Question:
While waiting through the interminable credits after "Matrix Reloaded", I
noticed that DC got a credit, something like "Comic Books provided by DC
Comics". Did anyone notice any DC comics in the movie? Or was it thanks for
letting them say "Neo is off doing his Superman thing"?
Answer:
-I noticed that the pose Neo takes when he is just about to dip back
through the cloud layer is remarkably similar to Superman's pose on
the cover on Superman #1. I assumed it was an homage. Perhaps this is
what the credit was about?
-Is it possible that DC just provided comics as reading material for the cast
and crew...something to sort of help keep the inspiration up? This is a
Warner film, so it's possible that comics were given out as freebies by the
company to folks on the film.
-I would think it would be the mentioning of "Superman", although in most
things they usually say "'Captain so-in-so' is copyright MC Comics, 200X",
something they didn't do in this case. I hope that the US Congress
doesn't consider poses to be copyright... it could open up a whole new can
of beans.
