Visualizing A Superman Reboot: Pictures Welcome

[ChickenScratch]

Yeah, really, where's the choice that says "Everything But Routh?"

 

[Super Kal]

Yeah, really, where's the choice that says "Everything But Routh?"

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but since I can't vote everything, I vote the suit.

 

[hippie_hunter]

The suit definetely needs changing. Since it was heavily inspired by Donner's interpretation of Superman, the suit should have looked more like the one we've seen in the past. Personally, I'd go with the suit that was used in Superman the Animated Series. The colors on that were just perfect.

I'd also recast Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane. In Superman Returns, Lois should be a person who should be in her 30's. You don't get that with Bosworth. Someone older needs to be Lois in this continuity. I liked the rest of the cast.

As for the script, it needs more action in it, something that Superman Returns sorely lacked. Also, Lex's character needs to be darker. Spacey did a great job making Hackman's Lex darker, but unfortunately Hackman's Lex is still going to be a campy character regardless. Drop his damn obsession with real estate, surrounding him with moronic goons constantly, and considering that he's a free man show him rising in power now that he's out of jail.

A new marketing campaign is needed too. When people saw the trailers to movies such as 300 and Transformers, people started to feel that they had to see what was an awesome looking movie. My dad finds concepts such as robots transforming into cars to be stupid as hell, but he saw the Transformers trailer and he wanted to see the movie and we did. That's why we see 300 and Transformers being huge successes. Make trailers that make people go and think that they have to see it.

The special effects could be better too. Transformers was made on a cheaper budget and had far better special effects IMO.

Keep the kid and keep the title.

 

[Stuntman Mike]

Where's the choice for EVERYTHING?

I agree. I want a totally new movie. I want epic battles and a ruthless Luthor (Spacey did good). I want Bizarro and Brainiac. I want the stupid kid gone. I would just change it to something enjoyable.

I thought Returns was entertaining but I want more.

I'd change Routh as well.

 

[El Payaso]

Where's the choice for NONE?

 

[wellsy]

Actually, El Payaso, it should be the choice for "I like pie".

Oh hum. I'll vote for... erm, writing. Because its changing anyways, so why not?

 

[Juice2020]

It was a hard choice for me with "the kid" and "Script style". I had to go with the kid. I hated that part of the story. I don't know if it's the script fault or the director...technically "the kid" is apart of the script so I guess the script style is at fault. I hate that kid.

 

[buggs0268]

Where's the choice for EVERYTHING?

Yeah...dangit.

 

[CGHulk]

Where's the choice for EVERYTHING?

Ditto!
Oh and one of the choices should of been, the director!

 

[Nightwing1977]

The script for me. It just need a lot of work.

 

[That'ssuper!]

kill the kid.

 

[Mikelus]

That poll needs some changes, like the franchise itself!

- The suit is a given, it should be more like the STM suit or a mix of both.
- The casting needs some improvements, although with a better script the problem could be solved.

 

[GL1]

Nothing's a given.

We need a script that allows Superman to be super, that involves action, and that involves physical conflict with other intelligent entities. Earthquakes and plane crashes are not it for this guy, nor should they ever be.

 

[November Rain]

suit

 

[SuperDaniel]

Everything but Routh.

 

[matthooper]

Everything but Routh.

I'd be ok with that too.

A change in writers, some cast, direction of story, director, suit and other stuff would be great, but Routh deserves another shot. He's about the only thing that deserves another shot. It wasn't his fault that he was given nothing good to say or do.

I'm surprised marketing is one of the choices. The trailers and posters actually made the movie look like it would rock. They had no real action or decent dialogue to work with yet they put together some great stuff. I was totally pumped for the film. It wasn't their fault that WB didn't spend the money correctly.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

It needs to be made daker and rebooted, just like the comics.

 

[Hand Duet]

Everything especially ROUTH!

 

[bethehero7404]

The writer-more action please. Less love stuff.
The casting director- Routh was bad, Bosworth was bad, Spacey was okay.
Once that is changed, the director can do a better job.

 

[matthooper]

Everything especially ROUTH!

The writer-more action please. Less love stuff.
The casting director- Routh was bad, Bosworth was bad, Spacey was okay.
Once that is changed, the director can do a better job.

Yes, everything was bad, but the only thing I can give a pass to is Routh. I think Routh being bad was simply a result of the film being bad. Spacey and Bosworth have no excuse since they were simply embarassing. Routh was given nothing to work with. No action, no chemistry with Lois, and bad dialogue. Now maybe the rumors were true that Singer cut half of his lines because he was such a bad actor. If that's true than he was simply bad. But, it seemed to me that in a good film with a good script, and a director who knew who Superman was, Routh could ge good. To me, he looked the part and had the feel of Superman.

That said, I'd rather have a complete reboot.

 

[Nixon]

You know why directors have casting agents and auditions and call backs and screen tests? It's so that they don't spend millions of dollars putting a movie together only to find out that they've got someone who can't act. It's not like Singer just decided to sign Routh based on his headshot. He saw the man in action, it's right there in the "Requiem for Krypton" documentary. Singer knew what Routh could do.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Yes, everything was bad, but the only thing I can give a pass to is Routh. I think Routh being bad was simply a result of the film being bad. Spacey and Bosworth have no excuse since they were simply embarassing. Routh was given nothing to work with. No action, no chemistry with Lois, and bad dialogue. Now maybe the rumors were true that Singer cut half of his lines because he was such a bad actor. If that's true than he was simply bad. But, it seemed to me that in a good film with a good script, and a director who knew who Superman was, Routh could ge good. To me, he looked the part and had the feel of Superman.

That said, I'd rather have a complete reboot.

Spacey did an excellent job, and Bosworth was bad simply because she was horribly miscast and the script. Not her actual acting abilities

 

[matthooper]

Spacey did an excellent job, and Bosworth was bad simply because she was horribly miscast and the script. Not her actual acting abilities

Exactly how did he do an excellent job? Sleepwalking through scenes, hitting his marks and saying terrible dialogue, screaming the word "wrong", ordering his goons around, performing most of his scenes with the useless character of Kitty, playing the most mediocre incarnation of Lex Luthor on any level of Superman.

Maybe it was simply the script, direction, and the other actors around him, but he certainly didn't look like the two time academy award winning actor that he is. Give me the reasons he was so excellent.

I give props to Routh and only Routh because after we analyze the terrible script, casting and story arc, and the rest of the crap,at least Routh felt like Supes to me.

 

[chamber-music]

Exactly how did he do an excellent job? Sleepwalking through scenes, hitting his marks and saying terrible dialogue, screaming the word "wrong", ordering his goons around, performing most of his scenes with the useless character of Kitty, playing the most mediocre incarnation of Lex Luthor on any level of Superman.

Maybe it was simply the script, direction, and the other actors around him, but he certainly didn't look like the two time academy award winning actor that he is. Give me the reasons he was so excellent.

I give props to Routh and only Routh because after we analyze the terrible script, casting and story arc, and the rest of the crap,at least Routh felt like Supes to me.

I would say it was more the script than him. We have seen spacey do criminal master minds in usual suspects and seven. He was given a weak script and told to play luthor like hackman.

If he played luthor as not some real estate guy with ****** henchmen and a bussiness men with a taste for power and hate for this alien it would own fine.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Spacey did an excellent job, and Bosworth was bad simply because she was horribly miscast and the script. Not her actual acting abilities

I argee with what you say about Bosworth but I felt Spacey was sleep-acting.

I'd change everything BTW.