Derek Luke the "First" Captain America in the New Movie?

heres my list:

Aiden Turner
Henry Cavill
Joe Magnellio (IDK how to spell his last name)
Armie Hammer

You make some valid points with a a fairly thought out argument.

In my op-ed, I outlined why it won't be Routh before Snyder was picked to direct.

Routh was playing Christopher Reeve playing Kent/Superman. He didn't have the script or direction to own the role. All he really brought was the look and a similar sound.

They will assuredly pick someone new to signify that it's not 'Returns' nor "Smallville."

Keep up your efforts!

@KlarkCent- He looks like a good fit for Clark Kent. Who is he?

@Klark who is that guy looks a lot like clark kent

NextHero08,

Forgot to correct you. Tim Daly was the voice during 'Superman: TAS,' "Public Enemies," and "Apocalypse."

During the two incarnations of the Justice League, George Newbern replaced Daly while Daly starred in "The Fugitive."

Back in the day, Newbern had the look, not the size or height.

this was well done..nice argument i didnt

agree with everything but i see where your

going. first off how is routh this generations

superman when he's probally not even going to

be in the next one? dont get me wrong i love

for him to get another crack at it,but i

wouldnt go so far to say he's this gen's

superman..if you didnt know returns bombed!!

welling isnt superman hasnt been and when

he finally puts on the suit he'll be like

every other character smallville has managed

to screw up..forgetable!! let's talk about

chris reeve he was only in one decent superman

and it was borderline because of all the silly

humor from hackman\lex and his lackeys. as far

as the rest you havent made it as superman unless

you do it on the big screen..no matter how good

or great you portrayed the man of steel.

@Nexthero08 Routh is not the Superman of my generation he played Christopher Reeves and did bad at that. So don't group every one in with your opinion Routh isn't a good actor and doesn't deserve another shot at it. Its a reboot not a redemption.

Your support for Routh undermines your whole argument.

He is NOT the Superman for our generation. He is our George Lazenby. An anomaly. A mistake.

Regardless of whether you like him (WHY?! He was shit!), his association with the turd Returns should be enough for any person of intelligence to discount him.

Great Article. Very well documented. It has to be Routh.
Changing Routh would be like changing the superman sign, or changing the name "Superman" to "Wonderman". Hes part of the thread of the most iconic superhero character out there. And you cant swap it around like a spiderman or hulk. Its part of a diffrerent thread of movie magic history.

Routh aint the Supes of MY generation. I am 24 years old, routh played a Superman for my parents or grandparents at best- MAYBE. But he didnt even do any real acting in Returns so I don't see why people think he suddenly deserves to work with the likes of nolan and snyder anyway

@LP4 Once again I'm with you dude. I just want to say that I would like to see a Superman who looks like he could kick some serious ass. I'm sick and tired of all these preppies being suggested as candidates. I would like to see a Superman who looks like he's been through hell, and so far the only ones that fit that criteria are Manganiello and Hamm, but Hamm himself said that he's too old. So I guess Manganiello would be my main choice now.

@KeithM Right on man!!!

keithm- you speak the TRUTH, I was trying to be a little nicer bout routh than I usually am lol

@NextHero08- HOLY SHIT, ok earlier when i posted comments on your article i hadn't yet read your article because I was at work. Now that I'm home I got to read your article...so let met get this straight- you routh-fans STILL won't give up?

It's pretty clear at this point Routh aint returning- THANK GOD. And furthermore when you make remarks like- "Routh became THE Superman of our generation" that remark holds absolutely NO basis in reality and is an extremely stubborn thing for you to blindly claim- You don't speak for all the fans. He wasn't the Superman of MY generation...and probably not for many others (I retract my earlier statement "KeithM" ^_^)

And how exactly did Routh do an "awesome" job as Superman?? He had virtually NO dialogue so technically he didn't even do any real acting in the film. He just stood there smiling for the camera for nearly 3 hours. That is NOT acting.

Furthermore when people look at Routh, they won't think of him as Superman as you claim they will. When they look at Routh they will be thinking- "wow so that's the guy who played Reeve in that boring film from 2006" THAT IS ALL FOLKS.

Fact- Routh won't be in the reboot. It is a REBOOT. Furthermore your example in bringing up Ed Norton is lame and weak because at least in Norton's Hulk film- NORTON DID REAL ACTING. He actually had dialogue. Routh had NADA, ZIP- NOTHING.

At first I read the headline for this article and how it begged the question of who our next Superman will be and i ASSUMED you would exam each candidate. Instead this article wasn't fair or balanced. It was just a detailed description of your man-crush on Routh. Routh fans always do this crap where they post articles on CBM about how much they want Routh in the film but it doesn't even contribute ANYTHING to the actual film.

Thank god Snyder doesn't go on this site. I can't wait to see our NEW Superman actor and see him become the Superman of MY generation and possibly for future generations to follow.

@ThaJackaL- I completely agree with you brotha. Thing is- IF Routh were such a great Superman, then why is the Superman fanbase so damn split between him and welling?? That's what routh-fans don't even consider. Also, i don't get what Routh did that was so great to them...??? I mean he had no dialogue in the film, he barely said a word= he didn't even really act in the film. No acting= NOT a great Superman. I aint blaming him, I know it's the fault of Singer and his two dumbass writers but nonetheless Routh STILL technically did no acting and as such, I don't personally feel he suddenly deserves the right to be in a film that is obviously a REBOOT and he doesn't really deserve to work with such great and legendary talents as- Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder.

This "pity party" people keep trying to make for Routh is soooo pathetic- "he deserves another shot, it wasn't COMPLETELY his fault" oooookay, Superman Returns sucking not being completely his fault, doesn't instantly qualify him to be Superman again when there are soooooo many other BETTER options out there to be the MAN OF STEEL.