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."

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Funny How

[Spytap]

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

Slashdot

[ucblockhead]

Falling for viral marketting.

Pixellation.

[JustNiz]

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.

Re:But on the other hand...

[scotch]

With apologies to Larry Niven.

Re:False. Debunked. On Tuesday.

[Deep Fried Geekboy]

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

Wonderful slashdot, just wonderful

[t0qer]

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

This is insulting.

[torokun]

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).

Re:This is insulting.

[dkleinsc]

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.

Re:This is insulting.

[Maxo-Texas]

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.

Lowest Low

[Mr. Smoove]

"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?

His what?

[FuzzyDaddy]

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