After purchasing the the ultimate Superman box set. I thought to myself, that even now, even thou they had been remaster these films looked dated in parts when it comes to FX and in years to come this will get worse. Now true fans like myself will say "so what its classic" But you new fans, younger fans will be say" its to old to enjoy". I beleive that Christopher Reeve's legacy as the best Superman should be presereved and these films should be given the old "George Lucas" styled treatment. (the original star trek series has just had this kind of make over too) All the FX should be redone from scratch. Recompoisted, CGI you name it. Everything should be done to turn these films into a modern VISUAL FX master piece. The story is there, the characters and the drama is there and so by enhancing and updating the Look then these films will be able to be enjoyed by the next generation of movie viewers. Superman 4 would need a lot of work to enhance the film and its story.
Suggestions for all films:
Use the Donner cut, add new Effects, try to tidy up the Screen test scene, perhaps using cut aways with voice overs rather than the changing hair style look.
Superman 3:
1. Try to improve the reason behind Richard Pryor becoming a computer genius. (difficult but not impossible)
2. Re do all Computer screen shots, make them modern, giving them perhaps a timeless look.
3. Re colour the fabricated Kryptonite. Now you mite say if you do that, why does no one question the fact is red when everyone nows it should be green, well easily solved, perhaps when it goes near superman the it can slowly change from green to a glowing red. This restores the superman myth of red Kryptonite.
4. Re design all supercomputer screens including the targeting screens at the end, (remove the video game look)
Superman 4:
Re do the birth of Nuclear man. How would i do this? Well well lex is adding his ingredients to the birthing box, I would add a shot of him dropping a small piece of kryptonite into the box and remove the shot of him adding in the bits of fabric for the costume. Then perhaps add a voice over from previous film of Gene hackman mention kryptonite as he drops it into the box. Acomplished by either using existing footage or shoot new material of close up of the box and kryptonite being dropped in. Also composite in the background a shot of Nuclear mans outfit hanging on the wall.
Now when the box is thrown into the sun. Have the embryo forming, show the bits of kryptonite mixing with it in space, but it doesnt turn to nuclear man yet in stead a ball of of energy travels to earth.
Now when nuclear man arrives on earth, show the energy ball entering lex's hide out and filling the costume.......This present a more realistic view.
Now when superman fights nuclear, Nuclear mans nails should look green, as if made from kryptonite and so when he scratches Superman its kryptonite poisoning that makes him sick.
Also when he fights nuclear man and things get destroyed, eg great wall of china. replace the blue eye beams with his superbreath ie. he blows the wall back into the place. Keeping with a more traditional view of Superman.
Again true fans will be against it but this would help restore the vision and help preserve it for time to come.
Suggestions for all films:
- Remaster all films as HI DEFINITION and clean them frame by frame (the way indiana jones and Star wars was done)
- Remaster the audio
- Recomposite all "Close up" Flying scenes.
- Redesign all distant flying scenes with CGI.
- Re do the titles. (of course keep original style just new CGI sharper look)
- RE do all Space and Krypton destruction scenes.
- Replace Heat vision with new styled (as in Smallvile and Superman Returns)
- Re do all super speed scenes.
Use the Donner cut, add new Effects, try to tidy up the Screen test scene, perhaps using cut aways with voice overs rather than the changing hair style look.
Superman 3:
1. Try to improve the reason behind Richard Pryor becoming a computer genius. (difficult but not impossible)
2. Re do all Computer screen shots, make them modern, giving them perhaps a timeless look.
3. Re colour the fabricated Kryptonite. Now you mite say if you do that, why does no one question the fact is red when everyone nows it should be green, well easily solved, perhaps when it goes near superman the it can slowly change from green to a glowing red. This restores the superman myth of red Kryptonite.
4. Re design all supercomputer screens including the targeting screens at the end, (remove the video game look)
Superman 4:
Re do the birth of Nuclear man. How would i do this? Well well lex is adding his ingredients to the birthing box, I would add a shot of him dropping a small piece of kryptonite into the box and remove the shot of him adding in the bits of fabric for the costume. Then perhaps add a voice over from previous film of Gene hackman mention kryptonite as he drops it into the box. Acomplished by either using existing footage or shoot new material of close up of the box and kryptonite being dropped in. Also composite in the background a shot of Nuclear mans outfit hanging on the wall.
Now when the box is thrown into the sun. Have the embryo forming, show the bits of kryptonite mixing with it in space, but it doesnt turn to nuclear man yet in stead a ball of of energy travels to earth.
Now when nuclear man arrives on earth, show the energy ball entering lex's hide out and filling the costume.......This present a more realistic view.
Now when superman fights nuclear, Nuclear mans nails should look green, as if made from kryptonite and so when he scratches Superman its kryptonite poisoning that makes him sick.
Also when he fights nuclear man and things get destroyed, eg great wall of china. replace the blue eye beams with his superbreath ie. he blows the wall back into the place. Keeping with a more traditional view of Superman.
Again true fans will be against it but this would help restore the vision and help preserve it for time to come.
