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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6152240" data-attributes="member: 17106"><p>I kind of think it is. As some posted a while back, Superman is a nice pop culture icon and a symbol, but very difficult to dramatize as a character. His shtick is that he's invincible and always does the right thing. That means that substantial contrivances and naked plot devices are required to challenge him at all, and his reactions to those challenges tend not to be very interesting.</p><p></p><p>And times have changed. People look more closely at plot holes than they did decades ago. And the silliness of the Clark Kent alter ego, the costume, and the cartoon science (yeah, oxygen totally gives you super powers) and cartoon morality (watching people die to keep a secret that isn't secret anyway) just don't play any more.</p><p></p><p>It's simply much harder to do Superman as a movie than Batman (and even Batman they fouled up the third time around). I found Man of Steel mildly entertaining and visually interesting at times, but lacking in drama. "Nice spectacle with nonsensical story and no emotional resonance" seems to be Zack Snyder's ceiling; it's unfortunate that he keeps getting all this money to make movies when there are truly great storytellers just waiting for a chance. But regardless of who makes it I have a hard time even imagining what a truly good Superman movie would be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 6152240, member: 17106"] I kind of think it is. As some posted a while back, Superman is a nice pop culture icon and a symbol, but very difficult to dramatize as a character. His shtick is that he's invincible and always does the right thing. That means that substantial contrivances and naked plot devices are required to challenge him at all, and his reactions to those challenges tend not to be very interesting. And times have changed. People look more closely at plot holes than they did decades ago. And the silliness of the Clark Kent alter ego, the costume, and the cartoon science (yeah, oxygen totally gives you super powers) and cartoon morality (watching people die to keep a secret that isn't secret anyway) just don't play any more. It's simply much harder to do Superman as a movie than Batman (and even Batman they fouled up the third time around). I found Man of Steel mildly entertaining and visually interesting at times, but lacking in drama. "Nice spectacle with nonsensical story and no emotional resonance" seems to be Zack Snyder's ceiling; it's unfortunate that he keeps getting all this money to make movies when there are truly great storytellers just waiting for a chance. But regardless of who makes it I have a hard time even imagining what a truly good Superman movie would be. [/QUOTE]
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