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Zack Snyder chosen to direct Superman

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Solo said:
I'm more thinking of her pairing with Cavill.
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Eh, 9 years difference seems okay to me. I think the real issue is that Cavill is too young, not that AA is too old.

But, semantics are boring to quibble over.
 
Ok Amy Adams is a good choice.

Not too slutty and not too innocent. Can buy her as a journalist.

I would love to see who else was in the running.
 
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bananas said:
I sure hope this is a joke post.
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Meh. You can dye her hair, but you can't extinguish the fire emanating from her crotch. The whole time I'm watching the movie, I'm going to be thinking about the flame carpet burning a hole in her pantsuit.
 
I really like Amy Adams so this is a pleasant surprise. Not worried about the age difference. Although Snyder's involvement makes me incredibly wary.
 
This is a train wreck waiting to happen. Which is such a shame because i'm a huge Superman fan and they just don't understand how to make the right film. It's so annoying especially when you already have comics and the animated shows to tell you how to do it right. Just follow the damn format and stop giving the character to people who have no clue what the fuck they're doing.

This movie is bound to have some decent action, no substance/drama (which makes the action meaningless and boring), and some CGI that'll obviously look like CGI and won't be subtle the way David Fincher uses it.

Hopefully after this bombs they'll have the sense to stop rushing everything and give it to people who can sit down, spend a lot of time polishing a terrific script, and then give it to a director who cares about the source material and not someone who's good at flashy BS.

Epcott said:
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I completely agree with this post. A 40s alternate reality'ish kind of timeline would be perfect for Superman. It would give Superman it's own identity in film and wouldn't just shoe-horn him into any modern day environment the way they tried with Returns. Spiderman felt real and genuine in a modern day environment but they're 2 completely different characters, Spiderman allows you to use grit, dark alleyways, etc. as well as the sunny outdoorsy stuff.

With Superman the majority of his image is about strong bright colors, the blue open sky, etc. things like that. The modern world however is very dark as well and in Superman Returns when Clark is on top of the daily planet with Lois, everything in the environment is dark except Superman with his colorful suit. It looks silly and out of place. Even though the cinematography in Returns was amazing and the corn field/smallville segments were perfect visually, the Metropolis stuff did not match right imo. Metropolis is just as much a character as Superman is. The original animated shows from the 90s had a perfect Metropolis that suited that show and the color palette's and all that matched perfectly with Superman. I have the same problem with Nolan's Batman films. The Tim Burton Batman's Gotham City was perfect, very goth-like and gritty/dark. I liked Batman Begins Gotham as well even though it was different. The Dark Knight however was not gotham at all. It was basically Batman shoe-horned into Chicago. Very unappealing and I hope Dark Knight Rises fixes this problem and makes the city much more dark with Batman-specific architecture and not just modern day silver windowy kind of stuff.

If they put Superman in a modern day environment, it would have to be a complete reboot, and that means there would be either no suit or the suit would be changed, characteristics of characters would have to be changed etc. everything in order to resonate with modern day audiences. I have a feeling this is what's going to happen with Snyder's Superman. Superman will likely have no suit for the majority of the film, and be extra gritty/mean. I don't particularly mind this but I just don't think Snyder is capable of having real emotional characters on screen. His films are so damn soulless and pale. Watchmen copied almost everything from the comics and looked great visually but still the characters felt so hollow, either due to Snyder's lack of good actor-directing or something I don't know what.

I wish they would give it to the Wachowski's and let them do a 40s-50s timeline environment and let them run with it. That's not going to happen though. I'm not sure who else can do it off the top of my head but there's definitely someone out there better suited than Snyder.
 
Blader5489 said:
Terrible choice. Her hair is the wrong color.
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*smiles*

Clipjoint said:
Was really hoping for Rachel McAdams...

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She's more beautiful than all of those women in the butt/breast threads put together. She would have made a perfect Lois
 
Really like the choice of Adams, even with the age difference.

Hell anything will be better than Bosworth as Lois. Blame can be put on Singer and the script, but she stunk it up.
 
The idea that a traditional Superman could only work as a period piece is one of the most ridiculous recurring arguments on the internet, and is a reflection of ignorance of the history of the character.

Superman Returns problems weren't because of the setting, although it was a little sterile. Bryan Singer just didn't get the character and turned him into a deadbeat superpowered schmuck Jesus figure.

As for the costume... blue spandex, red overpants and capes have never been in style. Setting it in 1939, 1963, 1979 or 2012 isn't going to change that.
 
Meus Renaissance said:
*smiles*



She's more beautiful than all of those women in the butt/breast threads put together. She would have made a perfect Lois
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I agree with you sir. But I'm not complaining. There's just something about Amy Adams I love. She was great in The Fighter.
 
McAdams would've been my first choice but Amy is more than capable at pulling this off and is generally fantastic in her own right - so, yay. :)

It's a gargantuan upgrade from that flop Bosworth anyhow.
 
boutrosinit said:
I do not understand the Snyder hate. Very glad for the Nolan / Snyder team-up.
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Snyder's films just feel incredibly soulless, I can't describe it really. It feels like he doesn't push his actors and does things quickly just to get scenes done. I don't know if this is the case maybe i'm wrong but I never feel anything when i'm watching a Snyder movie. It's always either in your face visuals that look nice, or forced character scenes that don't feel real or genuine. It feels like he uses the character interactions as an excuse to do more action, rather than the opposite. Plinkett described this well when talking about George Lucas. He said Orson Welles used special effects to tell a story while Lucas used a story to tell/show special effects. I really feel like Snyder does the same thing as Lucas. He doesn't care as much about the motivations of characters, the development of them, interaction etc. and build up, he just wants to get through that as fast as possible in order to get to the action and flashy bits.

If Snyder does this with Superman the movie WILL fail when it comes to critics and audiences general opinion. Superman cannot survive on special effects and action alone. This is the difference between Iron Man 1 and 2. Part 1 has bits and pieces of action but the main focus is on Tony Stark's character as well as the building relationship between him and Pots, part 2 sacrifices all of this for the sake of action and CGI masturbation.

Also I bet Nolan has nothing to do with this. He's basically there to make sure Snyder doesn't go over budget or fuck up too much, but he has enough on his plate with Batman 3 and his Howard Hughes/other projects than to deal with Superman on a direct basis. If Nolan had any input I would surely be excited, but I know he doesn't. It's Snyder and that hack Goyer (who can't write a decent screenplay on his own without someone way better helping him out).

Zabka said:
The idea that a traditional Superman could only work as a period piece is one of the most ridiculous recurring arguments on the internet, and is a reflection of ignorance of the history of the character.

Superman Returns problems weren't because of the setting, although it was a little sterile. Bryan Singer just didn't get the character and turned him into a deadbeat superpowered schmuck Jesus figure.

As for the costume... blue spandex, red overpants and capes have never been in style. Setting it in 1939, 1963, 1979 or 2012 isn't going to change that.
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I think people mainly want him in a different time period only because it's much harder to fit him in modern day without sacrificing some original Superman-like stuff from the comics. I personally wouldn't mind him being in a modern day world at all, but it's just harder to do. People are more cynical in this day and age. They don't care about a nice guy with a heart of gold who always does the right thing and also has a million powers etc. They feel a complete disconnect because filmmakers have a hard time showing that he has similar emotional problems as normal people. (With Spiderman for example they showed him fucking up his pizza deliveries, his girl problems, etc. which made people relate to him.)

If you put him in a different timeline, you don't have to worry about that as much. Audiences will automatically leave their current present-day ideas and problems at the door, and just sit in the theater and their brain will tell them this is a different time period, and they'll judge him based on that, rather than whatever's happening now.
 
Angry Fork said:
Also I bet Nolan has nothing to do with this. He's basically there to make sure Snyder doesn't go over budget or fuck up too much, but he has enough on his plate with Batman 3 and his Howard Hughes/other projects than to deal with Superman on a direct basis. If Nolan had any input I would surely be excited, but I know he doesn't. It's Snyder and that hack Goyer (who can't write a decent screenplay on his own without someone way better helping him out).
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It was Nolan's input that conceived the story and picked Snyder as director.

And iirc, the script is co-written by Goyer and Jonah Nolan.
 
Blader5489 said:
It was Nolan's input that conceived the story and picked Snyder as director.

And iirc, the script is co-written by Goyer and Jonah Nolan.
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Indeed.

Snyder's a good director. He just needs to stop writing - alone, at least - and stop picking owl projects. A lot of directors want to be auteurs in the fashion of Tarantino or the Coen Brothers these days, but, yeah, not for everyone. So, I can easily remain optimistic about this film. Goyer and J Nolan are certainly worthy of faith, unless Snyder or the studio ruin their script somehow - but that would be truly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
 
I can't believe people are doubting the team that put together TDK. As far as I know, Nolan specifically chose Snyder. I am most certain it was because of his tendency to never deviate from what has been written, and capturing the visual aspect of any concept to its most trivial details.
Snyder is an excellent director. And a great adherer to whatever is written for him. This will be a great piece of work.
 
(*Edit: beaten :P) I'll go ahead and play optimist and remind people that Snyder had nothing to do with the actual script for Superman, it was all Goyer and Jonathan Nolan. He did on the other hand co-write Sucker Punch, so you can blame him for that.

I think the casting of Adams is a very interesting choice, one I don't think anyone really predicted. That said I'm all for it, i think she's a great fit. And since she looks like she's Cavill's age, the gap in age doesn't bother me in the slightest.
 
Rorschach said:
Meh. You can dye her hair, but you can't extinguish the fire emanating from her crotch. The whole time I'm watching the movie, I'm going to be thinking about the flame carpet burning a hole in her pantsuit.
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sorry, but you really come off as someone who simply hates women altogether.
 
She's kind of got a Derp thing going.

First piece of casting for this movie that I haven't liked.
 
Angry Fork said:
I think people mainly want him in a different time period only because it's much harder to fit him in modern day without sacrificing some original Superman-like stuff from the comics. I personally wouldn't mind him being in a modern day world at all, but it's just harder to do. People are more cynical in this day and age. They don't care about a nice guy with a heart of gold who always does the right thing and also has a million powers etc. They feel a complete disconnect because filmmakers have a hard time showing that he has similar emotional problems as normal people. (With Spiderman for example they showed him fucking up his pizza deliveries, his girl problems, etc. which made people relate to him.)

If you put him in a different timeline, you don't have to worry about that as much. Audiences will automatically leave their current present-day ideas and problems at the door, and just sit in the theater and their brain will tell them this is a different time period, and they'll judge him based on that, rather than whatever's happening now.
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This is exactly what I'm talking about. What evidence do you have for any of this?

The only thing wrong with Superman is that he hasn't had a good movie released since Superman 2. In that time plenty of writers have made him relevant and relatable.
 
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118034466?refCatId=13

Viggo Mortensen will not take the male lead in ''Snow White and the Huntsman,'' formally ending months of negotiations with Universal.
Pic, which is being produced by Joe Roth and directed by Rupert Sanders, already stars Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron. It was scheduled to start shooting sometime this fall and set for a Dec. 21, 2012, release.

Dropping out of negotiations leaves the door open for Mortensen to take the role of the villain in Warner Bros.' ''Superman: Man of Steel,'' which is scheduled to shoot at the same time as ''Huntsman.''
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Do it Viggo!
 
I don't understand. Is it that fucking hard to just cast say Rachel McAdams to be Lois Lane or someone like her?

Amy Adams is a good actress but come the fuck on. She's not Lois material. And Henry Cavill is 10 years younger.


Lol Snyder
 
Rachel McAdams would be a fine Lois Lane, if they were making yet another nostalgia trip. She has the permanent look of someone in a period piece circa first half of 20th century. Would've been good casting for Superman Returns (though no casting was going to save that script), but I have zero desire to see more nostalgic looks back at older visions of Superman.
 
pulga said:
This thread needs more Amy Adams pics. Do it, GAF.
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Viggo must now join!
 
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