Friday, March 26, 2010

Need Beatty as Otis - card #6

Superman: The Movie card #6 depicts Otis, played by Ned Beatty. Otis was of course Lex Luther's bumbling henchman.

This is where the bad guys in hero vs. villian stories never quite seem believable. What master criminal would have a fat, lazy, stupid side kick to do his bidding for him? Otis looks like he could easily be swayed with a block of chocolate....perhaps he was...but Luther was never going to go far with Otis at his side.

Ned Beatty, according to IMDB.com has appeared in over 100 films. His first being in the grim backwoods thriller Deliverance, way back in 1972. His character in that film was brutally sodomized by a hillbilly...so some beginning for him then.

What's Topps about this card?

1. You won't find many trading cards where the actor is wearing a hat like that.

2. Let's stick with fashion...what's he doing what that tie?

3. He's more hunchman than henchman...one day a super hero will run into a bad guy the likes of those in Guy Ritchie's London gangland flicks...they live for money, not a Hersey bar.


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