Superman (casting, rumors, pix till release)

[Agenda]

This sounds to me like a Kryptonian invasion of Earth led by Zod. It might have shades of JJ Abrams' plot. Remember that?

 

[Myasishchev]

For me, at least, the weird part is that they are most likely doing that "Hollywood ageism" thing with Diane Lane and casting a woman as older than she is. It seems that, once a woman not named "Julia Roberts" hits 40, she's suddenly only fit for "mom" roles.

And, to make matters worse, the "mom" is often an actress not much older than the person playing her "son" or "daughter." For example, see "Christmas Vacation," where Diane Ladd played Chevy Chase's mother (while being only about 11 years older).

Do they still play up the notion that the Kents aren't able to naturally conceive, and that Kal-El was a sort of miracle baby for them (in a sense other than, you know, the obvious)? That would tend to age them up, although not necessarily so (plenty of people try to have kids in their early 20s).

 

[Broccoli]

Smallville wasn't a Superman show; it was some kind of fungus.

 

[Dream]

Smallville wasn't a Superman show; it was some kind of fungus.

Quote of the decade!

 

[Gojira]

Synopsis is vague, but it does suggest this won't be just another simplistic origin story, and that there will be some tough decisions and moral quandaries for Superman to also deal with, which is good.

I agree. This doesn't sound like the typical origin story we're used to. I have always been excited about the new movie although I wasn't crazy about an origin story but it sounds like this one will be done creatively and we may get something interesting and new.

 

[Samurai8472]

For reference I would suggest reading "Birthright" and "Secret Origin" (especially Birthright) as I have long suspected that this is the majority of where the source material is coming from if it is indeed a personal journey story.

Also the recent j michael straczynski "Superman:Earth One" will probably come into play.

 

[Jetfire]

Smallville wasn't a Superman show; it was some kind of fungus.

Quote of the decade!

Alot of people liked the show and I am one of them.

 

[JarodRussell]

Smallville wasn't a Superman show; it was some kind of fungus.

Heh, that's what I always say about Abramstrek.

 

[Nerys Myk]

For reference I would suggest reading "Birthright" and "Secret Origin" (especially Birthright) as I have long suspected that this is the majority of where the source material is coming from if it is indeed a personal journey story.

Also the recent j michael straczynski "Superman:Earth One" will probably come into play.

Thats three strikes against it in my book. But I remain hopefull.

 

[Greg Cox]

It may be regrettable, but it's a simple fact that certain character types were not going to be envisioned as anything but white in those long ago days. The same applies to translating the character to comics in the 1940s and '50s---it would not have occurred to anyone then for Perry to be anything other than a white male.

Exactly. In the '40s and '50s. Times change. What was the only choice, the 'politically correct' choice (considering the politics of the time) was for the character to be a white male. In 2011 (or 2013) those considerations need no longer apply.

Amen. Why should a 2012 movie be stuck with the racial preconceptions of the 1930s, just because that's how they had to do it way back when? This new movie isn't a period piece.

That's like saying that Clark and Lois have to use manual typewriters and dress in 1930's attire--because, damnit, that's how it was done the first time around!

 

[Myasishchev]

They could bring back Lois' bob haircut. I wouldn't be offended.

 

[Gojira]

They could bring back Lois' bob haircut. I wouldn't be offended.

Me either! That would be sweeeeet!

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Smallville wasn't a Superman show; it was some kind of fungus.

Quote of the decade!

Alot of people liked the show and I am one of them.

And...?

 

[The Old Mixer]

Smallville wasn't a Superman show; it was some kind of fungus.

He's not Herbert--We reach!

 

[Jetfire]

Quote of the decade!

Alot of people liked the show and I am one of them.

And...?

And nothing.

 

[Agenda]

Dennis, how do you trash Smallville (which I don't even really like, btw) and yet praise a piece of crap like Green Lantern to high heavens?

 

[Admiral_Young]

"Green Lantern" was not a piece of crap. It just had flaws...kind of like "Smallville"

 

[davejames]

Agreed. Plus Green Lantern actually had, like action and a superhero doing heroic, super-powered things.

Maybe not as much as some fans would like, but certainly more than we got in Smallville.

 

[Myasishchev]

One of these days, I ought to actually watch an episode of Smallville. Lots of people talk shit about how it's too whiney and slow and stuff, which means I'd probably think it was great.

I did see a clip once. It was about some guy with long hair who was a Luthor of some extraction and Martha Kent in a deathtrap and it was the most bald-faced, inept ripoff of Saw I've ever seen. It involved a word jumble. A fucking word jumble.

Maybe it wasn't ass in context, but I doubt it.

 

[StarTrek1701]

I still think Amy Adams as Lois Lane is a bad, bad idea. She isn't glamorous at all compared to the supporting actresses in the movie - Diane Lane, Julia Ormond and Antje Trau - and she just isn't the 'Lois' type in my Supes fanboy mind. Neither was Erica Durance mind you, but Durance at least had the sheer hotness factor about her, which Adams definitely...lacks. If anything they should just swap out Antje Trau to be Lois Lane and Amy Adams to be Faora. That'd make more sense.