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The New Superman: A Blockbuster for Summer 2013?

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The more I see of it the better it looks. Nolan producing, Snyder directing, I think it's probably going to be the best take on the character yet as far as film goes. I can't wait to see it.
 
Definitely a darker, richer take on the character. I liked the Christopher Reeve take, particularly the first two films, but there was just a little too much over-the-top silliness. And I'm old enough to remember George Reeves, and the low-end TV version.
 
It's interesting to read the inside history of the two films from the 80's. I was lucky enough to see the Richard Donner cut of the second film last year. It made a lot more sense plus cut out all the slapstick scenes that Richard Lester put in.
 
Fcseven said:
It's interesting to read the inside history of the two films from the 80's. I was lucky enough to see the Richard Donner cut of the second film last year. It made a lot more sense plus cut out all the slapstick scenes that Richard Lester put in.
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Yes, I have this multi-DVD set that includes the Donner cut. Too bad one of the key scenes, where Lois learns that Clark is Superman, wasn't really fleshed out as it was in the Lester version. But remember Lester's "classic" directing gigs: "Help" and "A Hard Day's Night."

Lester, by the way, according to IMDB, is still around (age 80) but his directing career petered out for the most part in 1991.
 
Gene Steinberg said:
Definitely a darker, richer take on the character. I liked the Christopher Reeve take, particularly the first two films, but there was just a little too much over-the-top silliness. And I'm old enough to remember George Reeves, and the low-end TV version.
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Me to.

Ah fond memorys of running around with a homemade cape red undies worn on the outside and red socks no shoes.

That i didnt end up hanging myself by that cape jumping off tall buildings in a single bound is surprising.
 
Gene Steinberg said:
Definitely a darker, richer take on the character. I liked the Christopher Reeve take, particularly the first two films, but there was just a little too much over-the-top silliness. And I'm old enough to remember George Reeves, and the low-end TV version.
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I was never that much of a fan of the Reeve films to be honest, but that's probably because I wasn't around when they first came out. My first brush with Superman comic books was during the Death of Superman story arc. I've always wanted to see a darker, more realistic take on the Man of Steel, the Reeve films and the terrible "Superman Returns" just didn't do it for me. I think this is at least going to be closer to the film I'd like to see and I'm a big fan of Snyder's directorial style so I'm definitely looking forward to it. I thought his take on "Watchmen" was excellent and I personally feel like he improved on certain aspects of the story, especially the ending which was always kind of odd to me.
 
As long as they avoid the trend these days that says you have to make movies that never settle into anything cinematically and ultimately feel like really long trailers, as is the case with Batman Begins, it seems like it could be really good. Character driven superhero stories can be really interesting. I just think there is a lot of risk that we'll actually just get some choppy, no-story-all-action-in-the-third-act, abstracted implication of a character driven superhero movie.
 
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