鋼鐵之軀：“超人”成長史

These days it seems like every superhero has been given a modern makeover for the big screen—Batman， Iron Man， Spider-Man， and the list goes on. So it makes sense that the ancestor of superheroes Superman comes back in Man of Steel.

當下的大銀幕上，似乎每位超級英雄都推出了自己的現代新編——蝙蝠俠、鋼鐵俠、蜘蛛俠，不勝枚舉。所以當這位超級英雄鼻祖超人攜影片《超人：鋼鐵之軀》強勢歸來時，一切也就順理成章了。

The following is a brief introduction of Superman over the past decades.

下文是對超人在過去數十年間的一個簡介。

1930s-40s 20世紀30-40年代

Superman arrived during World War II. And when the US got involved， “Americans start getting scared and here comes this giant， almost straight-from-the-flag character who has come to save us，” Brad Meltzer， a US novelist， told USA Today.

超人誕生于二戰時期。當美國也加入二戰時，“當美國人開始害怕時，這位巨人就出現了，就像一個一身星條旗裝扮的愛國英雄來拯救我們了。”美國小說家布萊德·邁爾澤在接受《今日美國》采訪時說。

From the late 1930s to the 1940s， Mark Waid， a US comic book writer， said， “He was created as a social agitator， a character who fought for the oppressed and the weak.”

自20世紀30年代末到40年代，美國漫畫家馬克·韋德表示：“他被塑造成人類社會的救世主，為受壓迫者與弱勢群體而戰。”

1950s 20世紀50年代

In the 1950s， Superman went from anti-authority to a sort of “uber-cop”， since the postwar era was “where Americans thought themselves as the world’s peacekeepers”， Waid said.

在上世紀50年代，超人從反權威者搖身變成“超級警察”，因為戰后時期，“美國人就視自己為世界維和者”，韋德說。

1970s 20世紀70年代

When there was a Superman film came out in 1978， the superhero， played by Christopher Reeve， didn’t only save the world， but Waid also found that he expressed a relaxed attitude.

1978年，當一部超人影片被搬上銀幕時，克里斯托弗·里夫扮演的超級英雄不只是拯救了世界而已，在韋德看來，他還表達了一種無拘無束的態度。

1980s 20世紀80年代

“The 1980s featured Superman fighting against his own hubris and self-importance，” Meltzer said.

邁爾澤表示，“20世紀80年代描繪的超人是與自己的自大與自負抗爭。”

1990s 20世紀90年代

In the 1990s， Superman fought against not only a bad mullet but also big corporations. The decade also featured a memorable “Death of Superman” story line.

20世紀90年代，超人除了與他那一頭糟糕的胭脂魚發型抗爭之外，還向大財團們宣戰。這十年也演繹出一幕令人無法忘懷的“超人之死”劇情。

Why Superman’s story remains timeless is that his mom and dad put their son Kal-El in a space capsule as a baby before his home planet of Krypton explodes. They send him to the Earth so that he can lead a good life and be of service to the world.

超人的故事之所以經久不衰是因為它講述了超人的父母在他的家園氪星球爆炸前把尚在襁褓中的兒子卡爾-艾爾放進太空艙。他們把他送到地球，這樣他就能過上好日子，并為全世界服務。

US writer Scott Snyder also agreed with that. Snyder told The New York Times “What also makes him a typical American is he’s a superhero who looks out for all of us. You always get the sense that Superman is protecting everyone and he sees everyone as equals.”

美國作家斯科特·斯奈德對此也表示贊同。斯奈德在接受《紐約時報》采訪時說：“他是個超級英雄，為我們所有人保駕護航，正是這一點也使他成為典型的美國人。你總會有這樣一種感覺，超人正保護著每一個人，且平等待人。”