Superman and Kumar

Sometimes, when you watch a movie for the umpteenth time, you see things you missed. I get a movie channel, and they love showing certain movies over and over. One, in particular, is Superman Returns. The film is both deeper and shallower than the origin, missing out on nuances like Clark growing up in Smallville, and NYC as a personality.

Remember Luthor's henchmen? Probably not. You remember the lady with the yippy dog. Why does Lex have her around? They don't appear to be romantically involved.

But no, I'm talking about the guys. There's one guy in his group played by one Kal Penn. Yeah, he's Kumar from Harold and Kumar fame. He's gone on to do House. He barely has any speaking lines, but there must have been some arrangement to show him a little more than any of the other guys.

Why does Lex have henchmen anyway? How do you advertise such a position? This stuff doesn't make sense.

I suppose Kal Penn isn't such a household name that he can simply get lead roles. If he wants to be in Superman, he has to do (very) small roles like this. He may have really, really wanted to be in Superman, just like some people want to be in Star Trek.

Oh yeah. There's a new Raiders movie coming out. Harrison Ford is how old? But that's the magic of movies. If there's interest, someone will make it. It's been over 20 years since the last Raiders film. Still, Spielberg is a clever guy (wow, they managed to get Karen Allen back), so he'll probably give us some wows.