Our guest, longtime film journalist and current Fangoria Managing Editor Meredith Borders, joins us all the way from Germany to discuss how Superman is inspired by and appeals to fans of Smallville, as well as to what extent The Smurfs is still popular in Europe. All agree that Superman is absolutely becoming a “normal people give a damn” event movie, trying to legacy-sequel-ize I Know What You Did Last Summer was a doomed and depressing prospect, and Eddington was always fated to be more blogged about then seen. Also, Jeremy Fuster explains why Paramount wasn’t neccessarily looking at global box office for a yay/nay verdict on Smurf, while all parties give their thoughts as to why Clark Kent continues to remain a mostly domestic-skewing property even as Peter Parker and Steve Rogers have become global superstars.

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