re: Superman officially getting the reboot

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Superman officially getting the reboot

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I was thinking this exact thing this past weekend when watching the movie On Demand with my son. I didn't hate this new version, but I did hate the fact that they felt beholden to the first series of movie done by Donner and starring Reeves. I'd prefer if a new director/cast was going to come in and do it again, that they simply start over with their own take and tell the story...much the same way Nolan has done with the Batman franchise.

As for darker, I think everyone here is correct in the sense that Superman isn't a dark character. But in many of the more recent cartoon versions of the character he's also not magoo, either. He's straightlaced, by the book...but serious. With Reeves (and Routh who did an outstanding job mirroring Reeves) you got kind of a painted on smile empty-headed feeling from them. I kind of prefer the newer Justice League Unlimited take on him with a more serious, though not dark, tone.

Plus...the movie itself could be darker by simply making the movie around him more realistic, less campy. Think back to this past movie when Lex had Kumar drop that piece of crystal in the water in he train set. They actually dubbed in people screaming as the miniature train people werecrushed when the whole thing went crazy. Lose that kind of crap, make Lex (assuming he's the main villian) most less comical and there's your edge.

Oh...and don't fix the guy's hair as Superman into a hair helmet. That was horrible. Looked like a man wig most of the time...


I do think they got the costume right, though. The muted colors looked much better then the original movie I think.