Mark Millar's Many Thoughts On Superman

[The Guard]

Edited for cruelty.

 

[terry78]

I hope Mr. Millar knows all the **** he's going to have to deal with when bringing this to the screen...his Wanted was already watered down, Kick-Ass may be the same, so I hope he don't think these giant setpieces he writes in the picture books will all be feasible. Unless he got Spielberg bankrolling it along with DC.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

If anything, it sounds like he's saying (in his own li'l way) that the studio has already decided on what they're doing...

...and none of those plans involve Millar or his "phantom director!"

The fact that he refuses to zip it just makes matters worse for his cause. The man is smart enough to know WB wouldn't allow him to publicly mouth off plot-details if there was the slightest shred of a chance of his trilogy happening!

 

[The Guard]

So far I just hear vague elements and characters he wants to use. Not any really particularly interesting details.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

So far I just hear vague elements and characters he wants to use. Not any really particularly interesting details.

The ending.

 

[Dotten]

Everybody dies? That comes as no surprise ^^

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Everybody dies? That comes as no surprise ^^

What superhero movie have you seen where everybody dies at the end?

 

[Dotten]

The end is just the beginning and at some point everybody dies. Nature calls. When I was a kid and did'nt know better I was like "they killed Superman?!?" (90's). But I grew up. To show how the guy actually dies is no surprise and if Hollywood had some balls they would have shown other heroes die earlier (oh wait, they did show a couple of them in X3 but that was to much for some living their illusion of immortality). The take on Superman being the last living being is no surprise, I personally don't like it cause it seems like he failed. But on the other hand it may serve a purpose. But it would be better for him to die and live on in the heart of mankind as an inspiration. His death finally being the thing to stop us from acting like idiots.

Superman is not about the ending, it's about the journey. To kill him of in the final scene is hardly something that surprises me. You can't show somebodys entire life without showing how it ends. If Millar says he wants to show Supermans entire life then one is not paying attention if he dies and one goes "What, he DIED?".

 

[M.O.Steel]

The end is just the beginning and at some point everybody dies. Nature calls. When I was a kid and did'nt know better I was like "they killed Superman?!?" (90's). But I grew up. To show how the guy actually dies is no surprise and if Hollywood had some balls they would have shown other heroes die earlier (oh wait, they did show a couple of them in X3 but that was to much for some living their illusion of immortality). The take on Superman being the last living being is no surprise, I personally don't like it cause it seems like he failed. But on the other hand it may serve a purpose. But it would be better for him to die and live on in the heart of mankind as an inspiration. His death finally being the thing to stop us from acting like idiots.

Superman is not about the ending, it's about the journey. To kill him of in the final scene is hardly something that surprises me. You can't show somebodys entire life without showing how it ends. If Millar says he wants to show Supermans entire life then one is not paying attention if he dies and one goes "What, he DIED?".

the issue isn't the fact that he dies. it's how he dies. if it was the end of the set, and he dies in a gigantic epic fight with someone, to save humanity, then yeah that's an awesome ending. having him live out his life while everyone else around him dying first, and then he dies, really is what is messin people up.

 

[Double Down]

Mark Millar's James Bond trilogy:
Starts with a baby James being born, ends with an elderly James dying from liver failure.

 

[Dark Jaguar]

Mark Millar's James Bond trilogy:
Starts with a baby James being born, ends with an elderly James dying from liver failure.

awesome! AWESOME! I love it! Write it, cast it, shoot it!! WE'LL MAKE BILLIONS!!

 

[Double Down]

awesome! AWESOME! I love it! Write it, cast it, shoot it!! WE'LL MAKE BILLIONS!!

Trillions!

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

awesome! AWESOME! I love it! Write it, cast it, shoot it!! WE'LL MAKE BILLIONS!!

Trillions!

 

[M.O.Steel]

Mark Millar's James Bond trilogy:
Starts with a baby James being born, ends with an elderly James dying from liver failure.

I LOVE IT

 

[Double Down]

I watched "Dr. No" the other day and when Dr. No says "millions" it is impossible not to laugh. Austin Powers sure changed how you view the earlier Bond movies.

 

[raybia]

Nothing wrong with doing that even though that would be a depressing ending but you presented this ending as something you read in an article which is incorrect. Plus why would Millar reveal the ending to his epic?

On the ending of his story...

http://forums.millarworld.tv/index.php?showtopic=83453&view=findpost&p=1870683

Groan. As if I'd just end it with him the last man alive and feeling like ****. There's a lot more to it than that, the scope of the story simply being the beginning of time to the end of time, really.

MM

This substantiates my point.

 

[batman strikes]

Ok, so...Mark Millar wants to use some elements of the Superman mythology.

And...

I knew when I posted the link he didn't say anything more about plot details. But from reading what he wrote you can kind of see where he intended to take the story, specially the whole Krypton sequence. I mean this whole idea about Rao-ist prophets (I have no idea where that came from in the comics), Bottle City of Kandor, The council not believing Jor-El's warning's, and Jor-El and Lara sending Kal-El to earth would easily take about 45mins.

Obviously this 8 hour epic Superman trilogy is not going to happen for reasons that have already been stated here and overall I'm not sure how great this would of been. But it's still interesting and at least for me it holds my interest until we hear real progress from WB on what they want to do with the franchise.

 

[M.O.Steel]

i love everything i've heard of MM's story so far....except the ending. and none of that miscomunication crap. it's downright dumb IMO.

 

[COMPO]

as much as an interesting story it is, it just wouldn't grab ya a movie about Krypton called Superman people will be wondering where Superman is all through it they'd get confused witrh the younger generation and I don't really think Warner Bros would do that its too big of a risk and plus, the ending is dark like they wnat but I think its too dark for them and they don't wanna piss off the fans too much.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

Really, will you let Millar write a new Superman movie?
This is the same guy who had Superman defeated and in a retirement home in one of his comics (Wanted) and in another he had a Superman gay lookalike raped by Captain America.

 

[X-Maniac]

Mark Millar's James Bond trilogy:
Starts with a baby James being born, ends with an elderly James dying from liver failure.

You're closer to the truth than you realise... Bond nearly did have a kid in Quantum of Solace...

Article:http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2008/11/james-bond-was-nearly-a-dad-in.html
Original source: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/11/how_james_bond_nearly_became_a.html

James Bond was nearly a dad in Quantum of Solace!
By David Bentley on Nov 5, 08 01:16 PM in Film gossip

REMEMBER how the introduction of a half-Kryptonian super-child in Bryan Singer's 2006 Superman Returns caused such a mixed reaction in the fanbase (as well as being a narrative challenge for any sequel - would we see Superman flying his son to kindergarten and finding some indestructible toys that the superkid couldn't break as his powers emerged?)

Well, it turns out the same thing nearly happened in Quantum of Solace.

Director Marc Forster has told New York magazine that screenwriter Paul Haggis nearly added a Bond baby to the storyline and this led to an argument with the producers.

Forster said: "Haggis had an idea they weren't fond of, and I didn't know if it would work or not. The idea was that Vesper in the last movie, maybe she had a kid, and there would be an orphan out there. It wasn't anything to insult the franchise. But they felt it wasn't particularly Bond - him looking for the kid. I think Paul thought he just leaves the kid, he doesn't deal with it.

"But [the producers] thought that would be really nasty, too, because Bond was an orphan himself. If he would find a kid, would he just leave it? They were so vehemently against it. That was the only time I saw, really, 'No, we can't do that.' They said, 'Once he finds the kid, Bond can't just leave the kid. It's not right.'"

As I reported earlier, Forster has turned down the chance to make the next Bond movie.

Would you like to see a baby Bond? Would it have worked in the film?

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

The man is smart enough to know WB wouldn't allow him to publicly mouth off plot-details if there was the slightest shred of a chance of his trilogy happening!

Case in point: This past Monday, Grant Morrison revealed that he's in talks with WB and DC regarding The Flash...

"Yes, I have talked to them. I’m deeply involved in those discussions. I know what’s going down with all of that, and it’s actually really exciting. But beyond that, I can’t say anything. I wish I could tell you. I’m sure announcements will probably be made at some point, but I can’t say anything.”

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/11/0...to-do-with-a-flash-movie-hes-not-telling-yet/

Interestingly enough, the article has now been yanked. Frankly, the only way I was able to pull the above quote was our buddy Jett from Batman-On-Film (thankfully) reported on it!

 

[Showtime]

The end is just the beginning and at some point everybody dies. Nature calls. When I was a kid and did'nt know better I was like "they killed Superman?!?" (90's). But I grew up. To show how the guy actually dies is no surprise and if Hollywood had some balls they would have shown other heroes die earlier (oh wait, they did show a couple of them in X3 but that was to much for some living their illusion of immortality). The take on Superman being the last living being is no surprise, I personally don't like it cause it seems like he failed. But on the other hand it may serve a purpose. But it would be better for him to die and live on in the heart of mankind as an inspiration. His death finally being the thing to stop us from acting like idiots.

Superman is not about the ending, it's about the journey. To kill him of in the final scene is hardly something that surprises me. You can't show somebodys entire life without showing how it ends. If Millar says he wants to show Supermans entire life then one is not paying attention if he dies and one goes "What, he DIED?".

That isn't even close to being the point, the point is he is giving away the final scene in a trilogy of a film yet to be made. What is this amatuer hour?

 

[Dave_W]

haha "I have an idea for a Grand Space Opera trilogy! In the third act, a guy called Darth Vader kills his own Master to save his son, Luke!" Yeah, that would have gone down well! Although knowing the ending didn't seem to hold back Titanic or the Lord of the Rings films.

 

[KaptainKrypton]

That isn't even close to being the point, the point is he is giving away the final scene in a trilogy of a film yet to be made. What is this amatuer hour?

No...It's Millar-Time!