Superman (casting, rumors, pix till release)

[SalvorHardin]

I wonder if he'll have any of his vision based powers? Macro/micro I could see, but I think it would be in line with this version if he didn't have heat or x-ray vision.

I believe there have been reports of a fight scene where he uses heat vision.

 

[Mike Farley]

Modern creators are way too in love with Superman using his heat vision like a laser gun to not have it in the movie.

 

[Taylirious]

Very exciting stuff.

 

[Kelthaz]

Modern creators are way too in love with Superman using his heat vision like a laser gun to not have it in the movie.

I want to see him use his heat vision like a machine gun. Slaughter thousands of hum -- robots -- with his laser eyes. Pew pew pew!

 

[davejames]

Modern creators are way too in love with Superman using his heat vision like a laser gun to not have it in the movie.

Actually I kinda like that effect as well. At least in the cartoons. I'm not sure it would fit well with their movie's more realistic take though.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

This isn't "realistic" in the sense of Nolan's Batman having realistic villains. This is still an alien with super strength who can fly. I think the only realism they're going for is how he would react psychologically to the world and how they would react to him.

So I could see heat vision either way.

 

[davejames]

Well if we do, I hope we get the red beams from the cartoons and Donner movies. I didn't really care for the effect in SR or Smallville where it was just waves of hot air emanating from their eyes.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Well if we do, I hope we get the red beams from the cartoons and Donner movies. I didn't really care for the effect in SR or Smallville where it was just waves of hot air emanating from their eyes.

I completely agree... although that effect might be more "realistic" I just want to see something that I remember, something that is just "cool" and makes me feel like an excited kid again.

 

[Agent Richard07]

Sumerman and Star Trek are tied for my number one most anticipated movie.

Those are the ones I'm looking forward to as well.

Well if we do, I hope we get the red beams from the cartoons and Donner movies. I didn't really care for the effect in SR or Smallville where it was just waves of hot air emanating from their eyes.

I loved the heat vision from Smallville. When I saw that, I thought they finally got it right. I don't want them to go back to laser eyes after that. I prefer the naturalistic approach. There's nothing cool or nostalgic about laser eyes for me.

 

[Gojira]

Well if we do, I hope we get the red beams from the cartoons and Donner movies. I didn't really care for the effect in SR or Smallville where it was just waves of hot air emanating from their eyes.

I actually liked that and I think in the context of this movie beams from the eyes could look cartoon like if not done properly.

 

[Dick Whitman]

naturalistic look to heat emitting from a alien's eyes, who just happens to look human... What would be natural about that...

 

[USS Firefly]

Heating vision ok but blowing so cold to freeze things?
That's not realistic

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Trying, in any reality, to make Supes powers consistent and realistic just won't happen....

 

[Hartzilla2007]

And some info from the Entertainment Weekly article

Spoiler: spoilers

Screenwriter, David S. Goyer, reveals to Entertainment Weekly that the children of Krypton (Superman's home planet) are engineered. "People were bred to be warriors or scientists or what-have-you, and there's a whole element in the movie about nature versus nurture," Goyer says. Kal-El is unique because he's a natural conception, free from genetic manipulation to choose his own course in life - which also makes his existence highly illegal.
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Another major revelation from the article is that Superman's main bugaboo, kryponite, will not be making an appearance in Man of Steel. "I'll be honest with you, there's no kryptonite in the movie," says director Zack Snyder.

Henry Cavill explains that this time Superman deals with a different type of kryptonite, instead of the green radioactive element fans have grown accustomed to. "Although he is not susceptible to the frailties of mankind, he is definitely susceptible to the emotional frailties." Or as Snyder puts it: "It's all emotional kryptonite."
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Terrance Stamp portrayed the character as an icy warlord in Superman II, but Shannon sees him as more of a die-hard supremacist. "He actually has some affection for anybody who's a Kryptonian, including Superman," Shannon says. "He doesn't really have any malignant feelings toward him; he just wants him to be patriotic."
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"All their armor goes on top of the suits," Deborah Snyder explains. But because Superman's a refugee, his iconic outfit in our world doesn't have the snap-on battle gear, which would make him a defenseless man on his own Kryptonian turf.
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Traue's Faora isn't choking Lois Lane (Amy Adams), but activating a device to help the mere mortal breathe aboard a Kryptonian spacecraft while General Zod negotiates with Superman. (Faora's translucent helmet, meanwhile, helps protect her from sensory overload under our power-giving sun.) "I'm not threatening her, " explains. "I'm a good girl in this shot." Faora "is a psychopath," says Traue. "She is an engineered being, and driven by the need and pleasure of killing."
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Lois Lane (Amy Adams) - chasing down reports of a wandering stranger who is capable of superhuman feats of strength. "She's very transient. She's ready to pick up and go at a moment's notice," Adams says, noting that the trait is shared by Lois and Clark. "That definitely could be part of what she sees in Superman-not really laying down roots, not developing trust."​

Spoiler: Wait

Their actually basically canonizing the whole everyone on Krypton was apparently either a scientist or a criminal joke.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Some of their version of Kal-El being unique partially comes from John Byrne's Krypton. Genetic engineering and controlled breading was a huge part of his backstory. Even Jor-El removing the birthing matrix was breaking the law and made his son unique.

 

[the G-man]

Modern creators are way too in love with Superman using his heat vision like a laser gun to not have it in the movie.

Yeah, I really hate the current "Image comics" style wherein every picture of Superman has to show him with "badazz" glowing red eyes. It's a modern cliche.

And some info from the Entertainment Weekly article...

I have the issue. I haven't read it yet, but I glanced at the pics.

I found it more than a little disconcerting that Ma Kent didn't look much older than Lois Lane.

 

[Gojira]

I found it more than a little disconcerting that Ma Kent didn't look much older than Lois Lane.

Today people look younger than their years. The days of older ladies looking like they did in the 1950s and 1960s is long gone. I know women in their 50s and 60s that look very nice. Diane Lane looks pretty typical of todays women her age.

 

[SalvorHardin]

By the way, there has been a viral campaign going on which suggests a new trailer might be online on Sunday, April 14, 5pm PDT/8pm EDT/ midnight UK

 

[Anwar]

I found it more than a little disconcerting that Ma Kent didn't look much older than Lois Lane.

I'm a little tired of the "Super duper eldery" person comics cliche. I mean, remember how Aunt May looked like a corpse for years when she really should've only been in her 50s or something?

 

[Shazam!]

I'm a little tired of the "Super duper eldery" person comics cliche. I mean, remember how Aunt May looked like a corpse for years when she really should've only been in her 50s or something?

If Parker is a teenager, you could even go as far as early 40s if not late 30s.