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Cool, saw the other version before TDKR yesterday with Russell Crowe voice over (same visuals)

meh, tired of this crap. Do something new. re-invent a comic that is fantastic and that not many people know about, introduce originality for once. Another superman restart ( not sure of the term)

*snore*

Can we drop the origin stories and the "with great power comes great responsibility"-words-of-wisdom-from-the-relatives?

I'd pay Hollywood $20 just to stop making this derivative shite.

decent trailer. Was that the music from Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf falls at Moria?

I like how they didn't reveal very much, but yeah. I was thinking the same thing. Superman's origin has been done to death.

Still...kinda had to expect it though. Superman is one of my least favorite superheroes since he's been turned into a virtual deity and thus any sort of conflict does not inspire me to the edge of my seat.

But he is rather iconic like it or not and so his story is going to beaten like a dead horse.

>> ^VoodooV:

decent trailer. Was that the music from Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf falls at Moria?
I like how they didn't reveal very much, but yeah. I was thinking the same thing. Superman's origin has been done to death.
Still...kinda had to expect it though. Superman is one of my least favorite superheroes since he's been turned into a virtual deity and thus any sort of conflict does not inspire me to the edge of my seat.
But he is rather iconic like it or not and so his story is going to beaten like a dead horse.


Teaser trailers often don't show much.

I tired of Comic book movies. Tired of remakes. Tired of Melodramatic trailers. Super SUCK-IT.

More than anything I'm tired of teaser trailers. They are just a waste of time in my opinion. I saw a potentially good film about fishermen there, I'd like to see that film

I hate how they always mention "300" and "The Watchmen" when "Dawn of the Dead" is clearly his masterpiece.

Reboot of the reboot. Sweet.

>> ^robv:

Reboot of the reboot. Sweet.

Yo dawg, I heard you like reboots, so I...

>> ^Ryjkyj:

I hate how they always mention "300" and "The Watchmen" when "Dawn of the Dead" is clearly his masterpiece.


I dunno, Dawn of the Dead was great (imo better than the original), but Watchmen was amazing. One of my favourite films.

Anyway, I do not care for this film. Always thought Superman was massively overrated. I wonder when Kryptonite, the super rare, super secret material that's Superman's one weakness, that's available in every corner store in Smallville, will come into play in this movie

I think it has potential.

Do a superman movie from the year 3000+...something heaps far into the future. Id pay to see that done well.

Superman?
A boring character with almost no vulnerabilities and no interesting character traits.

Zack Synder?
Technically competent but artistically bankrupt. Don't believe me? See what he comes up with when he doesn't have two of the biggest names in comics writing for him. Derivative, immature and vaguely creepy (and not in a good way).

Will have to do a lot better after the Avengers (solid action, genuinely funny script) and the Dark Knight Rises (visually stunning with real emotive weight).

>> ^ChaosEngine:

Superman?
A boring character with almost no vulnerabilities and no interesting character traits.
Zack Synder?
Technically competent but artistically bankrupt. Don't believe me? See what he comes up with when he doesn't have two of the biggest names in comics writing for him. Derivative, immature and vaguely creepy (and not in a good way).
Will have to do a lot better after the Avengers (solid action, genuinely funny script) and the Dark Knight Rises (visually stunning with real emotive weight).


I loved The Avengers. Bright, colourful, uncomplicated superheroes having fun. The story was very simple but that was needed to allow room for all the characters to breath and interact. As you say a nice script and some good lines.

It's much more my cup of tea than the foreboding, depressing Dark Knight films.

>> ^Deano:

I loved The Avengers. Bright, colourful, uncomplicated superheroes having fun. The story was very simple but that was needed to allow room for all the characters to breath and interact. As you say a nice script and some good lines.
It's much more my cup of tea than the foreboding, depressing Dark Knight films.


Agreed, but I feel there's room for both.

Russell Crowe voiceover version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zld8i2mRxb0

>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^Deano:
I loved The Avengers. Bright, colourful, uncomplicated superheroes having fun. The story was very simple but that was needed to allow room for all the characters to breath and interact. As you say a nice script and some good lines.
It's much more my cup of tea than the foreboding, depressing Dark Knight films.

Agreed, but I feel there's room for both.


True, I'm just not rushing to see the Batman film. After I saw the last one it just made me reread The Dark Knight Returns and appreciate how well it's dystopian vision worked on paper. Seeing bits of it used here and there in the films felt wrong. Leaving Miller's work alone might have made the film better.

>> ^Deano:

>> ^ChaosEngine:
Superman?
A boring character with almost no vulnerabilities and no interesting character traits.
Zack Synder?
Technically competent but artistically bankrupt. Don't believe me? See what he comes up with when he doesn't have two of the biggest names in comics writing for him. Derivative, immature and vaguely creepy (and not in a good way).
Will have to do a lot better after the Avengers (solid action, genuinely funny script) and the Dark Knight Rises (visually stunning with real emotive weight).

I loved The Avengers. Bright, colourful, uncomplicated superheroes having fun. The story was very simple but that was needed to allow room for all the characters to breath and interact. As you say a nice script and some good lines.
It's much more my cup of tea than the foreboding, depressing Dark Knight films.


I loved every minute of both The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises.

Also, have to disagree with wtih @ChaosEngine about Zack Synder. He simply can't write, but he can sure as shit direct and has such a fantastic eye for visuals. Not every director should be able to write, as long as they can take good material and make something excellent from it, which he has done, multiple times.

I wouldn't worry about the story side of things. David S Goyer and Christopher Nolan have written this film. Zack Snyder is just directing it.

>> ^ant:

>> ^VoodooV:
decent trailer. Was that the music from Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf falls at Moria?
I like how they didn't reveal very much, but yeah. I was thinking the same thing. Superman's origin has been done to death.
Still...kinda had to expect it though. Superman is one of my least favorite superheroes since he's been turned into a virtual deity and thus any sort of conflict does not inspire me to the edge of my seat.
But he is rather iconic like it or not and so his story is going to beaten like a dead horse.

Teaser trailers often don't show much.


I think my point is that all trailers should be like that. I really don't place much distinction between teasers or regular trailers...a trailer is a trailer.

One of the worst movies in the world, Darkman, had one of the best trailers. "Who is Darkman?" No one fucking knew so they all went go to see it.

A trailer should really tell you nothing....so that you want to go see the damned movie!

>> ^VoodooV:

>> ^ant:
>> ^VoodooV:
decent trailer. Was that the music from Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf falls at Moria?
I like how they didn't reveal very much, but yeah. I was thinking the same thing. Superman's origin has been done to death.
Still...kinda had to expect it though. Superman is one of my least favorite superheroes since he's been turned into a virtual deity and thus any sort of conflict does not inspire me to the edge of my seat.
But he is rather iconic like it or not and so his story is going to beaten like a dead horse.

Teaser trailers often don't show much.

I think my point is that all trailers should be like that. I really don't place much distinction between teasers or regular trailers...a trailer is a trailer.
One of the worst movies in the world, Darkman, had one of the best trailers. "Who is Darkman?" No one fucking knew so they all went go to see it.
A trailer should really tell you nothing....so that you want to go see the damned movie!


I have never even heard of Darkman movie. Heh. If it didn't show much, then I probably won't see it. Haha. I am fine if it didn't show too much from the movies with no spoilers. I hate it when trailers show too much!

Superman works on a crab boat? How come I never saw this on Deadliest Catch?!

Zack Snyder? Expect long boring... just what Superman needs. Holy hell, can't someone make an exciting superman movie for once? Gorram!

No, no NO you guys! Didn't you see the differences?! Clark Kent is a crab fisherman now! It's completely different!

Aww I was hoping they did a spin off of Superman where he became a crab fisher and Mike Rowe voiced over his adventures. And then he later went on to be an ice road trucker and cheated using his super powers.

I said that jokingly, but you know......we mere humans could understand that crap. Sure he could still save people and be all heroic, but journalism is the opposite of interesting. Got some dude who can bench press cars and he's writing articles instead of doing the work of 10 guys labor in a day in one hour and running around rescuing people the rest of the day.

He could be both the common man (manual labor) and a super hero.

I always liked when Superman was not all super-positive....when he was getting into fights in restaurants and stuff. I mean your life as a secret super hero would be pretty damn stressful, and being continually upbeat is annoying.

They call this a trailer? WTF, is this film in pre-alpha?

Well shit, I'm teased.

>> ^probie:

Can we drop the origin stories and the "with great power comes great responsibility"-words-of-wisdom-from-the-relatives?

Usually I would agree but in the case of Superman, the coming of age story is the only interesting thing you can do with him. He's an alien orphan with enough power to do whatever he wants. Once you've told the story of how he came to terms with all that, he's just a giant unstoppable boyscout with all the powers; maybe the most boring character in all of comics.

I might like to see a reimagining of Superman. Dial back the powers. Give him something to struggle with besides green rocks and wedgies. He'd probably still be boring as hell, to be honest.

>> ^VoodooV:

One of the worst movies in the world, Darkman, had one of the best trailers. "Who is Darkman?" No one fucking knew so they all went go to see it.


I'd hardly agree it was "one of the worst movies in the world". It was meant to be OTT, campy and fun and then succeeded as a cult film.

I've never seen a superman film that I've really dug. I think it's the spandex and the cape. It's really hard to modernise, I think. It just looks silly and dated in 2012, doesn't it?

>> ^robv:

Reboot of the reboot. Sweet.


Reboot?

>> ^kymbos:

I've never seen a superman film that I've really dug. I think it's the spandex and the cape. It's really hard to modernise, I think. It just looks silly and dated in 2012, doesn't it?


The one with Reeves was good. His acting made it work.

@Deano, agree it was the best, but that doesn't say much. And still there's the whole 'wearing glasses - Clark Kent, no glasses - Superman' silliness.

I saw a great idea for Superman written somewhere. Maybe Reddit. I've googled it and can't find it. It's something like Superman is around in the 1940s, but Lex Luthor puts him into stasis until around now. In the meantime, Luthor builds a mighty media conglomerate and slowly convinces humanity that Superman wasn't a hero, but in fact was evil. When Superman re-emerges, the world sees him as a massive terrorist and loathes him. He has to overcome the distorted power of modern media and a malleable, ignorant populace to defeat his enemy.

Something like that. Not my idea, but a great way to modernise the story a little.

>> ^kymbos:

@Deano, agree it was the best, but that doesn't say much. And still there's the whole 'wearing glasses - Clark Kent, no glasses - Superman' silliness.
I saw a great idea for Superman written somewhere. Maybe Reddit. I've googled it and can't find it. It's something like Superman is around in the 1940s, but Lex Luthor puts him into stasis until around now. In the meantime, Luthor builds a mighty media conglomerate and slowly convinces humanity that Superman wasn't a hero, but in fact was evil. When Superman re-emerges, the world sees him as a massive terrorist and loathes him. He has to overcome the distorted power of modern media and a malleable, ignorant populace to defeat his enemy.
Something like that. Not my idea, but a great way to modernise the story a little.


That idea sounds a bit weak to me. He'd only need to get a good PR firm and a twitter account and he'd be sorted!

You're right - the fishing trawler, realise your powers, throw on your spandex beats that idea hands down.

Someone needs to reboot Superman 2. Get Malkovich as Zod.

reboot star wars,
make episodes 7-9. have some freedom to create rather than locking yourself into a story already told. and get somebody else to direct it.

Keep rebooting until you get it right. Keep rebooting for new technology in filmmaking. Go for it... I'll watch em all!

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