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Superman is such a homely hero… I mean, he was the perfect hero 50 years ago.
I get a bad feeling whatever Snyder does, it'll be upsetting.

I hope they go either two routes with this movie to make him relevant.

Either A)
Create a 1940’s – 1950’s era stylized sky scraper covered Metropolis, with the look and feel of the city from Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, but without the sterile colors. Have a nice mix between this and New York from Peter Jackson’s King Kong, it would be amazing. It would be a period piece, but the kicker would be we’d be seeing well known characters as they originally appeared, with over the top action thrown in. Hell, I’d love to see Supes flying along side some A-36 Apaches, seeing them knocked out the sky by death rays in classic WWII style shaky footage, and then seeing Supes confront a large robot, and colliding with it through a high rise.



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Or B)
Don’t change Superman, but change Clark Kent and make him a credible journalist that travels the world who has been subjected to world tragedies and violence. I think they’re going this route after reading about the script. The other big change needs to happen to Lex Luthor. Make him almost a Keyser Soze character, behind the scenes, barely seen but when you see him, he has purpose and he seems like a non threat. Have a main villain, and at the end, reveal it was Lex who pulled the strings… but make it so Superman cannot legally do anything to him, or just have him not realize it at all... have Lex sitting at his desk at the end saying some gibberish about everything going accordingly. This way, Supes triumphs but Lex ultimately wins (giving an ominous feel to the ending). The best villains are those who succeed even when you think you’ve won, and those who you are powerless to defeat even with brawn and the speed of a locomotive.

I absolutely hated the “Lex on a beach shouting curses Superman” ending of Returns. It was cringe inducing.




Brera said:
There is no room for a modern day Superman.

Set it in the 1940s and make it ultra comic book.

Superman would just look lame...just like in Superman Returns!
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:lol you were reading my mind while I typed this up...
 
Matthew Goode Could Fly Around As Our New Superman

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He was good in Watchmen. Not sure how good of a Supes he could be.

Also:

On top of this news, Snyder might go the same route with the Superman suit just like how Warner Bros went with Ryan Reynolds' suit for Martin Campbell's "Green Lantern." Snyder, please listen to me when I say that would be the worst way to go with the costume. Come on, the outfits in "Watchmen" looked great. If you can get somebody to make costumes like that, then why bother going an alternate route with Supes out of all characters?
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I want an actual outfit. I think Signer did a good job with the Returns suit (sans the darker shade of red).
 
I could be down for Matthew Goode as Superman.

A CG suit wouldn't even make sense. That's a terrible idea. It might not be [yet] perfectly realized in Green Lantern, but it definitely fits there, unlike Superman.
 
A CG suit for Superman is one of the worst possible ideas ever. They did an amazing job 30 years ago, why would anybody want to blow so much money on that?
 
I'm not sure why Superman doesn't work for modern day. Superman wasn't the actual problem with Superman Returns.

With an actual decent script, Supes would be totally at home in the 21st century.
 
JGS said:
I'm not sure why Superman doesn't work for modern day. Superman wasn't the actual problem with Superman Returns.

With an actual decent script, Supes would be totally at home in the 21st century.
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He doesn't work only if they hold him back. Superman is an alien with fantastic villains yet they try to keep it somewhat grounded by going to the same old Lex Luthor route. Open up and make it a great action movie for once. I guess people feel if its set in the 50s or another era it sort of takes it out of the mold that its or any obligation to keep it real and with a fantasy setting it can be a fantasy.
 
http://www.slashfilm.com/superman-r...haway-matthew-goode-cgi-superman-west-africa/

The rumors are as follows: Anne Hathaway might be playing Lois Lane, Matthew Goode might reunite with his Watchmen director to play Clark Kent, the Superman suit will be completely computer generated and West Africa (!?!?) will play a major role in the film. And while most of these tidbits are probably untrue, the fact that they are all coming out at once does, maybe, give them a little more weight.
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They cite unnamed sources telling them that Goode is the front runner for everyone’s favorite mild mannered Daily Planet reporter and that all the scenes as Superman will be full CGI. Goode definitely looks the part and almost fits into the unknown category that Snyder wants.
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I beginning to believe Nolan is just trolling the internet. :-/

But this sounds like Nolan:

The report is that once Warners saw the CGI suit in Green Lantern, they were considering doing the same thing for Superman and even paid for a few tests, mostly because Snyder is so comfortable with the format. And while that’s still an option, apparently Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder are not on board.
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So Superman is finally gonna stop ignoring relevant world issues, such as poverty and war in Africa?

Bout damn time if you ask me.
 
Veidt said:
So Superman is finally gonna stop ignoring relevant world issues, such as poverty and war in Africa?

Bout damn time if you ask me.
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Already done.

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Troll less, read more.

Anyhow, bad decisions keep piling up with this movie. Any hopes of non-Batman DC character succeeding at the box office lay with Green Lantern now.
 
Scullibundo said:
Whilst I agree that they need to do their own thing now, I still think there are better choices for a new Superman score. Giacchino would be perfect.
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Didn't you know? According to the internet, Hans Zimmer is the most gifted film composer of all time, and he's the only composer working today who can write epic music.
 
brandonh83 said:
Didn't you know? According to the internet, Hans Zimmer is the most gifted film composer of all time, and he's the only composer working today who can write epic music.
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Can't wait for Tintin if only to see Williams take a lot of these lads to school once more.
 
The Take Out Bandit said:
Already done.

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Troll less, read more.

Anyhow, bad decisions keep piling up with this movie. Any hopes of non-Batman DC character succeeding at the box office lay with Green Lantern now.
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Actually, I meant the Superman of tv/movies.

But yeah, I didn't know that it had been done in comics already.
 
Is it so hard to have Superman get in a massive brawl with Doomsday or Darkseid? Superman Returns, where he never fought anybody and the main face-off against Lex Luthor was kryptonite so he couldn't fight was lame.

Do some sappy rom/com stuff with Lois then do two 10 minute action continuous brawl scenes and win.
 
The Suit wont be entirely GC. That would add way too much time to post production not to mention what it would do to the budget. Having every single scene with Superman needing to be an effects shot? No thanks.

Goode could work as Superman. Not my first choice for the role though.

Hathaway as Lois? I'm ok with that.
 
Scullibundo said:
Can't wait for Tintin if only to see Williams take a lot of these lads to school once more.
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Hellz yeah. Spielberg-Williams is an unbeatable team.

Williams also writes some of the best lietmotifs, his main themes are always iconic (superman, star wars, harry potter, e.t.c.). Can't wait to see what he'll make for Tin Tin.
 
Goode was great in Watchmen. Sure, he was not a good "classic" Ozy, but his action was strong given the script and the very little screen time his character had.
 
Crewnh said:
Sure there is. Action Comics 775 says otherwise.
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Heard so much about it but have never been able to read it. A Modern Superman can work. Theres alot of options for them in terms of possible narratives.

EDIT: Why not try sci-fi and have him fight some War of the Worlds style tripods? Would make some great action!
 
brandonh83 said:
Didn't you know? According to the internet, Hans Zimmer is the most gifted film composer of all time, and he's the only composer working today who can write epic music.
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That's half the Internet. The other half thinks Giacchino should score every blockbuster movie of interest.

Nolan needs to bring back David Julyan for one of his future projects.

Zzoram said:
Is it so hard to have Superman get in a massive brawl with Doomsday or Darkseid? Superman Returns, where he never fought anybody and the main face-off against Lex Luthor was kryptonite so he couldn't fight was lame.
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Doomsday is lame, he's just a punching machine with no philosophy behind him. That doesn't make for a good villain. Darkseid or Brainiac would be preferable.
 
Zzoram said:
Is it so hard to have Superman get in a massive brawl with Doomsday or Darkseid? Superman Returns, where he never fought anybody and the main face-off against Lex Luthor was kryptonite so he couldn't fight was lame.

Do some sappy rom/com stuff with Lois then do two 10 minute action continuous brawl scenes and win.
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Or even figure out a way to have a villain like the cyborg Superman. In Returns, they could have had that space shuttle be about the doomed astronauts instead and set up the cyborg. I think evenly matched villains like Zod, Doomsday, and the cyborg are more interesting than Lex Luthor and kryptonite at this point. It would be pretty crazy for a scene to show Superman flying, and then it shows the other side of his face, and it's really the cyborg. Plus the cyborg could set Superman up and just in general would be interesting.
 
Snyder is a great idea if your goal is to bring some energy and shameless comic book authenticity into the mix.

After the last Superman film, this is what is sorely needed.

The previous series of films were rubbish too, of course, but for different reasons. And it was a huge mistake to take those previous films' baggage, as Singer and his staff did.
 
http://www.slashfilm.com/christophe...k-knight-rises-last-chapter-heath-ledger-cgi/

HitFix talked to Emma Thomas, producer of the Batman films and wife of Christopher Nolan. She didn’t offer much related to Batman, but did emphasize that Superman is now Zack Snyder‘s movie. She explained that Christopher Nolan and David Goyer “had an idea they couldn’t believe wasn’t being explored by Warner Bros.” and got the script to an ‘appropriate’ point. But the film now belongs to Zack Snyder, especially as Mr. Nolan has his own big movie to make. So don’t expect some Nolan/Snyder teamup.
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When it came to Watchmen, Snyder tried to keep the movie as close as possible to the source material. So I'm hoping that whatever Nolan and Goyer cooked up, Snyder follows through as close as possible.
 
As I said before, if they aren't using Brainiac they are doing it wrong.

But at least with Snyder there is a huge chance for a real comic feel as he respects his source more than any other comic director, save maybe the Nolan Batverse or Campbell's The Rocketeer.
 
Dan said:
Doomsday is lame, he's just a punching machine with no philosophy behind him. That doesn't make for a good villain. Darkseid or Brainiac would be preferable.
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Thank you so much!

Doomsday is such a piece of sh*t 90's character it's not even funny. I recall hearing about the death of Superman back then, went to the comic shop to see who killed Supes - saw Doomsday, was massively disappointed by god awful character design.

Create an icon to defeat an icon if you're going to create a publicity stunt.
 
The Take Out Bandit said:
Thank you so much!

Doomsday is such a piece of sh*t 90's character it's not even funny. I recall hearing about the death of Superman back then, went to the comic shop to see who killed Supes - saw Doomsday, was massively disappointed by god awful character design.

Create an icon to defeat an icon if you're going to create a publicity stunt.
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It's not covered until after the Death of Superman, but Doomsday is an 'icon' of Krypton's scientific pursuits gone awry. He's the only one that can make Superman fear his own mortality, so much so that Superman hunted him down and killed him. Even Darkseid couldn't do that.

Eventually he was killed enough times because brute force wasn't working for him, so he became an intelligent being, and eventually so rational he became a protagonist. I think they retconned that though.

I agree though that there might be better villains they can use, and if they tried to use Doomsday for the shock value like people felt Venom would have brought to the Spider-man movies, it wouldn't have worked.
 
Goode was fantastic in A Single Man. It would be coincidental if he played Superman. The man would have played most classic superhero and the deconstruction of a hero.
 
Veidt said:
Actually, I meant the Superman of tv/movies.

But yeah, I didn't know that it had been done in comics already.
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It can afford to be done in comics, because DC has strip mined nearly every available story resource.

On film it would be terrible. More of a snoozefest than Superman Returns.

I'm sorry high art and snob GAF; but if you don't "get" Superman, then stop worrying about this movie.

I want to see a super powered dude throw down with another super powered dude for 90 minutes for Truth, Justice, and the American way.

The rest of you politically correct weenies can go watch Mark Millar movies. :lol
 
Looks like Zimmer isn't composing for Superman.

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/hans-zimmer-not-scoring-superman-at-this-time-11901

Last week, several Internet reports indicated composer Hans Zimmer will be doing the music for the Zack Snyder-directed “Superman” movie.

Zimmer indicated the only link with “Superman” is that he previously did music for Christopher Nolan who is the producer for the new “Superman” movie.

“You know, it’s like some dirty quote taken out of context,” said Zimmer to The Hollywood Reporter. “Let’s just be absolutely straight here: I have never in my life met Zack Snyder. I think I need to give him a ring.”

Zimmer has utmost respect for John Williams’ job with “Superman.”

“John Williams, the greatest living composer – full stop. And that happens to be one of his greatest themes. So no. And I’m not thinking of rewriting Beethoven’s ninth either,” he concluded.
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woot woot. A few people threw around the idea of Giacchino composing this which would be great.

I can see him doing some good work here. And hopefully keeping Williams' theme in the process.
 
GAF am cry, we almost had Doomsday:

Costume and special effects designer Steve Johnson (who recently unveiled photos of Tim Burton's strange looking Superman suit) has now posted costume art from Superman Returns and J.J. Abrams-scripted Superman Fly-By. What's most interesting though, isn't the revamped Superman suit, but the fact that Bryan Singer was considering using Doomsday either in his 2006 movie, or in a possible sequel!
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Source article includes suit designs from Superman Flyby.
 
One thing I don't like about modern comic book movies is that, for the most part, there's only one superhero and one supervillain that's ever acknowledged. Yeah, you'll get a couple baddies in SM3 or a cameo at the end of Hulk or IM, but I don't want any more scenes of citizens surprised by someone flying. Create a world where that's the norm (as Snyder did in Watchmen), and you're not relying on the "believable" villains like Lex.
 
Multiple Oscar nominee Amy Adams ("Enchanted," "The Fighter," "Night at the Museum 2") is set to play journalist Lois Lane in the upcoming reboot of the "Superman" franchise for Warner Bros. Pictures reports The Los Angeles Times.

The 36-year-old actress literally got the news a few hours ago from director Zack Snyder who phoned her from Paris. Snyder tells the paper “There was a big, giant search for Lois. For us it was a big thing and obviously a really important role. We did a lot of auditioning but we had this meeting with Amy Adams and after that I just felt she was perfect for it.”

Snyder declined to talk about the extent of the Lois role in the story other than claiming it's “a linchpin” to the project with his take on Lois set to have "contemporary appeal and spirit".

“It goes back to what I’ve said about Superman and making him really understandable for today. What’s important to us is making him relevant and real and making him empathetic to today’s audience so that we understand the decisions he makes. That applies to Lois as well. She has to be in the same universe as him [in tone and substance]” says Snyder.
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