boywonder13
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My personal belief and I know Bryan has been quoted as saying differently is that this is not Superman III. I dont feel like its appropriate to discount Superman III and IV, because a lot of people put a lot of hard work into them, and even if you dont like them or dont think theyre up to a certain quality, theyre still Superman movies.
DH: Its complicated. If this is a sequel to I and II, then everything in I and II happened. But if were picking and choosing what we want which is what I think is what happened, using our memories of Superman: The Movie to build our back story then I can guarantee that its not the specifics, but the broad strokes of those movies that are part of the Superman were making.
MD: The comparison I like to make is that theyre closer to James Bond films. We had a series that starred Sean Connery, and then the torch is passed to another actor, all the way up to Daniel Craig. But they dont call a sequel James Bond 19, and they dont necessarily refer to events that took place in the previous film. But you do have certain conventions and supporting characters that youre expected to use well. Theres always the opening with the iris and the theme song.
So I think were kind of taking a different franchise in the same direction. Were not going back to square one.
Were not doing a remake. We push the story forward.
DH: Except were not working with a villain of the day, or a villain of the movie . Its a Returns story. What does that mean? Were trying to have our cake and eat it too were remembering things we loved about Superman I and II, and moving forward at the same time. And weve used a big plot device to let us do both.
MD: But I think I have to sit down with Bryan and discuss this with him, because he went to a comic-book convention and said, Yeah, I guess you could think of this as Superman III. I just slapped my head and said, Oh! No! No!
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Q: Is Superman Returns the unofficial "Superman III"?
MD: [sighs] Okay, um, its funny I think Bryan and Dan and I need to sit down and discuss this answer before we talk to too many other reporters.
My personal belief and I know Bryan has been quoted as saying differently is that this is not Superman III. I dont feel like its appropriate to discount Superman III and IV, because a lot of people put a lot of hard work into them, and even if you dont like them or dont think theyre up to a certain quality, theyre still Superman movies.
DH: Its complicated. If this is a sequel to I and II, then everything in I and II happened. But if were picking and choosing what we want which is what I think is what happened, using our memories of Superman: The Movie to build our back story then I can guarantee that its not the specifics, but the broad strokes of those movies that are part of the Superman were making.
MD: The comparison I like to make is that theyre closer to James Bond films. We had a series that starred Sean Connery, and then the torch is passed to another actor, all the way up to Daniel Craig. But they dont call a sequel James Bond 19, and they dont necessarily refer to events that took place in the previous film. But you do have certain conventions and supporting characters that youre expected to use well. Theres always the opening with the iris and the theme song.
So I think were kind of taking a different franchise in the same direction. Were not going back to square one.
Were not doing a remake. We push the story forward.
DH: Except were not working with a villain of the day, or a villain of the movie . Its a Returns story. What does that mean? Were trying to have our cake and eat it too were remembering things we loved about Superman I and II, and moving forward at the same time. And weve used a big plot device to let us do both.
MD: But I think I have to sit down with Bryan and discuss this with him, because he went to a comic-book convention and said, Yeah, I guess you could think of this as Superman III. I just slapped my head and said, Oh! No! No!