The DCEU has gotten off to a rough start to say the very least. Trying to bite off more than it could chew, expanding its universe at a ridiculous speed and never getting the time to flesh out the characters the way we as an audience wanted and expected. With the directors having to share their visions with the over controlling exec's over at Warner Bros. It's honestly amazing we have received any films at all. But before the DCEU was the DCEU we got a reboot of the Superman movies with 2012's Man of Steel. Directed by Zack Snyder who was coming off the back of 300 and Watchmen, the film was always going to be darker and very different to what we had seen before. Tonely unique and featuring a Clark Kent who is only discovering who and what he is, Man of Steel brought a new light to a much beloved character and fans were not happy.
The darker tone was shunned, the casting of Sup's was not liked, the change in direction of the classic villain of Zod was not liked. The list really does go on and on but in short the film wasn't well received by fans of the character and fans of DC. To make matters worse for hard core fans, Warner opted to make Man of Steel the starting point for an extended universe comprising of their other classic and loved super heroes. Most reeled in anger where as I was one of the few who loved Man of Steel and couldn't have been happier to hear this news. Don't get me wrong, the universe tripped and stumbled and fell flat on its face almost immediately but I thought Man of Steel offered up a lot of potential and here is why....
For my full thoughts see my review and let me know what you thought of Man of Steel in the comments of the video.
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RANKINGS- Once I've built up a new release movie with REWIND REVIEWS and reviewed the new film as well, I'll go ahead and RANK them from WORST to BEST!
RECASTS- This is where I take a new release movie and shift its release date by a decade or two and RECAST the movie with actors from that time.I also talk a bit about how I think the film would have looked and felt during that era and discuss who might have directed the movie and why.
5 THINGS STILL GREAT ABOUT- This is a new segment looking back at videos game of old and instead of reviewing them and pulling them apart for their dated graphics and game play, instead I look at what is STILL GREAT about the game. Fun, light-hearted and hopefully gets you looking at older games in a new light.
TOP 10's-Coming in a month or so I'll be adding TOP 10's to the agenda. These will either countdown to from 10-1 or I may make them simply 10 moments in no particular order.