Why would he? He didn't write it, direct it or produce it.
Michael B. Jordan as the Man Of Steel?
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Why would he? He didn't write it, direct it or produce it.
Routh needs to show up as Superman!
I haven't seen either of the shows you mentioned, although I think Doom Patrol is on Dutch Prime. I'll give that a shot
Could you explain your statement? Why would Jordan need to be blamed?
It took me a while to work it out then I remembered all the complaints from the usual suspects about casting a black actor in the role.
Ah, like so. Well yes, I suppose in today's day and age of butthurt people one would expect people blaming Jordan for the movies failure. But as someone posted above, he was actually one of the very few highlights of the movie.
If the Superman movie doesn't do well you can be sure people will be looking to the casting. It's to Jordan's credit that people don't associate him much with it. His success as Killmonger probably doesn't hurt.
I don't know about that. There hasn't been a Superman movie that was an unqualified success financially and critically in a long time. That will be at least as prominent if not moreso than the casting in any after the fact analysis (assuming, as you say, the movie doesn't succeed).
I just think it will be part of the conversation. The same way it did with the 2016 Ghostbusters and women.
Until they make the next one.
Hands on or hands off , by hiring Ta-Nehisi Coates to write, JJ is off to a pretty good start, I’d say.
I have to admit that I find the common denominator of Michael B. Jordan's screen personas to be a little too charismatic, a little too young and cool, for Superman/Clark Kent. I find myself thinking that if I were to cast a black Superman, I would go for someone like William Jackson Harper (most famous as Chidi on The Good Place) -- someone who projects a nerdier affect, someone with a little more of a "dad" vibe.
But in fairness, Jordan is an extraordinarily talented actor, and he may well be able to channel that Clark Kent/nebbish Boy Scout vibe I'm looking for. I don't want to jump to conclusions.
But in fairness, Jordan is an extraordinarily talented actor, and he may well be able to channel that Clark Kent/nebbish Boy Scout vibe I'm looking for. I don't want to jump to conclusions.
^ Then again, MBJ isn't playing Clark Kent.
Val Zod replaces Superman after Kal-L was killed by Darkseid's forces in the comics. If I am thinking of the right character. We could see Clark in action at the beginning of the movie, and his presence could be felt in the story itself.
