Superman: Still Awesome

[gnarlygninja]

Me? I'd like to see something of the original, anti-captilalist, borderline anarchist Supes. But I consider this unlikely as long as he remains the IP of a large company. (i.e forever.)

You might like the Absolute Superman comic, if you haven't already checked it out. It's not quite this but it's also not not this.

 

[Reynard]

It was a Superman origin story. He was learning how to be a hero; he had never thrown an actual punch before Zod. Wasn't sure what to do with the power of a god, and neither was his dad...because duh. Nothing in our lives would make handling that easy.

I appreciated the updated and more "what would it look like today" aspects of Snyder's film. Very different from Gunn's film, to be sure.

BvS was, for me, the bigger disappointment. MOS posited an interesting Superman with a complex framing, who learned he never wanted to kill because he had to, and he couldn't fight on cities because he saw the horror it caused. But that was squandered for a story that should have been 5 mov8es and 10 years down the line.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

BvS was, for me, the bigger disappointment. MOS posited an interesting Superman with a complex framing, who learned he never wanted to kill because he had to, and he couldn't fight on cities because he saw the horror it caused. But that was squandered for a story that should have been 5 mov8es and 10 years down the line.

Yeah, the folks who greenlit BvS had clearly really liked Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, not understanding the power of that story was that it was a payoff to decades of groundwork, not a place to start.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

You might like the Absolute Superman comic, if you haven't already checked it out. It's not quite this but it's also not not this.

I did see a few copies of this at my local comic shop just last week...

Damn, where's my piggy bank?

 

[trappedslider]

Never forget that when Kevin Smith was approached before superman returns was made, they wanted him to put in a giant robot spider for superman to fight and he turned it down.

 

[gnarlygninja]

That's why you don't listen to Barbara Streisand's hairdresser.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

I think we can all agree that studio execs should stick to finding the funding and otherwise just stay the eff out.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Never forget that when Kevin Smith was approached before superman returns was made, they wanted him to put in a giant robot spider for superman to fight and he turned it down.

At least we got Nic Cage as Superman for a moment in the Flash movie that should otherwise not be discussed.

 

[Thierry-Advent]

In the movie, when you look at the actors portraying the Kents, how old are Clark’s parents? I’m not asking for the canon age or the comics age.

 

[Reynard]

At least we got Nic Cage as Superman for a moment in the Flash movie that should otherwise not be discussed.

I don't think the Flash movie was as bad as all that, even if I really dislike the lead.