Tag: Megamind

If “The Incredibles” was a sly homage to the Fantastic Four and Marvel melodrama, “Megamind” is a high-flying farce that looks to roast a certain superhero that possesses both heat vision and a Metropolis ZIP code. From the rocket-ship infancy to the reporter girlfriend, “Megamind” is all about Superman and the iconic perch he keeps in the public imagination after all these decades. The writing team behind the film, Alan J. Schoolcraft and Brent Simons, didn’t just go after the obvious stuff either — that mountaintop observatory that is one of the film’s key locations, for instance, was a nod to some signature moments in the classic Fleischer cartoons that still stand as one of the most satisfying interpretations of Superman in any medium. “It’s true that’s where he got that from and there was so much other stuff,” Simons said. “Having ...