The 5-Minute Hater's Guide to Superman

We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cellphone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:

So Man of Steel is supposed to be okay. The Wire's entertainment department just went to go see it. The rest of us plebes can catch up on the original Christopher Reeve edition in the meantime. And while you're waiting online for the latest version, you might as well be that guy and talk about everything that's wrong with the first one:

Speaking of old movies, we do not condone or encourage you to actually use any of the movie compliments in the supercut herein. But we do encourage to watch the whole thing:

Ahhh, BRF. Otherwise known as Bitchy Resting Face, this is a real epidemic, folks. And sometimes the real victims are the ones who don't even know they have it. Maybe all they want is a hug?

And finally, the song of summer, Daft Punk's "Get Lucky," got a "chronological cover" on YouTube. Which basically means the song was adapted to styles and trends of different eras. Like the farther back you go, the more piano you hear — and that's sort of the reason why somewhere around the 1970s, this thing starts to sound damn close to amazing:

       

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Published on June 11, 2013 14:23
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