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alltherage · 10-13-2010, 04:27 PM

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Zack Snyder, known for his action blockbuster “300: The Battle of Thermopylae” will direct a new version of the story of Superman – The Man of Steel. Film studio Warner Bros. announced that the new superhero movie will be in theaters in 2012.
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The film will be produced by Christopher Nolan and the script is written by David Goyer.

Will not be a sequel and will not star Brandon Routh (thank jebus).

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CaptainCrunch · 10-13-2010, 04:28 PM

Enough with da reboots, come up with your own ideas already.

Cecil Terwilliger · 10-13-2010, 04:35 PM

300 was called 300, not 300: the battle for Thermopylae.

Forgetting about the lame owl movie, I really like Snyder. Watchmen and 300 were very loyal to the source material. Of course this means 2/3 of the movie will be slow-mo but whatev.

Goyer wrote Blade, Batman Begins and TDK.

Bertuzzied · 10-13-2010, 04:39 PM

Superman can only be entertaining if he is getting his ass kicked by other supermen. Like Superman 2.

The movie i want to see is Superman vs Batman. that would be awesome.

alltherage · 10-13-2010, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

300 was called 300, not 300: the battle for Thermopylae.

Forgetting about the lame owl movie, I really like Snyder. Watchmen and 300 were very loyal to the source material. Of course this means 2/3 of the movie will be slow-mo but whatev.

Goyer wrote Blade, Batman Begins and TDK.

Yeah I had to google that myself... I was confused.

I am very excited for this. I think it has really good potential. @CaptainCrunch, I know... reboots are getting old... but the key here I think is to reboot it properly.

The Batman reboot is possibly the best ever. You have one of the masterminds from this all over it. I am really pumped to see what they come up with.

CaptainCrunch · 10-13-2010, 04:51 PM

Here's my problems with reboots. They either ignore the back story of the character., or the writer or director follows the same old path of making them darker.

Every single time, and every single reboot, the prominant promise from the powers that be are, we're going to make him darker and more flawed because edgy hides the crappy story that we're writing.

Batman worked because Batman was always a fairly dark character.

Star Trek failed for me because they took everything that made Kirk a great character and great captain and tossed it out to make him not only a flawed character but a member of the 90120 camp.

Superman to me always stood out as the most optimistic of characters, the old saying was truth justice and the american way.

Now just watch, They'll make superman an angry and bitter character with a drinking problem and a long buried past of sexual abuse by his uncle.

Create a new character, and beyond that I'm still waiting for an aquaman movie, but they'll make him so dark that he ends up working for a fisheries lobby group.

alltherage · 10-13-2010, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Here's my problems with reboots. They either ignore the back story of the character., or the writer or director follows the same old path of making them darker.

You make some great points actually. I see the pattern. I understand it... they are trying to create depth.

But I totally buy it.

To Be Quite Honest · 10-13-2010, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Here's my problems with reboots. They either ignore the back story of the character., or the writer or director follows the same old path of making them darker.

Every single time, and every single reboot, the prominant promise from the powers that be are, we're going to make him darker and more flawed because edgy hides the crappy story that we're writing.

Batman worked because Batman was always a fairly dark character.

Star Trek failed for me because they took everything that made Kirk a great character and great captain and tossed it out to make him not only a flawed character but a member of the 90120 camp.

Superman to me always stood out as the most optimistic of characters, the old saying was truth justice and the american way.

Now just watch, They'll make superman an angry and bitter character with a drinking problem and a long buried past of sexual abuse by his uncle.

Create a new character, and beyond that I'm still waiting for an aquaman movie, but they'll make him so dark that he ends up working for a fisheries lobby group.

I think they will make Superman more serious but not darker. Where it will get darker is in the villians. Lex will be the Xenophobe he is supposed to be, and Darkseid could be introduced becoming the major storyline in a trilogy. There is a lot of potential in this! I can't complain about anything Nolan touches. I just wish he could do Transformers.

Sainters7 · 10-13-2010, 05:08 PM

I'll admit the new one was garbage (they were waaay too scared to deviate from the Christopher Reeve-era movies), but I thought Routh was good. It creeped me out how much he looked, and sounded like Reeve's Clark Kent character. Love the new direction, but I'd have no problems if Routh was asked to reprise the character(I know he won't though).

Yeah_Baby · 10-13-2010, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Star Trek failed for me because they took everything that made Kirk a great character and great captain and tossed it out to make him not only a flawed character but a member of the 90120 camp.

Not to deviate but how so?

sa226 · 10-13-2010, 05:17 PM

The character deserves a great, well written story done with modern special effects.

Superman Returns to me was a huge dissappointment. Judged on its own it was actually an ok movie but Kate Bosworth and that stupid kid ruined it for me. However the airplane rescue scene was pretty well done.

If anyone can do the character justice it is Nolan.

One thing that scares me though is that Nolan said in an interview about the movie that he and Goyer have come up with a really "fresh" take on the character....

If fresh means something different than the regurgitated Donner stuff, great.

If fresh means a Superman "Red Son" type of fresh storyline then I will be pissed.

Hack&Lube · 10-13-2010, 06:57 PM

The most important thing is the actor. Chris Reeve is almost impossible to follow in the role as he is so iconic.

Routh's problem is that he was too young, too pretty and looked stupid with the Superman hair. He didn't look or feel like Superman.

There are rumors that Jon Hamm, the guy from Mad Men is being considered.

Brandon Routh was more Superboy

CaptainCrunch · 10-13-2010, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Not to deviate but how so?

They took Captain Kirk and made him a surly grandstanding teenager who lacked the nobility of spirit the the original Kirk had.

Maybe Pine isn't a great actor and was hired because of his ability to have a similar hair cut to the Shat. But of all the Characters in the new Trek he and Checkov stood out as two dimensional, and took the cool aspects of the original character that would make young girls damp, but none of the deeper parts of the character that rounded them out.

Yeah_Baby · 10-13-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

They took Captain Kirk and made him a surly grandstanding teenager who lacked the nobility of spirit the the original Kirk had.

Maybe Pine isn't a great actor and was hired because of his ability to have a similar hair cut to the Shat. But of all the Characters in the new Trek he and Checkov stood out as two dimensional, and took the cool aspects of the original character that would make young girls damp, but none of the deeper parts of the character that rounded them out.

Were you same at 25 as you were at 35 or 55?

dissentowner · 10-13-2010, 07:12 PM

Another Superman movie, how original.

Cecil Terwilliger · 10-13-2010, 07:24 PM

Because all Hollywood movies are totally original...

dissentowner · 10-13-2010, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Because all Hollywood movies are totally original...

Not very many anymore, everything is remade, but Superman...again??

Cecil Terwilliger · 10-13-2010, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dissentowner

Not very many anymore, everything is remade, but Superman...again??

Much like Hulk and the Incredible Hulk a new Superman needs to be made so we can forget Superman Returns.

Yeah_Baby · 10-13-2010, 07:29 PM

Why even bother going to the movies when you can stay at home and watch your tarantulas do it.

Hemi-Cuda · 10-13-2010, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

They took Captain Kirk and made him a surly grandstanding teenager who lacked the nobility of spirit the the original Kirk had.

Maybe Pine isn't a great actor and was hired because of his ability to have a similar hair cut to the Shat. But of all the Characters in the new Trek he and Checkov stood out as two dimensional, and took the cool aspects of the original character that would make young girls damp, but none of the deeper parts of the character that rounded them out.

the original Kirk was also a good 10 years older than Pine's and had been captain for years, not to mention that he had a completely different backstory with his father not dying before he was born. i think Pine did a pretty good job with it, there were enough things he did that made me think of Kirk, but with a more raw and aggressive approach (that someone younger without experience would do). it'll be interesting to see how he can mature the character a bit in the next movie