All Things Superman: An Open Discussion - Part 38

[DarthSkywalker]

no. He was pushing hard for them, but "everyone else" said no because, plain and simple, they didn't want the trunks. Now he didn't mention specific names, but its not hard to figure out who was thinking it and/or who was the main one against it.

wb.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

That's obvious. Superman would have underwear if not for Nolan. Snyder pretty much admitted this.

No. He was pushing hard for them, but "everyone else" said no because, plain and simple, they didn't want the trunks. Now he didn't mention specific names, but its not hard to figure out who was thinking it and/or who was the main one against it.

A) He could just as easily be talking about wb execs/the design team/his wife/anyone else involved in the making of this film. No where does he say 'Nolan told me not to keep the trunks'.

B) While he is saying other people said to leave them out, he still indicated that despite that, he carried on trying to find a design that would work. So if he could have come up with a design that he felt DID work and included the trunks, he would have presented that instead i'm sure. But he couldn't.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

The big ideas and look of the film just seem to Nolan to think he didn't have a say in it. Kinda like Spielberg in his hey day as a producer.

I believe several of his ideas did make it on film. For instance, Snyder accredited Nolan and Goyer for the identity angle.

 

[Jwmakoto]

What if baby Kal-el was conceived by midichlorians?

 

[gomez147]

When should we expect a "Making of Man of Steel"?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I believe several of his ideas did make it on film. For instance, Snyder accredited Nolan and Goyer for the identity angle.

Well, of course most of the ideas are Nolan's and Goyer's. Snyder didn't come to them with this project, he was placed, after a lot of other people turned it down.

 

[Mean Mr Mustard]

What if baby Kal-el was conceived by midichlorians?

This.

 

[Kal-El.9859]

Why are people assuming that Nolan told Snyder to leave off the trunks?!?! I've never seen or heard one single interview where Snyder said that...let's stop making up phoney interview quotes

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Well, of course most of the ideas are Nolan's and Goyer's. Snyder didn't come to them with this project, he was placed, after a lot of other people turned it down.

On that note, I wonder how much Nolan and Goyer used from failed projects like Flyby to craft this story.

 

[SpideyFan866]

wb.

A) He could just as easily be talking about wb execs/the design team/his wife/anyone else involved in the making of this film. No where does he say 'Nolan told me not to keep the trunks'.

B) While he is saying other people said to leave them out, he still indicated that despite that, he carried on trying to find a design that would work. So if he could have come up with a design that he felt DID work and included the trunks, he would have presented that instead i'm sure. But he couldn't.

True, it could have just been the execs or, the second most likely in my opinion, DC itself that pushed for no trunks. Probably to line up with the current comics appearance.

 

[X Knight]

btw......just curious.......did SR ever get an EW cover shot before it's release?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

On that note, I wonder how much Nolan and Goyer used from failed projects like Flyby to craft this story.

I think if they saw something cool, they probably took it to fill in the blanks of their general ideas. Made it so it would fit their general outlook on the film and character.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

btw......just curious.......did SR ever get an EW cover shot before it's release?

Pretty positive it did. I am pretty sure I own one.

 

[Kal-El.9859]

btw......just curious.......did SR ever get an EW cover shot before it's release?

April

 

[flickchick85]

Does anyone think the tablet issue will go live at midnight?

I will certainly be checking my iPad subscriptions library like crazy around that time, lol.

April

That...makes me appreciate this new cover more.

 

[BatSpider]

 

[SpideyFan866]

Why are people assuming that Nolan told Snyder to leave off the trunks?!?! I've never seen or heard one single interview where Snyder said that...let's stop making up phoney interview quotes

I didnt make up a phony quote.

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/ne...i-tried-to-keep-supermans-red-underpants.html

the full one, where I got it

http://io9.com/5963171/zack-snyder-...ged-supermans-iconic-costume-for-man-of-steel

 

[Smallville13]

April

Ahahaahahhaa. Oh god. I wonder what the Hype discussion back then was like. Is there archives?

 

[X Knight]

April

thanks.

That...makes me appreciate this new cover more.

YEP!!

 

[SpideyFan866]

April

Am the only one who loves that suit and likes that movie?

 

[Kal-El.9859]

But he NEVER said that Nolan said he couldn't use the trunks...I'm sure the "everyone else" he was referring to is more than likely his wife, studio execs and possibly Nolan. Not because they don't like the trunks but as you later said, to possibly maintain a little bit of continuity with the current comics look

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Ahahaahahhaa. Oh god. I wonder what the Hype discussion back then was like. Is there archives?

You can still read the old picture threads.

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=283333

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=221011

I was browsing through them the other day. People were pretty damn happy with how Routh looked in most of the set pics from what I could tell. Including people that still post here today

 

[X Knight]

Ahahaahahhaa. Oh god. I wonder what the Hype discussion back then was like. Is there archives?

don't know if there are archives that go back that far, but we certainly did have some very, VERY lively discussions both before and after SR came out.

I remember, close to release, there was an early script "leak" that said the kid was really Superman's and he "chucked" a piano across the room.

Needless to say, that caused quite a stir here. A lot of us just couldn't believe that was true.

In fact, I remember there was one poster who was so sure that the kid was NOT Superman's that he made a bet that if he was proven wrong, he'd go on live webcam and eat his unopened copy of Action Comics #1.

What became of him and that bet..........no one knows.........

Ah, Showtime and I SEE SPIDEY, don't you remember those good ol days?? t:

 

[Kal-El.9859]

I liked Superman Returns and the suit....but what we have now is much better!

 

[JimJimBinks]

My out of left field theory about Kal-El being special...
They might be going with the Byrne version of Krypton, with all babies carried in an artificial womb (birthing matrix as they called it) with Kal-El being the first natural conception, pregnancy, and birth in a few generations.