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Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen

Evilelf writes "The new Superman is giving movie bosses a headache - because of the size of his bulge. They fear Brandon Routh's profile in the superhero's skintight costume could be distracting, reports the Sun. Hollywood executives have ordered the makers of Superman Returns to cover it up with digital effects."

427 comments

  1. Sad.. by Brama · · Score: 0

    *snigger* That's sad, really.. who cares? If only it will attract more viewers.

    1. Re:Sad.. by Corbu+Mulak · · Score: 2, Informative

      Actually, snigger is a real word, and used correctly.

    2. Re:Sad.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      News for idiots. Stuff that does not matter. This is the worst movie hype story evah.

    3. Re:Sad.. by JohnnyLocust · · Score: 5, Funny

      It is sad. I seem to recall Batman and Robin having nipples. Now that was distracting.

    4. Re:Sad.. by VRisaMetaphor · · Score: 1

      Cool! I can't wait to see what kind of special features they put on the DVD.

    5. Re:Sad.. by Adult+film+producer · · Score: 1

      Brandon in Superman outfit

      Doesn't look out of the ordinary to me... average sized guy. Or maybe that picture has already been digitally altered :-|

    6. Re:Sad.. by cp.tar · · Score: 1

      Well, after digitally reducing Lindsay Lohan's breasts in Herbie, it's really only fair...
      When I heard about that one, I simply didn't even bother to go and see it... And now, Superman without a Superdick... Probably won't bother either...

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    7. Re:Sad.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Idiots?

      You're the fuckwit who just typed 'evah'?

    8. Re:Sad.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If that's a big packet I'm John Holmes.

      If you've bulked up your legs like that, you need a bigger lunchbox than that just to look male.

  2. Lies! by xmuskrat · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is totally untrue. The actually designed the suit with that in mind, and added padding to deal with it.

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    1. Re:Lies! by Agent00Wang · · Score: 5, Informative
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    2. Re:Lies! by chaos777b · · Score: 1

      aparently thats the problems, such a large buldge itimidates them :)

    3. Re:Lies! by sgant · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes, this is totally untrue and no they didn't spend a bunch of money to digitally take it out.

      Sheesh EvilElf....nice how you actually go about researching a story. Heck, one google search on this would show you that this is totally made up.

      And also kudos to CmdrTaco for posting this....you submit anything now?

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    4. Re:Lies! by systemic+chaos · · Score: 1

      "We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."

    5. Re:Lies! by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

      It is a lie.... As the Sugarhill Gang reminded us years ago, Superman just has a "little worm"; he can't compete with the "super sperm"!

    6. Re:Lies! by SierraPete · · Score: 1

      No... it's twue... it's twue... it's weally weally twue...

      Sorry, couldn't let it go without the obligatory Blazing Saddles reference...

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    7. Re:Lies! by Phroggy · · Score: 2, Funny

      And also kudos to CmdrTaco for posting this....you submit anything now?

      I see that you're new here. Welcome!

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    8. Re:Lies! by Simon+Garlick · · Score: 5, Funny

      Today when people ask me if subscribing to Slashdot is worth it, I will direct them to this story.

    9. Re:Lies! by slowbad · · Score: 1
      This is totally untrue.

      If you can handle the truth ... the 1980s Superman was too small for theatres.
      They were to have a hologram image come through the screen into the audience,
      but at 60" the image was too puny for Hollywood. No guessing, no rumor, just fact.

    10. Re:Lies! by tduff · · Score: 1

      You realize that there is no chance that I am going to click a link debunking a myth that someones penis is too large.

    11. Re:Lies! by nwbvt · · Score: 1

      Add to that the text of the summary is plagiarized from the article he linked to. I don't think hiding a hyperlink in your text is legally sufficient for a citation. Luckily since the entire story was made up, I don't think we have to worry about /. getting sued.

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    12. Re:Lies! by nwbvt · · Score: 4, Funny

      You've got to admit it though, that was a great move by Brandon Routh in starting this rumor.

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    13. Re:Lies! by doxology · · Score: 1

      Mod this one up to 11.

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    14. Re:Lies! by JourneyExpertApe · · Score: 1

      I heard this on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" on NPR yesterday morning. Apparently it's a pretty widely reported lie.

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    15. Re:Lies! by Temsi · · Score: 1

      Based on the crap that gets posted these days, it makes me wonder how bad my rejected posts must have been... yikes.

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    16. Re:Lies! by humina · · Score: 1

      This does make great marketing since you just spent time lokoing stuff up about a rumor for a movie. Better than a 30 second TV ad. Gotta hand it to the marketers on this one. Sex sells.

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    17. Re:Lies! by Xcruciate · · Score: 1

      I did not! You think I read TFA? No, I just read the summary and the comments to get the real truth of the matter!

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  3. obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one, welcome our well endowed, super hero overlord

    1. Re:obligatory by pHatidic · · Score: 5, Funny

      Thank god for someone around here with a tolerant attitude. I'm sick of the fact that Slashdot continuously discriminates against those of us with monstrously large packages. First it was Colin Farrel in Alexander, now this.

    2. Re:obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I agree. My dick's so big, I could wear it as a tie if I wasn't so afraid of getting a hard-on and killing myself.

    3. Re:obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I for one, welcome our well endowed, super hero overlord.
      Funny how people are all over astroturfing when a computer company does it, but when Hollywood executives, the reigning kings of PR, start doing it everyone just gives them what they want and walks along their merry way.

    4. Re:obligatory by Telecommando · · Score: 4, Funny

      Perhaps it's time for a more realistic superhero:

      http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df200311/df2003 1114.jpg

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    5. Re:obligatory by Acts+of+Attrition · · Score: 4, Funny
      Gee, wonder where this rumor originated from...

      BRANDON ROUTH: Playing Superman isn't getting me enough action, we need something more...
      AGENT: Let's start a rumor that your penis is huge.
      ROUTH: Works for me!

    6. Re:obligatory by EntropyEngine · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

      No! It's a super-human doing a pole volt over a building using his love truncheon...

    7. Re:obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird!...

    8. Re:obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think we should digitally "de-breast" all women shown on TV. I am gay and big breasts offend me. All women should be as flat as sheetrock. Digital flatenning should be mandated by the MPAA.

    9. Re:obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      you, Sir, are a prostitute.

      El Fuego

    10. Re:obligatory by larry+bagina · · Score: 1

      I wouldn't go that far, but I think http://cowboyneal.org/Pater.jpg">Cowboy Neal needs breast reduction surgery ASAP!

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    11. Re:obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not just well endowed, but _extremely well endowed!

    12. Re:obligatory by ClamIAm · · Score: 1

      I'm afraid to click.

    13. Re:obligatory by ksheff · · Score: 1

      IIRC, that was done with Lindsey Lohan for the latest Herbie the Love Bug movie.

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  4. Umm... by bhtooefr · · Score: 5, Funny

    First, who really cares?

    Second, this is old news. I heard this on the radio a week or two ago.

    Third, as someone else said, you wanna bet tons of chicks are going to see the movie just to get a look at this guy's wang?

    1. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      why would girls care about his dick if he ends up coming faster than a speeding bullet anyway?

    2. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > you wanna bet tons of chicks are going to see the movie just to get a look at this guy's wang?

      C'mon grow up already. Who cares about a guy with a big package - nobody is gonna see the movie just because of this hype. Now if Lois Lane had huge gazongas, well that is a different story.

    3. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, plus, don't forget Clerks!

    4. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      fourth, I recall reading this on slashdot before... maybe it was a while ago, man, can't remember but i was sure it was on slashdot ;)

    5. Re:Umm... by tijnbraun · · Score: 1
      Third, as someone else said, you wanna bet tons of chicks are going to see the movie just to get a look at this guy's wang?
      Yes, and then the tons of chicks will go see Harry Potter
    6. Re:Umm... by Dephex+Twin · · Score: 4, Funny

      The only way he could bang regular chicks is with a kryptonite condom. But that would kill him.

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    7. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Don't you mean Mallrats?

    8. Re:Umm... by lucky130 · · Score: 1

      "She made some crack about me being faster than a speeding bullet so I ripped her in half like a phonebook." - Superman in Hell

    9. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Chicks watching Potter :D... That's about as likely to happen as nerds reading Slashdot...

      Update from Mr. Adams: Apparently a big improbability field has drifted in from space. But Don't Panic, it's Mostly Harmless.

    10. Re:Umm... by hwoolery · · Score: 0

      Superman eyes Wonder Woman sunbathing nude on top of a building, flys down for a quickie like a speeding bullet.

      Wonder Woman: Did you feel that?!?
      Invisible Man: No, but my ass is sure sore.

    11. Re:Umm... by emptycorp · · Score: 1

      Second, this is old news. I heard this on the radio a week or two ago.

      That's funny considering not only did you say only a week, but that you would even say that at all. Don't you know about the slashdot lag time? People don't submit stories and have them show up 2 seconds later. The editors have to go through all submissions, these things take time.
      And here I thought I was a newbie with my 900,000+ user id...

      In other news, why is this story slashdot news? Geeks/nerds don't care about hollywood covering up unexposed male genitalia. I mean, where's the links to programs to learn such tricks of changing the size of things...?

    12. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Second, this is old news

      You must be new here.

    13. Re:Umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      And only someone like Wonder Woman has a strong enough uterus to carry his kid.

    14. Re:Umm... by ozmanjusri · · Score: 1

      One of my early creative writing assignments. I have no idea how I managed to complete that degree.

      Sonnet Strip

      They may be superheroes,
      but their sex lives are a mess.
      So Batman buggers Robin
      and Green Lantern his fist.
      As the Phantom mounts Hero,
      he mutters to himself
      what the devil's into Diana
      but she's not sure herself.
      Superman at first seems relatively normal,
      but his premature emmission blows Lois to bits.


      When it's all over
      Boy Wonders if he can stand,
      while Greenie's main problem is warts on his hand.
      The Phantom's no stud, so Hero is ok,
      but Devil and Di are nowhere to be found
      and Lois, of course,
      is sprayed all over the ground.

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  5. Diet? by Mike+Peel · · Score: 5, Funny

    They could have just got him to lose a bit of weight before they did the filming...

    Oh, wait, that bulge.

    1. Re:Diet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, I thought they were talking about his belly too. Anyway, they could easily solve the problem by filming in Alaska.

  6. erection! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    he's living the dream.

  7. Hence the name... by toupsie · · Score: 2, Funny

    They don't call him Superman for nothing...

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    1. Re:Hence the name... by thesnarky1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Faster than a speeding bullet?

  8. False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by loggia · · Score: 5, Informative
    1. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by Fnkmaster · · Score: 5, Informative

      Just look for yourself. I'm sure he's well endowed, but there's nothing distractingly large about that bulge - you know, nothing John Holmes-style. Superman is still supposed to have the normal masculine anatomy, as far as I know, so having no bulge would be much weirder.

    2. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by Tim+C · · Score: 4, Funny

      Slashdot. News for nerds. Stuff that's provably false.

    3. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Funny, sounds like a variation of the Lohan's breasts digitally reduced rumour/story. The story about Shatner's butt being airbrushed to look less wide in Star Trek VI is true though.

    4. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by Deep+Fried+Geekboy · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It wasn't debunked, it was denied. There's a difference you know. Unless you're a fan of the White House.

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    5. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by fm6 · · Score: 1

      Spoil sport!

    6. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by monktus · · Score: 1

      Bit more wang going on in this one though. Even so, it's not all that in your face.

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    7. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by rakerman · · Score: 1

      "Speaking with the costume designers earlier this year, they told us that whilst the bulge indeed was the most complicated issue in terms of the costuming, they worked out a practical solution involving a codpiece and special padding which ultimately negates the issue."

      They used a codpiece and padding to reduce the bulge?
      What are these, Bizarro World costume designers?

    8. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by rijrunner · · Score: 4, Funny

      eh? You just *think* that that is his right leg...

    9. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      NOT BIG ENOUGH!! :-) I'm a homo you insensitive clod!

    10. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by Short+Circuit · · Score: 1

      If you make the shape less pronounced, it could look more like part of the waist than like genetelia.

    11. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by Short+Circuit · · Score: 1

      Geez. How does a guy take a bathroom break in that outfit?

    12. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by Mateito · · Score: 1

      Same thing happened in the promotional photo for "Gigli" - A few inches were digitally carved off J-Lo's butt and reinserted on her breasts. Whether this affected the box office takings is debateable.

    13. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by bakes · · Score: 1

      The word 'provably' is not one I see often, so at first I thought you had mis-spelled 'probably'.

      No matter. They both work.

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    14. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by Maniacal · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can't believe I just knowingly followed a link with the intent of looking at a mans bulge. WTF is wrong with me?

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    15. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by JonathanR · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'd sure like to help with the digital breast reduction. I'd be happy to donate all ten digits.

    16. Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday. by gfreeman · · Score: 1

      eh? You just *think* that that is his right leg...

      Proof that Superman is left handed?

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  9. But on the other hand... by gentlewizard · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...he's faster than a speeding bullet. Everybody has issues. :-)

    1. Re:But on the other hand... by The+Hobo · · Score: 1

      Peter: Hey, what are you doing here?
      Superman: I killed a hooker. She made a crack about me being faster than a speeding bullet so I ripped her in half like a phonebook.

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    2. Re:But on the other hand... by Lisandro · · Score: 4, Funny

      T.S. Quint: But they're engaged.
      Brodie: Doesn't matter, can't happen.
      T.S. Quint: Why not? It's bound to come up.
      Brodie: It's impossible, Lois could never have Superman's baby. Do you think her fallopian tubes could handle the sperm? I guarantee you he blows a load like a shotgun right through her back. What about her womb? Do you think it's strong enough to carry her child?
      T.S. Quint: Sure, why not?
      Brodie: He's an alien, for Christ sake. His Kyrptonian biological makeup is enhanced by earth's yellow sun. If Lois gets a tan the kid could kick right through her stomach. Only someone like Wonder Woman has a strong enough uterus to carry his kid. The only way he could bang regular chicks is with a kryptonite condom. That would kill him!

    3. Re:But on the other hand... by scotch · · Score: 3, Insightful

      With apologies to Larry Niven.

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    4. Re:But on the other hand... by julesh · · Score: 2, Informative

      Not sure where you're quoting from, but Larry Niven does the same idea much better here.

    5. Re:But on the other hand... by Lisandro · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Mallrats. I knew Larry Niven discussed the same earlier, but i found Kevin Smiths' dialog funnier and more "to the point" :)

    6. Re:But on the other hand... by Daniel_Staal · · Score: 2, Informative

      I'll agree with all the rest, but there is an automatic solution to the 'super-fetus' part of the problem: The kid needs yellow sunlight, in fairly large amounts, to power up the first time. He's not going to get that inside a woman's uterus. Even if she decided to go nudist in the Sahara, the human body is not transparent to visible wavelengths. As it is a yellow sun needed for the superpowers, we can assume the relevant wavelengths are probably in the high visible range. (Blue, violet, maybe even ultraviolet.)

      The kid wouldn't be any stronger than any other baby, until it was born. I just pity their babysitter...

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    7. Re:But on the other hand... by aesiamun · · Score: 1

      He's quoting "Mallrats"...a kevin Smith film.

    8. Re:But on the other hand... by Kierthos · · Score: 1

      Actually, under the current DC chronology (post-Crisis, post-Zero Hour, pre-Infinite Crisis), Superman did not start gaining his super abilities until his adolescent years, and most of his powers started out much weaker then they are depicted now. Basically, as he grew up, he got stronger, tougher, etc.

      So, a human-Kryptonian hybrid would likely follow the same pattern, not developing any super-powers until adolescence at best. (Of course, it all depends on who writes it.)

      Kierthos

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    9. Re:But on the other hand... by joako · · Score: 0

      "His Kyrptonian biological makeup is enhanced by earth's yellow sun."

      Odd, considering that our sun is white.

    10. Re:But on the other hand... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There's absolutely no way that humans and aliens from another planet could produce offspring without modifications to the germ lines. It would make more sense for you to expect to be able to procreate with a goldfish.

    11. Re:But on the other hand... by DavidTC · · Score: 1

      You need to go outside and look closely at it. It's clearly yellow.

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    12. Re:But on the other hand... by vsprintf · · Score: 1

      Odd, considering that our sun is white.

      It is a G2V, or yellow dwarf.

    13. Re:But on the other hand... by scotch · · Score: 1

      be sure to stare at it for three or four minutes. Initially, it may appear yellow, but as you stare at it you'll notice that it is really red. hth.

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    14. Re:But on the other hand... by scotch · · Score: 1

      Also, this only works during the day. At night, the sun is of course black.

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    15. Re:But on the other hand... by DavidTC · · Score: 1
      Don't be absurd. It's only black because there's no light.

      If you look carefully during a full moon, the sun is more grayish.

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    16. Re:But on the other hand... by Kierthos · · Score: 1

      You do realize that I was talking about comic books, which are littered with hybrids of various aliens and humans?

      Of course, you did. You were merely being snotty while hiding behind the cowardly, impotent, flatulent shell of an AC.

      Kierthos

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  10. I'd just by cpt_rhetoric · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd just write it into the story line. The bulge is a effect of pink kryptonite.

    1. Re:I'd just by tuxette · · Score: 4, Funny

      Is that kryptonite in your pocket or...uh...never mind...

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    2. Re:I'd just by cowboy76Spain · · Score: 1

      but it wasn't blue kryptonite?? :-)

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    3. Re:I'd just by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wouldn't kryptonite in Superman's pocket sterilize him?

    4. Re:I'd just by tuxette · · Score: 1

      Probably. But then again, it might be a good thing. Imagine all the child support a superhero would have to pay...

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    5. Re:I'd just by acramon1 · · Score: 1

      No, but Jimmy Olson's got a pocket full.

  11. Funny How by Spytap · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Funny How a rumor becomes fact just through repeating it everywhere...

    1. Re:Funny How by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Joseph Goebbel said something like:

      "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."

      Kudos to the nazis for teaching our politicians how to do their job.

    2. Re:Funny How by Audacious · · Score: 5, Interesting

      It's called a Self Fullfilling Phrophecy. If you get enough people to believe what you are saying - then it becomes reality for everyone and everyone believes it. Like everyone saying that IBM PCs are better than Macintoshes. Pretty soon (if your advertising budget is large enough) you have everyone using IBM PCs and thinking Macs are crap whether or not it really is true.

      There are a lot of cases where this happenes. The war in Iraq for example. "We have to attack Iraq because they have Weapons of Mass Destruction!" Never found any, costing us Billions each year - but the government got what it wanted - a war. Sadly, it has cost us quite a bit (both in money as well as in people [both us and them mind you]) and is going to continue to cost us a lot for years to come.

      Back to the packaged deal. Two things:

      1. My wife's brother and his bride to be were given a party to celebrate their pending union. I had know him for a few years. He was a jogger who was skinny as a rail. Well, before the party he had gone jogging and when he came back he was soaked (due to the humidity though and not because he had been jogging). I never realized just how endowed he was until then. It became the talk of the party in whispers since he didn't go directly and change clothes. Finally his dad and myself went over and whispered to him that he might want to change his clothes. When he asked why we were polite but firm in telling him about the situation. He quickly retreated inside and came out in clothes that didn't show anything off. Much to the relief of the ladies who were present. (And his bride to be that was very embarrassed on his part.)

      2. Movie studios try whatever they can to raise awareness of their movies and to get people to go to them. Movies that they think will strike it big with audiences they just hype the movie itself. But movies that they think they are not going to make much money on at all they usually try to get things rolling by bringing up some controversial item. (As in the actor's package.) The more hype that surrounds a movie - the worse the movie usually is. The more they stick to just showing you small parts of the film - the better the movie usually is. This is not always true though. It is just a general rule of thumb because as with everything - there are always exceptions to the rule.

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    3. Re:Funny How by CaptainFork · · Score: 0, Insightful
      There are a lot of cases where this happenes. The war in Iraq for example. "We have to attack Iraq because they have Weapons of Mass Destruction!" Never found any, costing us Billions each year

      Right now, everyone is saying there weren't weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and everyone takes this as 100% true. But ask yourself this - how could anyone in the western world possibly know either way? Sure, the evidence may have been shown faulty, but that doesn't mean these things didn't exist. The reality is uncertainty; it's groupthink that makes people feel certain.

    4. Re:Funny How by mattwarden · · Score: 4, Funny

      By the way, we went to Iraq to liberate its citizens, piracy hurts the artists and stagehands more than the movie execs, those who need privacy have something to hide, rise in global temperature since the Industrial Revolution is just coincidence, and I'm really really good in bed.

    5. Re:Funny How by alicenextdoor · · Score: 1

      I don't know...I'm not going to believe it until I see the article in Wikipedia...

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    6. Re:Funny How by k2r · · Score: 1, Insightful

      >Right now, everyone is saying there weren't weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,

      Not RIGHT NOW but WAY BEFORE the US decided to bomb a totalitarian country and it's inhabitants back into stoneage NEARLY EVERYBODY EXEPT THE US/UK AND FOX NEWS said that it wasn't at least likely that the Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that it was a very stupid and illegal idea to fight a war with the Iraq.

      Yes, they had an evil dictator over there, who was supported by the US (and Europe) for years, but yes, they had electricity and water and hospitals and christian churches and whatever, too.
      But not Al-Quaeda (it was a saecular country, Hussein made publically fun at Bin Laden) nor WMD.

      The evidence the US-Government made up to support it's war was never accepted internationally.

      And now it's like "oops, sorry, we didn't know, SOMEBODY GAVE US WRONG INFORMATION."

      You (your government) fucked it up completely, the region is fundamentally destabilized now and there is absolutely no way to fix it. Every other fascist regime now feels as if it had the right to own nuclear weapons, because that seems to be the only way to be safe from the US.
      And you will not be able to get out of the iraq for a loooooong time and a few more hundreds of young men who joined the forces to keep their country safe will lose their life downthere.
      For less than nothing except from profit for a few companies with close ties to the US government..

      And yes, as a friend from Minnesota said: "Don't blame me, I voted with the majority!" :-)

      k2r

    7. Re:Funny How by Spackler · · Score: 1

      Like everyone saying that IBM PCs are better than Macintoshes. Pretty soon (if your advertising budget is large enough) you have everyone using IBM PCs and thinking Macs are crap whether or not it really is true

      OMG! Dude, you do know that this was settled 15 years ago, don't you? Your whining about it was cute for a few years, but it is starting to get a little pathetic. Get over it.

      Back to the packaged deal.

      Did you ever wonder why you never saw the Slashdot movie starring Spackler?

      My bulge made Commander Taco uncomfortable, and he pulled the ... project.

    8. Re:Funny How by cffrost · · Score: 1


      Well no shit, it's the Bush administration's business model.

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      "Arguments from authority are worthless." —Carl Sagan
    9. Re:Funny How by stonecypher · · Score: 1

      Make sure to do a lot of typing IN ALL CAPS. That way when you're caught with the SAME OLD TIRED RANT and a position of sanctimony as if YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH OPPOSING THE US and as if you think AMERICANS DON'T KNOW WHAT BUSH DID UNTIL YOU TOLD US, nobody will think you're a PATHETIC WHINER DESPERATE TO SEEM CORRECT who's engineering his self esteem by spending FIVE YEARS BITCHING ABOUT A POLITICIAN'S ERROR.

      An error, mind you, which not only isn't in fact all that bad - civilians are largely unaffected, and the kventching you're doing about utilities is just silly; besides, they just held free elections for the first time in 40 years, and that's worth a hell of a lot - but which would be being cheered globally if it hadn't been done under false pretenses.

      Please keep this tired, tantrum-oriented condescention in the political threads where it belongs. Everybody's sick of Bush on both sides of the ocean. But, here's a hint: we're sick of you whiny anti-bush zealots, too. When you get bitched out for whining politics on Slashdot by a guy who runs an anti-bush store, it's time to fucking shut up.

      Oh, and put a rock under your caps lock key. You look like a twelve year old.

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    10. Re:Funny How by Deadstick · · Score: 1

      Yeah, yeah, and I'll bet you were just helping that poor little sheep over the fence too...

      rj

    11. Re:Funny How by k2r · · Score: 1

      Funny, how strong criticism of the US foreign policy always makes you a
      > PATHETIC WHINER DESPERATE TO SEEM CORRECT

      and killing thousands and destabilizing a whole region of the planet is just
      > A POLITICIAN'S ERROR.

      Besides that, I've already been at this part of the planet - before the war. Have you? Some friends even have relatives down there, do yours?

      > but which would be being cheered globally if it hadn't been done under false pretenses.
      "false pretenses" and "A POLITICIAN'S ERROR", your the head of the ministry of understatement?

      Do you really believe that you installed democracy there? In a country that tortures it's people now as it did it under Hussein? D'Oh, I forgot, that's just special interrogation technics, it's the American Way (tm).

      You've lost all credibility and your reaction usually is "We don't care, the force is strong in us, shut up!".

      However, the Americans I know usually are different, but they are over here in Europe then.
      (where our governments are kicking our constitutions to pieces. But that's another sad story.)

      Most people I know have been really shocked when the planes hit your WTC and we really felt for you and wondered what could be done.
      Now that your country acted like an idiot and lied to us for the last couple of years, you just can't imagine how much of the standing you had especially with the younger people is lost.

      k2r

    12. Re:Funny How by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh this is just pathetic. I come here expecting a reasonable, adult discussion of monsterous cock and you guys turn it into a Mac vs. PC/Iraq war flamefest. Thanks a lot...

    13. Re:Funny How by EulerX07 · · Score: 2

      Like everyone saying that IBM PCs are better than Macintoshes. Pretty soon (if your advertising budget is large enough) you have everyone using IBM PCs and thinking Macs are crap whether or not it really is true.

      Here's a better example : Because Macs cost more, they must be better, right?

      By the looks of those photoshop benchmarks, you must be right!

    14. Re:Funny How by ClamIAm · · Score: 1

      But this wasn't even the first reason. Mr. Bush said Mr. Hussein was financing terrorists. It was also said they had the technology to launch a nuke that could reach the US. Complete BS.

    15. Re:Funny How by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "It's called a Self Fullfilling Phrophecy"

      Ummm...no.

      From Wikipedia: A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that, in being made, actually causes itself to become true.

      You're probably thinking The "Big Lie" (also from Wikipedia): ... technique where in they had the mendacity to "lie big" and "stick to it".

    16. Re:Funny How by Audacious · · Score: 1

      Yeah! That too! :-P Wish I had points to award. :-/ I'd mark your response up. :-)

      --
      Someone put a black hole in my pocket and now I'm broke. :-)
    17. Re:Funny How by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Like everyone saying that IBM PCs are better than Macintoshes. Pretty soon [...] you have everyone using IBM PCs and thinking Macs are crap whether or not it really is true.

      Well, of course. But everyone knows IBM PCs really are better.

    18. Re:Funny How by Epi-man · · Score: 1

      Not RIGHT NOW but WAY BEFORE the US decided to bomb a totalitarian country and it's inhabitants back into stoneage NEARLY EVERYBODY EXEPT THE US/UK AND FOX NEWS said that it wasn't at least likely that the Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that it was a very stupid and illegal idea to fight a war with the Iraq.

      Alright, I am trying to deconstruct this sentence, and I believe you are trying to say that nearly everyone except the US/UK said Iraq didn't have WMDs. I have been saying this for years, and still haven't had anyone give me a good answer, but who? When? Do you have references? I'm not trying to "following talking points" or whatever, I seriously want to know who and when, because I sure didn't hear it back then and want to know if it was the US media not talking about it, or because it wasn't being said (which to be honest, I now believe given the lack of an answer).

    19. Re:Funny How by edflyerssn007 · · Score: 0

      And then IBM made the processors for the MACS, and IBM pc's now refer to the clones with processors by AMD and INTEL, but now INTEL is going to be making the processors for Apple's computer. So the whole who's better war is pointless as it is obvious that everyone is using everyone else's stuff.

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    20. Re:Funny How by Audacious · · Score: 1

      Ummmmmmmmm....yes.

      The prophecy is that the movie studios will do some kind of digital magic to reduce/remove any bulges that might show.

      The falsehood is that he is extremely well endowed and viewers would be insulted/horrified/whatever from seeing him in tights on a gigantic screen.

      The truth is that he doesn't look any more well endowed than many other men so unless you draw attention to that particular area no one would have even bothered with it in the first place.

      The prophecy won't come true unless the falsehood (in this case) is made into truth. Which is part of the nature of a self-fulfilling prophecy as you pointed out.

      As for the "Big Lie", I would take it that the "Big Lie" is a corollary to the self-fulfilling propecy (or maybe the other way around though I think the SFP is broader in its scope than the BL). That being that if you lie big enough you can change reality to fit your outlook whereas an SFP only requires a general concensus (which doesn't necessarily require you to lie about something).

      Example: IBM PCs are better than Macintoshes. This has proven true in that IBM PCs are, in a general sense, better because they cost less (most manufacturers produce IBM PC compatible computers) to build, cost the consumers less, there is a broader group of products to choose from, and so on. But it wasn't so in the 1980s when this flame war began. In the 1980s Macs were better and (in some cases) cost less. But times have changed and what the IBM PCs couldn't do in the 1980s they now can do in the 2000s. So a lot has changed in twenty years and the SFP made in the 1980s about IBM PCs has come to pass.

      Now! Before you go off about Macs and such - this is just an example. Are Macintoshes built better? Maybe. Is the OS better? At one time I would have said yes - now I have to say maybe. (After all, there have been several articles concerning the Mac's current OS and its past OSs and there have been problems in both just like there are problems with Windows and Linux and BeOS and [whatever]OS.) To me, it is a question now of whether to shell out a few thousand dollars for a Mac or whether to shell out a few hundred dollars for a PC. Since I am piss poor at the moment - my decision is to buy PCs. When I had money - I bought Macs. I can and do use both. In fact, I now have a system built with Windows, Linux, and Mac all three running at the same time (via Cygwin and BasiliskII). (And yes, I own several Macs of various lineage as well as several IBM PCs of various ages and they are all networked together. So I know my computers. :-) )

      To bring this back to the topic at hand though, statistics form a large part of SFPs. For instance, you gather a large number of statistics on a horse and go to the track. Your predicition is that the horse who has won every other race it has been at is the one you are going to bet on. Even though the horse has never lost a race you are still trying to create a SFP because no one knows what the actual outcome will be. There are literally thousands of things that could go wrong yet your belief is that that one horse will finish first. If it does, then your SFP has come true. If it does not - then your SFP was false.

      Weathermen are SFPs on a daily basis. If they say it is going to rain the next day and it does - everyone is happy (more or less) because their weatherman accurately prophesied what would happen. If he is wrong - he might get fired and another weatherperson will replace him. The weathermen work very hard to figure out what it is going to be like days in advance. Businessmen who give presentations to audiences of stockholders are prophesizing what the next year will be like. They then work towards those goals. They too are SFPs. Why do you think it is called making mojo sometimes? Or maybe the quip that "They are working their magic?" These all relate to SFPs because they are working to try to make their predictions come true.

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    21. Re:Funny How by Audacious · · Score: 1

      Ok! Here is a question to go with:

      In the future, if personal force fields are the norm (aka StarTrek) - then why does anyone wear clothing? Think about it. All of those little green men/women don't wear clothing - no other creature on this planet wears clothing, and most other other-worldly creatures (that are not human looking) depicted in sci-fi films never wear clothing. Only humans wear clothing.

      So - in the future (like if Superman appeared about the same time StarTrek would begin time-wise) would people still wear clothing? Would there even be a need to wear clothing if we are able to control the environment about us?

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    22. Re:Funny How by cfuse · · Score: 1
      Funny How a rumor becomes fact just through repeating it everywhere...

      My penis is the size of Spain,

      My penis is the size of Spain,

      My penis is the size of Spain,

      My penis is the size of Spain,

      My penis is the size of Spain,

      My penis is the size of Spain,

      My penis is the size of Spain,

      My penis is the size of Spain,

      Well, that didn't work ...

  12. Slashdot by ucblockhead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Falling for viral marketting.

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    The cake is a pie
    1. Re:Slashdot by east+coast · · Score: 1

      Falling for viral marketting.

      Indeed. Isn't it great that we have all the kiddies running around screaming that Americans are prudes when it seems to be that this story isn't even true? I guess people don't see cheap (and fake!) publicity when they see it. I guess any chance to take a cheap shot at Hollywood/Americans/corporations/etc is a good enough of a reason to get it posted on slashdot.

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  13. Brandon Routh must be loving this by blaberski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even if the movie tanks, he will be remembered as the man that was so well endowed that they had to shink him digitally.

    1. Re:Brandon Routh must be loving this by jd_esguerra · · Score: 1
      Even if the movie tanks, he will be remembered as the man that was so well endowed that they had to shink him digitally.

      Or, if you are an analog person, and recognize "digitally" as something that is done with the fingers... eew.

  14. MPIAA request by Markintosh · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was an MPIAA request, cuz they didn't want any competition in the "being a big dick" department.

  15. Alas... by kikta · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Sun's source said: "It's a major issue for the studio. Brandon is extremely well-endowed and they don't want it up on the big screen.


    I know his pain -- I also suffer from this disorder.

    (Can't parents just explain it away by saying that Superman is All Kinds of Super?)
    1. Re:Alas... by slashname3 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just tell him to put a book in front of it. That worked in high school.

  16. I feel so sorry for him by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have the same problem.

  17. wrong caster by mixenmaxen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they shouldn't have hired Ron Jeremy to cast Superman

  18. I, for one by Leffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, will be waiting for the bulging uncensored version!

    1. Re:I, for one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      yeah, the uncut release...

    2. Re:I, for one by bennomatic · · Score: 1
      who says he isn't circumsized?

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    3. Re:I, for one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You are the guy at ad agencies who says, "Okay, we've shown the guys covered in black smudges, coughing soot, and carrying wire brushes on long poles. I don't know. I think someone should say the words 'chimney sweep' so even the idiots will get the joke."

      Or worse, you actually think are being funny.

    4. Re:I, for one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Just so long as it's not the extended edition.

  19. Obligatory Niven Link by __aagctu1952 · · Score: 5, Informative
    1. Re:Obligatory Niven Link by Gonzo73 · · Score: 1

      That was one of the oddest articles I think I've read on here. All I can say is that a lot of thought went into creating that.

  20. You be the judge by DrLudicrous · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is a link to a pic.

    1. Re:You be the judge by Matey-O · · Score: 1

      Heck with the bulge, check out the size of his FEET!

      (heh, and you know what they say about the size of a guys feet....what?)

      --
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    2. Re:You be the judge by alonsoac · · Score: 2, Funny

      a moment ago I was happilly coding and now I am downloading pics of male actors to check out their bulges? something went horribly wrong with the news today.

    3. Re:You be the judge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      How about this one?

    4. Re:You be the judge by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 1
      Heck with the bulge, check out the size of his FEET!

      Why would Superman even need shoes? Is he afraid of getting a nail in his foot? Broken glass? A sandspur? He can stop a speeding bullet with his chest, but he needs orthopedic shoes? Am I asking too many questions?

      --

      They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
    5. Re:You be the judge by blair1q · · Score: 1

      Collective sigh...

      George Reeves remains the manliest Superman ever.

      Does Hollywood not care that "Superman" is supposed to be "super", i.e., more-than, a "man"?

      You don't androgynize Superman. You don't play the surprise card when it comes to his power. You put out there a man who looks like a man and represents exactly what he is: the strongest, fastest, least-vulnerable humanoid on the planet.

      If I wanted irony in my superhero, I'd make a movie about Underdog, or Yoda.

      This is just a waste of the symbolism to turn a profit on the name-recognition factor.

    6. Re:You be the judge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nice package! Looks like there's some heft to it. Mmm...

    7. Re:You be the judge by jd_esguerra · · Score: 1

      Maybe he hides his hair-brush or a comb in there. Is having perfectly parted hair one of his super-powers? I always figured the pomade just held it in place while he was airborne.

    8. Re:You be the judge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah!! Talk about having an anaconda in one's pants!

    9. Re:You be the judge by EmoryBrighton · · Score: 1
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    10. Re:You be the judge by ultranova · · Score: 1

      Here is a link to a pic.

      Never mind the bulge, I want some of the hair gel that keeps hair neat and ordered at supersonic windblast ! I'll let all of you wonder why :).

      --

      Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.

  21. read more carefully by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    they didn't say that they were giong to digital touch it up, they just said that the executives in hollywood ordered them to do it that way. But, they were able to find a different way from what you are saying. there both correct.

  22. Get a life, Taco by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apparently, Slashdot is a site run by tittering adolescent faggots.

    1. Re:Get a life, Taco by larien · · Score: 1

      You've only just realised? ;)

    2. Re:Get a life, Taco by RollTRS · · Score: 1

      Nobody gives a fuck about Superman's wang.

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  23. Yes...but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    1. Re:Yes...but... by Baddas · · Score: 1

      Damn you, now the Katamari Damacy theme song is going through my head :P There's a reason I sold my PS2!

  24. They had originally cast Ned Flanders by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    But the effects budget would have been blown removing his massive package.

    Star Wipe and out.

  25. What's wrong? by 4D6963 · · Score: 0

    What's wrong with that, after all, he's a superhero! Can you imagine a superhero with a little mushroom and small peanuts? It's only normal for a superhero to be built at least like Rocco

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  26. Pixellation. by JustNiz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For the entire movie they should cover his crotch with pixellation effects as used in "the Sims" game when the CG characters take a shower or use the toilet.

    It would serve to please the radically prudish, entertain anyone otherwise bored with the movie, and also demonstrate how blatantly ridiculous the US sense of morality has become.

    1. Re: Pixellation. by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny

      > and also demonstrate how blatantly ridiculous the US sense of morality has become.

      Surely no more ridiculous than a man running around in blue tights and a red cape.

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    2. Re:Pixellation. by thesnarky1 · · Score: 1

      I don't think its fair to blame the desired morality of a select few, MPAA and Jack Thompson to name just two, on the country. Many of us Americans would have no problem seeing a little bulge, heck I've got a little one myself (little indeed...).

      But I completely agree with the rest of your comment. Imagine if you would, a drama, but where every male's nipples were pixilated. It'd be hysterical. Or perhaps whenever they cursed the mouth was pixilated, and a really bad dub was put in. I kind of want to see this movie now....

    3. Re:Pixellation. by Therlin · · Score: 1

      Pixelated man nipples: The Joe Schmo Show, Season 1. (A hilarious show by the way)

    4. Re:Pixellation. by AndroidCat · · Score: 1

      Someone (named Jack) will probably complain that the movie can be hacked to remove the pixellation.

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    5. Re:Pixellation. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      If this rumor were true (it's not), a largish dick was never a moral issue but a distraction to the movie. One would no more want Superman to have an unexplained scar on his face.

      With reference to your view that we are prudish, such protest is exclusively aimed at public acts of lewdness and gay pride issues. Your comic books are safe from moral criticism.

    6. Re:Pixellation. by elpapacito · · Score: 1

      how blatantly ridiculous the US sense of morality has become

      I don't remember it being any serious anytime ? I mean come on, freedom freedom freedom so as long as it is MY freedom. Yeah right.

    7. Re:Pixellation. by tater86 · · Score: 1
      That's pretty much what they did in the movie Storytelling

      The director refused to take out a sex scene, so he just put a big red square over the actors.

    8. Re: Pixellation. by Colin+Cordner · · Score: 1

      > and also demonstrate how blatantly ridiculous the US sense of morality has become.

      >>Surely no more ridiculous than a man running around in blue tights and a red cape.

      Yes, well, if you were a super-powered individual - who's sheer power made it impossible to fool-around with the local women, or even practice the loving ways of Onan without blowing passing 747s out of the air - you might just develop some odd fetishes yourself.

    9. Re:Pixellation. by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 1

      So... any tips for removing pixelation in other, er, foreign films?

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    10. Re:Pixellation. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What does this have to do with morality? Would you be complaining if he had a huge wart on his nose they had to edit out? If it detracts from the story, it should go. Or is Superman just not Superman to you unless he's hung like a horse? I'm not sure I want to know what kind of comics you read as a kid...

  27. No big deal by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Funny

    For Spiderman they had to edit out two towers.

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  28. WORST-JOB-EVER by ncin_az · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only one who feels really sorry for the guy spending the whole editing process digitally reducing supermans bulge? Not something I'd want on my resume... Ncin

    1. Re: WORST-JOB-EVER by Black+Parrot · · Score: 1

      > Am I the only one who feels really sorry for the guy spending the whole editing process digitally reducing supermans bulge?

      If he has inadequacy concerns he will probably enjoy it.

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    2. Re:WORST-JOB-EVER by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 1

      No, this is the worst job ever.

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    3. Re:WORST-JOB-EVER by AndroidCat · · Score: 1

      Digital Defluffer doesn't sound too bad.

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    4. Re:WORST-JOB-EVER by MagicDude · · Score: 1

      As someone who has a number of unemployed computer animation and computer graphics majors, I can tell you that the job of toning down Superman's crotch would definately be a welcome job in the tight job market. First it's a job, and money is always nice. Second, it's in a big budget movie, which means that you'll have an answer to the question that future employers will ask "What projects have you done?" To be able to say that you were Superman's crotch shrinker would likely be a fairly nice project for a 20-something artist trying to establish himself in the industry.

    5. Re:WORST-JOB-EVER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      haha! photoCHOP superman!

  29. Nothin on Reed Richards... by thesandtiger · · Score: 1

    Why else do you think they call him Mr. Fantastic?

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    1. Re:Nothin on Reed Richards... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      After all, he's the man that can get as long as he want...

  30. Da Hood! by simpleguy · · Score: 0, Troll

    What would they do if Superman was a black brother from da Hood?

  31. This is a watershed moment by heinousjay · · Score: 1

    So the size of a man's wombstirrer is news for nerds? Or is it stuff that matters? I can't figure this one out. Will someone with a deep-seated (HA) interest in Mr. Routh's babyleg explain it to me?

    On a semi-related note, I guess this means we'll start posting lots of hollywood news, so I for one will regularly submit pictures of surgically enhanced celebrititties.

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    1. Re:This is a watershed moment by outsider007 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I love superman and I really want to see this movie but I'm afraid it might make me gay.

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    2. Re:This is a watershed moment by heinousjay · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh, it will, little Timmy. It will. You'll start out harmlessly craving men with tremendous bulges, but over time, it'll all turn into communism. Run, little Timmy, run!

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    3. Re:This is a watershed moment by torokun · · Score: 1

      Well, if it makes you happy, what's wrong with that??

    4. Re:This is a watershed moment by blork101 · · Score: 1
    5. Re:This is a watershed moment by Valdrax · · Score: 1

      You should go see Brokeback Mountain instead. It's a cowboy movie, so there's none of this muscled men running around in tights nonsense. Just some tough guys on the plains.

      I've heard it's very manly.

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    6. Re:This is a watershed moment by ClamIAm · · Score: 1

      How about cowboys? Do you like cowboys? I heard there was a movie about them that just came out about cowboys. And cowboys are the manliest men around, right?

  32. penis envy by tuxette · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently, the whiners are feeling more inadequate than usual...

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    1. Re:penis envy by Eradicator2k3 · · Score: 0

      You misspelled "wieners".

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    2. Re:penis envy by seabreezemm · · Score: 1

      I hear a good tube sock does wonders!

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  33. Prudish Americans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's the British who are supposed to have the prudish stereotype. It seems to me though that this now out-dated... and the Americans are becoming increasingly like Victorian Britain. Perhaps Brandon should be fitted with a Prince Albert ring to ensure no visible movement too.

  34. That reminds me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This article reminded me of an old joke I once heard:

    Superman was flying around the city and saw Wonder-Woman laying naked and spread-eagle on a rooftop. Superman thought that he would be able to fly down, screw her, and leave without her even knowing what happened. Sure enough, he did just that. Afterwards, Wonder Woman said, "What the hell just happened?" The invisible man, laying on top of Wonder-Woman replied, "I don't know, but my ass hurts like hell!"

  35. Sounds like doc oc...... by ShyGuy91284 · · Score: 1

    You must all know what I'm talking about. Doc Oc in the second Spiderman movie was quite "well endowed" too. Could this be a sign "normal" and "normal American" proportions are spilling over into the "flawlessness" that is Hollywood?

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    1. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... by jacksonj04 · · Score: 1

      It may also be worthwhile to take into account tha fact that averages vary by country, the USA average is slightly less than the UK average, which is slightly less than the Australian average. None of the images so far posted in this thread seem like anything more than average to me (UK).

      Either that, or me and all my regular swimming partners are "extremely well-endowed", which statistically isn't likely. I know I'm above average, but I also know people with similar looking bulges who are far closer to average than me.

      This can only mean one thing, Slashdot has reached a new depth where we can have detailed, objective discussions about other men's penises.

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    2. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... by Yahweh+Doesn't+Exist · · Score: 1

      >I know I'm above average

      most people are

    3. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... by jacksonj04 · · Score: 1

      Nah, 50% of people are. And you know damn well what I mean, you pedantic bastard ;)

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    4. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 1

      you pedantic bastard

      I'm not sure if that word means what you think it means

      However, he is absolutely correct... On self-report measures, the majority of people report being above average.

    5. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... by jacksonj04 · · Score: 1

      a ntic>

      And it wasn't me doing the reporting.

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    6. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 1

      And it wasn't me doing the reporting.

      You can't call someone wrong and pedantic at the same time. It makes absolutely no sense.

      At any rate, you might want to track down the person who did report that you had a larger than average penis in this earlier post. Because the person who reported that you had a larger than average penis used your screen name, and made it very clear that you were "intimately" familiar with the precise size of your swimming partner's erect members...

    7. Re:Sounds like doc oc...... by jacksonj04 · · Score: 1

      I think I've lost the thread of conversation somewhere...

      We were talking about bulges, not erect members. Bulges can be seen with next to no intention through swimming gear. And yes, it was me who reported I was above average but it wasn't me who did the measuring to start with.

      And, like my original post said, how the hell did we end up with an in-depth discussion about this?

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  36. with digital effect by S3D · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it would be surgical that would be a real news.

  37. Men dont have balls and girls dont fart by DJ_Tricks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Remember parents keep your kids in the dark and make sure they think everyone is as anatomically correct as a ken doll. Also my shit smells of sweet buttery bread all the time.

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  38. MOD UP +5 GAYDAR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Someone had to say this.. what's going on here? Are nerds into hollywood gossip and drivel now days?

    1. Re:MOD UP +5 GAYDAR by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 1, Troll

      Are nerds into hollywood gossip and drivel now days?

      I don't know about all nerds. But it's clear the editors think men with big penises running around in tights is "stuff that matters."

    2. Re:MOD UP +5 GAYDAR by metlin · · Score: 1

      But it's clear the editors think men with big penises running around in tights is "stuff that matters."

      Not unless it's my "stuff" that matters.

    3. Re:MOD UP +5 GAYDAR by k2r · · Score: 1

      > But it's clear the editors think men with big penises running around in tights is "stuff that matters."

      And if that'd be the case, it would be a problem for you because of ... what?

    4. Re:MOD UP +5 GAYDAR by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 1

      And if that'd be the case, it would be a problem for you because of ... what?

      because... comments about a guy's bulge are adolescent and juvenile? Or are you one of those smug, misguided, sanctimonious idiots who thinks homosexuals are "poor inferior people" who can't be held to the same standards of decency as everyone else?

    5. Re:MOD UP +5 GAYDAR by k2r · · Score: 1

      > "poor inferior people" who can't be held to the same standards of decency as everyone else?

      So talking about some action that seems as idiotic as can be is "indecent" because it includes talking about a mans genital?

      > "adolescent and juvenile"

      I see.

      k2r

    6. Re:MOD UP +5 GAYDAR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Naw, we're just bored waiting for Tom Cruise to come out of the closet.

  39. Categorized Wrong.. by mdobossy · · Score: 1

    Shouldnt this be listed under "Your rights online"

  40. so now.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    .. we have news from ppl like Sun and Ananova? what next? and what has this to do with /.? oh yeah its stuff that matters..

  41. Marketing by Sv-Manowar · · Score: 1

    Seems like this is just publicity, it worked for the Lindsey Lohan apparent 'breast reduction' in Herbie and they are trying it again here. Simple concept really, create a bit of naughty controversy over the size of main actor/actresses' breast/penis size and watch the film hype itself before it even hits theaters.

  42. Deballed American Male by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No surprise.

    Just another step in the deballing of the American male.

    God forbid a male look different than a female.

    This country is a joke.

    Go back to your legos and wait for the viper teams...

    http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2005/ 141205viperteams.htm

  43. Look! Up in the sky! by DarkClown · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a Blimp! It's an armadillo! It's Superman!!!!

  44. There's no such thing as bad publicity by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 1
    The whole thing is just hype. As parent says, the costume department went to great lengths to size the package.

    In the competitive movie world, statements like this create hype which turns into ticket sales.

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    1. Re:There's no such thing as bad publicity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      costume department went to great lengths

      Ba dum bum!

    2. Re:There's no such thing as bad publicity by Spacejock · · Score: 1

      they don't want it up on the big screen

      Quite...

  45. Lucky Bastard by Necrotica · · Score: 4, Funny

    FTFA:

    The Sun's source said: "It's a major issue for the studio. Brandon is extremely well-endowed and they don't want it up on the big screen.

    I would KILL for advertising like that!

    Headline from next week's people: "Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, and J-Lo break up with boyfriends and husbands to view for the love of the new Superman"

    1. Re:Lucky Bastard by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 1
      No shit, its not every day an actor gets in the headlines because of how big his dick is. As if he didn't have problems getting ladies before. Now he's going to need a chastity belt to keep them off.

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    2. Re:Lucky Bastard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Brandon is extremely well-endowed and they don't want it up on the big screen/

      Heh. Heh.

  46. I guess we all know.... by mkiwi · · Score: 1
    I guess we all know what taco does during his spare time.

    Next we will get a story about a movie involving "gay cowboys"

    ....

    1. Re:I guess we all know.... by dukeisgod · · Score: 1

      Be careful what you ask for... http://gaycowboyseatingpudding.ytmnd.com/

  47. But... by kamikasei · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that's not what pink kryptonite does...

  48. In other news . . . by PeeAitchPee · · Score: 1

    . . . Brandon Routh to open for Lenny Kravitz.

  49. Clearly... by jb.hl.com · · Score: 1

    ...he is in the wrong sort of movies.

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  50. "Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen" by Black+Parrot · · Score: 1

    "They'll never get that to fit on the album cover!"

    (From the Cheech & Chong "bailiff, whack his pee-pee" skit.)

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    1. Re:"Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen" by OldDeadOne · · Score: 1

      uh you're an idiot. The first quote is from Blind Melon Chitlin(the recording studio part of the skit) and the second quote you quoted is from Trippin in Court(where the judge asks the bailiff to whack the defendants pee-pee off,since he's *crazy for dat stuff*)

    2. Re:"Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen" by Mister+Transistor · · Score: 1

      Actually, it's from their "Blind Melon Chitlin" sketch:

      Blind (singing): "...gonna sing her a song, gonna show her my ding-dong".

      Director: "Cut!"

      (Mumbles reviewing lyrics)

      Director: "Hey, Blind baby, whats's this ding-dong thing?"

      Assistant: "I think he's gonna show us!"

      (Zipper noise)

      Director: "Oh, wow, man!"

      (Crew gasping and giggling noises)

      Assistant: "We'll never fit that on the album cover!"

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  51. Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by t0qer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yah we're not supposed to grouse over rejected submissions but,

    HOLY FUCKING HELL THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A BULGE IN A GUYS COSTUME!!! What the hell /. editors, i've submitted at least a 1/2 a dozen stories more on topic with being "news for nerds" than this one.

    Taco, do male bulges turn you on? Michael? Any other /. editors want to comment? Is this a turn on or penis envy? WTF!

    I mean sure, superman IS nerdy to a point. It's science fiction, it was a comic book, maybe we can stretch it out to include Christopher Reeds fetus brain sucking stem cell cheerleading, but "OMFG SUPERMAN HAS A PENIS BULGE!! ROTF LOL!!" is about as nerdy and mature as the turd reports discussion on what he left in the toilet bowl. I'm sorry, it has no place here.

    And before you decide to downmod me, seriously ask yourself, are you happy with this story being posted? Have you, yourself, the moderator had stories rejected in the last few months only to see this stupid childish drivel posted on the slashdots front page? Seriously, this story is about as mature as reading at -1 and GNFOS posts. I'm really disheartened to see a site that started off with such a great concept fall completely into trash journalism.

    Before anyone says "Chill toq, it's parody" Duh!, yes I know it's a parody, but ask yourself, does even a parody about the new superman actor having a super dick even qualify as news for nerds? Didn't think so.

    --toq

    1. Re:Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by GoldenGChild · · Score: 1

      Hahaha.... It's a stretch (or a slow newsday maybe), but maybe the connection between Superman's superlarge 'member' and slashdot readers is (besides envy) the line "cover it up with digital effects."

      I do wonder, however, how 'superman' feels about a bunch of [mostly male] geeks commenting on his little man.

    2. Re:Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by julesh · · Score: 1

      I think the nerdiness comes from the idea of using computer graphics to reduce the size of the bulge. That's pretty damn nerdy if you ask me. :)

    3. Re:Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by freakmn · · Score: 1

      Back in my day, we just used a knife. We also had to walk to school barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways, bleeding profusely.

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    4. Re:Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by Kingrames · · Score: 1

      this was modded interesting?

      What language do the mods speak?

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    5. Re:Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hear, hear.

    6. Re:Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Michael? Who's he?? hmmm, oh wasn't he that editor who was sacked how many months ago?

    7. Re:Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by Koiu+Lpoi · · Score: 1

      Actually, I find GNFOS posts to occasionally be funny, in a sick sort of way. This story, having no redeeming value (because it's even false), is worse.

    8. Re:Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by muzzy · · Score: 1

      I'm sure he feels super

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    9. Re:Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful by glitch23 · · Score: 0

      This was posted for all the gays out there complaining about their interests not being shared on slashdot. Another political correctness move of course. It's all about the money.

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  52. Ôsama? by tepples · · Score: 1

    wp_ousama3_l.jpg [The King Of All Cosmos from Katamari Damacy]

    If you can find Ôsama, then why can't President Bush? Or just does he not have the clumping spirit?

  53. Is it... by Fuzzums · · Score: 1

    Is it a bird? Is it a dildo?

    NO! It's..... Supersizedman!!

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  54. fake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If they wanted a smaller bulge, they could simply have made it smaller before filming; hiding a large endowment just isn't a problem--transvestites all over the world have demonstrated that.

    Altogether, this story is likely fake.

  55. wrong cast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This guy should have been cast for 'brokeback mountain' instead of superman...

  56. must be done... by DavidLeeRoth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is that kryptonite in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

  57. Wayne and Garth... by midifarm · · Score: 1
    "Whoa, check out the unit on that guy!"

    Shouldn't Superman have a super unit???

  58. Just an excuse for CGI by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 1

    The exact opposite is probably true, he has nothing going on and they made up this story to explain away any CGI enhancement you notice in that area.

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  59. come on by real_smiff · · Score: 1

    has no one here tried wearing skin tight lycra lately? put it on any man and you can see his dick and balls. its bound to be unsuitable for a giant screen family viewing - it's not complicated or unique to this guy. they just have to strap his dick down with tape or something, no digital er.. manipulation necessary (or used, apparently). the root problem is men should not be wearing skin tight lycra, if they are being filmed.. (speaking from experience as a cyclist here).

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  60. This is insulting. by torokun · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Am I the only one slightly pissed off by this?

    Women prance around almost naked in both TV and movies all the time. Nipples and boobs stand out way more than any guy's package.

    But we can't see even an indirect indication of male genitals? What's the problem? Afraid it's going to come get you? Afraid of the revelation that men actually have penises?

    I am not a big supporter of the sexualization of our media - I think it's a race to the bottom, in terms of the quality of content. But neither am I a supporter of some kind of willful blindness or disgust at the natural figure of men.

    Here's the fundamental problem: Why is the male figure labeled as obscene, while the female figure is exalted?

    Maybe it's all just because men always want to see female sexuality, but women are squeamish about seeing male sexuality.

    But when it comes to art, or even a simple bulge, do we really have to pretend that penises don't exist just to make the public 'feel ok'? What is this thing between my legs then, which must be perpetually denied and hidden from view? Some kind of leprous growth?

    Do we really want our sons to think their natural bulge is something to be ashamed of???

    I say that it's demeaning and insulting to men to censor a natural bulge covered by clothing (even moderately tight clothing).

    1. Re:This is insulting. by wk633 · · Score: 1

      Maybe it's all just because men always want to see female sexuality, but women are squeamish about seeing male sexuality.

      More likely it's the men who decide what's 'distracting' and are squeamish, or perhaps scared of their own arousal.

      It's also an American thing. I understand the U.S. version of "Eye's Wide Shut" cut frontal nudity of Tom, but not equivalent shots of Nicole.

    2. Re:This is insulting. by east+coast · · Score: 1

      Um, guy? Have you ever considered that this is a very cheap marketing ploy that CmdrTaco is the victim of? Don't take this too seriously.

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    3. Re:This is insulting. by torokun · · Score: 1


      Yeah, sure. But even if you're right, this is the sort of crap that happens all the time. People run away from a statue, or have to have it covered with a sheet on TV, because it has a penis...

      It's just stupid, and people shouldn't put up with it.

    4. Re:This is insulting. by OzPeter · · Score: 4, Interesting

      For some reason there is a huge aversion to male nudity in a lot of countries. I won't single out the US for this because I have seen it elsewhere. The Greeks and Romans didn't seem to have this problem, yet if you go to the main train station in DC (Can't remember the name) they have a gallery of roman/greek style statues around the main lobby. A sign thoughfully points out that shields were added to the statues in the 20th century in order to hide the male genetalia.

      In a similar vein, I was in a photography class where we were shooting nudes. One time we had a male model, and I was laughing at my class mates who had spent all this time happily shooting women, but the site of one nude guy got them all confused, and they were all trying to arrange the angle so hi groin wouldn't be in the shot. Yet to me one of the best shots was a full frontal of the guy.

      I have been thinking (now and in the past) that this is all part of the indoctrination that male nudity equates with homosexuallity, and that homesexuality equates with paedophilia, hence male nudity is bad. Which is a ridiculous and totally line of reasoning. But the media has got us all conditioned as to how we should react.

      This is especially seen in the comparison that woman are allowed to appreciate how other women look, but if guys appreciate how guys look .. well they're gay. (Let alone that lesbianism is more socially acceptable that homosexuality)

      I could rant on about this for a while, but basically I agree with you. Men appear to be dominant in a lot of areas, but everywhere else they are supressed/repressed as much or even more than women. (Check out funding differences between breast cancer and prostrate cancer) But in the areas that men are repressed, society has told us not to look in that direction, so the repression is deemed acceptable.

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    5. Re:This is insulting. by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Insightful
      Here's the fundamental problem: Why is the male figure labeled as obscene, while the female figure is exalted?
      Straight men are the ones making the decision about what's obscene, so if straight men have been indoctrinated into believing that "seeing a penis" = "gay", they'll avoid seeing a penis to prove their straightness. In societies where homosexuality wasn't a problem, notably ancient Greece, there are as many if not more male nudes than female nudes.
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    6. Re:This is insulting. by torokun · · Score: 3, Interesting


      I agree completely. I would also note that in recent years, due to all the PC stuff going around, males in general seem to be afraid to assert their masculinity.

      There have been some books in the last few years attempting to buck the trend, about raising boys and not denying or disparaging their masculinity.

      People who have come to believe that everything about the nature of men is wrong need to be contraverted. Violence and aggression can be very good things when disciplined and used for the right ends. Toughness and will to overcome weakness and weak urges can make one a strong and powerful leader. And these traits are not bad in and of themselves. In fact, they're necessary to the proper functioning of our social institutions.

    7. Re:This is insulting. by east+coast · · Score: 1

      Yeah, sure.

      Yeah. Sure.

      It's just stupid, and people shouldn't put up with it.

      Then don't buy into it. That's your call. But if this is to be a family oriented film I can understand why a studio would be concerned. Why is it that every slashdotter thinks that this kinda stuff should go unchecked and simply because they don't have an issue with it that everyone should simply accept their viewpoint? Get a grip. The vast majority of parents WANT to have a comfortable amount of control over what their children are exposed to and thus sexuality in films meant to appeal to minors is often slashed. That's the way it works. You want to hold your kids to different standards? You don't care about sex and violence in films? There's nothing saying you can't take them to any film you choose upto NC-17.

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    8. Re:This is insulting. by hackstraw · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Am I the only one slightly pissed off by this?

      Women prance around almost naked in both TV and movies all the time. Nipples and boobs stand out way more than any guy's package.

      But we can't see even an indirect indication of male genitals? What's the problem?


      There are 2 things here.

      1) Men and women are not particularly interested interested in looking at a soft dick. Men get excited to some degree seeing a woman naked or in a revealing outfit. I guess its because there is not too much difference between a woman physically between before after/during sex. Nothing as noticeable or physically significant as the difference between a hard and soft penis. Many women paint themselves to look more like they are having sex by adding blush to their cheeks and red lipstick to their lips.

      2) Men are basically in charge of most everything, including movie production, and the quiet smart guy that is paying for or putting together a movie does not want any additional competition for sex by somebody that is already in the limelight. Also, many men for some reason are scared that another man is going to fuck them when they are not looking. This is something I simply do not understand, but homophobia is a pretty common psychological problem for men. Its at least common enough that my spell checker didn't question it.

    9. Re:This is insulting. by torokun · · Score: 1

      First, that was not a sarcastic 'yeah, sure'. What I meant was 'whatever...'. You may be right, but it doesn't really change things.

      I basically agree with you. I don't want tons of sex in these films. But if people are getting all worried about the fact that this guy has a bulge, well, something's amiss.

      We don't bind womens' breasts in the movies, do we?

    10. Re:This is insulting. by Hao+Wu · · Score: 1
      Only gay men want to see male nudity everywhere.

      Women do too, but only for real sex - not while watching Superman.

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    11. Re:This is insulting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yentl :)

    12. Re:This is insulting. by east+coast · · Score: 1

      We don't bind womens' breasts in the movies, do we?

      I don't see many children films that have women in skin tight clothes too. The costume that Superman wears is a big problem in general. And it's not like the bulge is completely eliminated, if the story was true it would have merely been to make it less obtrusive.

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    13. Re:This is insulting. by damsa · · Score: 1

      There is boy naked and then there is girl naked. No one wants to see boy naked, not even girls.

    14. Re:This is insulting. by everythingeverything · · Score: 1

      Mine has a kind of leprous growth.

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    15. Re:This is insulting. by OzPeter · · Score: 1

      You're a fag aren't you?

      I know you're a troll .. but no .. I am not a fag .. I never smoke and never have smoked in my life ...

      Oh .. sorry ... you mean the US version of fag rather than the UK version.

      In that case,

      No .. I am not a fag .. I am hetrosexual and am married.

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    16. Re:This is insulting. by symbolic · · Score: 4, Interesting

      that male nudity equates with homosexuallity, and that homesexuality

      I think you could have stopped right there and been spot on, since pedophilia is a characteristic that is equally present in both camps.

      I remember watching a PBS documentary called "The Boy Code" (I hope that's right), which discussed the manner which boys are indoctrinated early on not only to reject, but outright destroy (literally or figuratively, depending on the circumstances) anything that threatens the notion of what is masculine. Boys are expected to give up any semblance of emotion, love sports (or anything rough and violent), etc., etc. For those that have a hard time fitting into this mold, they are ridiculed, teased, bullied, etc.

      The irony is that we reap what we sow...we create these people as a society, and then wonder why men are so uh, "challenged" in some ways. It's all quite pathetic, in my opinion, because it doesn't *have* to be this way.

    17. Re:This is insulting. by OzPeter · · Score: 1

      The Greeks and Romans were notoriously homosexual, so their being exceptions over male nudity is interesting in this context.

      As for the statues, there were just as many of naked women as well. That was really the point I was trying to make. It was balanced.

      But yeah your right that the Greeks and Romans practiced overt homosexuality. But from my understanding it was not seen in the same light as homosexuality today, though I have not studied it.

      From my travels in Middle Eastern countries in the 90's I did learn that if a man and woman wanted to date, they had to be officially chaperoned until they were married. But guys being guys wanted to get off, so there was a condoned (but not overt) understanding of allowed homosexuality in some of the societies that I visited.

      Likewise in many pacific societies there is a village transvetite position which performs a simiilar occupation. This being a man who instead of going out and learning mens tasks, sits at home and learns the womens tasks. So again their take on homosexuality is different from the western viewpoint.

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    18. Re:This is insulting. by Dirtside · · Score: 1
      prostrate cancer
      Holy shit! We can get cancer just from lying down?!
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    19. Re:This is insulting. by G00F · · Score: 1

      "I don't see many children films that have women in skin tight clothes too."

      Umm, there are plenty of them. Let just start with some of Disney animations that show breasts well beoynd what is allowed in the work place.

      Aladdin
      Little Mermaid
      Beauty And The Beast
      Pocahontas
      The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
      Hercules
      Mulan
      Tarzan
      Atlantis: The Lost Empire

      I can go on, I can eevn list a lot of movies made with kids in mind that do this too.

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    20. Re:This is insulting. by Julian+Morrison · · Score: 2, Interesting

      "male nudity equates with homosexuality" - I'd say it's the other way around. The huge bias against male homosexuality (when compared with the smaller bias against lesbianism) is due to the same cultural deprecation of men and masculinity. Compare the greek system of pederasty, homosexual adult-on-teenager mentoring. That culture lauded the male, and homosexual love was praised for keeping maleness undiluted.

      If anything I'd say that current harsh attitudes towards men are what has led to this present extreme taboo on pedophilia. The idea is that men are animalistic, selfish, coercive, sexually driven and liars who will say, do and pretend anything to talk their target into sex. Therefore, a male can't be trusted around children, the archetype of vulnerable innocence. Therefore also, a male-on-child relationship is built on lies and intended purely to lead to sex. There's even a word for it, "grooming". (A male-on-adult relationship is assumed to be the same - as witness the suspicion in a woman's face when a male stranger approaches to talk - but our present culture no longer regards grown women as innocents, so they must sink or swim.)

      As is usual with sexist bias, both men and women hold this belief. It's not a feminist thing, it's an everyone thing, and it's way, way older than feminism. It was already solidly established in the Victorian era - their ideal of the gentleman is plainly an attempt to restrain Mr Hyde with an ascetic moral code.

    21. Re:This is insulting. by barefootgenius · · Score: 1

      The male vs female assault laws are pretty screwy to.

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    22. Re:This is insulting. by OzPeter · · Score: 1

      I can understand what you are saying, but some reason I have a little bit of trouble agreeing with you, especially with:

      The idea is that men are animalistic, selfish, coercive, sexually driven and liars who will say, do and pretend anything to talk their target into sex

      Have you ever been in a bar where men are trying to pick up? I would say that your quote (probably taken out of context ) is more the norm than the exception. But this could also be a chicken and egg type argument where men are trained from an early age that they have to compete like this in order to get a woman. But then again nature has always preferred the more flamboyant and aggressive males when mating season comes around.

      Also personally I agree entirely with the taboo on paedophilia. But I don't see it as much in terms of a sexual thing, rather than as an exploitation thing, where an adult is exploiting a child for their own gain.

      As for the Victorian era .. they invented the suit, that horrible piece of clothing that is desgined to supress men and symbolically castrate them with a tie.

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    23. Re:This is insulting. by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I agree and the media and society supresses occurence pedophilia from women and emphasizes its occurence in men.

      The same thing happens with female violence in relationships.

      Only in the last 5 years are we starting to see things turn around.

      I -still- don't have as much of a problem with female pedophilia since I was raised to think it would be one of the greatest things on earth for an older lady to take me as a 13 year old into bed.

      I still have that feeling and the opposite with regard to young girls "preyed" on by men.
      Reality is somewhere in between. There probably are a lot of 13+ (maybe 15+) boys and girls who would not be harmed and enjoy the experience a great deal. There are also probably a lot of 13+ boys and girls who would be messed up by the experience. I think it's a question of power in the relationship and if they seek out someone to have sex with (via a crush perhaps) vs being taken advantage of.

      But clearly, women have gotten a break in the past and they are not going to get it going forward (to which I say DAMN STRAIGHT!). Now they are going to jail if they have sex with a minor just like males were in the past.

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    24. Re:This is insulting. by east+coast · · Score: 1

      Let just start with some of Disney animations

      Animations? That's nearly off topic.

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    25. Re:This is insulting. by Julian+Morrison · · Score: 1

      "But this could also be a chicken and egg type argument" - exactly. Like I said it's an everyone thing. Folks take different stances. Tame it with taught morals, or with laws, or with self-discipline. Blame it on subculture scapegoats, or on plebeian crassness (which is what's implied by "media crassness"). Divert it into harmless outlets. Hide it behind self-deprecating irony. Treat it as an illness and medicate. Adopt it as a persona and revel in it. Throughout each, the belief context remains the same. "Men are Mr Hyde, now what do you do?"

    26. Re:This is insulting. by JahToasted · · Score: 3, Funny

      Elaine: "Well, the female body is a... work of art. The male body is utilitarian, it's for gettin' around, like a jeep."
      Jerry: "So you don't think it's attractive?"
      Elaine: "It's hideous. The hair, the... the lumpiness. It's simian."
      George: "Well, some women like it."
      Elaine: "Hmm. Sickies."

    27. Re:This is insulting. by BRSQUIRRL · · Score: 1

      Elaine from Seinfeld: "The female body is a work of art. The male body is utilitarian. It's for gettin' around. It's like a Jeep." :)

    28. Re:This is insulting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh .. sorry ... you mean the US version of fag rather than the UK version.

      Why the fuck are you trying make out as though he might possibly be refering to what you refer to as the UK meaning of fag, in which case he would be calling you a cigerette NOT implying that you smoke. Using that meaning your reply makes no sense whatsoever. I guess you were trying to be clever, but just come off sounding stupid. You can clearly tell what the intended meaning is from the context.

      Where I live in the UK (South London), using the word fag to refer to homosexuals is quite common, and yes, it is also common to use it to mean cigarette, which can lead to some obvious jokes about what you are asking for when you ask for a fag.

    29. Re:This is insulting. by grantdh · · Score: 1

      Men appear to be dominant in a lot of areas, but everywhere else they are supressed/repressed as much or even more than women. (Check out funding differences between breast cancer and prostrate cancer)

      Face it - if you're going down the "Doctor who wants to stop cancer" path, what would you rather do - work with lots and lots of breasts or a whole lot of male asses?

      As the old joke goes, if you think getting a prostate check up is uncomfortable, think about the poor bastard who has to do it....

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    30. Re:This is insulting. by just_because_it's_ir · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The Greeks and Romans were notoriously homosexual, so their being exceptions over male nudity is interesting in this context.

      The Greeks, yes, the Romans, no. Roman sexuality was a bit on the odd side, really.

      In any case, Greek and Roman sculptors regularly, and deliberately, created statues with small pensises. The logic, iirc, was that a large penis was evidence of being dominated by your sexual drives. This was a bad thing for a number of reasons, and to the Romans this was evidence of femininity, because women are ruled by their emotions, and men by their logic, so an overactive sex drive made you more of a woman then a man - told you they were odd! by our standards at least. Only satyrs etc. tend to get big willies in ancient sculpture.

      Oddly enough, and trying not to invoke Godwin, a similar attidute pervaded Nazi attitudes, although their logic was different. Like a lot of Nazi logic it has a grotesque evil beauty to it: white men are superior to black men; black men have big dicks; therefore it must be better to be undersized in the trouser snake department!

      I've always loved the idea of SS men in the shower thinking "look at him, he's tiny! Lucky bastard!".

      In fact, you get similar ideas throughout western history (can't speak for others, don't know)

      No apologies for the length of the post, although I've never had complaints about length before...

    31. Re:This is insulting. by Trogre · · Score: 0, Flamebait
      Also, many men for some reason are scared that another man is going to fuck them when they are not looking. This is something I simply do not understand, but homophobia is a pretty common psychological problem for men. Its at least common enough that my spell checker didn't question it.

      Actually that's just a fallacy perpetuated by homosexual lobby groups to:

      1. Convince other men that by having such fear they are in fact partly homosexual, thus to some degree justifying their own lifestyle.

      2. Promote invented terms such as homophobia (irrational fear), to exacerbate their persecution complex.


      The rest of us just get on with our lives.

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    32. Re:This is insulting. by ajohnj1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I am a teacher at a junior high school in Japan, and this mindset is completely foreign to the boys here. I often see boys hugging eachother, holding hands, and sitting on eachothers laps among other things. I don't think I have lived here long enough to understand exactly why it is like this here.. but my best guess is that the Japanese don't think that any of them could possibly be gay. This is a country that isn't too open to the idea of being gay, so you would think that boys acting like this would be scrutinized. Since they assume that there are no gay Japanese people, then they don't have to worry about acting too feminine. I see boys with pink stickers all over their pencil boxes. The kind of stuff you see here would get a boy beat up in America. I am sure I don't understand it completely.. but I thought I would just share my experiences from the other side.

    33. Re:This is insulting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I have to say you are definately spot on in many areas here amigo.

      Society has gone from ignoring women and accepting men (and lets be clear about that.. society did not denegrate women, but simply ignored them.) to praising women and denegrating men. This movie blurb is just one more example of that. and sadly anything that remotelyt resembles men appreciating another man's traits/attributes is immediately deemed homosexual and shunned.

      i for one ould love to see society simply accept and praise each gender instead of attempting to find new ways of dividing us up. yes, we are different. But we need each other's strengths at different times.

    34. Re:This is insulting. by Sassinak · · Score: 1

      speaking as someone who has spend a lot of time in japan. (12 years now). for the most part people in asia tend to have much less taboos and relationships and sex. European culture (stemmed mostly from the church) has always pushed that sex was evil. (do it if you must, but its bad, evil, etc... basically guilt) and since men have been traditionally the sexual aggressors, their form was mostly hidden. asian culture has always accepted sex as just a normal part of being human. (some sects practice vows of abstenence and/or celebacy but in general, there is no shame or stigma attached to sex.)

      by extension, when you remove the guilt/shame of an act, you remove the need to hide it, and so disaplays of affection are normal. (to members of the same gender.. different gender.. well people just assume.. and you know the line about that).

      just my two cents.

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    35. Re:This is insulting. by MooUK · · Score: 1

      My guess is that it was one of these new-fangled "joke" things. Never really understood them myself...

    36. Re:This is insulting. by Feanturi · · Score: 1

      Maybe it's all just because men always want to see female sexuality, but women are squeamish about seeing male sexuality.

      I think that women do want to see male sexuality. The problem is that males don't. Too much homophobia, they're afraid they'll find it interesting somehow. "If you look at it longer than three seconds you're gay" or some stupid shit like that. At any rate it isn't a comfortable thing for a lot of men to be confronted with. Confronting women with female sexuality on the other hand, that's just fine because it gets males excited. It bothers some of the women but hey, some might wind up liking it, so we have to take that chance. Gotta try and make that girl-girl-guy threesome a reality somehow.

    37. Re:This is insulting. by symbolic · · Score: 1

      That was quite enlightening! Thanks for sharing that. : )

    38. Re:This is insulting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Maybe (straight) guys would rather look at pussy and tits (not man boobs).

    39. Re:This is insulting. by ajohnj1 · · Score: 1

      That makes a lot of sense and I can see that playing a huge part of the mindset over here.

    40. Re:This is insulting. by pintomp3 · · Score: 1

      i don't know if nipples are the right analogy. i see men's nipples bare on tv all the time. i can't remember seeing any cameltoes though..

    41. Re:This is insulting. by MisaDaBinksX4evah · · Score: 1

      In societies where homosexuality wasn't a problem, notably ancient Greece, there are as many if not more male nudes than female nudes.

      And, your point here is, what? Homosexuality = being okay with nude men or statues thereof? Wasn't the previous point that being okay with nude men doesn't necessarily mean a guy is gay? In addition, are the only people who look at statues of nude men other men? Are women totally uninterested in the figure of the male nude (members of slashdot not included)?

      Basically, the primary reason American society is not comfortable with the idea of the male nude is because all the shallow bible nuts want to have convenient 'whores' to be able to fuck without reproach while at the same time demonizing their sinful ways so they don't have to take responsibility for their own pubescent mentality. Since such men are not comfortable with their own sexuality, they feel threatened by nude statues of their gender which force them to look at their own state of constant denial. Thus, women are the handy brainless fuck-dolls and men are the self-repressed domineering neurotic violent cave trolls.

      In other words, this makes for good porn.

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    42. Re:This is insulting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Can someone please explain why "lesbianism" and "homosexuality" are constantly used to indicate two distinct things? Isn't "lesbianism" simply female homosexuality? After all, homosexuality is defined as "Sexual orientation to persons of the same sex". Perhaps it is an artifact of the implicit acceptance of female homosexuality as opposed to male homosexuality. Perhaps we should call it what it is, homosexuality. I'm not going to start a debate of the moral implications of accepting or rejecting it, but I don't think you can accept one and not another. By what standard is that judgement made?

    43. Re:This is insulting. by Thing+1 · · Score: 1
      Do we really want our sons to think their natural bulge is something to be ashamed of???

      Um, yes? And I say that because I was taught to be ashamed of it from an earlier age than I can remember: THEY CUT THE FUCKING TIP OFF!

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    44. Re:This is insulting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      European culture (stemmed mostly from the church) has always pushed that sex was evil.

      Yes, I've always found Italian TV to be the most sexually repressed in the world, especially compared to Mosque influenced cultures found in the middle east.

      Actually, by refering to "asian culture" you reveal yourself as clueless, Japan, China, Mongolia, Korea, Vietnam, Hong Kong, etc. all lumped into one. Abusive sex trades, idolization of the 15 year old school girl as the sexual ideal, accepting molestation on mass transit as "normal", its far more about lack of women rights in society than "sex is just normal".

  61. The Sun.. by xtieburn · · Score: 1

    Funny though it is, this was reported by the Sun. The sun doesnt have any real news at all in it that I am aware of.

    Some people seemed to be taking it seriously or trying to debunk it. You dont need to do research on it to find that out. If it was printed in that rag you can safetly assume its trash.

  62. Gender bias by RebRachman · · Score: 1


    So it is perfectly fine to show women on screen with outrageously large surgically-enhanced boobs halfway out of her shirt, but it's offensive to show men with their completely covered, natural (according to the article) endowment?

    It's bad enough when they show us women as sex symbols, but you'd think that they'd at least give us something to ogle, too? Or is the target audience for the superman movie supposed to be straight men only?

    1. Re:Gender bias by CaptainFork · · Score: 0

      Well, I'm not sure and by no means am I an expert on the topic, but I think women are supposed get off on the romantic relationship parts of the film and generally be above staring at people's bits.

  63. Not the first actor with this problem by OzPeter · · Score: 1

    The same thing happened to Burt Ward who played Robin in the Batman and Robin TV series. He was also apparently hung like a horse, and that pissed Adam West off a little bit because he *wanted* to be hung like a horse.

    See Burt Ward's biography "My Life in Tights" for details. Its amazing what went on behind the scenes of that show. The stunts gone wrong, the sex the machinations, the jealousy, the romance. Its a hilarious and interesting read for anyone who liked that show.

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  64. Lowest Low by Mr.+Smoove · · Score: 4, Insightful
    "reports The Sun"



    This is the lowest low for Slashdot. Treating a piece of nonsense that was proved as un-true five days ago and the source is arguably the worst of the British tabloids, The Sun. Does the Slashdot name and tagline mean anything anymore?

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  65. Why is this story on /. ? by phebz23 · · Score: 1

    Why is a story about some dude's wang even on here? There is barely a shred of tech relevance to it!

    All I know is that if I were said dude and stories of my sizeable junk were all over the news, I would be high-fiving everyone I saw.

  66. Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Savantissimo · · Score: 5, Informative
    That could cause some problems.

    From: "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex", by Larry Niven:

    Consider the driving urge between a man and a woman, the monomaniacal urge to achieve greater and greater penetration. Remember also that we are dealing with kryptonian muscles.

    Superman would literally crush LL's body in his arms, while simultaneously ripping her open from crotch to sternum, gutting her like a trout.

    *

    Lastly, he'd blow off the top of her head.

    Ejaculation of semen is entirely involuntary in the human male, and in all other forms of terrestrial life. It would be unreasonable to assume otherwise for a kryptonian. But with kryptonian muscles behind it, Kal-El's semen would emerge with the muzzle velocity of a machine gun bullet. (*One can imagine that the Kent home in Smallville was riddled with holes during Superboy's puberty. And why did Lana Lang never notice that?*) ...
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    1. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by ultranova · · Score: 1

      Consider the driving urge between a man and a woman, the monomaniacal urge to achieve greater and greater penetration. Remember also that we are dealing with kryptonian muscles.

      Superman would literally crush LL's body in his arms, while simultaneously ripping her open from crotch to sternum, gutting her like a trout.

      Well, he could simply wait three years and do the Powerpuff Girls - they were 5 in 1995 when the first pilot came out, so they should be hitting 18 by 2008. Hmm... Seeing how the PPGs are pretty popular in Japan, I feel a doujinshi approaching - altought the japanese propably wouldn't bother waiting till the girls get older >:). They didn't with the existing doujinshis...

      See, Niven makes the assumption that all the women are made of kleenex. This is simply untrue. Therefore, his conclusions are untrue as well.

      Man of Steel, woman of sugar ?-)

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    2. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      (*One can imagine that the Kent home in Smallville was riddled with holes during Superboy's puberty. And why did Lana Lang never notice that?*) ...

      Easy, after he made first set of holes, he always came in his left hand.

    3. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by pete-classic · · Score: 1

      You have foolishly left the kryptonite condom out of your calculations.

      -Peter

      PS: Cookie stand isn't part of the food court.

    4. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Traiklin · · Score: 1

      already been done.

      and not by the japanese (but there are some out there) it was done by an artist that doesn't do anything anymore, went by the names Alpha (or dark kaminari) in fact he was the one who started a trend of drawing them as teens/adults instead of 5 year olds.

    5. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I've never seen an actual narrative strip by Dark Kaminari, just a bunch of hentai PPG pics, with characters who aren't even vaguely recognizable as PPG.

      People who aren't slavering hentai fiends know the top name in PPG doujinshi is Bleedman.

    6. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 1

      I read that and it was funny.

      I think Byrne's take improved superman all around. Now superman is really a fantastically powerful telekinetic. One great point was how he frequently picked up large objects and they didn't bend or deform where he picked them up or shatter into tiny pieces all together.

      X-ray vision clauradience (sp).
      Heat vision pyrokenesis...
      etc.

      The whole kryptonite thing was at least partially a mental condition.

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    7. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by blair1q · · Score: 1

      Niven's just showing us that he doesn't know how to control himself.

    8. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by ultranova · · Score: 1

      and not by the japanese (but there are some out there) it was done by an artist that doesn't do anything anymore, went by the names Alpha (or dark kaminari)

      Dark Kaminaris newest Powerpuff pics are from 2004, but the newest pics in the whole gallery are from today (18.12.2005). Pandora has drawn nice pics of adult PPG too, and then there's a guy calling himself "Neo Crow" or something like that - small text, hard to say for sure. Buttercupsayjajin (did I spell that right ?) has made some stuff about nonadult girls in adult situations, as well as one (nonhentai) half-finished Flash-based episode - "Whisperer in the dark" - in which Bubbles starts playing with magic (bad mistake !).

      And, of course, there's the weird Terminator/PPG crossover going on at Pokey Oaks fanfic library, with Buttercup from the future.

      in fact he was the one who started a trend of drawing them as teens/adults instead of 5 year olds.

      Yes, but I'm not talking about that; I referred to the doujin called "Mojo Jojo's revenge", which was done by Japanese (or so I think since it had japanese texts) and in which Mojo proceeds to get his revenge by, well, make a wild guess ;). And the girls are 5 years old in that. Pretty sick stuff, actually...

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    9. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Maybe after the first, he started catching them.

      Or just doing his business in the cornfield.

    10. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by log0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Mmm, creamed corn.

    11. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Altima(BoB) · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Superman would literally crush LL's body in his arms, while simultaneously ripping her open from crotch to sternum, gutting her like a trout.
      Lastly, he'd blow off the top of her head.
      "

      Consider that one movie ticket bought because that is the hottest thing I've ever read.

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    12. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Plammox · · Score: 1

      If you were a real superman fan you'd know that there are several different flavours of kryptonite with various effects. Surely there's one kind that can just neutralize his superpowers. Otherwise, he would have to use sunlight from a red sun where the sun never shines ;-).

  67. Nevermind the bulge by hkb · · Score: 1

    How about the torture of having to suck in your chest and clench your abs so long to meet society's standards of what an attractive male stomach should look like.

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  68. Looks average to me. by CarpetShark · · Score: 1

    Looks like average anatomy to me. I think I'll put this down as a publicity stunt.

  69. Tucking by lisaparratt · · Score: 1

    Do they not teach men these days to tuck? It's so much more pleasing to the eye than the usual asymmetric bulge.

  70. This is why I am quiting slashdot by kernel_sid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is this really some geeky or informative news....I can see the content of slashdot deteriorate by each day.Bye bye /. you used to be fun!

  71. Why go digital? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why do they need to do this digitally? Just remove the padding from the guy's jock strap, and they're good to go!

  72. Superwoman next? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Angelina Jolie for Superwoman! With Camel Toe!

  73. Well, after all, "Superman is a Dick"... by mad.frog · · Score: 1

    "Home of the phrase that started it all, "Superman is a dick." Witness an ever growing selection of examples of Superman acting like... well, a dick."

    http://www.superdickery.com/dick/1.html

  74. "Chill" is probably still appropriate by Wombat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the news for nerds appeal is more this: look at this ridiculous use of technology. Look how far digital effects have come that the possibility of subtly manipulating every frame in which the lead actor appears (for a trivial reason) is accepted.

    Granted I read both this story and the debunking of the story ages ago, so it certainly didn't appear on /. in a timely fashion.

    I understand that you have a strong opinion about this, but there are certainly far better ways to make your point. The instant you used the phrase, "Christopher Reeds fetus brain sucking stem cell cheerleading" I lost any respect for you I might have ever had.

    Even if you're going to be insulting and ridiculous, at least get the late actor's name right.

    1. Re:"Chill" is probably still appropriate by t0qer · · Score: 1
      I understand that you have a strong opinion about this, but there are certainly far better ways to make your point. The instant you used the phrase, "Christopher Reeds fetus brain sucking stem cell cheerleading" I lost any respect for you I might have ever had.


      I can't believe you got modded anything other than troll.

      I'm a nerd, I watch cartoons and animation. Ever hear of southpark? The episode Krazy Kripples features Christopher Reeve eating a fetus for its stem cells. Nerds often say things in the context of the shows they watch, like I haven't seen other nerds quote Star Trek or explain things based around a Futurama episode more than a few times on slashdot.

      Mispelling? Who cares? My nick? Who cares? I make a very important valid point that a lot of folks agreed with. I was pissed off to see this story on a site i've been posting on for many years, and didn't take the time to use a websters dictionary. I didn't realize that a comment on slashdot was subject to the same grammer and spelling rules that must be followed in a doctorial thesis. YOU CHILL OUT MAN.

      Christ, now i'm ranting, I won't stop, i'll just keep on writing, so here, enjoy.

      I don't care how much respect you have for me. You obviously didn't get my joke, and poking someone for spelling is about as desperate of a retort as a your mama joke. Couldn't you have at least come up with something a little more insightful than that?

      Grow up.
    2. Re:"Chill" is probably still appropriate by Wombat · · Score: 1

      Hey... I don't care what your username is, I didn't attack your grammar: I asked that you get a name right. Those aren't the rules for a doctoral thesis, they're the rules of intelligible discourse.

      While we're talking about it, I do care about spelling. I believe that a bevy of misspelled words can undermine an otherwise sound argument. A lot of people don't feel that way. So be it.

      I'm sorry I missed your Southpark reference. Context truly is everything; with the incorrect name, I figured it to be a poorly phrased attack of some sort rather than a pop culture thing. My bad.

      Please see the first section of my parent comment for the insightful bit... I believe it's there, and stated in a "grown up" fashion.

      (As a side note, I used to belong to an improv troop founded on the principle that "Your Mom" jokes will never get old, so that comment doesn't really wound me. But I know what you mean.)

      Let's not fight anymore.

  75. This guy is going to be knee deep in ... by Hohlraum · · Score: 1

    red superman boots. What did you think I was going to say? Pervert.

  76. nipples that could cut glass by xeno · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Awfergodsake... Batman can have nipples that could cut glass on his costume (not to mention the whole matching Robin homoerotic costumerie), the Mystique character from x-men can crawl across the screen buck-ass nekkid but for a few well-placed scaly-things, and even the Spy Kids characters have proto-breasts and pouches to stimulate the (hopefully) 12-year old pervs in the audience. And I'm still scrubbing my brain from watching the characters in Lost in Space.

    And Superman can't appear too male. Jebus. I'm not in favor of having a super-dong waved in my kid's face on the big screen, but come on, the bar is pretty low these days. This is the least of my worries.

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    1. Re:nipples that could cut glass by glowworm · · Score: 1

      but come on, the bar is pretty low these days.

      The funny thing about that statement is that Bar is Aussie Slang for an erection. ;)

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    2. Re:nipples that could cut glass by Taevin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Interesting... I imagine that Australians do not ask would-be lawyers "have you taken the bar yet?" then, eh mate?

  77. How far we've come! by Scrameustache · · Score: 1

    designed the suit with that in mind, and added padding to deal with it.

    In the 70's, the crooners put rolled up socks down their pants.
    Behold the 21st century! Now teams of costume designers labour for a month on a cod piece, and then "leak" information about how noticeable it is.

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  78. Wrong analogy. by One+Childish+N00b · · Score: 1

    This is the male equivalent of camel-toe. I don't think that'd be allowed throughout a 2-hour movie either.
    Breasts aren't quite as far down the Religious Right's 'Unacceptability Scale', for some reason - Janetgate notwithstanding.

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  79. Out of the Mouths of RNGs by Superfluid+Blob · · Score: 1

    Today's randomly generated slashdot quote:

    An editor is one who separates the wheat from the chaff and prints the chaff. -- Adlai Stevenson

  80. A close-up of the bulge in question by reiggin · · Score: 1

    I've seen bigger. LINK

  81. Wrong by Snaller · · Score: 1

    Only the part about digital effect is wrong, the majority of the story is correct - they thought it was too big and "need" to cover it up.

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  82. amazing.. by mottie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    amazing what a pair of socks in your underwear can do for your "package"

  83. Ridiculous claims by Darkn3ss · · Score: 1

    This would have been seen the first time that he put on the costome, and could have been covered up with thick rubber pants just like in batman movies.

  84. Welcome... by anonieuweling · · Score: 0, Redundant

    to the 21st century where American puritans still rule. There is nothing to be seen (no skin) and yet there is 'news'.

  85. His what? by FuzzyDaddy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My kids preschool works hard to encourage kids to use proper names for their body parts - surely us grownups can handle the word penis.

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    1. Re:His what? by Monkey · · Score: 1

      Perhaps he has abnormally large balls though. "Bulge" is a generalization of Superman's crotch area.

      For the anatomically correct pedants such as yourself, perhaps they should have phrased it as "The new Superman is giving movie bosses a headache - because of the size of his penis and/or testicles."

    2. Re:His what? by BCW2 · · Score: 1

      The studio execs don't know what to call it since it resembles nothing they have ever seen. Especially if the "bulge" is caused by balls. No studio execs have them in any identifiable size.

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    3. Re:His what? by FuzzyDaddy · · Score: 1

      Now THAT's funny!

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  86. Maybe you don't notice penisses? by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 4, Informative
    You say breasts stand out more. Well yeah. To guys. I in general do not look at men's crotches. Nothing there that intrests me.

    Women on the other hand do look down there. Even if they deny it, it has been shown to be true during research where the movement of the eye was followed and they definitly do a quick check down there when they meet a man.

    Oh and as for the whole size matters. This is what one woman told me. When she masturbates she frequently doesn't even penetrate and when she does she uses at most 2 fingers.

    Now if your penis is no bigger then a woman's finger THEN you got a problem. For the rest, it is skill and the most important piece of knowledge? If you penis might be a bit small, you still got 10 fingers and a tongue. Some women even seem to like this whole foreplay thing.

    Check if you can the most popular masturbation aids for women. A very good seller is always the egg/butterfly devices wich do not even do penetration. They just are smooth rounded objects that vibrate and are used on the outside. The huge 15inch black rubber slongs? Not for solo use. Women on their own seem to prefer simple small designs, the outlandish stuff is usually bought by males (possibly for their girls).

    Think of it like this, if women enjoyed being stretched to the max they would look forward to their pap smear exam.

    How do I know this? Well I worked in a side branch of the porn industry, maintaining those pay porn sites you all know and love. I also dealt with a local guy who owns several establishements in the amsterdam red light district. He makes a lot of money NOT from grubby old men but from females (often tourists) who come to buy a little helper.

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    1. Re:Maybe you don't notice penisses? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And what does all of this have to do with the subject???

    2. Re:Maybe you don't notice penisses? by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 1
      "maintaining those pay porn sites you all know and love."

      Hey, this is completely offtopic I'm sure, but I always wondered, and maybe you can answer what the porn industry's take on pirating of videos from pay porn sites is. I mean, torrent sites like PureTnA and Empornium have practically EVERYTHING for free. Do you guys still rake it in hand over fist, and how do you combat the piracy...or have you noticed that it actually helps business?

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    3. Re:Maybe you don't notice penisses? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      10 fingers and a tongue? They're into foreplay? At the end, it's just that..

      Women like a nice penis! ..you must be a virgin.

    4. Re:Maybe you don't notice penisses? by commodoresloat · · Score: 1
      Do you guys still rake it in hand over fist...

      Actually, I believe it is you, the viewer, who engages in this particular repetitive motion.

    5. Re:Maybe you don't notice penisses? by pod · · Score: 1
      Oh and as for the whole size matters. This is what one woman told me. When she masturbates she frequently doesn't even penetrate and when she does she uses at most 2 fingers.

      A finger has something else though, that is far more important than size: it is flexible, and can reach and stimulate specific areas, in ways nothing else can. That is the whole point. The whole point of a penis, is to penetrate and fill up, and maximize the area it frictions over.

      Masturbation and intercourse are two completely different things, and work on different levels. You can't say that since most women masturbate with their fingers, and often don't even penetrate, and then extrapolate that to sex with another person.

      In that respect, I'd agree with another poster here: you've never had sex, on a regular basis anways. If you're comparing your unit, in size, to a finger, even the thumb, you need to have a very open and frank discussion with your woman about how she feels about it.

      Size DOES matter, in very subtle ways that are not always obvious or apparent to the people involved.

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    6. Re:Maybe you don't notice penisses? by petrus4 · · Score: 1

      Now if your penis is no bigger then a woman's finger THEN you got a problem. For the rest, it is skill and the most important piece of knowledge? If you penis might be a bit small, you still got 10 fingers and a tongue. Some women even seem to like this whole foreplay thing.

      Agreed. The penis is a blunt instrument, and penetration also ignores the statistical facts that a) the clitoris is the most sensitive element of the female genitals, and b) when masturbating, more women achieve orgasm successfully via clitoral rather than vaginal stimulation.

      The most effective piece of dating advice (for a guy) I ever read? "Become good at cunnilingus, and then let the fact that you are become known."

    7. Re:Maybe you don't notice penisses? by mkw87 · · Score: 1
      This is what one woman told me.

      Right..... ;)
      Was her name "Candy10734"?
      If so my money says it was a 45 year old man.

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  87. Fark by roman_mir · · Score: 1

    I just wonder if this story got to Fark, because those guys... they reaaaaly know their PhotoShop :)

  88. marketing by waspytron · · Score: 1

    I do too, but that isn't enough to get me to see the movie. I think though that it is a tactic to sell more DVDs because I believe that DVDS are higher margin than ticket sales. If they create buzz around his genitalia then they can create a strong revenue stream for years to come. Very similiar to how Brokeback mountain will make tons of money in DVDs because it is "the gay cowboy movies.

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  89. Meh by farker+haiku · · Score: 1

    This is just to raise more FUD in the badguys.

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  90. My Solution... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Fig leafs have always been used for this sort of thing. ;-)

  91. Obligatory Mallrats Quote by Daedalus-Ubergeek · · Score: 1

    "Lois could never have Superman's baby. Do you think her fallopian tubes could handle the sperm? I guarantee he blows a load like a shotgun right through her back. What about her womb? Do you think it's strong enough to carry his child?"

    "Sure, why not?"

    "He's an alien for Christ sake! His kryptonian biological makeup is enhanced by Earth's yellow sun. If Lois gets a tan, the kid could kick right through her stomach. Only someone like Wonder Woman has a strong enough uterus to carry his kid. The only way he could bang regular chicks is with a kryptonite condom . . . that would kill them."

  92. Viral Marketing by Sir+Holo · · Score: 1


    Viral marketing. Move along. Nothing to see here...

  93. well that's just great by darth_linux · · Score: 1

    I'll never be on the big screen if that's their attitude

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  94. don't u mean "extremely well-endowed"? by iamhassi · · Score: 1
    FTFA:
    "It's a major issue for the studio. Brandon is extremely well-endowed and they don't want it up on the big screen."

    ok even if it's true, who says a guy is " extremely well-endowed" unless they're fucking him (or want to be) and bragging about it or they're talking about a pornstar?

    sounds like BS to me

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    1. Re:don't u mean "extremely well-endowed"? by Carpe+PM · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Maybe they could market to the same people who will go to see Bareback^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HBrokeback Mountain.

  95. Quality by cynic10508 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is the kind of quality blogging that makes Slashdot #1 on my list.

  96. The accountant by Tablizer · · Score: 1

    Hollywood executives have ordered the makers of Superman Returns to cover it up with digital effects.

    It must be weird to be a hollywood accountant. You would see things such as:

    Explosions: $1,432,837.76
    Stunt candy glass: $79,387.97
    Crotch reduction FX: $2,837,062.77 .....

  97. Publicity stunt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Doesn't look that damn big. Smells like a publicity stunt to me.

  98. Ridiculous - and contradictory! by Oz0ne · · Score: 1

    I'm sure most of today's kids have seen Labirynth.

    1. Re:Ridiculous - and contradictory! by narcc · · Score: 1
  99. A lil' kid goes see the movie with his mom... by Stormwatch · · Score: 1

    - Mom, what's that big thing inside Superman's pants?
    - What? Oh... *blushes* ...that... that's nothing, dear. Just keep watching the movie, ok?

    He finds her reaction strange, but asks nothing else and keeps watching the movie. The other day, however, he asks dad to take him to watch that same movie...

    - Dad, what's that big thing inside Superman's pants?
    - That? Oh, that's just his pee-pee.
    - I asked mom, and she said it's nothing. Why's that?
    - Damn... *grins with pride* ...I must have spoiled that woman.

  100. My solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Next time around, they should have Superman portrayed by a really butch lesbian. No bulge problems there.

  101. Help find a cure.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
  102. They'll do everything... by chord.wav · · Score: 1

    ...to keep you talking about this movie.

  103. Quite the Source by Septicmadman · · Score: 1

    They fear Brandon Routh's profile in the superhero's skintight costume could be distracting, reports the Sun. This is the Sun, these are the same people who report about a cut-out meteor protection amulet.

  104. Lois & Clark on Tights by Kelson · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the first episode of Lois and Clark , Clark was trying on his Superman costume for the first time. His mom (who had designed and sewed it in this version) walked in to see how he looked in the costume:

    Martha: Well, one thing's for sure. Nobody's going to be looking at your face.
    Clark: Mom!
    Martha: [laughing] Well they don't call them tights for nothing!

    1. Re:Lois & Clark on Tights by TuringTest · · Score: 1

      Well, one thing's for sure. Nobody's going to be looking at your face.

      So that was the secret of why nobody recognices him!

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  105. More Superman Jokes! by Kingrames · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you hear about Lois Lane's death?

    It was ruled a suicide, because she blew her brains out.

    ba-dum-ching!

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  106. I don't get it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Am I the only one that's not impressed? Looks pretty average to me, what with 2 layers of super hero suit covering and all. I seriously expected to see a something that looks like an arm running down his leg... You people are amazed it's not concave?

  107. What the? by scdeimos · · Score: 1

    Since everyone around here seems to have affirmed their sexuality by "getting stuck on Superman's penis," did anyone actually notice the plot outline of Superman Returns?

    After a long visit to the planet Krypton, the Man Of Steel returns to earth to become the people's saviour once again and reclaim the love of Lois Lane.

    When did Krypton get around to putting itself back together, or was the whole I'm-an-alien-from-an-exploded-planet thing just get swept under the rug?

  108. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Goatse is even too big for the big screen!

  109. Re:hot sex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    For your viewing pleasure...

    I don't understand the Hillary Clinton fascination, though.

  110. Superman and Tronguy should get together by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They have similar problems.

  111. Camel toe problem on supergirl? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Did Supergirl have camel toe?

  112. Batman too by Lispy · · Score: 1

    Batmans package ain't too bad either...

    WARNING: This might not be work safe!

  113. Re:go for the racial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    He's not "Anglo." He is a Jew.

    RAUS!

  114. In related news... by merc · · Score: 1

    Movie bosses are looking at Superman's buldge.

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  115. Re:You be the bulge by xTantrum · · Score: 1

    I gotta admit as a big superman fan who hasn't missed an incarnation since christopher took up the cape, i'm really aprehensive about this movie....REALLY aprehensive..why couldn't they just get tom welling to play the dude...and why does routh's costume look so gay...C'mon!!

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  116. I get this feeling too. by blair1q · · Score: 1

    I wear cycling pants at the gym. Old ones with just a thin chamois. I do this because part of my workout involves riding a stationary cycle and I hate having sweats or gym shorts bunching up. But, not to brag, I spend the rest of the workout trying not to show off, especially in profile.

    So I understand what the censors mean.

    And I think they should just let the world know that men have sex organs, too.

  117. Slashdot cliches by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    1. All your bulge are belong to us.

    2. In Soviet Russia, bulge digitally edits you!

    3. A. Film Superman's huge package B. Release movie C. ??? D. Profit!

    4. Will the new Superman's bulge run Linux?

    5. "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"

    6. Eh ... I have a Beowulf cluster of enormous genitals.

    7. I have a tiny penis, you insensitive clod!

    8. In Korea, only old people look at Superman's crotch.

    9. Wow, would you look at^H^H^H^H^HI'm not impressed.

    10. CowboyNeal

  118. Supermans everywhere by JamminBen · · Score: 1

    I went to the nutcracker yesterday (the ballet) and all the dudes were totally wearing different versions of Superman's outfit from the new movie. There were tons of kids in the audience, too. They were bored, mostly, but I don't think any of them carried away hideous emotional scars from the copious display of huge bulging packages. Go figure...

  119. Well that a look at empornium by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 3, Informative

    Mods I know this is of topic so mod away, just wanted to answer this guy Porn sites advertise there. Now there is a nasty bit about the world of economics that works like this. Banks are perfectly happy to TAKE money from the porn industry but will never ever lend it. You must be very discreet about even being a porn company to be allowed to open an account and them to hold your money.

    Porn does not have huge stock market launches. The money invested is either your own savings or belongs to the kind of people who do not believe in loss leaders. No I am not going to say mafia but lets just say that you could at times be fooled.

    So the porn industry is about making money and it is about making money now. A tactic like MS launch of the x-box with subsidie and making a loss on it simply CANNOT be done. So if porn companies pay to advertise on a site dedicated to free content you can bet they are certain to still somehow make a profit even from piracy.

    Piracy has however three sorts. The commercial piracy were content is stolen and resold as if it was their own (very big problem) and "free" piracy were someone shares the content they BOUGHT (very important) for free. There is also a mix (like "free" sites like empornium wich make money from ads they can only sell because they are giving away others peoples content for free). So 3 types of piracy not looking good so far eh?

    Luckily we have a couple of factors in our advantage compared to other industries having to deal with (non-commerical) piracy. Our production costs are a tiny fraction of the costs of producing even the lowest forms of "normal" entertainment. In hollywood $20 million is apparently considered a low budget. You could make the porn movie of all porn movies with that kind of money.

    There is also an insatiable demand for "new" content. I say new in quotes because it doesn't have to be new as in hollywood new. You can have the exact same scene and just film it with different actors/actrices and make a line of sequels that make Rocky look fresh and exciting. And the customers will lap them up and demand MORE. No need for trilling plotlines or brilliant special effects. Doggy style NEVER gets old. Just look at how many porn titles have something like vol 24 behind them.

    While there are some star with staying power who can be in the industry for years a very large segment is dependant on customers always wanting something new. The girls who are not clearly suckered into it in general go from being models to nude models to girl-girl to boy-girl and usually from photos to video. And then they disappear. "Fans" will eagerly demand their favorite does X next and then when she has done it all she will be quickly forgotten for the next fresh thing. Some erotic stars of old new this very well and NEVER went beyond a certain level ALWAYS leaving their fans wanting more and being able to last years were some last barely a few movies.

    The low production cost and constant demand for more is important because there is a huge supply and products just don't last long. While there is a market for classics it is but a tiny portion.

    So how can you still make money when everything you produce is also available for free? Well first reason is simple, the majority of customer do not realize it is free or have used kazaa. Now searching for porn on kazaa delivers you A virusses B worms C sickening stuff D not what you want. So a large group just doesn't think porn can be gotten free (just google for free porn to see what I mean). Even that group that does know (the visitors of the sites you mention) sometimes just want their fix NOW. Not when someone else has posted it. Rememeber ALL the content hosted has been bought by someone. Remember also that production costs are low? We do not need 100 million people to pay for our content like hollywood does to make a profit. Also remember that most paid content is insanely expensive. Most video stores sell porn dvd's for a far higher price then blockbuster hollywood releases. Pay

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    1. Re:Well that a look at empornium by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 1

      Cheers dude. Good informative post.

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    2. Re:Well that a look at empornium by MooUK · · Score: 1

      If I've ever seen a post worth of a +5, the parent post is it. Very well thought out and reasoned.

    3. Re:Well that a look at empornium by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Way beyond +5. I even masturbated to it.

      mmm piracy. yeah baby. arrrrr.

    4. Re:Well that a look at empornium by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 1
      Grandparent here...thanks for taking the time for writing me such an informative post. You went WAY beyond the simple answer I was expecting.

      If you don't mind...I was wondering if you might answer a couple other questions I have about your industry. I wanted to email you personally but your address isn't listed...

      I understand these may be fairly in depth questions so please do not feel obligated to answer...

      First off...how easy and expensive is it roughly to get into the business and start developing a decently profitable site when you purchase/lease your content from the original producers? Also, how do you go about purchasing this content?

      Next off...would you be able to share any numbers in terms of profits/revenue/salaries/bandwidth costs/software costs/content costs? I hear everybody talk about how profitable this industry is, but I've never seen any numbers behind this. I recognize and respect that you have a vested interest in not divulging this information, but anything you could share would be appreciated.

      Lastly...as someone who's off and on considered starting a porn site (because lets face it, what guy DIDN'T think he had great ideas for one...), can you recommend any resources on the topic? Also, are there any free online industry journals/publications on the business side of things? Additionally, in terms of effort vs reward, where would you say creating your own site fits in when you purchase your content and rebrand rather than produce original work?

      Again, thank you for answering my previous question, and any light you can shed on these additional ones would be most appreciated.

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  120. Let Madonna Handle Him by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm sure the American Girl can do it!-))

  121. lpsg vs. slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This "news" seems more suited for lpsg than slashdot.

  122. Ridiculous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That's completely absurd. This is partly a leftover form of repression, the kind that gave us sexless/unuch Barbie and Ken dolls.

    Kids today, especially, are well aware of sexual differences - they don't need Superman to point it out (and parents out there realize this). And I doubt an underdeveloped kid is going to be concentrating primarily on Superman's bulge. GET OVER IT.

    And if an adult finds pleasure in Superman's "bulge"... okay, and so what?

    They're wasting their time on purification standards that simply don't belong in this day and age.

  123. Real men of steel thinks differently by Grevling · · Score: 1
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  124. They don't need no stinking digital effects. by gijoel · · Score: 1

    Just get him to think about Roseanne having sex with CmdrTaco...

    Urghh!! I think I'm gonna be sick.

  125. digital bulge for Lois Lane by layer3switch · · Score: 1

    Kate Bosworth, the new Lois Lane needs your help!
    We can rebuild her. Better, Stronger, Bulger!

    We all know, Christopher Reeve never had to deal with "bulge" when working with Margot Kidder's boyish build.

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  126. I doubt it. by GrEp · · Score: 1

    I used to play club soccer with B.J. back in high school. He wasn't Pele, but he wasn't pudgy by any means.

    I laughed my head off when I found he was on Undressed, and couldn't belive he got the part for Superman.

    Hopefully this encourages more high school students to get involved in theater and paticipate in community plays. Glad the hard work paid off for him.

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  127. nipples that could cut glass-Supersize that. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "I'm not in favor of having a super-dong waved in my kid's face on the big screen, but come on, the bar is pretty low these days."

    Just wait till the Doug Winger movie comes out...on three screens. :)

  128. Digital Removal by .oO+twg4461+Oo. · · Score: 1

    So umm do you call this Scrotoscoping ?

  129. Shrinkage anyone? by EMH_Mark3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why not just lower the temperature on the sets by 10-20 degrees?

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  130. Effects by ChrisMaple · · Score: 1

    A number of years ago ... about 25 ... there was a porn film with a woman wearing a leotard with the Superman "S" on it. The movie's maker was threatened with a copyright violation lawsuit, so they went through the whole film, and every frame where that "S" showed, the "S" was obliterated with a black marker. Of course this was not consistent from frame to frame, and the result was a unique black sparkle on her chest throughout most of the film.

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  131. If instead of Superman... by InterestingX · · Score: 1

    ...they were talking about Supergirl, then I'd take notice. Otherwise, big deal, moving along...

  132. James Dobson will gobble his cock by gelfling · · Score: 1

    You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. The psychochristians hate anything vaguely homoerotic because they're so far in the closet they're under the piles of shoes.

  133. Upright Citizen's Brigade by LParks · · Score: 1

    People, this is why we must keep donating to The Little Donny Foundation, so that we may prevent this horrible problem.

  134. The thing by Pseudonymus+Bosch · · Score: 1

    What is this thing between my legs then, which must be perpetually denied and hidden from view?

    A bottle of booze?

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    1. Re:The thing by Murasaki+Skies · · Score: 0

      That's not booze!!!

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  135. The President weighs in by TallMatthew · · Score: 1

    Mr Bush criticised the press for revealing this earlier in the week. "Yesterday the existence of this secret was revealed in media reports, after being improperly provided to news organisations. As a result, our enemies have learned information they should not have, and the unauthorised disclosure of this damages our national security and puts our citizens at risk," he said.

  136. both sides of the fence by petrus4 · · Score: 1

    Apparently someone told Disney that with Herbie: Fully Loaded, Lindsay Lohan's bra was too, so they used CGI to trim that down as well. So it's not just poor Supes who could get the reduction.

    1. Re:both sides of the fence by CSfreakazoid · · Score: 1

      I dont know about you. But I for one would not not go see a movie bacause she had nice tits.

  137. Potato marketing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    It's probably additional padding in the costume. It does remind me of a joke though...

    One day, two friends were on the beach. The smaller of the two was in awe about how many women his friend was attracting. "William," he said, "How do attract so many women and I so few?"

    "Well Patrick," the other said, "go home and put a potato in your pants and that will drive the women wild."

    The next day, they came back to the beach. William was still attracting all of the women, but much to Patrick's surprise, all of the women were avoiding him more than usual. "William," Patrick said, "I've gone home and found the biggest potato I could, put it in my pants, and now all of the women are running away. What did I do wrong?"

    William looked him over and said, "Patrick, have you considered putting that potato in the front of your pants?"

    At least they padded the right side of the outfit. :-)

  138. Re:go for the racial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Do you have some documentation?

  139. Crap on a crap cracker... by IOOOOOI · · Score: 1

    So, the studio execs were afraid of controversey about the size of his dick, so they decided to downplay it with some pre-release gossip? Riiiiggghhhht....

  140. Hmmmm....... by morganix · · Score: 1

    $50 says he posted this roomer all over the net himself! Wait, this isn't a bad idea, excuse me... I have to uhm... wash the dishes. PS: No, I will not send you $50.

  141. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    IF the saying about guys with sports cars is true.... what does he drive?

  142. Lesbians by cyberwench · · Score: 1

    Lesbians are more socially acceptable because a large proportion of the male population doesn't see lesbian sex or relationships as being real or exclusive. They see it as interesting, arousing, and something that they can participate in. To some extent, animosity between the lesbian and bisexual communities is due to the perception that bisexual women help to perpetuate that stereotype.

    The funding difference between breast cancer and prostate cancer seems to be to some degree affected by how the respective genders view those bits of their anatomy. Women do not tend to be horribly embarrassed to say that they have breast cancer. How many men do you know that would be comfortable talking about prostate cancer? Even without the cancer, women are more comfortable talking about breasts than men are about prostates. Frankly, women are probably more comfortable talking about prostates than men. It's hard to get people to speak up for a disease that so many are too embarrassed to talk about.

    As a final note, lesbians and gays are both homosexual. The term applies equally.

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    ~ Leilah
  143. schwing by u-238 · · Score: 1

    thank you for giving me a big enough erection to do sometihng with

  144. Good news for "small" guys! by PCon · · Score: 1

    Well I'm small. So does that mean I can get the part of Superman? - PCon

  145. IMDB has the wrong picture! by trumpetbruin · · Score: 1

    That picture was AFTER the member in question was edited out. Here's the original: actual superman pic. (photobucket.com) Movie magic at its finest.

  146. Well that didn't stop humans breding with Saiyans by Matarick · · Score: 1

    Vegeta, from Dragon Ball fame, has children with the human Bulma and Saiyans suposedbly have superhuman strenght. That cat has a max power level of 400,000,000 durring the Bu saga. Ah well, at least saiyans can lower thier poswer level just for the sexin.
    Superman not sexin. Lois in the comics doesn't make too much sense since I think they got it on during the comics at one ponint (this is what happens when you blog late at night).

  147. Could be true by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://www.brandonrouth.com/gallery/displayimage.p hp?album=lastup&cat=3&pos=0
    Look at the picture here. Notice the 'other' hand of the female :)

  148. another cape by juan2074 · · Score: 1

    Just add a little red cape in front too.
    Problem solved.

  149. PLEASE MOD PARENT INFORMATIVE by hummassa · · Score: 1

    John Byrne's Superman (and its newest Smallville incarnation) powers developed this way: invulnerability (by forcefield) at age of four, strength at age 10-12 (IIRC), speed at age 15, heat vision, super-hearing, and x-ray vision at age 16, flight at age 17 (but it's psychologically blocked for now) -- and according to Smallville, Clark lost his virginity at age 18 to Lana Lang. :-)

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    It's better to be the foot on the boot than the face on the pavement. ~~ tkx Kadin2048
  150. Robin's was too big, Batman's wasn't big enough by iamjoltman · · Score: 1

    I seem to remember hearing that Burt Ward's bulge was too big and Adam West's wasn't big enough. I am, of course, referring to Robin and Batman, respectively, of the 60's Batman live-action show.