Suspension of disbelief
Some people are stupid; others are a bit slow; but by far the most annoying are the ignorant and arrogant. These are people who believe they are the pinnacle of authority on a subject matter, but refuse to even examine other possibilities other than their own opinion.
An example is this post over at FatfinguR. I guess the author doesn’t understand the idea behind the suspension of disbelief, something that is vital to TV, movies and comic books. I will say to them: Just enjoy the film (which, by the way, has done pretty well. Check metacritic).
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Those characters at DC are so dumb just like in Superman Returns the movie. Haven’t they noticed any similarity on Clark Kent and Superman? Superman was gone for 5 years and so was Clark. Didn’t the people at the Daily Planet knew that or they were just playing dumb?
Source: Superman Returns, Tragedy Uprises , FatfinguR
Superman has been using the same disguise for over 70 years, and only now you realise that his costume is a farce? Hmmm…
on July 9, 2006 on 5:10 pm
Haven’t you heard about the freedom of speech? I do know about the suspension of disbelief and didn’t you know I’m a Superman fan too like you. So what do you care if I didn’t like the movie? huh?
on July 9, 2006 on 5:21 pm
Hey fatfingur.
The Superman part of the post was an example I used to portray first-hand the topic of the article: that some people seem unable to suspend their disbelief. So when they then criticise the media they need to suspend it for, its shows (in my opinion) ignorance/arrogance.
But with regards to your Superman post, it would make for a very boring film if everyone knows that Clark Kent was Superman.
Oh, and plus, I wasn’t attacking your “Freedom of Speech”. But remember, you can’t attack my right to comment on your post.
Cheers.