new man of steel, I'm already inclined to be a bit more kindly disposed to anything or anyone surrounding him.

Well hello there. Yes. I see you.