Superman: Man Of Steel (2013)

[Hawkmumbler]

Surely there was a better choice for villain than Zod. There is oly one live action Zod as far as I see it.
Why not Bizzaro or Braniac? Or even Darkseid?

[JOE SOAP]

or Jimmy Olsen?

[Charlie boy]

I think Bizzaro is more sequel material, they'd have to introduce/establish Superman in the opening movie before bringing him in. Brainiac could work pretty easily if they brought in the angle of him being responsible for Krypton's end but I'm guessing he'd be more likely to get a post-credit intro at the end of the first to have you excited for the second. Darkseid again would be sequel material due to his whole mythology. Zod's relatively easy to introduce and is an interesting choice because the first film is looking to be Kryptonian vs Kryptonian to give it something of a doppleganger feel; the Kryptonian of peace, justice and inspiring us vs the Kryptonian of war who I'm guessing will want to be dictator.

[SmallBlueThing]

"introduce/establish him in the first movie"? I think if you ask my CAT to tell you the story of superman and how he got here, she could. Is there a more familiar character in the whole of fiction, besides jesus? I think this one will bomb as badly as the last three superman films did- largely because superman is boring, no one's interested in superman and everyone knows his story anyway. And his costume looks ridiculous and borderline obscene, and not in a good way.

SBT

[Charlie boy]

"introduce/establish him in the first movie"? I think if you ask my CAT to tell you the story of superman and how he got here, she could. Is there a more familiar character in the whole of fiction, besides jesus?

Yes, Hollywood has this bizarre, out-there method when it comes to films- particularly those based on popular comic books- were the first part introduces the character, their motives, powers etc. It doesn't particularly matter how popular the origins of said character(s) are, the first movie always tends to cover this. While I agree with you that this franchise most probably will be very poor indeed, it would manage to be worse if it just started with "Here's Superman. You know the rest..."

[Cursed Earth Dweller]

I think this one will bomb as badly as the last three superman films did- largely because superman is boring, no one's interested in superman and everyone knows his story anyway. And his costume looks ridiculous and borderline obscene, and not in a good way.

SBT

This....

I actually watched the last one which was in 07 I believe and truth be told I couldn't find anything wrong with the film, superman just isn't interesting.

Incidentally, with all the previous talk of writing for superman, does anyone think it's too late for a Judge Dredd crossover?

[Hawkmumbler]

Incidentally, with all the previous talk of writing for superman, does anyone think it's too late for a Judge Dredd crossover?

Wouldn't want to see one anyway. The only media Superman material I am interested in are the first two movies and the DCAU which I grew up with as a child and is infiitely superior to it's comic book counterpart.
Dredd has a handfull of good crossovers with Batman, one is sheer gold, i'd rather IDW/ Rebelion give us our Mars Attack's vs. Judge Dredd comic. That cover has made that truely something to wish for.

[Frank]

He had his answer all ready to go, so obviously the properties of Kryptonian spunk and the RPM of Kal-el's arse have fascinated generations of males.

Indeed.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Steel,_Woman_of_Kleenex

Has anyone considered the possibility that the destruction of Krypton was the result of a circle jerk by Jor-el and the ruling council?

Your father would be ashamed of your lack of logical analysis on this point.

Cheers, Tordelback; that Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex essay is a hoot:

"One sperm arrives before the others. It penetrates the egg, forms a lump on it's surface, the cell wall now thickens to prevent other sperm from entering. Within the now-fertilized egg, changes take place ... and ten million kryptonian sperm arrive slightly late. Were they human sperm, they would be out of luck. But these tiny blind things are more powerful than a locomotive.


Presently these sperm will have found their way to the open air. Tens of millions of sperm swarm in the air over Metropolis. These sperm are virtually indestructible. They cannot be affected by heat, cold, vacuum, toxins, or anything short of green kryptonite. There they are, minuscule but dangerous; for each has supernormal powers. Metropolis is shaken by tiny sonic booms. Some of the sperm will crack lightspeed. The Metropolis night comes alive with a network of narrow, eerie blue lines of Cherenkov radiation. And women whom Superman has never met find themselves in a delicate condition.


How close is close enough? A few centimeters? Are sperm attracted by chemical cues? It seems likely. Metropolis had a population of millions; and kryptonian sperm could travel a long and crooked path, billions of miles, before it gives up and dies. Several thousand blessed events seem not unlikely. (*If the pubescent Superboy plays with himself, we have the same problem over Smallville.*) Several thousand lawsuits would follow. Not that Superman can't afford to pay. There's a trick where you squeeze a lump of coal into its allotropic diamond form..."


Do you remember the episode of The Filth where the black jizm is flying around California? I knew that was too good an idea and too fantastic an image for no-one to have come up with it before.

[COMMANDO FORCES]

I wonder what the cuffs are made from?

[Goaty]

Judge Burdis's boxers after graveyard shift?

[Goaty]

[Hawkmumbler]

God, this is looking worse and worse. 

[Charlie boy]

I'm guessing somebody will eventually try and tell us the suit looks the way it does because they wanted it to look like it was made from a material not made on Earth. I'm serious- I'll bet that is the excuse they will hand out.

Surely there was a better choice for villain than Zod. There is oly one live action Zod as far as I see it.
Why not Bizzaro or Braniac? Or even Darkseid?

Darkseid is apparently the villain in JLA if this hasn't been mentioned elsewhere on the forum. If they do manage to get a JLA film out for 2015 (Man of Steel apparently ends with a link to it), does anybody else think it will be really desperate and rushed?

[Professor Bear]

That costume is awful.

[Colin Zeal]

The costume does look silly but they might not bother giving a reason as to where he gets it from. They certainly didn't in the Raimi spider-Man film. One minute he's wearing the crap costume he uses for wrestling, the next it's the new fangled one.