Superman Returns

I'm a little cautious about how this movie could turn out, given the long pothole-filled road it had to travel down in order to reach it's current state.

Don't believe me? See the full story here

Or for a shorter (and more funny/entertaining version), see what Kevin Smith had to say when he was commissioned to write a draft for Superman V

Other links of interest:

• Concept Art
• Kevin Smith's draft from 1997

I'm a big Superman fan, and I really hope they do a good job in with this movie... but I'm not setting my expectations too high, because I don't want to be massively disappointed.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hmm, someone's a bit tetchy today I've been noticing alot of your posts in this sub-forum since the restoration have been filled with blanket heavy cynicism, hence why I'm not too bothered ^___~

In any case, I used the link to the other forum because the post there did a good job in summarising details of the events that I've been following, and I saw no reason to reinvent the wheel (frankly I couldn't be arsed re-summarising everything as I have better things to do with my life... and I mean, would you look at how long that thing is? These events backtrack into the last millenium).

As for the Kevin Smith Q&A segment, I put that in more for the fact that I actually found him to be quite funny in it, and I thought other comic book fans would gain similar enjoyment from it. Plus I generally prefer the health benefits of humour over development of gallstones anyday

How ya doing, buddy?

The latest trailer has actually set my mind a little more at ease for some reason. I think this is mainly because I can actually see Routh pulling off a good job at taking on the role of Superman. While Reeve's shoes will be difficult to fill, from the trailer it seems Routh both sounds and looks the part.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Shenlon

The flight scenes looked incredibly nice but those were only like 3 scenes.
I'm a little confused though. Superman returns is suppose to be after the original reeves movies or is it its own thing?
The movie looks more promising that I originaly thought but I'm still not interested. I think a better louis lane could have gotten the role though ~_~

It's a continuation of the Reeves movies, although I think there will be probably be quite a bit of "origin" retelling. So, yeah, officially this one is Superman V

In this movie, Superman has supposedly left earth for an unspecified period of time, and when he returns he has to rediscover his place in the new world which has learnt to manage without him.

Personally, I would have ideally preferred that they do what Batman:Begins did and start from scratch (especially since Superman III and IV were just... well... awful )... But it looks like they've put alot of work into making sure this new movie will be a solid work (and it's about time... they've travelled through a very rocky road all the way back since ~1997 or so in order to get to where they are now with this new film)... So I'm cautiously optimistic

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