That's a very good point. Wasn't there some talk of a Flash movie?
On Nov 3, 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
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