Faster Than A Speeding Bullet, Able To Stop A Massey-Ferguson Dead

Since Man of Steel is in theaters and it is almost time for wheat harvest, I thought I'd play  my all-time favorite scene from a Superman movie:



I don't know that it tops the game of chicken on tractors in Footloose, but this scene is plumb full of stupid. So the kid's head is bleeding when the dog is there licking him, then Superman flies in and instead of scooping up the kid and flying away, he stops the combine in its tracks and stalls it out (not good on the machine). Now, where did the dog go? Oh wait, he got back to the road faster than Superman, and is hiding in the culvert. But the flight heals the kid's head somehow. No cut, no blood.

I liked the ComicsAlliance review of this scene:

 Matt: Here's a question: How is Ricky even still alive at this point?

Chris: Is there any reason given for him to pass out in front of a wheat thresher in this scene?

Matt: His head is bleeding. Clearly he hit it. I just don't think he cares. Back in the bowling scene, he'd just throw it into the gutter and saunter on. Maybe the kid's really got some stuff going on.

David: He is a remarkably dumb kid, and being socially isolated as much as he apparently is can't help.

Chris: Needless to say, Superman shows up to stop natural selection from taking its course, and giving Ricky a story of the most exciting thing that could possibly happen to a person in this world, which still doesn't impress his classmates. What is the deal with these kids?!

Matt: Jaded Gen-Xers, man.

Chris: Like, if you were ten and you saw a kid you know shatter bowling pins one day and then you saw him the next and he was like "oh, I also met Superman," would that not be enough without him having to add "and he's coming to my birthday party?" That kid would've dethroned the fifth grader with a Game Genie and Super Mario 3 in a heartbeat. Uh... Maybe got a little too personal with those memories there.

David: Ricky should become pen pals with the kid from Niagara Falls.

Chris: If there's not a fanfic out there where that has happened, I will be sorely disappointed. As I tend to be in fanfics anyway.

Matt: Maybe they grew up and started a grunge band together.

David: That band was 3 Doors Down.

Chris: Or a Morning Zoo Crew. Thresher and the Falls, on WGBS in the AM!

There are a lot of funny comments in the review.