Comments on: What The Dark Knight Has Done: A New Direction at WB

By: christopher nolan

christopher nolan — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:10:26 +0000

guess what batman 3 movie starring christain bale andries price aS ROBIN// TIM DRAKE eddie murphy as the riddler ashely tisdale as catwoman. it's about batman and robin team up against the riddler and catwoman so batman 3 opens june 2011 see ya

By: christopher nolan

christopher nolan — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:10:00 +0000

By: Aravind

Aravind — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:07 +0000

Bryan Singer's film is the uglyest adaption of Superman franchise. He just took off what Richard Donner left with current film making styles. The movie settings, character development was so "Golden age" type. it's remebers those classic two dimensional "good and evil" comicbook characterisation, which in now a days is totally crap. that approch should have worked if he did SR in a 1960's time settings, just like Peter jackson's King kong.

But what he did was a Fanboy approch of Donner's Superman, even his Superman hair combing STYLE is completly opposite of COMICBOOK VERSION. And adding his offspring element was another kick to Superman franchise.

All in all throw Briyan out of WB, reboot the franchise may be give us Tom Willing as the new Superman.

By: Aravind

Aravind — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:25:00 +0000

All in all throw Briyan out of WB, reboot the franchise may be give us Tom Willing as the new Superman.

By: Mr.Carl.Lee

Mr.Carl.Lee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:07:23 +0000

I completely forgot about this running topic, so let me reconnect with this conversation.

@KevinCarr/@Joe: By no means is money a judge of success, you should know better than that… to reiterate, Superman’s flaw is that no one relates to him. Smallville doesn’t even have him at full power, which is probably the reason why the show is still on the air. He hasn’t even flown yet but all the socially inept fans flock to him, because they see his flaws, in themselves.

Bryan Singer’s film is probably the truest adaption of the character himself; ie. the ability to lift planes without a grimace, or nonchalantly looking over his shoulder to vaporize falling glass. Yeah, the kid comes out of nowhere and a rock of krypton should probably crush him… but at the end of it all, he’s forced to give it all up so that Lois can live a “normal” life. Even with all his power, he still can’t be with his one true love… and that’s kind of romantic, but also very lame–especially when he can crush “Cyclops”.

To Superman, villains mean nothing, he’s his own obstacle… so the comics resort to him dying, getting a new costume, updating his powers, attack is alter ego, or letting him tailspin out of control to keep him relevant. And his “self-sacrifice” well, they fix that too… have him fall in love with Wonder Woman–I mean he’s got to get laid, right?

By: Carl Lee

Carl Lee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:07:00 +0000

I completely forgot about this running topic, so let me reconnect with this conversation.

By: k (Black)

k (Black) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:52:52 +0000

I’d like to say this. Ying/Yang. Superman’s charachter was never designed to be dark the way Batman’s character is. Has he had dark moments? Of course but that’s not where he lives. Superman has always been the epitome of what’s good and wholesome. Nothing wrong with that. Not every charachter has to be the
“Anti-hero” type. There are still Boy Scouts out there. Which is what Batman/Bruce Wayne often called Clark/Superman. A Boy Scout.

Change the costume!?-Fine Change the director?!-Fine Don’t change what has stood the test of time for 70+yrs. When you peel away all the layers the core should always be intact.

By: k (Black)

k (Black) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:52:00 +0000

Change the costume!?-Fine Change the director?!-Fine Don’t change what has stood the test of time for 70+yrs. When you peel away all the layers the core should always be intact.

By: juggz143

juggz143 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:28:42 +0000

Personally I’m all for a Doomsday storyline, though I don’t think DC has the balls to actually kill Supes at the of the movie but , I think that’d be a great way to restart the franchise with him dying and bring him back in part 2. Especially if it wasn’t promoted as ‘The Death of Superman’ and it was like a twist ending, people would go Ape-Shyt.

By: juggz143

juggz143 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:28:00 +0000

By: doctorwho904

doctorwho904 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:25:10 +0000

see one reason I think TDK was so scuess full and why I saw it 7 tiimes in 9 days was A. It’s cast was phenamanal and B cause it was a very Human movie and what i mean by that is it’s a movie that we can relate to and inspire to be . i think if a movie inspires or moves the people it goes far beyond what you expected . and thats what it did for me

By: doctorwho904

doctorwho904 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:25:00 +0000

By: Johnny Boy

Johnny Boy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:25:32 +0000

so what if Superman is indestructable? He can’t be everywhere at once all the time… and
thus will fail at saving people sometime. This is a great way to explore his psychology
instead of just a character that does incredible feats of strength.

By: Johnny Boy

Johnny Boy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:25:00 +0000

By: Adam Sweeney

Adam Sweeney — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:22:12 +0000

Cole’s onto something. If you make Superman, an indestructible man, have to make decisions that affect vulnerable people then you have conflict. Nobody wants to see Superman have a kid. They want to see the Man of Steel and his companions put in danger. It’s what made the conflict between the Joker and Batman so intriguing, the fact that The Joker knew his weaknesses. Make no mistake, Superman may be indestructible physically, but as the Green Goblin said in Spiderman “Attack the heart.”

And Superman’s comic book sales have not always been stellar. “The Death of Superman,” one of the most popular comics of all-time, was specifically created to generate comic book sales. After that they gave Superman a new costume for a while, another attempt to make money. So while the Man of Steel himself may be, the Superman story is not bulletproof

By: Adam Sweeney

Adam Sweeney — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:22:00 +0000

By: Nico

Nico — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:01:13 +0000

I don”t care!!!!!!! I always liked Batman and I want to see another Batman movie to finish this franchise.

Superman and the rest… Batman is a human after all , that makes him more interesting.

By: Nico

Nico — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:01:00 +0000

I don”t care!!!!!!! I always liked Batman and I want to see another Batman movie to finish this franchise.

Superman and the rest… Batman is a human after all , that makes him more interesting.

By: Cole Abaius

Cole Abaius — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:02:39 +0000

Another way to bring Superman back is to stay true to the nature of his character as a near-perfect being. Revamps aside, Superman is indestructible. Shifting that to make a more interesting film would be difficult – you end up wanting his incredible strength but also want him to be vulnerable which is a major disconnect.

So keep him as the constant presence in story. An unchanged character. Let the characters around him go through a transformation because of him.

Oh, and you know, don’t make it a love story. Seriously. WTF.

By: Cole Abaius

Cole Abaius — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:02:00 +0000

So keep him as the constant presence in story. An unchanged character. Let the characters around him go through a transformation because of him.

Oh, and you know, don’t make it a love story. Seriously. WTF.