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Man of Steel

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"What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater?" Who in the world doesn't like Superman? I would assume the overall resounding answer would be "no one." Everyone likes Superman, or so I thought. However, according to public opinion, the more accurate response to that question would probably be, "who cares?"  As hard as it is to admit, Superman has slowly become less relevant the farther we move past the events of 9/11. While I don't necessarily agree with this point of view, it is arduous to deny that the hardened audiences of today have a difficult time identifying with the big blue boy scout . Then Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, and Zack Snyder enter into the picture. Three individuals who believed that they could reinvent, reboot, re-envision (whatever you want to call it) Superman in order to take an aging 75 year old American Icon and make him relatab