on (bad) writing
Aug. 4th, 2006 12:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orangerfulOkay, so, remember how I said I was reading the novelization of 'Superman Returns'? Well, let me tell you, that is some BAD writing in there. This guy is just all over the place when it comes to point-of-view.
I mean, I know they don't pick the best authors to write these things but, don't you think, within the same paragraph, he should at least try to stick to one person's inner thoughts? Ugh, it's just so all over the place. He's in the pilot's mind, no wait, he's in superman's mind, no no no, he's describing the jet from Lois' point of view....
The book itself is interesting. I found out the origin of that silly "coming out of the closet" photo that's from the Movie Guide. Apparently, at least according to the book, Clark leaves his super suit in his office closet, unsure if whether he should be superman again. And then when Lois' plane starts to crash he has to run back to the daily planet, sneak into the closet and fly out the window. LAME! thank goodness they got rid of that. It's also why this picture exists - when he does his quick change he forgets to take of his Clark glasses.
Also, in the book, they connect the bank robbers to Lex Luthor, saying that Lex told them to rob the bank that night and at what time etc.. Hm. I didn't much care for that.
We are getting a little bit more about why Superman left though. From what I understand so far, Lex set him up. He helped inflate the story about Kryptons remains and also assumed that if Superman went out to the planet, the radiation would kill him (which we find out in chapter one, it almost did).
Jimmy Olsen is apparently not a drunk and hasn't had a picture published in 2 months. When Clark and him go to the bar in the novel, Jimmy gets wasted on shots and passes out on the table. Clark drinks about 12 beers. Which I thought was wrong, since in the original movie, when Lois offers him a glass of wine, he says "Never when I'm flying" and in the novel he thinks "I won't be driving. Flying maybe. but not driving." Hm.
There's a scene in the novel that seemed so BLATANT that Jason was Supes Jr. Also made no sense, because he only uses his powers in a moment of high stress, so to have him suddently develop super speed just to steal a Wonton, well, that's just silly.
They do explain Clark's dissappearance, and why no one found it odd that he left for 5 years. Apparently he told them he was trekking around the world. Even had dinner with Perry White. He had his mom write fake postcards and send them to Lois, which she never read, but Jimmy read them all.
The book is interesting only if this stuff was actually in the rough draft. Because if it was, then thank goodness they had the smarts to cut it out!
Also, how great is it that Superman Returns site has downloadable Daily Planet stationary? heehee.
I mean, I know they don't pick the best authors to write these things but, don't you think, within the same paragraph, he should at least try to stick to one person's inner thoughts? Ugh, it's just so all over the place. He's in the pilot's mind, no wait, he's in superman's mind, no no no, he's describing the jet from Lois' point of view....
The book itself is interesting. I found out the origin of that silly "coming out of the closet" photo that's from the Movie Guide. Apparently, at least according to the book, Clark leaves his super suit in his office closet, unsure if whether he should be superman again. And then when Lois' plane starts to crash he has to run back to the daily planet, sneak into the closet and fly out the window. LAME! thank goodness they got rid of that. It's also why this picture exists - when he does his quick change he forgets to take of his Clark glasses.
Also, in the book, they connect the bank robbers to Lex Luthor, saying that Lex told them to rob the bank that night and at what time etc.. Hm. I didn't much care for that.
We are getting a little bit more about why Superman left though. From what I understand so far, Lex set him up. He helped inflate the story about Kryptons remains and also assumed that if Superman went out to the planet, the radiation would kill him (which we find out in chapter one, it almost did).
Jimmy Olsen is apparently not a drunk and hasn't had a picture published in 2 months. When Clark and him go to the bar in the novel, Jimmy gets wasted on shots and passes out on the table. Clark drinks about 12 beers. Which I thought was wrong, since in the original movie, when Lois offers him a glass of wine, he says "Never when I'm flying" and in the novel he thinks "I won't be driving. Flying maybe. but not driving." Hm.
There's a scene in the novel that seemed so BLATANT that Jason was Supes Jr. Also made no sense, because he only uses his powers in a moment of high stress, so to have him suddently develop super speed just to steal a Wonton, well, that's just silly.
They do explain Clark's dissappearance, and why no one found it odd that he left for 5 years. Apparently he told them he was trekking around the world. Even had dinner with Perry White. He had his mom write fake postcards and send them to Lois, which she never read, but Jimmy read them all.
The book is interesting only if this stuff was actually in the rough draft. Because if it was, then thank goodness they had the smarts to cut it out!
Also, how great is it that Superman Returns site has downloadable Daily Planet stationary? heehee.
