New Superman Movie: Man of Steel (2013)

i like the idea of the reboot, gives it a fresh start after superman returns and christopher Reeves' passing in 06. Plus the redesign of the superman suit is...ahem, different:


for example, Superman after 50 years, has finally cottoned onto the fact that underwear are supposed to be on the inside, rather than on the outside

Plus let's face it, Superman is the greatest superhero that ever lived; he could totally own all the characters from Marvel and DC combined.

I feel the pain in my groin.

Geeze. That random, low budget, nerd rant about superman on youtube had a TON of star power behind it.

I even saw Chris Hardwick in there for a split second....

It should be very interesting how superman uses his super powers to solve his problems .

I have interest in seeing how Cavill will handle the role. Hopefully in a more assertive way than Brandon Routh did. I dunno about Michael Shannon as Zod though. I loled about Kevin Costner as papa Kent and Russell Crowe as Jor-El. They really should have gotten someone older and wiser like Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, or Brian Cox.

Originally Posted by Future Filmmaker

Russell Crowe as Jor-El.

Maybe that explains why he loves fightin round the world

I hope this is a good movie but I have little trust in Snyder. 300 was trash and Watchmen was alright, but those were two movies that he really needed to do no work as far as what to shoot since they were based on comics. Sucker Punch is one of the worst movies I've seen. Maybe Nolan's influence will help things out. Let's just hope it's not as boring as Superman Returns.

Superman Returns had the potential to be great, but sadly i feel as though the filmmakers tried to mould brandon routh into another christopher reeves out of memory of his passing, rather than let Routh explore a new version of Superman.

That and also the concept sucked bigtime, real estate again?! srsly, lex, think bigger.

I liked superman returns but who knows with the constant remakes. Comic book movies rate very low on my film watching list even though i love comics.

I never liked superman, in any form, the old superman cartoons where old fashioned, and even mighty mouse was cooler, those movies from the 80's where something I banned from my memory but I think I remember him being a pansy who has super powers, the new adventures of lois and clarck where..., well at least it had terri Hatcher. But Superman was, well I felt like punching him in the face and stealing his wallet, by the time he'd be done crying over it I'd be long gone. and I never watched the teenager superman in high school show because I was beyond my teens when it aired.

But my point is, is that Superman is disgustingly good, he's a boyscout, he's metro man from Megamind and it really annoys me. Superman is a great tool to teach really young children a thing or 2 about manners, and desirable behaviour and all that, but that's it, he's just too much of a goody two shoes. He's a walking PSA

Oh look is it a bird?, is it a plane? oh another super hero movie....

Originally Posted by Knight of Heaven

Oh look is it a bird?, is it a plane? oh another super hero movie....

You say that like you're expecting them to stop making super hero movies.

I'm getting the vibe that "Super Hero" is a new genre of film. And as long as they still exist hollywood is going to continue milking them & milking them quite successfully if the recent past is any indication.

Take The Green Latern film. That was essentially a flop. It was poorly received by critics AND audiences & didnt really see the turn out they wanted. But they still made all 200 million of its budget back within 4 months on ticket sales alone. The dvd wasnt launched for another month. It was one of the worst faring super hero movies of the recent spurt & yet it was in the black before it even made it to dvd. For a relative flop thats not half bad at all.


The Avengers by comparison had a simaler budget & yet doubled its budget on opening weekend.

Its WAAAYAYYYYYYAYAYYYYYYYYYY too profitable for them to decide to stop anywhere in the foreseeable future.

Originally Posted by jsktrogdor

You say that like you're expecting them to stop making super hero movies.

I'm getting the vibe that "Super Hero" is a new genre of film. And as long as they still exist hollywood is going to continue milking them & milking them quite successfully if the recent past is any indication.

Take The Green Latern film. That was essentially a flop. It was poorly received by critics AND audiences & didnt really see the turn out they wanted. But they still made all 200 million of its budget back within 4 months on ticket sales alone. The dvd wasnt launched for another month. It was one of the worst faring super hero movies of the recent spurt & yet it was in the black before it even made it to dvd. For a relative flop thats not half bad at all.


The Avengers by comparison had a simaler budget & yet doubled its budget on opening weekend.

Its WAAAYAYYYYYYAYAYYYYYYYYYY too profitable for them to decide to stop anywhere in the foreseeable future.

Oh no i dont expect them to stop, im just tired. Wich could mean very litle, as normaly i dont watch this kinda of movies anyway. ocasionaly though just empty my brain and sit with my family to pass the time. But its not my favorite cinema anyways.
Note im not against it, but despite the special effects they dont bring much to the table, as you said and well, they are profitable, and i think thats the reason they made those movies, to sell.
Wich off course speaks to the general audience, and to the movie makers. Comercial cinema has its place off course, i just wished it could be of better quality and content. Not complaining, there is still other kind of movies being made, just stating this news with a big yawn. :O
just my opinion.

I think they will never surpass the superman from Superman Animated,Justice League and Justice League Unlimited .

Originally Posted by Exarch

for example, Superman after 50 years, has finally cottoned onto the fact that underwear are supposed to be on the inside, rather than on the outside

for some reason i kinde prefered that way. There´s just something wrong about it when you don´t have red speedos on a superman costume

Originally Posted by Exarch

Plus let's face it, Superman is the greatest superhero that ever lived; he could totally own all the characters from Marvel and DC combined.

Goku would own his ass though

We´ll see how this one goes. But wasn´t this going to be directed by Chris Nolan?

edit: AAAAAHHH!! LOOK AT THE CROTCH!! DID IT REALLY NEED TO BE SO TIGHT?!! HE´S GONNA POKE SOMEONE´S EYE OUT WITH THAT THING.

Yeah, it´s interesting to see the curve that comicbooks movies went through the decades. Right now they are the equivalent of cheesy action movies from the eighties and early nineties.

Originally Posted by Exarch

i like the idea of the reboot, gives it a fresh start after superman returns and christopher Reeves' passing in 06. Plus the redesign of the superman suit is...ahem, different:


for example, Superman after 50 years, has finally cottoned onto the fact that underwear are supposed to be on the inside, rather than on the outside

Plus let's face it, Superman is the greatest superhero that ever lived; he could totally own all the characters from Marvel and DC combined.

I hate Superman. His boring costume, his near inviciable powers. Lame nemesis. Boringly crap background/history. HATE.

Worst character ever.

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Batman is 1,000,0000,,000,00,0,0,0,0,0000,0,00,00,0.000000000 times better.

Any time Batman is grouped with other superheroes he's just as bad, if not worse, than Superman.

On his own though yes Batman is good.

Cant say the same for superman though.