New Superman Film

If I remember rightly, didn't they also switch the parting and colouring of Christopher Reeve's hair for Clark Kent and Superman?

Cast twins for the roles of Clark Kent and Superman. One twin could get all muscled up to play Superman and the other emaciated to play Clark Kent. Just another power to be able to change his appearance somewhat. They would also play the characters differently being two separate persons.
 
Yes, I thought Routh was OK. The film itself was mediocre. Kate Bosworth as Lois was poor. Not feisty enough, though you might argue the part wasn't written that way. Erica Durance from Smallville is way better.

I'd like to see a new film well done though.
 
A man flying, shooting laser beams out of his eyes, turning back time etc...etc.. people are OK with that, but have him wear a pair of glasses as a disguise and suddenly it unbelievable?!
 
well - it seems they really have pulled the stops out on this. calling the big shots of all comic-book movies to pull their heaRAB together.

Still, i dont think they can make this ship sail at all. Superman Returns may of had some bad decisions and elements about it - but i though it was okay and i enjoyed it. But it got poor boxoffice reception for a reason (well, poorer then they wanted)
I just think modern audiences dont want Superman movies anymore.

I may be talking out of my arse again...but I don't think this movie will be the success they believe its going to be.
 
Especially when it looked like someone just put the video tape on reverse playback. ANyway, the whole time thing was him defying his old man with the "do not interfere in the Earth's affairs" stuff. Exposition innit.
 
In the comics at the time, Superman could go back in time by flying round and round the Earth. I think the film-makers couldn't work out how to show this, so came up with the spectacle of the entire planet going into reverse.
 
With the series Smallville ending this year, I say cast Tom Welling and Erica Durance as Clark and Lois, keep the chemistry those two have. Tom deserves to play Superman having spent 10 years playing Clark.
 
looking forward to this!!

Not to crazy on Zod being the main villian, he has been done to death IMO!! would of preferred a Doomsday story, although that has been done to death too..

TBH I would of preferred a Justice league movie.

I loved Superman returns on my first watch in the cinema, but when I watched it at home, I was largely disappointed. Not enough action, and just seemed to lack the Superman (richard Donner) magic.

maybe, and I hope I'm wrong, but maybe Superman has had it day on the big screen.

I would prefer a Smallville/movie crossover.
 
Was watching Kill Bill the other day and actually forgot the Superman monologue.

For those of you that haven't seen it, it basically talks about the differences between other superheroes and Superman. The fact that most superheroes are normal human beings that pull on a costume to become "super", and had some event that turned them super. Whereas Superman was born as he is. His costume with S is his normal clothing, whereas Clark Kent is actually his clothing. He IS Superman. Clark Kent is the mask, and his take on how he thinks human beings are.

Now, im no script writer or director but this alone surely leaves a lot of excellent possibilities for writing an engaging and intruiging plot, no? It reverses nearly the entire standard for how superheroes are, and are written. Really the possibilities should be huge for a character driven plot , instead of setting it up to have Superman battle some faceless villian for 2 hours.

PS: Im not saying I want Superman to be dark, but if the writers did choose to go that direction, wasn't his family and entire planet destroyed? Pretty easy to have an emo Superman right there ;)
 
I'm not sure about Tom and Erica in movies, but I'd like them to do a series of TV movies called Metropolis based on Clark as Superman. Also have Michael McKean as Perry White.
 
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