All Things Superman: An Open Discussion - Part 3

[Thundercrack85]

It's a nice visual, and it would explain how Kryptonite came to Earth. I actually didn't mind the idea of it being part of a backstory for a villain (or be mentioned in another series as a tie in). Smallville just went too far with it. Half the town was given superpowers by Kryptonite at some point.

 

[Herolee10]

Realistically speaking of course; would the meteors be able to travel at the same speed that Kal-el's rocket ship would be traveling it in order to arrive at the same time?

Though be that as it may, a meteor shower arriving alongside Clark should be able to provide a reason as to why Nasa didn't pick up Clark's ship entering into the Earth's atmosphere.

 

[SuperDaniel]

A more simple reason would be...the alien ship has a cloaking device. No one can see it.

 

[Herolee10]

A more simple reason would be...the alien ship has a cloaking device. No one can see it.

Then how would the Kents locate Kal el?

 

[JAK®]

Superman For All Seasons is actually a pretty likely influence on this film. Considering how much the Nolan films drew from The Long Halloween, Goyer would write a script based on Loeb/Sale material, and Nolan would be interested in a story with those influences as well.

And if this inspires Snyder to emulate the art of Tim Sale, this will be a very pretty film.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

It would de-cloak after landing. Or it could just be some sortof radar cloak where it's not invisible to the human eye.

And as for the meteor shower. I'm fine with it, but I don't see any reason for it to all be focused on Smallville, and instead be spread across the world. And I actually don't think meteor freaks are such a bad idea. It's an old comic book trope, meteorites causing mutations in humans that give them powers. They even did it with Conduit and Russian Zod. Just make the explanations for their powers less silly (such as kryptonite sauna rocks giving someone pyrokinesis).

 

[Lead Cenobite]

Just as long as he doesn't attempt to digitally alter Cavill's face to look too small for his head.

 

[JAK®]

Just as long as he doesn't attempt to digitally alter Cavill's face to look too small for his head.

I love cartooning.

 

[Garzo]

I'd rather not see meteor showers because that would mean putting Krypton very close to Earth. I never got that about Smallville. The whole idea of Kryptonite arriving on Earth is pretty lame considering the planet Krypton is in a far off solar system. I hope Kryptonite does not play a role in the film.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

Can this be the news thread?


Also, I would like a meteor shower as it gives an excuse as to why government types wouldn't find him.

 

[7heBoss]

yeah, i would prefer that kryptonite doesn't drift to earth. atleast not a lot of it. make it insanely and incredibly rare. Like only a few ounces of it. it makes no sense that a planet exploded scattering in an infinite number of different directions traveling what could be billions of miles and a significant amount of it happens to land on the only planet with a living kryptonian. I think it would make more sense if NASA somehow discovered it in some kind of space expedition. or maybe a single piece of it traveled with the ship, like during the ships departure from the planet the ship is punctured by a piece of kryptonite and it just travels to earth along with the ship. it could have broken off once it hit the earths atmosphere, or during impact.

 

[fixxxer1022]

the meteor shower and smallville scenes could be flashbacks as well... we don't know yet.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Prtty cool set pics, though, I'm not sure what caused that.

 

[moviedoors]

I'd rather not see meteor showers because that would mean putting Krypton very close to Earth. I never got that about Smallville. The whole idea of Kryptonite arriving on Earth is pretty lame considering the planet Krypton is in a far off solar system. I hope Kryptonite does not play a role in the film.

This. A red giant explodes light years away and somehow a cloud of debris that used to be Krypton maintains it formation for what would have to be centuries and trillions (yes, trillions, not billions) of miles, and then it hits Earth?

My suspension of disbelief can't stretch like that.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

yeah, i would prefer that kryptonite doesn't drift to earth. atleast not a lot of it. make it insanely and incredibly rare. Like only a few ounces of it. it makes no sense that a planet exploded scattering in an infinite number of different directions traveling what could be billions of miles and a significant amount of it happens to land on the only planet with a living kryptonian. I think it would make more sense if NASA somehow discovered it in some kind of space expedition. or maybe a single piece of it traveled with the ship, like during the ships departure from the planet the ship is punctured by a piece of kryptonite and it just travels to earth along with the ship. it could have broken off once it hit the earths atmosphere, or during impact.

Well in the 'meteor shower' way, I always kind of thought the reason it focused on Smallville was because the amount of meteors that came to earth got caught up in the trajectory of the ship... I dunno if there's any science in that tho.

But when you think about the size of a planet, it's not actually that much that came down, even in smallville. If you collected all the meteors that landed that day, you could probably fit them all in one storage area... Which on a scale of 1 to Planet Sized, isn't much at all.

 

[moviedoors]

Well in the 'meteor shower' way, I always kind of thought the reason it focused on Smallville was because the amount of meteors that came to earth got caught up in the trajectory of the ship... I dunno if there's any science in that tho.

None.

 

[Showtime]

Interesting, two former two-time Superman candidates together on the set for White Collar.

The article states that Manganiello was up for the role twice as well...that I didn't know if it is true.

http://www.yidio.com/show/white-collar/news/true-blood-veteran-joins-cast-white-collar-2912

 

[KRIM]

I have no doubt in my mind that Superman surely would have come up between the two conversing on-set. That'd be interesting to hear.

 

[BatmanInc]

They might not have known they were both candidates.

 

[JAK®]

They might not have known they were both candidates.

But we do?

 

[BatmanInc]

But we do?

Yes?

Contrary to what you seem to think, just because we know something doesn't mean they do.

 

[Showtime]

Well you would imagine they read it or heard it at some point.

 

[JAK®]

Yes?

Contrary to what you seem to think, just because we know something doesn't mean they do.

But what we know is something that they personally did.

 

[BatmanInc]

But what we know is something that they personally did.

That doesn't necessarily mean that they talked about Superman on the set of a completely unrelated show. Especially since neither of them actually were Superman.

 

[Showtime]

Who cares either way?