What Could Superman Learn From The Lone Ranger?

Although I disagree with most of what you just said about "man of steel", as I thought it was the best superman movie ever made. And yes, I'm a huge superman fan that's been following the character well since my high school days as well, and loved the original Christopher Reeves movies. Heck, I've even started to watch a few of the old George Reeves episodes for kicks sometimes. Having said all that, I honestly thought the man of the steel was a great movie because they nailed all the key essential elements on what makes superman who he is.

Granted, he's moping wondering what he wants do with his life throughout the first third of the film, but you have to remember that it's a modern retelling of the story. As for the destruction that happened in metropolis, that was zod's fault. And you and I both know that Zod is not a stupid villain, and he's almost as strong as superman himself. Therefore, superman couldn't just drag him out to an unpopulated area, nor would he be able to coerce zod into following him because Zod wouldn't want to give up such a strategic advantage.

You have to remember Zod is a military general, so of course he's going to try to take the fight into a heavily populated area because he knows that's superman's weakness, as that's even explained in the man of steel as well. Plus, you have to also remember that the man of steel is only the beginning of the story, as it sets up clark to become the superman that you and i know and love.

As for the critics, i don't know what critics you follow, but you might need to check your sources again. No offense. A simple look at rottentomatoes.com shows that man of steel got mixed reviews from film critics, as it only earned like around 53% in positive reviews. I don't know if you've heard of that site, but it basically gives you a general idea how well a film is doing among audiences, film critics and box office numbers. You should check it out sometime if your a movie fan.

As for the lone ranger, i agree with you that it was a fun movie to watch; although I completely disagree with Tonto's casting. No offense to Depp, but Tonto needed to be played by either a full blood native american, or at least a half blood, because that's one of the key essential elements to who tonto is.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a racist or anything, as I for one don't mind when characters change up ethnicities, or when a character like "Batman" and "Spider-Man", for example, are played by foreign actors; as long as that character's race has nothing to do with one of the core essential elements on who that character is.

Heck, I was one of the few Dragon Ball Z fans that didn't get upset over Justin Chatwin being cast in the role of Goku in "Dragonball Evolution." Everyone complained because they thought only an Asian guy should play him because the film would be an adaptation of a popular anime series, and to be honest, I would've cast an asian guy too if i was doing the casting for "Dragonball Evolution." However, after I thought about it, there's nothing about being Asian that defines Goku as a character.

I mean lets look at the facts for a minute. Goku comes from another planet, and his grandpa gets killed when he's very young. He ends up on a quest to gather the dragonballs by a girl from the west named Bulma. They end up on an adventure to save the world from an enemy that wants to use the dragonballs to take over the world. Granted, the film outright sucked, but it certainly didn't suck because of Justin Chatwin, as the script and direction was just horrendous in that film.

As for what does this have to do with Tonto, I'll get into that now. Lets look at all the key essential elements on what makes tonto's character.

For starters, he's the lone ranger's sidekick, and friend. He's a native american that nurses the lone ranger back to health after his band of rangers were ambushed, and he was left for dead.

Now, I'll give the film credit that they got most of the key essential elements to tonto's character, but they missed one very important aspect...he's native american; hence you need a native american to play his part. Don't get me wrong, I love Johnny Depp as an actor, and I'm well aware that he claims to be like one fourth or one eighth native american on his dad's side or whatever. However, that still doesn't excuse the fact that he looks nothing like a native american.

Heck, I could easily find out tomorrow that my great great great great great grandad might've been black on my father's side too, but that doesn't mean i can play the part of Martin Luthor King Jr. in a biopic because for starters...I don't look like a black guy. It's the same thing with Depp. He may have indian blood coursing through his veins, but he looks nothing like a native american; thus he was horribly miscast in this part as tonto.

Don't get me wrong, I can understand why the studio wanted him because they were hoping his name alone would sell the film. Plus, he's a great actor, and with the character's ethnicity aside for a moment, I honestly thought Depp was funny to watch in the lone ranger, and found him to be one of the bright spots of the film. However, I just wish he was full blooded native american, or that we could've gotten a full blooded native american to play tonto instead of depp. Granted, it's not his fault he was cast as that part, but I do blame Disney for that completely, as I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason the lone ranger bombed was because some people found the casting of depp to be a racist move; which I think it kind of is. No offense to depp, but he has no business playing tonto.

All that aside, I thought the Lone Ranger was a fun film to watch. Like you, I too got excited and ramped up when they played that classic theme song around the ending. Plus, I especially loved the ending when the lone ranger says his trademark line, and then tonto says, "Never do that again", and they ride off into the sunset. That part was funny as heck.

Anyway, thanks for writing this, as i'll be sure to vote this hub up.