tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post4807330820106793895..comments2023-04-28T04:20:05.766-07:00Comments on WRITER on WRITING: Feet of ClayVirtual Strangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01040333093180694172noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-44834990620235197892017-05-31T09:30:55.746-07:002017-05-31T09:30:55.746-07:00The map icon reminded that Superman: The Movie is ...The map icon reminded that Superman: The Movie is such a good film with excellent writing and acting. Luthor and Otis are interesting characters, largely because of their faults.<br /><br />Lex Luthor: Everything west of this line is the richest, most expensive real estate in the world: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Everything on THIS side of the line is just hundreds and hundreds of miles of worthless desert land, which just so happens to be owned by...<br />[Whacks Otis with his pointer]<br /><br />Otis: Uh... Lex Luthor Incorporated.<br /><br />Lex Luthor: Now, call me foolish, call me irresponsible, but it occurs to me that a 500 megaton bomb planted at just the proper point would...<br /><br />Superman: Would destroy most of California. Millions of innocent people would be killed. The west coast as we know it would...<br /><br />Lex Luthor: Fall into the sea. [Gives a little wave with his hand] Bye-bye, California. Hello, new west coast. *My* west coast.<br /><br />[Otis overlays map with new map]<br /><br />Lex Luthor: Costa Del Lex. Luthorville. Lexington. Marina Del Lex. Otisburg. Lex Springs... Otisburg?<br /><br />Otis: Miss Teschmacher's got her own place.<br />[indicates "Teschmacher Peaks"]<br /><br />Lex Luthor: *Otisburg*?<br /><br />Otis: It's an itty bitty town.<br /><br />Lex Luthor: [Angry] OTISBURG?<br /><br />Otis: Okay, I'll wipe it off. Just a little town, that's all.<br />[Erases Otisburg] Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214218287457662499noreply@blogger.com