Superman (casting, rumors, pix till release)

[Broccoli]

will there be robots involved with the new superman movie?

 

[JarodRussell]

Maybe he finally gets his ice bear guards at the fortress of solitude.

 

[Jetfire]

Giant fucking spiders!

 

[Bob Karo]

They are nature's deadliest assassins...

Better question is: Does this Henry Cavill fellow have the eyes of a killer?

 

[Admiral_Young]

Giant killer spider robots created from Brainiac technology and a Polar Bear companion for Zod!

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

And Brainiac has a sidekick!!!

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ Yep, L-Ron IIRC from Smith's script lol. I would love to see the Skull ship in all seriousness. Done properly and designed faithfully I think it would be fantastic to see on screen.

 

[Broccoli]

L-Ron...

I just thought of this, but could Smith have been making a passive aggressive comment about L. Ron Hubbard? Probably not, but given the whole Scientology/alien thing...

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ I just thought about that after I typed the name Broc lol.

 

[Turtletrekker]

According to L-Ron's wiki entry, he was indeed named after L Ron Hubbard.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Rao...I hope ReadyandWilling doesn't see these posts.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

The wiki section http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_Khan#Relationships claims that this name was chosen because Hubbard was a science fiction author, with Heinlein and Dick. It also discusses J-Lo.

 

[TheSeeker]

Meh, they can retcon all they want. [nero]It happened! I saw it happen. Don't tell me it didn't happen![/nero]

It's an issue I remember quite well.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I still have those Bryne issues. I was fascinated with the concept of "Superman: Exile" I had nearly the entire run.

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

Meh, they can retcon all they want. [nero]It happened! I saw it happen. Don't tell me it didn't happen![/nero]

It's an issue I remember quite well.

Is that Superman meets Cobra Commander?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

IIRC, Byrne left Superman right in the middle of writing this story and the resolution was written by someone without access to Byrne's notes. I always wondered if there were some "trap doors" in the plot that didn't come off because of that.

 

[the G-man]

L-Ron...

I just thought of this, but could Smith have been making a passive aggressive comment about L. Ron Hubbard? Probably not, but given the whole Scientology/alien thing...

L-Ron is most definitely named after Hubbard. However, he was created in and for the comic books back in the 80s. I think by Keith Giffin for JLA/JLI

 

[Captaindemotion]

This is kind of a non-story but in case anyone thought that there might be some truth to the stories that the little-known Adam Harris was a front-runner for Lex or that Lana Lang was to be played by Lindsay Lohan - you can discount them. Turns out that Mr Harris was behind the hoax(es).

http://www.moviehole.net/201140665-...r-prank-internet-with-bogus-lex-luthor-claims

 

[Jetfire]

I read that Lana Lang & Pete Ross would play a small part in this movie...would be cool to see these characters in Man Of Steel.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ I wouldn't be surprised if we saw them in some kind of Smallville scene.