I’d like to congratulate the director and producers of the new Superman movie. They have accomplished something I never thought could be done – They’ve made me apathetic about new Superman movies. They join the creators of Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, and just about everything else I used to enjoy.

I grew up on Christopher Reeve on the big screen. I paid full price to watch both Superman III and IV, and I wasn’t even that pissed off leaving the theater. I’ve watched and listened to multiple Superman TV and radio shows that were made when my mother was a child. I watched all of the DC Universe Superman movies, including some absolute dreck that made my teeth itch. Heck, I even shelled out to watch the mid-2000’s Superman reboot that never went anywhere.

But now, with the latest reboot about to kick off, the director decided to open his yap about how political this new movie is. Also, one of the bipedal parrots in the movie decided to say that he wasn’t comfortable with “Truth, Justice, and the American Way”.

Aaaaand, we’ve officially reached “Tom doesn’t care anymore” territory.

Hint – We go to movies to escape the 24×7 politics world we live in. Movies can have politics in them, but it has to be done with an artful touch so that not everything is about the politics. I go to summer movies to watch things blow up, not to have my worldview blown up.

Giving interviews specifically to point out the political message you want to convey with your forthcoming summer blockbuster, regardless of which political point of view you are firehosing your audience with, will just have me going downstairs to the Fortress of Solitude and popping a DVD in.

If I wanted to watch mid-level, overtly political movies with, at best, lukewarm feelings toward America and Americans, I have access to all of the mid-to-late 20th Century German and Russian cinema I could ask for. I don’t need the beneficiaries of American society to tell me how bad America is.