I liked 300 but The Watchmen was a let down for me. It felt like he put too much in and yet, not enough. He probably should have left out a lot of the etymology (of sorts) out and gone more with the action type sequences.

Nonetheless, I think there is something that just doesn't work with Superman movies. It is probably the character himself. He is too pure for these times. Someone will have to write a story that gets a little dirt on his cape and make him relatable.

 

THIS.IS.SUPERMAN!!!!!!

Eh lame I know, but someone had to do it.

 

Easily the best news I've heard all day. Watchmen and 300 were both fantastic.

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Awesome! Working with the Nolan's can only make this better as well.

 

maybe with special effects they can cast christopher reeve as superman again.

 

I'm at least interested in this now. I was at least going to consider it give Nolan's involvement. And Snyder should at least make a movie that looks good. Add in Zod as the villain and it should be a good looking action film that doesn't just expose Superman to some Kryptonite and put Lois Lane in danger.

 

this.is.metropolis!!!!!!!1!

 

I almost wonder if it makes sense to film this in a comic book-y type of way. Not the campy style dialogue or anything like that, but add some type of graphic visual to it? I am thinking sort of like Sin City sans the black and white.

I also wouldn't mind an original story, even if you kept with some of the old favorites in terms of characters. Have Superman actually kill someone, even if by accident, or in a rage and perhaps have the public start to question him or something of that ilk. I know that scenario has played out with other hero movies but just something different would be nice.

Better yet, give Superman a gun...like a Super Soaker and he flies around getting everyone wet and screaming "You just got punk'd!"

 

THIS IS KRYPTON!

oh wait it blowed up lol.

 

Ugh.

On the one hand, 300 was a ****ing abomination.

On the other hand, Watchmen was faithful to the books, but plodding and ultimately uninteresting; a real feat considering the books are a seminal piece of graphic novel history.

I have a bad feeling about this.

 

Bro, even as escapist fare it was just rotten. Miserable, with all that shouting and posturing, and the liberties taken with the history, and the scenery-chewing acting, and the CGI abs...it was just a horror show.

The CGI backgrounds were awesome, though.

 

Fair enough.

But it remains a miserable piece of filmmaking, and one of only about two or three movies I really wish I had not seen the last few years.

 

Isnt this supposed to be a dark, gritty take on Superman? Since when has Superman been dark?

 

Well the movie should look good at least. I enjoyed both Watchman and 300 both were faithful to original stories and creators. Great choice for a villian. I kind of hope they take it in the direction that the last movie never happened and create their own universe to play in. With all of the special effects available, all of the great Superman stories/villians available its just sad the way the last one turned out.

 

Zods a great villain. Good stuff. Maybe have Gerry Butler tweak that Scottish accent into a British one...