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Did You Know? Karol Krauser was Fleischer’s Superman Model

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While the Fleischer Superman would obviously be based on the character drawn by Joe Shuster as seen in “Action Comics” and “Superman” comic books, they employed a technique known as “Rotoscoping” in which real-life figures were traced in ink, frame by frame, making the animated figures more believable.

Whether he was used in this fashion or not is unknown, but professional wrestler Karol Krauser was used as the male model by the Fleischers to aid in their portrayal of Superman for the animated shorts.

The Missing Ending Of Saul Bass’ PHASE IV Is Found – And Seen

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Saul Bass shot a far crazier montage for the transition to Phase IV, but after a test screening Paramount trimmed it out. I don’t really know why – the whole movie is leading up to this 2001-inspired payoff, and if people didn’t like the ending they certainly weren’t going to like the hour and a half prior. Trimming the ending – cutting the money shot, essentially – doesn’t do the film any favors. Looking at the poster above you can get a sense that Paramount was trying to just sell a shitty exploitation film when they were stuck with an almost experimental science fiction piece.

via The Missing Ending Of Saul Bass’ PHASE IV Is Found – And Seen | Badass Digest.

Before Watchmen: Not a completely terrible idea?

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Recently, DC Entertainment began releasing a series of prequel comics to the 1980s series Watchmen, which is considered one of, if not the, greatest comic series of all time. Essentially, there are two schools of thought on this upcoming series; it’s not a bad idea and if handled correctly might even be good and it’s a horrible idea, especially since the writer of the original Watchmen series Alan Moore has publicly been against this new series, saying the idea of a prequel is “completely shameless” and “what I want is for this not to happen.”

While I have great respect for Moore, I can’t really agree with him.

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