The Official Writer & Storyline Thread

[iamsilvio]

if you guys notice comic book movies that do well are not bogged down with love stories. The DK was about the bad guy and stoping the him. I hope the new superman will not focus on louis at all. They must use a significant threat like Mongul, Darksied, Doomsday or even brainiac.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Kingdom Come is definately the more darker Superman story I can think of.

For Tomorrow was pretty good, espicially seeing him slowly lose his humanity without Lois as his anchor. Wouldn't really work for a reboot film, though.

 

[That-Guy]

I would LOVE to see a Kingdom Come movie, but that will probably never happen. Still, it's nice to dream.

 

[SuperDaniel]

I dont like For Tomorrow at all...

 

[BULLITT]

Kingdom Come

 

[That-Guy]

For Tomorrow was a pretty weird story all-in-all and I honestly wasn't sure how I felt about it until the very end. But the resolve and the battle with Zod made me love it.

 

[BULLITT]

If you can't jazz on the William's score, you must be pushing daisies.

 

[ClarkLuther55]

The Donner score is great, but don't fool yourselves into thinking it's a necessity for a new superhero movie. The Bruce Timm cartoons (both the animated series and the Doomsday DVD movie) had two separate, but heroic and powerful themes that fit Superman perfectly.

The Nolan movies showed that yes, you can come up with a new theme for the hero even if an older theme is established. The music in Batman Begins better captured the rage of Nolan's Batman better than the Elfman music too.

As for the origin, I am against skipping over it on the belief that "everyone knows it already." No, not everyone does. For a generation of kids, this movie will be their FIRST exposure to the character. It's 2008 now, even the Bruce Timm animated series from the late 90s is before the time of kids these days. Even if people are familiar with Superman, starting from the beginning allows them to jump on and feel like they're a part of things.

IMO, the worst mistake Singer made, worse than goofy Lex, no punching, or superkid was skipping the origin. Imagine being a 5 year old watching Superman Returns for the first time...and it starts with text telling you that you've already missed the character's greatest adventures. WTF is that? Don't make the same mistake that Singer did.

 

[Timstuff]

IGN lost me when they pulled out the "everyone knows the origin!" cliche.

 

[nintendo nerd]

Well Danny Elfman's Batman theme was very poplular too, now we have Hans Zimmers and James Newton Howards fantastic scores for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight!

Elfman's and Zimmer's were never as popular as William's score. It's a classic. It screams Superman!!!!!!!

 

[afan]

Alright I'll bite: how is Donner's origin story different from the comic book (which I admit I don't read a lot of)?

Most significantly, Jor-El training Clark via the hologram and giving him the idea to become Superman.

While it certainly is an addition unique to Donner' s film, that addition did not replace the influence of the Kent's upbringing, and should not dismiss Donner's attention to that detail. Clearly the discussion between Clark and Jonathan just prior to Jonathan's death re. Clark's abilities and how they should be used illustrates this. It is not a fanciful leap to suppose that these father / son talks were frequent and very influential.

Later in the film Superman recalls both the words of Jonathan and Jor-el when faced with Lois' emotionally unnacceptable death, indicating the equal importance of each of his "father's" guiding words.

I like to think that in S:TM it was the Kent's who created the man, and Jor-el who educated him.

 

[Nirvana]

I agree with most of the things in this article except that I hated Margot Kidder and the new Lois should NOT try and replicate her performance, please do an origin story, and ditch the Williams score.

 

[fabman]

Who would you want to write Superman?

Here are my candidates:

- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Brian Helgeland
- John August
- Shane Black

 

[SuperDaniel]

Me.

 

[romeogbs19]

Ultimately, it should be a collaborative effort with a few rewrites that should involve the likes of Morrison, Loeb, Byrne, etc.

As for a first draft, however, get this guy NOW:

MICHAEL CHABON

If you don't know who that is, then get off your rear end and find out.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Geoff Johns

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Frank Darabont.

 

[Frodo]

I'd pick the legend.....Paul Haggis. Casino Royale, Million Dollar Baby, Crash and Quantum of Solace.

 

[ZIPBAGS]

I would give a chance to Bruce Timm. Who was responsible for the popular Batman/Superman/JLA animated series.

Or comic/movie writer Jeph Loeb.

 

[Slusho]

Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom; Lions for for Lambs) would be my choice.

Great, intense action as well as intelligent storylines in these films.
IMO would be great for the reboot

 

[SuperDaniel]

I would give a chance to Bruce Timm. Who was responsible for the popular Batman/Superman/JLA animated series.

Or comic/movie writer Jeph Loeb.

 

[Astrodust]

As long as they don't use the guys from Superman Returns, I would be open to just about anyone to come up with a script.

 

[COMPO]

Kevin Smith

 

[Sam]

Me.

And Warner not even need to pay me for that.

 

[Superfreak]

Ron Moore writer/producer would be sick