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One thing I thought was cool about the opening to Superman Returns is that there is a hint of Also Sprach Zarathustra from 2001: A Space Odyssey in the Kryptonian Fanfare segment as the archived voice of Jor-El says that "You will travel far, my little Kal-El".
- Now, rewind a bit, to the point where you're now at a point of time before this movie. In fact, we're going back in time before Superman comics. "Superman" is a rough translation of Friedrich Nietzsche's Übermensch (it can also be translated as "superior man", "over man", and "above man"), which initially inspired the comic character when Jerry Siegel imagined him as a villain, but then he completely changed him and turned him into a hero on the polar opposite end of the spectrum. Nevertheless, Superman owes his inspiration to Der Übermensch.
- Nietzsche wrote about Der Übermensch in a book called Also Sprach Zarathustra.
- Fridge brilliance!
On another note of fridge brilliance, "Lois" is a Greek name that roughly means "desirable/agreeable", but another interpretation is "Superior", i.e. "Super"! I just find that awesome.
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