I've said this before, the scene in Superman with the helicopter and the Daily Planet when we first see him, while Iconic, is highly unrealistic. "Oh look, we were about to be crushed by a chopper falling off a building, but a dude in a red cape just flew up and caught it. Everyone cheer!"

One thing I respect about Christopher Nolan is that he found a way to make Batman more than a dude in a batsuit. Every other iteration of it, including Tim Burtons movies (which I love) ultimately results in Batman being a dude dressed up like a bat.

Here, it seems we will have that influence in the direction of Man Of Steel. If you think about it, Jor-El gave his son an epic charge: be their protector. Here is an alien with God-like powers that has charged himself with protecting his adopted planet. People will be afraid. Governments will hate him. Nefarious characters will try to use him. Once he is accepted, how long before people rely on him too much? Can Superman be everywhere at once? How long before they resent him? How does he choose between his own life and his charge?

Epic questions that have never really been explored with the character. I can't wait to see what they've done.

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Posted by Mad_Mardigan

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Posted on 4/17/13 at 8:54 am to elprez00

I've always been a Superman nay-sayer. Not because of the character because let's face it, Superman is iconic, but that no writer has really done the character justice. It looks like that may have changed and honetly I can't wait. This looks amazing and the casting looks spot on as well. Yes even Costner.

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Posted by GeauxTigerTM

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Posted on 4/17/13 at 8:59 am to elprez00

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Here, it seems we will have that influence in the direction of Man Of Steel. If you think about it, Jor-El gave his son an epic charge: be their protector. Here is an alien with God-like powers that has charged himself with protecting his adopted planet. People will be afraid. Governments will hate him. Nefarious characters will try to use him. Once he is accepted, how long before people rely on him too much? Can Superman be everywhere at once? How long before they resent him? How does he choose between his own life and his charge?

All that. Now, as sure as the sun rises you can predict the complaints about "darkening" Superman...but is addressing the things you mentioned really darkening the story? I don't think so...maybe deepening it. But there will be complaints...

As for me, I can't wait. I was the right age to be a kid and going to see the Reeves Superman movies which I loved at the time. I re-watched I and II with my sons a few weeks ago, and other than Reeves the movies fall flat for me now. I think that might be why I'm anticipating this version so much.

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Posted by RAGINTIGER

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Posted on 4/17/13 at 9:26 am to elprez00

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Jor-El gave his son an epic charge: be their protector. Here is an alien with God-like powers that has charged himself with protecting his adopted planet. People will be afraid. Governments will hate him. Nefarious characters will try to use him. Once he is accepted, how long before people rely on him too much? Can Superman be everywhere at once? How long before they resent him? How does he choose between his own life and his charge?

Jor El, warned him of this in the first movie...

Jor-El: You are revealed to the world. Very well, so be it. But you must still retain your secret identity.
Superman: But why?
Jor-El: The reasons are two. First, you cannot serve humanity twenty-eight hours a day.
Superman: Twenty-four.
Jor-El: Or twenty-four, as it is in Earth time. Your help would be called for endlessly, even for those problems which human beings could solve themselves. It is their habit to abuse their resources in such a way.
Superman: And, second?
Jor-El: Second, your enemies will discover that the only way to hurt you, will be by hurting the people you care for.
Superman: Thank you, Father.
Jor-El: Lastly... Do not punish yourself for your feelings of vanity. Simply learn to control them. It is an affliction common to all, even on Krypton. Our destruction could have been avoided had it not been for the vanity of some who considered us indestructible. Were it not for vanity, why... at this very moment...

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