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To me, the most IMPORTANT part of any film is the first 10 minutes. It's vital to the entire story and IMO, the audience needs to be captivated from the start.
I say, get rid of the opening credit stuff. No more flying text. No more long over played John Williams Superman theme. Don't get me wrong, I love the theme and respect it but it's had it's time. This a reboot. No more of us flying through outer space passing by other planets and stars. It drags on and on and we don't need that anymore. In fact, I hope the only credits shown will be at the film's end.
I would really, really love to see the film open up in the same fashion of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Yes it would be copying but it's innovative and very cool. Of course, as most of us know, Batman Begins opened with Bats flying around forming the Bat symbol and then taking us into a flashback of Bruce's childhood. You know the rest of the scene. The Dark Knight opened with the Bat symbol formed by blue flames taking us to Gotham during a bank heist via The Joker and fellow henchmen.
Imagine this for The Man of Steel... We fade in -- clouds surround us. We hear the breeze and we begin to RISE up and in the midst of the clouds, we see a lone cloud in the form of an S, the symbol we can identify so well -- with the sun shining through like the spokes of a bicycle tire. We MOVE through it while the S shaped cloud begins to dissolve in front of us like smoke, bringing us onto --
Metropolis in a crisis. As we get closer, we can HEAR police sirens, fire trucks, ambulances, and people flooding the street in sheer terror and disbelief trying to escape. The city is being evacuated. A bomb threat was made by Lex Luthor who is broadcasting an audio transmission on every television station, radio station, essentially cutting into every single feed there is from an unknown remote location with the threat that if Superman couldn't find him before sundown, a bomb will be triggered in the underground Metropolis subway system to destroy the entire city.
We then fade in with WHITE and see nothing but Superman's eyes closed. He opens them and blinks twice to make things clear and FLIES to find this bomb and which subway it's connected to. He eventually finds the bomb and flies up and through the underground subway onto a Metropolis street. Superman tries to fly up in the sky and suddenly collapses. He tries to fly again and gets midway through the sky and as he begins to fall downward, we hear an echo of a laugh over every TV, radio station heard... Luthor says, "Lead... it's a beautiful thing. Isn't it? A person like me who gets all wrapped up in himself can make a mighty small yet dangerous package, Superman." We then see Superman land hard onto a Metropolis bus.
He manages to get mid flight, high up in the sky over the Metropolis river. Luthor is heard again while laughing "Somebody's not too happy with your polluting of outer space with explosive devices. So I cooked up my favorite recipe for you to enjoy at home..." Superman can't fly while immediately realizing it's a Kryptonite bomb. He suddenly starts to free fall and we hear him scream loudly, "Luuuthooorrr!" -- Luthor continues, "Things that make you go, boom!" He says.
And the bomb goes off, the blast is so strong it sends Superman into the Metropolis river while thousands of citizens watch. Superman begins to sink and we watch his eyes fade. Hundreds of Metropolis citizens begin to leap into the river and swim to find him but to no avail. Metropolis police begin to do a search & rescue for Superman throughout the river but Superman cannot be found. Each and every person is stunned and as we make our way back to a Metropolis street, it's dark. Nighttime.
We finally hear the audio feed one final time through every TV set and radio station like the sound of many waters and we hear Lex Luthor who has an evil quiet laugh to himself that echoes throughout every corner of Metropolis.
"Ha..Ha..Ha..Ha..Ha.. Goodnight, sweet prince. Parting is... inevitable."
Fade Out.
The first ten minutes should be nothing short of epicness. It has to be. It's Superman. Use your imagination, what would you like to see during the opening act? Credits or no credits? And how would your opening scene play out? What would Superman do in your scenario? I could continue on with the Daily Planet and Clark's seat being empty. The Chief/Perry White tells Lois Lane that Clark called in sick, etc. Who knows? This one for me would be a regular work day for Superman but he has no idea what's in store for tomorrow. It only gets worse with Brainiac and more Luthor.
I know, it's a looong ways away until we get to see the actual film since the script hasn't been finished officially but, any idea is welcomed here. It makes for a good discussion leading up to the reboot! Anyone else care to share their own ideas or interpretations on how they think The Man of Steel should open up altogether?
I say, get rid of the opening credit stuff. No more flying text. No more long over played John Williams Superman theme. Don't get me wrong, I love the theme and respect it but it's had it's time. This a reboot. No more of us flying through outer space passing by other planets and stars. It drags on and on and we don't need that anymore. In fact, I hope the only credits shown will be at the film's end.
I would really, really love to see the film open up in the same fashion of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Yes it would be copying but it's innovative and very cool. Of course, as most of us know, Batman Begins opened with Bats flying around forming the Bat symbol and then taking us into a flashback of Bruce's childhood. You know the rest of the scene. The Dark Knight opened with the Bat symbol formed by blue flames taking us to Gotham during a bank heist via The Joker and fellow henchmen.
Imagine this for The Man of Steel... We fade in -- clouds surround us. We hear the breeze and we begin to RISE up and in the midst of the clouds, we see a lone cloud in the form of an S, the symbol we can identify so well -- with the sun shining through like the spokes of a bicycle tire. We MOVE through it while the S shaped cloud begins to dissolve in front of us like smoke, bringing us onto --
Metropolis in a crisis. As we get closer, we can HEAR police sirens, fire trucks, ambulances, and people flooding the street in sheer terror and disbelief trying to escape. The city is being evacuated. A bomb threat was made by Lex Luthor who is broadcasting an audio transmission on every television station, radio station, essentially cutting into every single feed there is from an unknown remote location with the threat that if Superman couldn't find him before sundown, a bomb will be triggered in the underground Metropolis subway system to destroy the entire city.
We then fade in with WHITE and see nothing but Superman's eyes closed. He opens them and blinks twice to make things clear and FLIES to find this bomb and which subway it's connected to. He eventually finds the bomb and flies up and through the underground subway onto a Metropolis street. Superman tries to fly up in the sky and suddenly collapses. He tries to fly again and gets midway through the sky and as he begins to fall downward, we hear an echo of a laugh over every TV, radio station heard... Luthor says, "Lead... it's a beautiful thing. Isn't it? A person like me who gets all wrapped up in himself can make a mighty small yet dangerous package, Superman." We then see Superman land hard onto a Metropolis bus.
He manages to get mid flight, high up in the sky over the Metropolis river. Luthor is heard again while laughing "Somebody's not too happy with your polluting of outer space with explosive devices. So I cooked up my favorite recipe for you to enjoy at home..." Superman can't fly while immediately realizing it's a Kryptonite bomb. He suddenly starts to free fall and we hear him scream loudly, "Luuuthooorrr!" -- Luthor continues, "Things that make you go, boom!" He says.
And the bomb goes off, the blast is so strong it sends Superman into the Metropolis river while thousands of citizens watch. Superman begins to sink and we watch his eyes fade. Hundreds of Metropolis citizens begin to leap into the river and swim to find him but to no avail. Metropolis police begin to do a search & rescue for Superman throughout the river but Superman cannot be found. Each and every person is stunned and as we make our way back to a Metropolis street, it's dark. Nighttime.
We finally hear the audio feed one final time through every TV set and radio station like the sound of many waters and we hear Lex Luthor who has an evil quiet laugh to himself that echoes throughout every corner of Metropolis.
"Ha..Ha..Ha..Ha..Ha.. Goodnight, sweet prince. Parting is... inevitable."
Fade Out.
The first ten minutes should be nothing short of epicness. It has to be. It's Superman. Use your imagination, what would you like to see during the opening act? Credits or no credits? And how would your opening scene play out? What would Superman do in your scenario? I could continue on with the Daily Planet and Clark's seat being empty. The Chief/Perry White tells Lois Lane that Clark called in sick, etc. Who knows? This one for me would be a regular work day for Superman but he has no idea what's in store for tomorrow. It only gets worse with Brainiac and more Luthor.
I know, it's a looong ways away until we get to see the actual film since the script hasn't been finished officially but, any idea is welcomed here. It makes for a good discussion leading up to the reboot! Anyone else care to share their own ideas or interpretations on how they think The Man of Steel should open up altogether?
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