I disagree that Superman's a tired character. His part of the DC Universe has some of the more interesting story elements. I think his origin is awesome, and I don't think it's irrelevant.
What parts would you change if you had the power to do so? On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Cary Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does DC have no other hero they can market? The movies have ranged from > campy to boring to just plain bad. Not to offend the fans, but he's just a > tired character. The storyline isn't compelling or relevant any longer, and > the character is just too entrenched to pull off a reboot changing enough of > his origin to make him intriguing. > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Michael Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Luthor is necessary, at least in the first film. And I think the time is >> ripe for a new origin. Actually, if it were up to me here is what I would >> do. It would be a trilogy and go a little something like this. >> >> SUPERMAN >> >> >> - Show Jor-El making his plea, places son in rocket, launches it into >> space, Krypton dies (15 minutes or so) >> - Ship spirals through space dissolves to a football spiraling through >> the air, Pete Ross catches it, little bit of Smallville the day before >> Clark >> leaves, scene with Jonathan and Clark, shows him the ship, does not know >> he >> is from Krypton (15 minutes or so) >> - Jump to Metropolis, Clark at the Daily Star trying to work for the >> planet, covers a press conference on top of Metropolis city hall, mayoral >> candidate (who is secretly in the pocket of Luthor), meets Lois, press >> conference ends, Clark leaves, armed men show up, Lois is knocked off of >> building, enter Superman. >> - Superman on Earth! Luthor takes notice, Clark gets job at Planet, >> starts digging into Luthor >> - Luthor realizes that this Superman guy is going to be a problem, >> dusts off plans for a cyborg, finds this mysterious meteorite to power it, >> enter Metallo! >> - Superman and Metallo fight. Superman loses. >> - Kryptonite somehow allows him to add to his physcial form, >> Superman's first experience with Kryptonite. Wonders WTF. >> - Another big fight with Metallo, Clark exposes Luthor, friendship >> with Lois begins. >> - At the end Superman is the hero, Luthor is one the run, Metallo is >> in custody and Superman doesn't know where he is from. >> >> SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL >> >> >> - Superman vs. Brainiac. Learns of his origins based off of >> Brainiac's stealing of Kandor >> - Relationship between Lois and Clark deepens, Lois torn on her >> feelings for Clark and Superman >> - Lots of robots fights >> - Brainiac is scary, teams with Luthor after first probes fail. >> - Third act takes place on Brainiac's ship. Luthor ends up betraying >> Brainiac, Superman defeats him, gets bottle city of Kandor, swears to >> enlarge it someday. >> - Builds Fortress. >> >> SUPERMAN: THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON >> >> >> - More of Krytpon's past revealed throughout the movie. Superman >> finds Phantom Zone projector at the beginning of the film. >> - ZOD appears. Tries to snow Superman. Superman thinks he has found >> a long lost friend of his father. >> - Lots of fighting. Lots of backstory involving Krypton and the fact >> that Zod was responsible for the destruction of Krypton. >> - Zod releases two more inmates, trash planet. Try to kill Superman >> and leave him for dead. >> - "General, would you care to step outside?" >> - Superman gets inmates back into the Zone. Full origin known. At >> peace with human and Kryptonian origins. >> - All is well. >> >> At least that's how I would do it. >> >> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:24 PM, twilitezoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Retelling the origin would be a waste of precious time for this film. >>> How about rework "a little" the Brainiac storyline that recently ran >>> in Action. That could be your trilogy right there. One more thing, NO >>> LUTHOR!! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 3, 9:21 am, "Terry Morton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > I think having Superman beat some faces in with his powers would help >>> make >>> > the next Superman film better. >>> > >>> > :) >>> > >>> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Michael Bailey >>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> > >>> > > It sounded interesting until the ending, which I think would blow >>> Dolphin >>> > > chunks. >>> > >>> > > Seriously? This is his solution to SUPERMAN RETURNS? Doing the same >>> damn >>> > > idea that Elliot S! Maggin came up with fifteen years ago for a >>> Superman >>> > > film? >>> > >>> > > Sigh. >>> > >>> > > You know what would make a good Superman film? New take on the >>> origin, >>> > > solid writing, a director that gets both character and action and >>> Brandon >>> > > Routh. That's not "it" but it's freaking close. >>> > >>> > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:27 PM, ScottC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > >>> > >> >>> http://io9.com/5071161/wanteds-millar-reveals-ending-of-his-epic-supe... >>> > >>> > > -- >>> > > This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist >>> > >>> > > Hey, I have a podcast >>> > >>> > >http://www.viewsfromthelongbox.com >>> > >>> > > Hey, I have a comic book blog. >>> > >>> > >http://www.fortressofbaileytude.com >>> > >>> > > Hey, I'm on the Unique Geek >>> > >>> > >http://www.theuniquegeek.com >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist >> >> Hey, I have a podcast >> >> http://www.viewsfromthelongbox.com >> >> Hey, I have a comic book blog. >> >> http://www.fortressofbaileytude.com >> >> Hey, I'm on the Unique Geek >> >> http://www.theuniquegeek.com >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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