That's stupid.
They're talking about re-booting the Superman franchise again after the success of The Dark Knight. And! They want to make this Superman movie dark.
The only way to make Superman dark is to film in a closet. Superman ain't dark. Superman was created to lift the spirits of the American people and inject a little national pride into popular culture during WWII. Batman was not. Superman wears bright colors and flies. Batman wears black and kicks dudes in the nuts.
Look, people, seriously. Superman is a good character the way he is. You can't play up his bad side...he doesn't have one. That is where much of the Batman/Superman rivalry in the comics stems from. They don't like each others tactics. Superman is about "truth, justice, and the American way". Batman is about "justice, fear, and nut kicking". Not a direct quote, but you get the idea.
I didn't see that last Superman movie, and it's not a top priority for me. Superman as a movie character died with Christopher Reeves (more precisely, after Superman: The Movie. Superman II was cool, but silly and Superman III and IV don't exist as far as I'm concerned.) I have no intentions of following the development of this one.
Meanwhile, I want Fox to shut up already so that I can watch the Watchmen (and The Hobbit).
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I agree...but, I would like someone to get ahold of Superman and do for him what has been done for Batman...not in a dark sense but in a reviving way.
That I could live with.
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