The Story.

[Herolee10]

Definitely. (Finger crossed for Africa, but I'm starting to doubt it )

And you have to account for Lois and Clark meeting and any scenes they may have together as Journalists, Lois and Superman meeting - either rescueing her or being interviewed, Clark at the Daily Planet (if we're assuming he will in fact be working there by the end of the film, scenes between Lois and Perry, Zod and Faora's interaction, and scenes Clark will have with JK and MK as an adult, the introduction of General Swanwick and Colonel Hardy and their interaction with each other and Superman, Zod and Faora...

... Thinking about it, I can understand why they've taken Lex and Jimmy out of the equation (hopefully to save for a later date). And I couldn't give two hoots about them seemingly leaving out Lana too.

There is a lot going on here!

Indeed;

I'm still hoping that before Superman deals with the alien threats in the forms of Zod and Faora, that we get a good amount of screen time going into him dealing with everyday troubles of the world.

I'm a big avid fan of the concept of them portraying a world very similar to our own in order to represent the idea of what it'd be like if we had our own Superman going around

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Indeed;

I'm still hoping that before Superman deals with the alien threats in the forms of Zod and Faora, that we get a good amount of screen time going into him dealing with everyday troubles of the world.

I'm a big avid fan of the concept of them portraying a world very similar to our own in order to represent the idea of what it'd be like if we had our own Superman going around

Same.

I mean, they've managed it with the majority of other Superheroes. It's time to bring Superman into our world as well.

 

[redrover]

In the history of Superman, how Superman debuted before Clark has worked at the DP, or has it always been that Clark comes to Metropolis first, then Superman debuts?

I am just wondering how this movie will show how this comes about. I'm not sure I care either way, but I do like Clark appearing at the DP first, I like, or maybe am just used to that storyline.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

With Zod you have the ingredients of a thoughtful narrative, as he is in essence, a Superman who is not inhibited by a strict morality and love of humanity. What if it was only he who found the Earth? or Kal El had the same thought process as Zod? Ultimately, the bouts between them will end up a battle of ideologies and not who is stronger physically. Superman will prevail (obviously) not because he is physically superior, but because of his pure drive to serve humanity.

 

[Herolee10]

If they do go into detail with the last days of Krypton, I hope to see a more updated version of its destruction in live action format supported by a feature film's budget.

Given all of the disaster films we've had since the making of S:TM, most notably, "2012"...I think they could really do wonders on showing on how tragic/eerie/sad it was that Krypton was destroyed.

I liked the way they did it in the animated series..I mean it started off with showing the obvious horror and chaos from the destruction of krypton, but it ended off on a slightly hopeful note when it cut back to seeing Clark's ship make it from its destruction and flying away to earth safely.

 

[Willi Berg]

It's very easy to say "Superman battles Zod. The End" but you could say that about Batman and the Joker in The Dark Knight- The Joker terrorises the city. Batman stops him. The End. It's usually the scenario with these superhero battles. But there's also a lot that can go within this basic premise.

 

[Willi Berg]

This film is going to need AT LEAST 2 and a half hours IF they plan on going into:

1. Krypton's last days (Developing Jor-el and Lara, while introducing Zod's backstory)

2. Clark's days in Africa as a Freelance reporter as it was shown in Birthright

3. Clark's youth in SV

4. Clark's arrival into Metropolis (meeting its inhabitants: Lois, Perry, etc)

5. Clark developing the Superman persona

6. The whole Antagonism between Superman and Zod

7. Climax and conclusion

I'd like them to give time to show all this and it doesn't have to drag out either. If the story is non-linear then we can just see important points when they are relevant to the plot.

Stuff like seeing Krypton's destruction, Jor-El against the Council, or Zod's rebellion, don't have to take very long but can have a lot of dramatic impact when shown at certain points in the story.

 

[Willi Berg]

In the history of Superman, how Superman debuted before Clark has worked at the DP, or has it always been that Clark comes to Metropolis first, then Superman debuts?

I am just wondering how this movie will show how this comes about. I'm not sure I care either way, but I do like Clark appearing at the DP first, I like, or maybe am just used to that storyline.

In the original comics Superman saved clerks trapped in a bank vault but two died so he decided to become a reporter to get news fast. The editor of the Daily Star doesn't want to hire him but says that there are rumours of a "Superman" and gives Clark a test assignment to get an interview with Superman. So of course Clark is able to get the interview (after saving Lois as Superman.)

In Birthright, Clark is actually at his job interview at the Daily Planet with Perry White when they are attacked by helicopters and Clark has to make his debut as Superman at that time.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

If they do go into detail with the last days of Krypton, I hope to see a more updated version of its destruction in live action format supported by a feature film's budget.

Given all of the disaster films we've had since the making of S:TM, most notably, "2012"...I think they could really do wonders on showing on how tragic/eerie/sad it was that Krypton was destroyed.

I liked the way they did it in the animated series..I mean it started off with showing the obvious horror and chaos from the destruction of krypton, but it ended off on a slightly hopeful note when it cut back to seeing Clark's ship make it from its destruction and flying away to earth safely.

I think the thing that makes the animated series destruction of Krypton work really well, is that it's an action scene, within an apocolyptic scene, and an emotional scene or goodbye all at the same time.

I very much doubt that we WON'T get something close to that with Snyder on board. I bet he's an excited little kid thinking about all the cool ways he can film a planet being destroyed

 

[manofsteel4life]

I think the thing that makes the animated series destruction of Krypton work really well, is that it's an action scene, within an apocolyptic scene, and an emotional scene or goodbye all at the same time.

I very much doubt that we WON'T get something close to that with Snyder on board. I bet he's an excited little kid thinking about all the cool ways he can film a planet being destroyed

Lol your making him sound like Bay man

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Well Snyder's not Bay, but he does have this child like enthusiasm in a lot of the interviews I've seen him in.

 

[manofsteel4life]

No I agree lol

 

[Marvin]

maybe he'll be more like Bryan Singer.

 

[Herolee10]

So what kinds of everyday Earth Based problems (Crimes/Disasters) would you guys want to see Superman tackle in this film?

 

[Lead Cenobite]

I know people would consider it extremely tasteless, but then again, a lot of the disasters Superman averts were probably inspired by real life occurences anyway.. but I'd like to see him try and handle some sortof 9/11-esque terrorist attack.

 

[Herolee10]

I know people would consider it extremely tasteless, but then again, a lot of the disasters Superman averts were probably inspired by real life occurences anyway.. but I'd like to see him try and handle some sortof 9/11-esque terrorist attack.

Yeah, that might be a little to much of a risk in many ways to do; heck, I remember reading a lot of reviews that said that the Plane sequence from SR reminded them of flight 93.

 

[TheLongestDay]

This has probably been brought up (many times Im sure) but it just occured to me that the "mystery CGI enhanced big guy" could be Bizarro.

Maybe Zod uses Kryptonian tech to clone Superman to ruin all the good will he has built up with the humans by destroying everything in his guise?

Anyway,kind of unlikely - but just a thought

 

[hopefuldreamer]

maybe he'll be more like Bryan Singer.

So what kinds of everyday Earth Based problems (Crimes/Disasters) would you guys want to see Superman tackle in this film?

One of the things I would really love to see, though i'm sure it would never happen, would be Superman rescueing people from a disaster like an explosion or an earth quake or something, and have it be shot partly from a victims POV.

So it's all chaos, you can hear screaming, and then we see his flash of red and blue zoom past... etc etc

Maybe they could do something like that for a viral campaign. Like an LNN news report showing footage someone caught on their video camera.

 

[Dr.]

So what kinds of everyday Earth Based problems (Crimes/Disasters) would you guys want to see Superman tackle in this film?

I sometimes feel that the “generic exploit” scenes/montages are a tad boring. Or, at least, I get impatient with them. I’m thinking of the robbery car/boat chase in STM that ends with Supes’ “bad vibrations?” line. Or the bank heist/gatling gun scene in SR. Once Supes shows up, it gets interesting. But until then, it seems perfunctory. I think the issue is that the scenes feature anonymous villains or victims. So we’re not really emotionally invested in the events. But put Lois in the crashing helicopter or 777 and things change substantially. It’s the difference between generic action and drama-based action.

Now, it’s probably not possible to avoid “generic” entirely. But those scenes should be handled carefully.

 

[manofsteel4life]

One of the things I would really love to see, though i'm sure it would never happen, would be Superman rescueing people from a disaster like an explosion or an earth quake or something, and have it be shot partly from a victims POV.

So it's all chaos, you can hear screaming, and then we see his flash of red and blue zoom past... etc etc

Maybe they could do something like that for a viral campaign. Like an LNN
news report showing footage someone caught on their video camera.

That's what I'm talking bout!

 

[manofsteel4life]

Hope supes does something heart warming or cool like batman did in begins, when he gave that device to that kid who told him his friends didn't believe him that batman was real.....makes you feel warm and fussy inside for just a sec....

 

[Herolee10]

One of the things I would really love to see, though i'm sure it would never happen, would be Superman rescueing people from a disaster like an explosion or an earth quake or something, and have it be shot partly from a victims POV.

So it's all chaos, you can hear screaming, and then we see his flash of red and blue zoom past... etc etc

Maybe they could do something like that for a viral campaign. Like an LNN news report showing footage someone caught on their video camera.

I sometimes feel that the “generic exploit” scenes/montages are a tad boring. Or, at least, I get impatient with them. I’m thinking of the robbery car/boat chase in STM that ends with Supes’ “bad vibrations?” line. Or the bank heist/gatling gun scene in SR. Once Supes shows up, it gets interesting. But until then, it seems perfunctory. I think the issue is that the scenes feature anonymous villains or victims. So we’re not really emotionally invested in the events. But put Lois in the crashing helicopter or 777 and things change substantially. It’s the difference between generic action and drama-based action.

Now, it’s probably not possible to avoid “generic” entirely. But those scenes should be handled carefully.

I agree with that statements above.


For me, I'd want to see Superman tackle more realistic criminals/crimes presented in our harsh reality; I mean instead of presenting us with cartoonish criminals that are just robbing a bank, have Superman rescue people from the kinds of villains that you'd see in...hell, let's say Robocop for example; the kind of scumbags that would really piss anyone off from just seeing them on screen.

And this is by no means, a jab at Batman, since that character has earned the right as to why criminals are afraid to go up against him, but you'd think that earthlings would be just as scared, if not a little more, to go up against someone like Superman.

Why? Because unlike Batman, they'd eventually find out that they can't kill or harm Superman unless they have magic/kryptonite/supervillain lying around somewere.

Could you imagine on what it'd be like for a regular criminal to suddenly encounter a person who could shoot fire from his eyes/track you every movement, and who couldn't get hurt by anything you threw at him? Realistically, they would **** their pants from encountering a guy like that.

Hell, I'd like to see Superman find a crazy guy like that crazy janitor at the end of "Unbreakable" and throw him across several walls.lol

 

[hopefuldreamer]

For me, I'd want to see Superman tackle more realistic criminals/crimes presented in our harsh reality; I mean instead of presenting us with cartoonish criminals that are just robbing a bank, have Superman rescue people from the kinds of villains that you'd see in...hell, let's say Robocop for example; the kind of scumbags that would really piss anyone off from just seeing them on screen.

And this is by no means, a jab at Batman, since that character has earned the right as to why criminals are afraid to go up against him, but you'd think that earthlings would be just as scared, if not a little more, to go up against someone like Superman.

Why? Because unlike Batman, they'd eventually find out that they can't kill or harm Superman unless they have magic/kryptonite/supervillain lying around somewere.

Could you imagine on what it'd be like for a regular criminal to suddenly encounter a person who could shoot fire from his eyes/track you every movement, and who couldn't get hurt by anything you threw at him? Realistically, they would **** their pants from encountering a guy like that.

Agree completely.

I always thought the idea that criminals aren't scared of Superman cause they know he's a boyscout is ridiculous.

OF COURSE they'd be scared.

And he doesn't have to growl in a deep voice or beat them to a pulp to be intimindating. He doesn't have to say anything. He has power and confidence. That comes off him in waves. Criminals see him and they know they are screwed. They fight back because it's instinctual when your desperate and afraid, but they know there is nothing they can do to get out of it. They are going to jail.

But I'd love to see Superman loosing his temper with a domestic abuser or something similar, calling back to the Golden Age style. It just has to be handled just right. Not too angry, not too rough, but just enough so that you can see how much someone who disrespects his wife so much makes him angry, and enough to see that the guy most definitely will not be doing it again.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

Yeah, that might be a little to much of a risk in many ways to do; heck, I remember reading a lot of reviews that said that the Plane sequence from SR reminded them of flight 93.

People are too sensitive sometimes. Plane crashes have been happening for decades, and there was nothing about the SR scene that bore any resemblance to a hijacking and terrorist attack.

And really, what I'm suggesting isn't far off from showing Captain America slugging Adolf Hitler in the jaw.

 

[manofsteel4life]

Agree completely.

I always thought the idea that criminals aren't scared of Superman cause they know he's a boyscout is ridiculous.

OF COURSE they'd be scared.

And he doesn't have to growl in a deep voice or beat them to a pulp to be intimindating. He doesn't have to say anything. He has power and confidence. That comes off him in waves. Criminals see him and they know they are screwed. They fight back because it's instinctual when your desperate and afraid, but they know there is nothing they can do to get out of it. They are going to jail.

But I'd love to see Superman loosing his temper with a domestic abuser or
something similar, calling back to the Golden Age style. It just has to be
handled just right. Not too angry, not too rough, but just enough so that you
can see how much someone who disrespects his wife so much makes him
angry, and enough to see that the guy most definitely will not be doing it
again.

Yea I would love to see that as well, but then many might feel like supes shouldn't get involved in situations like that. It's like then you'll see him in court as a witness for the victim or something lol......I personally would love to see it, cause it's another nod for the women to love him as well....