Shocking as it may seem, they were @ one time considering Beyonce Knowles for Lois Lane…yes, the former Destiny’s Child/Foxxy Cleopatra from the last Austin Powers film.

Now this is the story all about how/
My life got flipped, turned upside down;
And I’d like to take a minute, just sit there, Miss
I’ll tell you how I became the toast of this fine Metropolis…

In a podunk town, Smallville, found and raised/
In the barnyard is where I spent most of my days….
Cleanin’ stalls out, geekin’, peekin’ like a fool,
Usin’ x-ray vision on the cheerleaders showerin’ after school.

When Adopt-A-Pop died, ’cause his heart gave him strife,
Started makin’ trouble in my bucolic life;
I lose one adoptive parent and my mom lets it rip,
‘You’re not of this Earth, boy; you came by rocketship!”

I begged and pleaded with her to say she was wrong;
But that’s when the green crystal started singin’ its song
Told me to go North, past Santy Claus land
And when I got there, pitchin’ practice with green lightstick in hand

First class, don’t I wish;
Drinking melty snow and eating frozen raw fish!
Is this what my life is supposed to be?
I’ll give it two weeks; then again, maybe three.

But wait…I hear the crystal hit the icecap,
Then I see weird alien girders and that kinda crap!
I don’t think so…I’ll see what they sell;
Hey! Big Charley Rich head, calls himself Big Jor-El!

Stood there for 12 years, watchin’ pretty lights
Then the show stopped an’ I was wearin’ tights!
My costume designer must have drunk too much grape
Cause my underpants are outside, and I’m wearin’ a cape

Well, I flew to Metropolis like a meteor aflame,
Then got major hotvibes from Miss Lois Lane.
If anything I could say that this chick was rude,
So I got her brushoff, then went for some food

I left the building then heard a strained cry
Little Miss Snobby was just ’bout to die
So one quick-change later, up, up, and away
Now I’m savin’ the world almost every day!

I’m with you, bud. I would LOVE to see someone cast that fits the look as Alex Ross depicts Superman.

Vic

Steel is something I still think could work on the big screen. Maybe that’s a franchise that needs a reboot/remake/reimagining.

Uh, nothing personal, but if I want to see “a beautiful film” I’ll let my wife drag me to some Victorian era chick-flick.

Vic

The rest of that sentence … “…Ask Shaquille O’neal after he made ‘Steel’.”

I had that same comic book! Very cool. Can’t remember how it was that Superman didn’t pummel Ali, lol. No powers, maybe.

Vic

That’s awesome! Heck, there was a Charles Barkley vs. Godzilla comic and commercial:

http://www.angelfire.com/ego/g_saga/godzillavs.charlesbarkley.html

heath

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