Sequels Angry Superman?

[smallville fan]

One of my all time favorite moments in all of Superman lore is "You hurt Lana?!" I want a moment like that, where Superman is just done and he's gonna beat the unholy living **** outta Darkseid or Brainiac.

We pretty much have the potential for that with Cavill's Superman as seen with this scene:

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But people will hate on it and say it isn't in Superman's character for that sort of thing and would cry and petition to everyone for more of this(even though the comics aren't even like that):

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[Kato]

We pretty much have the potential for that with Cavill's Superman as seen with this scene:

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But people will hate on it and say it isn't in Superman's character for that sort of thing and would cry and petition to everyone for more of this(even though the comics aren't even like that):

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There´s no such thing as "this isn´t superman". The character changes over the years. Hating on that sort of thing is stupid.

 

[smallville fan]

There´s no such thing as "this isn´t superman". The character changes over the years. Hating on that sort of thing is stupid.

I know, but it exists.

 

[The Hill]

Argh! The blanket dismissal of this idea is incredibly silly.

We're not talking about making superman constantly pissed off. "Angry" wouldn't a description of his entire personality. It's an emotion, and we all feel it if only momentarily.

Superman getting pissed off is very powerful precisely because he doesn't do it often. It doesn't make him "evil" or "dark" or "edgy" or Wolverine or Batman. It makes him normal. It's completely normal and IN CHARACTER. Happens all the time.

I'm not talking about a berserker rage either. More of a "now you're gonna get it" attitude... because you *know* that if somebody's done something to piss *Superman* off, then it's pretty bad. the Dan Turpin example is a good one. Also the "I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard" moment from Justice League Unlimited. And that allmighty roar of anguish in Superman 1 - how could that moment be any better?

Also, the idea that Darkseid or Doomsday would not "translate all that well onto the big screen" is uterly preposterous. Superman is fantasy, adventure, science fiction, action. People are obsessed with the notion of what will "fit in into Donner/Singer's universe" (insert "Nolan" when talking about Batman) or what would "work on screen", and it's just rubbish, eliminating key aspects of the character or his world because of some arbitrary idea that things can't get too big or outlandish or whatever. Narrowing the scope of what Superman can be. Making Supeman the only extraordinary thing in a mundane world and saying it can't/shouldn't be any other way.

It's just ****ing nonsense - you don't change Superman's world to fit in with Donner or Singer's vision. If anything you change Donner/Singer's world to fit the greater vision of the character, his world and history.

Make Superman a ****ing Space Opera. Make it an epic pulp sci-fi fantasy. Make it anything but saving people from Earthquakes over and over.

I swear some people must *want* Superman to be boring.

Sorry.... went on a tanget there. Back to angry Superman... or rather, Superman getting angry on occasion. When used judiciously (like, once per film/story) there's absolutely nothing wrong with it and would make for a great moment.

Part of the problem is that they never really let Superman fail at saving everyone, so what/who is there to get angry at?

I agree with all of this. In regards to the bold part, it's what justifies a lot of people's arguments of why Superman is OP or a boring boy scout. What's the point in having all that power if it's not tested against the biggest threats. as far as the anger, some people seem to forget Clark was raised as a human, meaning as people have said before, could demonstrate human-like reactions. So what if he gets pissed every once in a while. Wouldn't you in the same scenario? Even Clark has but so much self control.

 

[zmystico]

I preface this by saying I'm not the hugest Superman fan nor am I remotely familiar with all of his storylines/etc., but a thought came to me today that I thought would be an interesting Superman film.... and emotionally burned out/fatigued Superman.

It stands to reason with me that once in a while, Superman has to get tired. He's always being called on to save this person or the world...you know he has to get called on for the most asinine of reasons. I just would think it'd be cool to see a Superman that's emotionally tired of always being looked to to fix everything. I don't want him portrayed as angry, although burnout can manifest itself as anger, but more over-taxed...tired of hearing all the calls and pleas from the world.

 

[CLARKY]

There´s no such thing as "this isn´t superman". The character changes over the years. Hating on that sort of thing is stupid.

I disagree. In broad terms, broad wide maybe blurry terms, "this is Superman" or "this is not Superman".
You're kind of right, Superman has changed over the years but not THAT much and it specific to people who do not get the positivity of the character to be willing to change him to what they feel right or to aim for a specific stoyline or moment to justify their reasoning.
The problem appears when we all try to defin what are those "broad terms" I was talking about. Superman is the best of us. Now the best of me can be quite inferior to the best of you or the best of this guy or this girl. We have all strenght and weakness.