WB Superman Reboot 3.0: Christopher Nolan Edition

[Motown Marvel]

Superman Returns was CRAP. It had no morals, no message,no redeeming qualities. Superman was turned into a moody stalker, who would rather steal Lois from Richard than save a cat out of a tree, I didnt like him at all. That movie was lazy, pointless, an insult and a wasted opportunity.

gotta love brainless internet fanboy hyperbole.

 

[Anita18]

gotta love brainless internet fanboy hyperbole.

It's certainly entertaining. t:

Anyways, the new Inception trailer makes me more confident that Nolan can handle the more epic visuals that Superman requires.

Not that he'd be directing it or anything, but it's just another mark of confidence, is all.

 

[Rodrigo90]

gotta love brainless internet fanboy hyperbole.

Why thank-you and God Bless.

 

[sdc10]

Hopefully Campbell's Green Lantern isnt too closely patterned after Iron Man.

Signs seem to be pointing to it.

Iron Man 2 will still be a good success though, it just won't obviously be anywhere close to TDK quality. It's a 'safe' popcorn summer movie.


Thank goodness we got Nolan/Goyer on Superman, or Superman 3.0 could have easily shared the same fate. I'm sure the Superman script will be deeper and more intellectual than Favreau's film.

Didnt SR try to be "deeper", and look what we got there. A stalking superman who didnt throw one punch. Im not saying I dont want the movie to be a great film, but marvels "safe popcorn movies" as you put it are vastly entertaining and do a good job of interpreting the characters.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

You know, Superman didn't throw a punch in the first one, either.

 

[FaT_tONle]

I haven't been following the making of the GL movie as closely as I should. I wouldn't say it'd be the worst thing if it were a "safe popcorn summer movie," but I honestly think that DC'll burn themselves bad if they just stick to the Marvel formula. The company's strength has always been in its originality, but when Marvel gets the drop on them and they try to emulate, it can hurt DC more than it helps them.

Exactly, that's why we haven't seen Flash and WW yet. Because they will come off as too formulaic if you stick to that typical structure. That would be a major concern for GL because it hopped on really late into the ball game.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

The new Inception trailer looks like "Brainiac: The Movie".. Very promising for Superman 3.0

I'd love for Nolan/Goyer to write Brainiac as a complete mindf#ck for audiences

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OuWY1wdEDQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nDplXYTtQs

 

[Nightwing1983]

Exactly, that's why we haven't seen Flash and WW yet. Because they will come off as too formulaic if you stick to that typical structure. That would be a major concern for GL because it hopped on really late into the ball game.

Definitely. The problem with the Flash is that his origin is just, "whoop! Some chemicals spilled on me." It's not a tale about guilt and responsibility like Spider-Man, nor is it an exciting tale of escape like Iron Man's origin. In other words, it's on inherently interesting.

To me, they'd be better off glossing over it and telling us one of the stories about the character. I nominate a story about the Flash's final days (not COiE itself, but escaping to the future after being wrongly accused of killing his wife) and ending with Wally taking over as the new Flash.

As for Wonder Woman, it's really hard to say. Sure, there are tons of movies coming out this year about Greek Mythology; but the problem is melding that with the character herself. Do they alter her costume so that it looks more like something you'd expect from a movie like, say, Clash of the Titans; or do they stick with the iconic look--or even "modernize" it despite her origin dictating that it be archaic--and all that?

There is some meat on that bone, though. After-all, the comics seem to ignore the fact that in Greek mythology, Ares is the father of Hypollita; nor do they ever try to write him as something more than a villain, which they could since people who believe in peace through the bayonet would suit a feminist film, but hopefully lead to a more fleshed-out character.

Cuz when I saw what they did with him in the animated film, I was like...

 

[raybia]

If they want to do the origin, then I'd like to see the it in flashback.
Maybe have the villain beat supes within an inch of his life. In his delirium, supes has flashbacks of his past, all the way back to Krypton to his present.

I would rather they go a different route.

How about when the movie opens, Clark is already in Metropolis and operating as Superman, maybe for about a year or so.

However, Clark has no knowledge of his Kryptonian heritage and both him and his foster parents believe that he is a metahuman and this is also assumed by the public.

I would like this to be the foundation going into the story and then events reveal that Superman is Kryptonian which causes Clark to question his identity and causes the public to have Xenophobia towards Superman especially if the threat is related to Krypton and they question his loyalty towards them.

 

[Webhead2006]

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[Webhead2006]

well its just to early to know how this superman is going to go. But i do think nolan/goyer can do alot with the character. So here's hoping they form a great story and it has what we want to see out of a superman movie.

 

[Nightwing1983]

I would rather they go a different route.

How about when the movie opens, Clark is already in Metropolis and operating as Superman, maybe for about a year or so.

However, Clark has no knowledge of his Kryptonian heritage and both him and his foster parents believe that he is a metahuman and this is also assumed by the public.

I would like this to be the foundation going into the story and then events reveal that Superman is Kryptonian which causes Clark to question his identity and causes the public to have Xenophobia towards Superman especially if the threat is related to Krypton and they question his loyalty towards them.

I like it as far as him being established when the movie begins, but without proper exposition, some people who may have assumed that it was just another Superman film, might wonder why it's so inconsistent. Also, I think that the idea of, "now he's an alien, so we hate him," is just too X-Men though it might work if the public's reaction is more mixed. As for "loyalty," that's really only an issue if it's set up that Earth is being menaced or threatened by another planet to begin with.

 

[GreenKToo]

I dunno, I think it could work if its shown that for a long while Clark didn't even know he was from another planet. That's the way I had it in an outline I had written..

He would know at the opening who he was, but through flashbacks we learn the ''how he learned.''

When the kent's first found Clark, they just assumed the ship's crash was just some secret government experiment gone wrong. Martha was outraged they they could use such a small child for experiments, and insisted they take him to protect him.

Jonathan couldn't load the ship in his truck so he hides it the best that he can.

They no sooner leave than a convoy of trucks appear and stop near the crash site.
Out steps several men with instruments. Leading them is a late 20 something male that the others are calling ''Sir'' and ''Mr Edge.'' They load the ship up and are gone within minutes. No trace of the crash site is left.

Luthor and Edge are corporate competitors. Lex is younger but every bit as smart and savy as Edge.
Lex knows Edge has the ship and he spends a considerable amount of time trying to steal it from him. Lex is finally successful and makes it his own.

Its not until 15 years later that lex loses the ship, but not through theft. The ship just activated on its on one day and flew up and out of the secrete underground bunker it was housed in.


Lex had heard rumors and seen blurry pics of a so called mysterious hero, but Its not until Superman makes his first true public appearance that he puts two and two together and figures out that Superman and the ship are connected. Lex becomes obsessed with Superman.

The ship was really the Eradicator. It activated on Clark's 15th year and sought him out. That's when Clark would have learned who he was, where he was from, and started receiving his training on how to control his powers.
After Kal's training was completed, the Eradicators last act was in creating the F.O.S.

That was when I had Clark, after finishing H.S., deciding to travel the world. ( hence all the mysterious reports of saves and blurry pics Lex heard about and saw)
All the suffering Clark seen while traveling the world was what finally made him to decide to use his powers for the good of the planet, and so he became Superman.

 

[Webhead2006]

totally night if we just start out and he has been superman out in the public for awhile and working at the planet with no explanation on how he got the job, why he became superman and designed the costume and identity, i would be pissed. Cause we loose out at many key moments their on character development with clark choosing to come to metropolis designing his clark kent self, and his superman self, and how he meets with perry/lois/jimmy and forms their friendship/love bonds and all that.

So i rather have the film start with him arriving to the city, working in secret for a bit. To he relize he cant do that forever. So he has to make up some new identity. So that is why we can go back to smallville and have a seen with john/martha about what to do or soemthing. So then we can get some insights in his past. And go on from there.

I as i said in the past if we just start in the middle with nothing explained/showed about past. I would hate that alot. There is so much we can do with any origins we are able to use and make a cool story with it.

 

[Dark Knight]

It's certainly entertaining. t:

Anyways, the new Inception trailer makes me more confident that Nolan can handle the more epic visuals that Superman requires.

Not that he'd be directing it or anything, but it's just another mark of confidence, is all.

The new Inception trailer was solid!

Can't wait for that one....

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

I dunno, I think it could work if its shown that for a long while Clark didn't even know he was from another planet. That's the way I had it in an outline I had written..

He would know at the opening who he was, but through flashbacks we learn the ''how he learned.''

When the kent's first found Clark, they just assumed the ship's crash was just some secret government experiment gone wrong. Martha was outraged they they could use such a small child for experiments, and insisted they take him to protect him.

Jonathan couldn't load the ship in his truck so he hides it the best that he can.

They no sooner leave than a convoy of trucks appear and stop near the crash site.
Out steps several men with instruments.

>>

That was when I had Clark, after finishing H.S., deciding to travel the world. ( hence all the mysterious reports of saves and blurry pics Lex heard about and saw)
All the suffering Clark seen while traveling the world was what finally made him to decide to use his powers for the good of the planet, and so he became Superman.

This all sounds like what they did on Lois and Clark They also stated that he traveled the world after H.S. and were even going to start the pilot episode with him amongst a tribe (was too expensive to shoot though)

I like going in a similar route to how L&C modernized certain aspects

 

[Webhead2006]

I cant wait to see what they ultimately decided to go with.

 

[GreenKToo]

I'm getting antsy, ready to hear some rumors about possible directors.

 

[kalelkilla]

Sign Jonah Nolan already, get the casting underway before the WB loses all the goddamn rights.

 

[Dark Knight]

Sign Jonah Nolan already, get the casting underway before the WB loses all the goddamn rights.

Don't worry....unless there is a hiccup between now and the SDCC....expect some more news on the Supes film at SDCC.

This years SDCC should be ripe with good stuff!

 

[Webhead2006]

yea there is plently of time for director to be announced, casting to get under way, and locking in studio space and all that. And film could be filming as early as i think as march or april 2011 would be good.

 

[Showtime]

Comic Con is going to be big for WB because of Green Lantern. That character will be front and center at Comic Con.

 

[Webhead2006]

i cant wait to see what gl is going to have at comic con myself.

 

[GreenKToo]

Comic Con is going to be big for WB because of Green Lantern. That character will be front and center at Comic Con.

Do you think we can expect any new about the Supes reboot from there?
Maybe they dont want one to overshadow the other (supes/GL) and they'll either release some Superman related news before the Con, or after it.
I'm Just reaching a little here, trying to make some sense out of it all.