My worries about the Superman reboot

No way... Nolan would never...

yea i think he will do it fine

@airbeyonder18 & comicdreamer- Thank you both for your warm/kind welcome.

I've actually been a member for many months but this is indeed my first article =)

@matt28 & AVEN- Thank you for your added input. Thanks all 4 of you =)

@Superguy1591- Yeah, I agree that in terms of action and movie-styles, Michael bay would be a great director for Supes. But yeah, his stories seem a bit...shallow. But yeah, let's hope Nolan gets this right.

sounds intersting but for an elseworlds comic. not an actual movie.

@Superguy1591...you took the word's right out of my mouth Nolan is smart enough to realise the differences in the two hero's
Batman is NOT a "super-human" he has no super powers and if anything is more of a vigilante than a "super hero" making it easier to ground the Bat-films in reality
Superman however IS the "original super hero" everything about him is...well SUPER...Nolan will know not to treat them both the same i believe Nolan's Superman will be grounded in reality - but in "Superman's reality"...if that make's any sense

perhaps it will be made in the style of memento... not in that the movie runs from end to start ...but in that its a first person account... its been said that ck will be the dominant character in the movie...so maybe in that style will supermans reality be brought to the silvefr screen... that would be weird

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/214/d/3/Superman_At_Last_by_Danieltiger13.png

I wish I could just post a pic here instead of the damn link...*sigh*

Hey guys, this is my first post, new to this site. But yes, I agree with the majority of people here, Nolan will not meddle with Superman's core elements. In a recent interview he said that it's important to capture the essence of each comic book character on the big screen.

Wish I had the video to share, maybe some of you can recall which one I am talking about :)

I just hope the new Supes film will fix all the problems- They need to give Superman a worthy opponent for once. As it stands...within the fan community, we Superman-fans are becoming the laughing stock. One of my best friends is a HUGE Green Lantern-fanboy. He always makes fun of me saying things like- "Superman movies are boring" and "All he ever does is fight a bald guy". A good superhero flick needs to have the clever blend of- action, romance and suspense. Thus far, WB has screwed us Supes-fans over by only making the films ALL romance...with no action whatsoever. In "Superman Returns" the only action scene was with the plane and even THAT wasn't all that great, I've seen better. We Superman-fans are becoming known as the fans of the "boring superhero" and I've heard worse...WB needs to make up for what they've done wrong. They need to give us the Superman film we've been waiting for...the one we DESERVE.

If you don't believe me about how we Superman-fans are treated, look at the Superman homepage here on CBM, scroll down and look at what "TheJUGGERNAUTBitch" said about Superman's films thus far and i quote- "superman movies really aren't very good" many people insult and chastise Superman mainly for his boring romance films. He's a SUPERHERO dammit, not only that but he's the ORIGINAL superhero, so he deserves the best film in my opinion. I'm hoping WB won't ever screw up with Supes again. Because i think this reboot is Superman's last shot at the big screen.

he shouldnt, he wouldnt! =( if the batman series ends with the 3rd installment someone should reboot it and make it where its in the same universe as superman.. just a thought

@cchriswake13- This is MY article so I will say whatever the heckl I want to say.

@naterator- No, you're wrong. The people who really hated Superman-Returns were not just a small minority, why else would WB be rebooting the Superman franchise, unless Superman Returns was a major failure- and it was. Even the president of Warner Bros (Alex Horn) admitted in an interview that had Superman Returns worked in 2006, they would have had a sequel out by Christmas of 2009 and he even went on to say that the film didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned. If Superman Returns was successful and was a good movie, it wouldn't need a [frick]en reboot, i mean come on dude that's common sense. I mean shit the movie was almost 3 hours long and Superman didn't even throw a single punch! That is lame. Not the superhero/superman film I had waited so many years to see. Plus making him into a bastard father? And ditching Earth for 5 years? That's not something the Superman of the comicbooks would EVER do. I don't know if you actually read the comics, or are just another Reeve-fan, but i grew up reading the comicbooks and watching all the animated series. I know and understand how Superman SHOULD be depicted and the way Bryan Singer did it was just [frick]en WRONG. He refused to listen to the fans and just went with his own love of the Donner films. Well guess what- what worked in the 1970's WON'T work now. That is why WB turned to Nolan to rebuild the damn franchise that Bryan Singer nearly singlehandedly destroyed with his blasphemous film.

@IronSpider15- THANK YOU, like I said to "naterator" earlier- there's a REASON they're rebooting the franchise and it's because Singer's love-letter of a film to Richard Donner sucked balls.

As for you naterator, you have a right to love that movie all you want, but when you COME INTO MY ARTICLE AND INSULT ME for not loving that movie, that's where you cross the line. It's MY article so I will complain about the movie if i want. If you want so bad, go ahead and make an article about how much you loved that damned film and I won't bother leaving angry comments, because it's YOUR article. But like I had said- the film BOMBED horribly. Even WB themselves admitted that they know the movie had let people down. Bryan Singer should have based the film on the comics, but instead he stuck with the movies from the 70's- not a wise decision and that's what screwed him over royally. Even Mark Miller said "treat Superman Returns as Ang Lee's Hulk. Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk proved that the audience can forgive you" I mean come on naterator- it's obvious the singer-superman film just wasn't any good. It nearly re-killed the Superman franchise. You need to open your eyes. But no more of this crap from you naterator.

@ LP4 - I wouldn't worry too much about it mate, Batman aside, Nolan's two other adaptions (The Prestige, Insomnia) were pretty faithful to the source material more or less so I can't see him stripping Superman of his powers; he wouldn't be Superman then. Also, about grounding the film in reality (as realistic a take as you can get on a CBM anyway) it could well be that a focal point would be how mankind would view a super powered alien on the planet, y'know, this won't be typical happy Superman film where everyone looks upon him as a boy scout.
Ask yourself, seriously, what would be going through your head if some like Superman turned up out of the blue (no pun intended lol) and stopped an aeroplane falling out the sky for example. Someone with god-like powers; would you feel threatened, stunned, grateful etc. I'm not saying that's how the film will be but it's just one way of looking at a reality grounded Superman. In this day and age, Humans could be quite hostile/xenophobic towards him and he'll have to earn our trust.
You're ideas are worth bearing in mind though, and it was a good read :)

@LP4 - No problem mate and thanks for your reply. And you are definitely right there, racism and/or discrimination would be an ideal ingredient for a modern take on Superman. Add an enemy who could truly threaten the survival of the human race (for example, Brainiac trying to take control of the computers that control our nuclear weapons) and you have a reason for mankind to put their trust in Superman, and ultimately, embrace him as the protector we know him as. From what I've heard, Brainiac is supposed to be in the new film , so, you never know.... lol.

@superfan714- I deleted all of Naterator's mean comments. But he acted as an advocate for Superman Returns. He put me down a lot for the article. Thank you though for your kind words "superfan714" ^_^

@RyKnow- I hope the new film (if it gets made) will turn out like you said! Damn, YOU should have been a collaborator on the film, lol.

@ LP4 - Thank you very much for your thoughts on my ideas, it's truly humbling when a genuine fan appreciates an alternate way to approach a character rather than shoot the idea down with no reason as to why. But it wasn't all me, it was your article that got me thinking and your added element of discrimination really spiced things up, so credit to yourself aswell. As for me being a collaborator (that is one of the biggest compliments I've ever had, thanks again for that!) if the film does come out and it's full of the ideas I've put up here, well, what can I say, what a kick to the plums that'd be lol!
I'm gonna be checking more of your articles, keep up the good work mate :)

@ superfan714 - I'm gonna check your article out mate, only got back online today :)

@ComradeGrey- REALLY??! Nolan kept saying he was going to make it a modern interpretation of Supes though... =(

@ ComradeGrey - If the "rumours" about David Goyer's script are true, Brainiac and Luthor are in it, which is why I think a 1930's setting will be very unlikely. What would Brainiac have to infect/play about with, computers weren't around then, really, and the things that could be classed as computers would be too primitive for someone with Brainic's intellect to bother with. I'm with LP4 on this matter, Nolan has said several times it's going to be a modern interpretation.
Even Superman Returns wasn't a modern interpretation, it was set 5 years after Superman 2, so that would make it the mid 80's (despite people having mobile phones etc.)