Comments on: James McTeigue on A Darker Superman

By: Son of Zardoz

Son of Zardoz — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:29:27 +0000

I hear he has developed Kryptonie missles ….duh like how many times does it take for Superman to ket hit by it for him to spray himself with some kind of lead spray or net when he goes out in the real world. NOt to mention he should ask Batman for some kind of Kryptonite geiger counter … but then we really would have nothing but some guy flying around and its not Keanu REEVES thank goodness he didnt get cast !

By: zardoz

zardoz — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:28:38 +0000

well I mean that answer is a lot easier than the actual way Lois got ..you know .. I mean he is super and can you imagine?? I heard the kid came out in three minutes. Superman is like America.. we go in Kick butt for 2 minutes then because we have this honor thing we cant finish the job…. an it comes back to haunt us… I mean like he cant just burn Lex up from a mile away or blow him to Iraq or something. Thats why Iron man is too kool and dont tell me you dont get the ripoff of the new V on his chest. All he needs is a cape ….

By: Zardoz

Zardoz — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:27:44 +0000

Face it ….they ruined Superman with the joke 3 4 5 Christopher reeve fiasco , if Reeve did James Bond the series would have made the same mess. THen again Batman was much better with the Mike Keaton and I hated that idea but with Jack it was great. Superman and Batman need great evil ememies not Richard Fryer or the last lex I forgot his name and performance. Actually I like the last Superman himself… the scene with the eye getting shot solved a lot of my childhood questions ! Of course they could have made more with the half a super kid son . In fact if you think about it what a shame that he or Clark didnt get to tell the son that they are his real fathers… the problem was that they couldnt get a DNA sample from …..

By: Ulmann

Ulmann — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:34:09 +0000

"Superman is not a dark character. He represents us at our best, retaining his humanity in the darkest of circumstances." OK, but the tension could come from compromises he might have to make with an opponent who will not compromise. Think Obama versus Al Queda.

I think some of the ideas in the Justice Lords series from JLA could be used. Superman makes decisions trying to protect humanity, but ends up being a despot. Kind of like the step by step decisions being made in the UK WRT surveillance or the Patriot Act here….

By: MrSitcom

MrSitcom — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:54:10 +0000

He is asking if the movie should be dark…that doesn't mean Superman has to be. Read the comic books. There are plenty of really really good dark stories with Superman and they are all good. All they have to do is pick one of those. They retold the General Zod story line a few years back and they attacked an alternate Earth and wiped out everybody. Superman had to kill them before they came to his reality. Then he went slightly insane for the murders he committed and banished himself off-Earth until he could figure things out. He had a few other adventures there and eventually came back. But that was dark and good. So it is possible. I'm glad they aren't going to do another origin story though. Almost everybody gets the key points. Clark Kent/Superman, Daily Planet, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor. He's from another planet and is very strong and can fly. Give us the story of his next confrontation.

By: No New Superman Movie Anytime Soon

No New Superman Movie Anytime Soon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:25:46 +0000

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By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:08:37 +0000

I think it would be really funny if they made it darker and did a fu to the spiegel family and had the spectre as the villian

By: Sonny Crockett

Sonny Crockett — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:47:51 +0000

Superman not necessarilly "darker" but with an attitude. Someone like Darkseid…who will test all his abilities. We don't have to compromise Superman's integrity, compassion or his love for humanity. But he IS allowed to get angry and open up a can of "whoop-ass" when need be. And PLEASE….although I liked Routh and liked the Singer film (although the kid thing, the homage to Donner and the length of the miniseries…errr…movie could've been different)….PLEASE make the costume the most traditional we can and get someone to FILL IT OUT! When I see pics of Routh in "the suit" he reminds me of Michael Phelps!

By: Zatoichi

Zatoichi — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:16:13 +0000

Yeah, I agree with the other posters here. Superman is not a dark character. He represents us at our best, retaining his humanity in the darkest of circumstances.

By: Niles Day

Niles Day — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:35:57 +0000

dude's stupid; he just doesn't get Superman; just cuz his last couple of stories haven't been good ones doesn't mean the problem is him being darker or not; Batman on ice skates is most definitely the equivalent

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:22:23 +0000

Superman being more violent is akin to Batman on ice skates. It's ridiculous and against the character. If his villains were to be more violent, that would be a good story, to see Superman's code of conduct pushed.