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[LordOfLore]

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Before Brandon Routh and Henry Cavill picked up the Man of Steel moniker from Christopher Reeve, there was a point when Nicolas Cage might have become Superman. Cage and director Tim Burton spent years working on Superman Lives in the 1990s and the never-happened feature remains one of the most discussed lost projects in recent Hollywood history. But Cage says the fact that Superman Lives isn’t a real movie is almost irrelevant at this point.

“I would offer that the movie that Tim and I would have made, in your imagination, is more powerful than any of the Superman movies. I didn’t even have to make the movie and we all know what that movie would have been in your imagination. That is the Superman. That is the movie. Even though you never saw it — it is the Superman.”

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[norm9]

Lol.

Wanted to edit in a better comment but Cage's reasoning is laughably funny.

 

[dhonk]

I mean... yeah true

 

[Darth Pinche]

So literally this:

 

[-griffy-]

I read it as Andy Samberg playing Nic Cage.

 

[Ogodei]

I could be wrong but i think he means that since the movie was never made, it can be whatever we want it to be in our imaginations?

 

[kmax]

:"|

 

[LordOfLore]

I could be wrong but i think he means that since the movie was never made, it can be whatever we want it to be in our imaginations?

Yep, that's what he's talking about.

 

[snap]

before anyone takes this seriously: the leaked plot details involved superman dying, his soul entering Lois's womb, Lois carrying it to term, and giving birth to superbaby that has an accelerated growth cycle to end up as a fully grown superman by the end of the movie. and not an adult son of superman or anything, more like a clone of the original.

so lol

 

[FallingEdge]

I wish we got a Nic Cage Superman movie.

 

[Sub_Level]

In the video he looked like he was acting hammy/cheesy intentionally. I don't think he's being serious.

I don't follow celebs too closely though so maybe he is crazy.

 

[Poppy]

before anyone takes this seriously: the leaked plot details involved superman dying, his soul entering Lois's womb, Lois carrying it to term, and giving birth to superbaby that has an accelerated growth cycle to end up as a fully grown superman by the end of the movie.

so lol

that does sound pretty tim burton

 

[Plasticine]

He's not wrong. Given the concept art, designs and the talent involved; the Tim Burton Superman movie I'm imagining is better than either of the movies WB actually made. I'm sure the actual product wouldn't have lived up to what I think it might have been, but that's the fun thing about what ifs.

 

[shira]

It's not an S

 

[Gentleman Jack]

So literally this:

Need to recaption this to be more appropriate

 

[Dynomutt]

it is the Superman...

The Superman...

Superman?

 

[old manatee]

Oh yeah well I just made a new Superman movie in my magination and it's even better still.

 

[Peltz]

Need to recaption this to be more appropriate

lol

 

[KissVibes]

before anyone takes this seriously: the leaked plot details involved superman dying, his soul entering Lois's womb, Lois carrying it to term, and giving birth to superbaby that has an accelerated growth cycle to end up as a fully grown superman by the end of the movie. and not an adult son of superman or anything, more like a clone of the original.

so lol

Does Lois Lane fuck her Superman baby boyfriend? Is this considered incest? Is this technically some form of Superhero sexual assault?

 

[Gulz1992]

There's a good possibility that he's right, considering how not high the bar is.

 

[LordOfLore]

before anyone takes this seriously: the leaked plot details involved superman dying, his soul entering Lois's womb, Lois carrying it to term, and giving birth to superbaby that has an accelerated growth cycle to end up as a fully grown superman by the end of the movie. and not an adult son of superman or anything, more like a clone of the original.

so lol

And tons of spiders(giant robot ones and normal ones).

 

[HStallion]

This is Nicolas Cage we're talking about here. He's entertaining in most anything and watchable at worst even in the shittiest of shit films and that's something not a lot of actors can make claim. If he wants to play Superman I would watch as it'd be fucking nuts if nothing else.

 

[snap]

you know what's even more powerful

a superman movie where cavill is allowed to be an actual superman and where kevin spacey plays a frank underwood-esque lex luthor

just as real as whatever cage thought his movie was going to be

And tons of spiders(giant robot ones and normal ones).

specifically a brainiac head on spider legs and the spider from Wild, Wild West

 

[Darth Pinche]

Need to recaption this to be more appropriate

 

[LordOfLore]

you know what's even more powerful

a superman movie where cavill is allowed to be an actual superman and where kevin spacey plays a frank underwood-esque lex luthor

just as real as whatever cage thought his movie was going to be



specifically a brainiac head on spider legs and the spider from Wild, Wild West

I still don't know what if any of the concept art that shows up when you search "superman lives spider" is real.

 

[snap]

I still don't know what if any of the concept art that shows up when you search "superman lives spider" is real.

death of superman lives included the braniac head spider stuff so you can trust that at least

 

[oon]

So literally this:

 

[Glass Rebel]

before anyone takes this seriously: the leaked plot details involved superman dying, his soul entering Lois's womb, Lois carrying it to term, and giving birth to superbaby that has an accelerated growth cycle to end up as a fully grown superman by the end of the movie. and not an adult son of superman or anything, more like a clone of the original.

so lol

i mean we all saw man of steel

 

[LordOfLore]

death of superman lives included the braniac head spider stuff so you can trust that at least

This one is apparently real as well:

 

[Kayo Police]

Damn I never knew Nic Cage was this ripped before.

 

[IchigoSharingan]

before anyone takes this seriously: the leaked plot details involved superman dying, his soul entering Lois's womb, Lois carrying it to term, and giving birth to superbaby that has an accelerated growth cycle to end up as a fully grown superman by the end of the movie. and not an adult son of superman or anything, more like a clone of the original.

so lol

Did Lois consent?

 

[lastplayed]

 

[ZOONAMI]

Damn I never knew Nic Cage was this ripped before.

Sarcasm? Pretty sure that's the suit making him look ripped. Nic Cage is like the ultimate everyman Hollywood action movie star.

 

[Mission]

This one is apparently real as well:

I was going to say "You mean the one with the giant fucking spider?" But I thought that was somebody else yet, not Tim Burton. Jon Peters?

 

[oon]

Sarcasm? Pretty sure that's the suit making him look ripped. Nic Cage is like the ultimate everyman Hollywood action movie star.

 

[greatestjediever]

Oh man, they made a film version of zombo.com?

 

[Discotheque]

I wish we got a Nic Cage Superman movie.

Forreal. 90s cage as superman would be mad. Tim Burton was still good back then too. Would have been interesting although I could see a lot of fans and the usual suspects on this forum shitting themselves in rage over the end result

 

[broncobuster]

These are closer to what the final suit was looking like.

And honestly, Nic Cage as Superman at the time wasn't as weird sounding as it is these days. This was his The Rock, Con Air, Face/Off period.

 

[lazygecko]

before anyone takes this seriously: the leaked plot details involved superman dying, his soul entering Lois's womb, Lois carrying it to term, and giving birth to superbaby that has an accelerated growth cycle to end up as a fully grown superman by the end of the movie. and not an adult son of superman or anything, more like a clone of the original.

so lol

Doesn't it also have Lex Luthor and Brainiac fusing together and making tons of computer puns Mr. Freeze style throughout the film?

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

At first I thought he was meaning that the unmade movie is something bigger in minds than an average movie that is actually made..
Which I definitely agree with.

But as it went on it lost me I guess.

Like if Justice League is horrendous, the cancelled JL movie will start being a bigger thing.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

.

 

[Discotheque]

That suit looks good aside from that horrible underwear that almost looks like a banana hammock

 

[Maklershed]

What's the deal with airline peanuts? They're tough to open even for me!

Spoiler

Seinfeldman?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

 

[broncobuster]

His Clark Kent was more Seinfeld-ish. 1990s baggy clothing, may you never return.

 

[WillyFive]

I've read the script, it was a better Superman movie than Man of Steel; but it would also be rather dated today.

 

[30yearsofhurt]

But does Superman looooove Pachinko?

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Keaton Batman reassuring the people of Metropolis after Superman's "death" would have been such a crazy thing to see(especially at that time).

 

[Obscura]

That suit looks good aside from that horrible underwear that almost looks like a banana hammock

Agreed. I actually really like the silly abs. Reminds you he's not of this planet.

 

[Apt101]

Nic Cage adores the character. He even named his son Kal-El if I'm not mistaken. He was still a terrific actor back then, and Burton was still good too. As weird as some of the shots seem, I have a feeling they would have made a very Superman-feeling film - if only capturing the weird state the comic (and all superhero comics, really) were in the 90's.