Comments on: Oh SNAP! SUPERMAN Reboot CONFIRMED!

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By: Gazz

Gazz — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:08:39 +0000

Oh, and seeing as this is the topic at hand, I was definitely not a fan of Singer’s SUPERMAN RETURNS!

Far from it in fact! Whether, like Kris says, I can be bothered to sit through ANOTHER reimagining though?

M’eh, probably not! Not unless it’s Kevin Smith doing his script OR at least just releasing a two hour stand-up movie of him recanting his anecdote involving the botched attempt to get SUPERMAN LIVES made as seen on the EVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH DVD, lol

There’s your movie right there!

By: Gazz

Gazz — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:05:42 +0000

And he’s in Kevin Smith’s ZAK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO!

PS
Kris – kudos on pimpin’ Rachel McAdams!

She IS born to be Lois Lane. But then again, she’s born to be anything! That woman is friggin’ uber-talented!

By: Grundy

Grundy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:33:17 +0000

He’s doing the Dylan Dog movie Dead of Night. It’s based on an Italian comic, if you’ve ever seen Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore) that was slightly based on it. I’m looking forward to it.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:13:44 +0000

Sucks to be Routh right now. Supes was meant to be his big breakout role, and ever since he did that movie, he’s fallen off the face of the earth. I know he has a cameo in an upcoming high-profile film, but other than that, I haven’t seen or heard a peep about upcoming roles for him.

By: Grundy

Grundy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:06:46 +0000

They really ****ed up Luthor in Returns. It was suppose to be five years, so he could’ve set his own company and “gone legit”, Superman comes back and shit hits the fan. It’s not that hard of an idea to do, instead they fell back on Luthor and his ridiculous real estate schemes.

As for the new movie, maybe they’ll have him set up as the puppet master and some other villain being used.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:30:54 +0000

Thats a real shame. I know I might be in the minority but I actually enjoyed Singers Superman Returns, even with it’s faults, and I was looking forward to where they might have taken it.

As for Kryptonite, it’s not the only thing that can hurt Superman – he’s vulnerable to magic as well! But they don’t have to use Kryptonite as the rock – there are a couple of villains who are “powered” via Kryptonite (like Conduit) and let’s not forget characters like General Zod or Doomsday. Zod is obviously Kryptonian as well so has the same powers as Superman, and has a chance of defeating him, and Doomsday – well, he’s the one who put Supes in the grave!

And, of course, it was Kryptonite that levelled the playing field between Batman and Superman in Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, when Bats defeated Superman in style.

Also, I’m glad about this in one way, as now they get the chance to reset Luthor. I so hope they change him to being the outwardly altruistic business man who is secretly plotting to take over the World. But I also hope they don’t make him the main villain again. Maybe they should take the route of Luthor not being the main focus of the movie and maybe set him up to be the bad guy in the second movie.

Now, the main problem we have here is the look of Superman. He has such an iconic look, and Christopher Reeves embodied him so much and resembled Superman from the comics so much, that we fall back into the trap that they need someone relatively unknown but who can also act and looks somewhat like Reeves. Unfortunately, Routh did, to a certain degree, even though he needed to bulk up some more for the role, but I agree that they are more likely to make a fresh start of it and not use the cast from Returns.

Now, I wonder if this means that WB have decided to use Mark Millar’s rumoured 21st Century take on Superman?