Superman Lives Test Footage - Page 3

theenglish · December 17 2010, 03:36 PM

James Bond wrote:

theenglish wrote:

BillJ wrote:

That's what they said about Star Trek after Nemesis and Enterprise.

Yes, and thanks to Enterprise and Nemesis it seems as if we will never see Star Trek again.

Actually, there was an excellent, almost unanimously praised Star Trek movie released in 2009.
Of course, you already knew that, and were just taking the piss, and trying to piss off people on this board, and derailing the current thread...

The movie was fun, but it wasn't Star Trek. And responding to a previous post is not trying to derail a thread.

December 17 2010, 03:38 PM

I would have loved to see how this movie turned out.

UncleRogi · December 17 2010, 03:48 PM

ObiWanShinobi wrote:

People are starting to become the thread police. Let the mods be the judge and take care of it if they see fit.

And GOOD GOD did we dodge that bullet!

In M*****Fin-deed!!!!

What was Burton thinking; that must have been the transitional suit.

theenglish · December 17 2010, 04:16 PM

This footage is the rebirth suit, not the actual Superman costume. It was established in a previous thread (where I believe supporting evidence was presented) that Superman would have started the film in this costume http://www.collider.com/2009/09/22/i...t-as-superman/

He then would have had the rebirth suit seen in this footage.

Admiral_Young · December 17 2010, 04:23 PM

Yeah it was supposed to be his black and silver suit from the Return of Superman arc. Which is why it had all the glowing lights and what not. I assume that was supposed to be part of the regeneration thingy.

BillJ · December 17 2010, 05:14 PM

theenglish wrote:

This footage is the rebirth suit, not the actual Superman costume. It was established in a previous thread (where I believe supporting evidence was presented) that Superman would have started the film in this costume http://www.collider.com/2009/09/22/i...t-as-superman/

He then would have had the rebirth suit seen in this footage.

I just want to know who here thought Nicholas Cage would've made a good Superman? He looks like a burnt-out stoner in those pics.

Captaindemotion · December 17 2010, 05:22 PM

BillJ wrote:

I just want to know who here thought Nicholas Cage would've made a good Superman? He looks like a burnt-out stoner in those pics.

The words 'in those pics' are superfluous, aren't they?!

Here's a link to a site where I initially saw the footage, with some commentary on what this suit was about. It won't allow me to cut and paste the article but it confirms that the suit was meant to be the Eradicator. There's also a link to Smith's script

http://networkedblogs.com/bUQV5

Nardpuncher · December 17 2010, 05:25 PM

I think I read somewhere that those pics of Cage in the Superman suit are not entirely real...that it's his head 'shopped onto a Superman action figure.

I'm very much for keeping Superman's costume the way it's looked for the past 30 or 40 years.
It's not like trying to make it more 'realistic' is going to help those people that may think it's goofy change their minds, and those of us that already accept it well, we already accept it.
A new costume too far from what we've seen in the past 30 to 40 years (I consider the Superman Returns one as basically the same as the others) would be like New Coke.

Chick_McGeester · December 17 2010, 07:08 PM

Oh my god... Nic Cage looks like he took that while he was in highschool back in the late 70's. As one poster already mentioned he looks like Stonerman.

crookeddy · December 17 2010, 07:47 PM

Why was Burton making a movie that looks so terrible? He did pretty well with Batman in the late 80s...

Admiral_Young · December 17 2010, 07:53 PM

Yeah that wasn't actually Cage but a mock up of him so they could see what the suit would look like. I guess he wasn't available that day for costume tests. This movie would have just made "Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin" look like Oscar contenders in comparison. People shouldn't complain about "Superman Returns" after watching that footage. At least Singer understood a little bit better than Burton did who and what Superman was. This movie would have been a travesty.

Timby · December 17 2010, 08:08 PM

TharpJingleport wrote:

We also have a thread about consolidating threads, if you really want to hit on that:
http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=130984

Hey, thanks for the backseat mod job. Except not. Okay? Okay.

Also, holy shit, this is ridiculous. Thank God this movie was never made.

Jack Bauer · December 18 2010, 10:06 AM

Holy shit! What the fuck was that?!? We dodged a major major trainwreck here!

theenglish · December 18 2010, 05:44 PM

I think that the other thing to remember is that this movie was still in early stages. What we are seeing is far from a finished project. I still think that this movie had a lot of potential from what I've seen of the script. Some of the basic concept drawings of Brainiac were a little strange, but once again, they were in DEVELOPMENT.

Alidar Jarok · December 18 2010, 05:58 PM

David cgc wrote:

Wassail Drunk wrote:

That was the real costume. IIRC the "S" Shield also came off as a throwing weapon.

What else is new?

yeah

December 17 2010, 03:38 PM	#32
Jetfire Guest	Re: Superman Lives Test Footage I would have loved to see how this movie turned out.

December 17 2010, 04:16 PM	#34
theenglish Rear Admiral Location: Central America	Re: Superman Lives Test Footage This footage is the rebirth suit, not the actual Superman costume. It was established in a previous thread (where I believe supporting evidence was presented) that Superman would have started the film in this costume http://www.collider.com/2009/09/22/i...t-as-superman/ He then would have had the rebirth suit seen in this footage.

December 17 2010, 04:23 PM	#35
Admiral_Young Fleet Admiral Location: Metropolis	Re: Superman Lives Test Footage Yeah it was supposed to be his black and silver suit from the Return of Superman arc. Which is why it had all the glowing lights and what not. I assume that was supposed to be part of the regeneration thingy. __________________ Admiral Young Chief of Operations Ignoring the The Last Stand since 2011.

December 17 2010, 05:25 PM	#38
Nardpuncher Rear Admiral Location: Taipei	Re: Superman Lives Test Footage I think I read somewhere that those pics of Cage in the Superman suit are not entirely real...that it's his head 'shopped onto a Superman action figure. I'm very much for keeping Superman's costume the way it's looked for the past 30 or 40 years. It's not like trying to make it more 'realistic' is going to help those people that may think it's goofy change their minds, and those of us that already accept it well, we already accept it. A new costume too far from what we've seen in the past 30 to 40 years (I consider the Superman Returns one as basically the same as the others) would be like New Coke.

December 17 2010, 07:08 PM	#39
Chick_McGeester Lieutenant	Re: Superman Lives Test Footage Oh my god... Nic Cage looks like he took that while he was in highschool back in the late 70's. As one poster already mentioned he looks like Stonerman.

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December 17 2010, 07:47 PM	#40
crookeddy Captain	Re: Superman Lives Test Footage Why was Burton making a movie that looks so terrible? He did pretty well with Batman in the late 80s...

December 17 2010, 07:53 PM	#41
Admiral_Young Fleet Admiral Location: Metropolis	Re: Superman Lives Test Footage Yeah that wasn't actually Cage but a mock up of him so they could see what the suit would look like. I guess he wasn't available that day for costume tests. This movie would have just made "Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin" look like Oscar contenders in comparison. People shouldn't complain about "Superman Returns" after watching that footage. At least Singer understood a little bit better than Burton did who and what Superman was. This movie would have been a travesty. __________________ Admiral Young Chief of Operations Ignoring the The Last Stand since 2011.

December 18 2010, 10:06 AM	#43
Jack Bauer Fleet Admiral Location: Jack Bauer	Re: Superman Lives Test Footage Holy shit! What the fuck was that?!? We dodged a major major trainwreck here! __________________ *"See you in another life, brotha." - Desmond David Hume - Lost*

December 18 2010, 05:44 PM	#44
theenglish Rear Admiral Location: Central America	Re: Superman Lives Test Footage I think that the other thing to remember is that this movie was still in early stages. What we are seeing is far from a finished project. I still think that this movie had a lot of potential from what I've seen of the script. Some of the basic concept drawings of Brainiac were a little strange, but once again, they were in DEVELOPMENT.