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Would You Like Superman When He’s Angry?
Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 22, 2008
Thomas Tull of Legendary Pictures, who have had a producing hand in Superman Returns, Batman Begins, and 300 said earlier while speechifying that the next installment of the Superman series would find our caped hero behaving like “an angry god.” His statement about “refocusing” the character sort of implies that at one time Supes was an angry god, or angry-ish and godlike. Now I’m not the biggest Superman fan, so I don’t know if there was a darker period in his timeline - I somewhat doubt it. This is a perfect example of Hollywood screwing something up so bad (Superman Returns) that the only solution they can come up with is do the complete opposite. Emo Superman? Forget that. Angry God Superman!
That’s the primary reason I never liked Superman, he is a good guy. He’s invincible. He doesn’t do wrong. He rarely ever has done anything even close to objectionable. And that’s lame. But that’s who he is. It doesn’t make sense to make him a Red and Blue Batman. That’s not what Superman is about. There are plenty of ways to make a great Superman movie, but I doubt making him an ‘angry god’ is one of them. If you want to make Supes snap a little and really pummel some badguys, throw aliens or Doomsday his way and let him unload. But the allegorical references, eh, and the anger, not so much.
Thoughts?
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4 Comments
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Is this speculation or are they really going to go this direction.
If so its a horrible idea.
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:48 am
He’s the boyscout…Why are they making him “an angry god” for? Trying to prevent kids from finding a new fictional hero?
I agree with what you said, throw some Doomsday and a few batarangs, and you’re good to go.
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 am
Hey if he does no wrong then how did he have a kid out of wedlock?
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
What they should do is the life and death of superman story. Right out of the gates you could have Superman battling Doomsday. Just think of the cinematics. Then the Justice league come in to help so your getting all these extra character’s in that could lead to future movies. Once he’s dead bring out the new Supermen. this could make a fantastic movie and it’s probably every fanboy’s wet dream.