by Nacmir » Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:37 pm
Benderbrau wrote:Uhg. The Nail was a total failure IMO. The ending was a complete abortion of the entire concept of the story.
What would a world be like without Superman? Well I guess we'll never know since he shows up at the end and saves the world.

The whole story was build upon kriptonian technology. It was said that the Kents did not pick him, not that he did not exist.
To develop their conscience and consciousness, to make them aware of what is going on, to prepare the precarious ground for the future alternatives—this is our task: "our" not only as Marxists but as intellectuals, and that means all those who are still free and able to think by themselves and against indoctrination, communist as well as anticommunist.
Socialist Humanism?, Herbert Marcuse, 1965