American comics: You're asked to fish, but you catch a Superman template?

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A dizzying image plunged the large screen into darkness.

As soon as Pluto's voice rang out, Mickey immediately opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Pluto surrounding him. Following Mickey's gaze, the bustling cityscape of Metropolis appeared before the audience. Pulling back the screen, the film's camera quickly shifted from Mickey's original perspective to a bird's-eye view of Metropolis.

The design for this section was completed by Xu Fu.

This includes the Metropolitan setting, which he created in the previous Los Angeles series, faithfully recreating the Metropolitan setting from the comics.

"This is the Metropolis!"

"I see the building of the Messenger newspaper!"

When will Superman finally appear?

"Isn't this a Superman movie?" "Why are they still showing the episode with the rat?"

Of course, besides the excitement of seeing the metropolitan scenes, there were also some complaints from the audience.

The name of Disney at this time was very different from that of the later Dreamland, and Disneyland itself had not even been built yet.

For many who came to the theater because of Superman, Mickey's opening storyline was completely incomprehensible; they didn't know who the whistling mouse on the big screen was, or why the mouse could talk while his pet dog couldn't.

With these questions in mind, they continued watching the short film playing on the screen.

Mickey: 0.9 "Where is this place, Brutus?"

Standing on the streets of the metropolis, Mickey dodged the cars whizzing by, a slightly puzzled expression on his face.

Just then, a convertible sports car suddenly appeared, and a long, thin-looking rat drove past Mickey, honked its horn, glared at the panicked pervert, and let out a cold laugh as it sped away.

"Motimer".

In the movie theater, as Xu Fu watched these scenes appear in the edited footage, a smile spread across his face.

Mortimer was the first name Walt Disney came up with when creating Mickey Mouse, although he later chose the name Mickey at his wife's suggestion. Nevertheless, the fondness for Mortimer remained, so when making the short film "Superman & Mickey," he chose to spend more time developing the character of this annoying mouse, appearing as Mortimer.

Perhaps this is a bit of selfishness on the part of the creator.

Xu Fu had nothing to say about this, and Walter himself had his own unspoken grievances.

Chapter 620 Something's happened to me

"What a bastard!"

Back in the short film, Mickey calmly complains as he watches Mortimer leave.

Brutus: "Woof, woof, woof!"

He turned around, about to say something, when he suddenly heard Pluto's urgent shout.

Mickey: "What's wrong, Brutus?"

Hearing the sound, Mickey turned around and saw Pluto shouting repeatedly at the building. When Mickey looked up to respond, he saw smoke coming out of the building.

Mickey: "Oh my God, it's on fire! Call the police!"

Upon seeing the burning building, Mickey's face showed panic, and he tried to call for help with a panicked expression.

Just as Mickey and Pluto were panicking after seeing the fire, the scene in the short film finally began to move into the phone booth.

“I know, Louise, I…”

Inside the red phone booth, a bespectacled man was speaking when he suddenly stopped, seemingly noticing something.

"I'm sorry, Louise, something's happened to me."

After saying these words, the person hung up the phone.

Turning his gaze, he soon saw the fire scene in the distance and heard Mickey and Brut's cries for help.

Upon seeing this, the man immediately stopped hesitating, opened the phone booth, tore open his shirt, revealing a prominent "S" logo on his chest.

Is that Superman?

"Superman has appeared!"

Upon seeing this scene in the short film, the audience in the theater let out a long-lost sigh.

Under their watchful eyes, Superman stepped out of the phone booth and leaped into the air in his classic fist-clenching pose.

The decision to transform the phone booth into this design was made after discussions between Xu Fu and Walter.

Walter Reed always believed that a special storyline should be created for Superman's appearance. After some consideration, Xu Fu finally chose the classic telephone booth scene as the location where Superman first appeared in the film.

In fact, this Superman transformation process influenced the development of comics, animation, and even Superman movies for decades to come, paying homage to it in various ways.

Public telephone booths haven't been around for very long. They were originally designed by Alexander Graham Bell, an assistant to Watson, the inventor of the telephone, to provide better sound insulation, as early telephone reception was not ideal. Of course, there's also the explanation that landlords couldn't tolerate two people yelling at each other while on the phone.

In recent years, many telephone booths have appeared in London, but it will take some time before they can truly catch up with the classic red telephone booth.

The telecommunications industry, in particular, has been severely impacted by the Great Depression, and the situation is not optimistic.

Interestingly, after the release of the movie "Superman & Mickey," red phone booths that looked very similar to those in the short film suddenly appeared on the streets of New York City.

The telecommunications company named it that because it took an idea from a movie and simply called it "Superman Phone Booth".

Many viewers who saw the movie even went to parties to experience what Superman in the short film felt like, just to see what a phone booth looked like.

It is said that at their peak popularity, there would be more than a hundred people queuing in front of the phone booths.

In one community, there were even cases of theft from phone booths.

In conclusion, this scene in the short film not only left a deep impression on the theater audience and Xu Fu, but also had a certain impact on the development of telephone booths in New York City in the following years.

Of course, the changes to the phone booth came later, but the short film continues to be shown in theaters.

When Superman appeared, some complaining viewers shut up and focused on what was happening on the big screen, worried deep down that they might miss Superman's appearance if they weren't paying attention.

Is that a bird?

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Immediately, the citizens of Metropolis gasped in amazement as they watched Superman fly through the sky.

Echoing this line from the movie, many people in the theater auditorium recited it from memory.

This slogan, passed down by newsboys, has become a household phrase in New York.

Many New Yorkers know this phrase.

Amidst the chants of onlookers, Superman parked his car in front of the burning building on the big screen. After glancing at the panicked Mickey below, Superman rushed headlong into the fire.

Mickey: "What's wrong, Brutus?"

Tilting his head, Mickey stared in surprise at the figure floating in the air, but quickly remembered the poster of Brutus biting him earlier. "It's Superman!"

To Mickey's horror, Superman was able to rescue victims from the building like lightning.

Victim: "Thank you, Superman!"

The little girl, carried away from the fire in Superman's arms, later expressed her gratitude.

Superman: "This is what I have to do, kid."

Superman nodded to the little girl in his arms, gently laid her down on the ground, then took a deep breath, soared into the air, and looked at the flames rising from the building.

Well!

As Superman exhaled, the fierce flames miraculously subsided, and even some cold air enveloped the surface of the building.

Mickey: "Cold!"

Standing outside the building, feeling a chill emanating from inside, Mickey couldn't help but sob.

After successfully rescuing people from the fire and extinguishing the flames, Superman slowly lowered himself, accepted the victims' thanks, and stared at Mickey, who seemed out of place among the surrounding Metropolitan residents.

Superman: "You?"

Mickey: "I'm Mickey, and this is Brutus."

Brutus: "Woof, woof, woof."

Mickey: "So you're Superman?"

Superman: "That's right, I'm Superman!"

Mickey: "Do you always do this?"

Superman: "I will do this as long as people need me, with the truth, JtidtheAriWay!"

Truth, justice, and the American way?

This is a classic slogan that has influenced an entire generation of American Americans.

Watching Superman on the big screen, head held high and chest out, as if no difficulty could defeat him, the audience suddenly felt a surge of courage within them.

The total length of the "Superman and Mickey" short film is only fifteen minutes, which is still considered long among Disney's animated works. Previous animated works were limited to six to seven minutes, and even the earlier "Flowers and Trees" was only seven minutes long, with very few being eight minutes.

On the big screen, the end credits began when Superman shouted the classic slogan that Xu Fu had prepared for him.

However, audiences in theaters remained slow to react to the content of the previous short film.

Only ten seconds later, when the screen dimmed and the theater lights came back on, did they snap out of their daze, as if waking from a dream.

"That was amazing! It's the best movie I've seen all year!"