Superman Returns

[Lord Running Clam]

Welcome to the board,Senor.

[Max Kon]

allo

[Quirkafleeg]

Are you Spanish?

[Senor Apellido]

Not really..... It just sounds cool.

[Emperor]

Well who'd have thought it:

Critics wowed by Superman return


The first reviews for Superman Returns have given the new movie, which stars newcomer Brandon Routh as the legendary superhero, a resounding thumbs up.

Variety magazine's critic said it was "grandly conceived, sensitively drawn [and] never self-consciously hip".

"It is sincere, with an artistic elegance and a genuine emotional investment in the material," he wrote.

The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, saluted "a heartfelt Superman movie that plays to a broad audience".

Routh, it continued, plays the comic book character "with honesty [and] winning fortitude".

And Newsweek's David Ansen wrote: "From the start of this gorgeously crafted epic, you can feel that Singer has real love and respect for the most foursquare comics superhero of them all.

"Newcomer Routh may or may not be a real actor, but he effortlessly lays claim to the iconic role."

His comments were echoed by Harry Knowles on the Ain't It Cool News website, who described Superman Returns as "the film I was hoping and dreaming for".

"Just as Batman Begins relaunched an ailing Batman, it sends Superman into the stratosphere," he wrote.

The film - which stars Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor and Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane - is released in the US on 28 June and in the UK on 14 July.

It is the Man of Steel's first big-screen appearance since 1987's Superman IV: The Quest for Peace starring the late Christopher Reeve.

Singer's previous films have included The Usual Suspects and the first two instalments in the X-Men franchise.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/5095436.stm

Published: 2006/06/19 14:46:25 GMT

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[Bico]

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Posted in one form or another by just about everyone:

he just doesnt 'look' like Superman

Could be worse

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Dammit, I give up...

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One last go...

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[Buttonman]

Be the spider scutfink! Try, try, try again and then go watch the football.

[Noisybast]

Amusingly, Lex Luthor has taken over the official Superman Returns site and, er, redecorated...

Link: http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/" target="_blank">Check out he Wallpapers!

[ThryllSeekyr]

Though I am impressed with what was done, this time around.

 I still think Brandon Routh, as he is can't be the Superman that Christopher Reeve was.

He lacks the definitive superman strong square jawline. Though, with todays spiecal effects wizardry you could still combine that with the same actor and get away with that, I reckon.

I have noticed that the costume is darker. I looks subtly more evil. My father describes it as metallic looking. ( A new Kryptonian Fashion.)
It has gone the way of Batman having a dark rubberfied costume and I don't think that was ever nessasary.  I thought the older and brighter costume colours were good enough. It was never broken, so why fix it.

Oh the subject of the Richard Donner version.  have few queries about the mythology behind Superman as it has been presented on the big screen.

firsty, when Mr and Mrs Superman ( I forget the screen names.) foudn out that thier sun was gonna go nova and destroy their homeworld. So they decided to build small spaceship so their son soon to grow up to be Superman could escape safely. With their superior intellect, why not build a fleet of ships or many of those pods.  (Slightly larger for adults or a small family) so they could all survive. It doesn't seem like the sort of thing that may have been beyond them.

Though right at this moment I do believe that they did survive through the green crystal ( Given to baby Superman.)and the actions of Superman himself ( As he established himself on Earth.) I would however like to hear few other opinions offering more that just the fact that just it seeemd like a great idea at the time and it's not meant to that realisdtic.

Secondly, That Green Crystal. Isn't that techically Krytonite and when teenaged Clark Kent discoveres it in his own barn yard. He's not adversely effected by it at all. Though It's never really pointed out and I have before now always taken this for granted. Of course, it's probably cuase that it was not part of Krypton when it the plent exploded anwas not exposed to the same element that may have made it dangeruos to Superman.

Thirdly, I had always though it strange how Superman family crest or signature emblazoned on his chest resembles the letter 'S'. S for Superman.

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Posted By ThryllSeekyr:

Secondly, That Green Crystal. Isn't that techically Krytonite and when teenaged Clark Kent discoveres it in his own barn yard. He's not adversely effected by it at all. Though It's never really pointed out and I have before now always taken this for granted. Of course, it's probably cuase that it was not part of Krypton when it the plent exploded anwas not exposed to the same element that may have made it dangeruos to Superman.

Peas are Green, So is Lime Jelly, both originate from Earth.

Lime Jelly is not Peas.
 

[Steve Green]

I thought the whole thing about kryptonite is that it is fragments irradiated by Kryption's exploding sun.

Since that green crystal is placed in before Krypton goes boom, it's not irradiated.

i.e. peas

- Steve