Rant coming.
Some of these suggestions lead me to believe some of you guys have never seen a picture of Superman and some of your more general suggestions are pure fanboy fantasy.
One, don't suggest the token tall white guy that is on what happens to be your favorite TV show at the time.
Two, stop with the borderline anti STM and Chris Reeve talk. Just b/c you're 16 years old and grew up on Spiderman movies that were all blatent rip offs of the Reeve movies anyway, doesn't mean STM sucks b/c it's old. Specifiaclly, saying that everything contributed to the mythos by Donner should be ignored is ignoring reality and the media of film. Just b/c some of the comics have the fortress with robots and shrunken cities doesn't mean that would translate well to film. The crystal fortress is easily the best incarnation visually for film. Those who say they want Clark the real guy and Superman the disguise, no not for a film. Having Clark a cool guy similar to Superman just won't work for a film. There needs to be a visual difference between the two. Ideally Clark would want to dissapear from people, meaning no one ever thinks about him, he is not memorable enough to ever be thought of , nevermind thought of to be Superman. But having a quiet guy shying away from everyone would be boring in a movie, hence Reeve's clumsy Clark. It was a good visual seperation of the two, maybe not to the extent of Reeve but definitely not Cain's version which was one in the same to his Superman. And on a side note, Cain was 6 feet even and he was too short. Superman needs to be big and tall (and not just in heels or with "movie tricks")
Also enough of the "we need a guy who doesn't look like Reeve." This ignores the fact that Reeve looked like Superman! So you don't want someone who looks like Superman? Some of these latest suggestions are hilarious. Joe M looks way too Italian looking, sorry he does. Too bad as he is a big guy. Padalecki has the wrong face, Jim C has the wrong face and he looks old now, Levi is all kinds of wrong, Cavill is too small and Bomer is even smaller. Someone posts a picture of one of these little guys all shredded up and then the fanboys chime in and say, see so and so is in good enough shape to be the man of steel. It's obvious some of you have never moved iron in your life and/or have very little knowledge of the human body. There is a big difference between being ripped and being big. Superman needs to be big and bulky, more so than being shredded. That recent pic of Cavill shows me that he is really too small in figure. Anyone of you can drop body fat and look shredded, doesn't mean you will look big in the suit. The actor doesn't even need to be shredded at all really, he just needs to be big. Not doughey obviously, and just cut enough to have a chisled face. No 6 pack abs needed.
to that Joe-nose remark. It may be a small detail, but it certainly ruins the "clean" and perfect features that a Superman-look should possess.
