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From: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison)
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Subject: Re: Superman & Enkidu
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Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 01:25:32 EST
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| This idea (sex=loss of power) was in THE FORBIDDEN PLANET, where Anne
L Francis lost her power over animals after falling in love with Leslie
e Nielsen.  I remember her asking Nielsen (the Captain Kirk prototype)
w why her pet tiger attacked her. He responded incredulously, "You don't
| know?"

Oh, come on!  The answer to that one is obvious in the storyline.
Her FATHER, Prospero (er, Dr Morbius) was the creator of the animals
and completely controlled them via his subconscious mind.  Her love
for Der Kaptain, being percieved by Morbius' vile subconscious as
being rejection of him, motivates the tiger to attack the person who
is rejecting him, along with the "thief" who stole his love.

The Enkidu idea provides interesting information but it seems rather
subtle for the likes of Salkind (who seems to have thought the scene
at the end with Lois having her brains sucked out was real elegant.)
Actually, the "Woman of Kleenex" idea is a stronger motivation for
his actually choosing to lose his powers.

Hutch