Comments on: Christopher Nolan to reboot Superman

By: JamesDX

JamesDX — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:43:59 +0000

Maybe this is me talking nonsense, but it seems like Google isn’t a company run strictly by the top and they seem to be doing quite well.

By: Somebody

Somebody — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:43:36 +0000

The best Superman movie is, and will always be, Superman 2. General Zod almost conquered planet Houston and gave Australia to Lex Luthor. How can you top that?

By: DMK

DMK — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:45:55 +0000

The voice of Lex Luthor was done by Clancy Brown… best known to fandom as the Kurgan in the original Highlander film. And yeah, he did a great Lex.

By: tekende

tekende — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:01:48 +0000

Superman the Animated Series had a much more interesting version of Luthor than the throwback in the film.

Luthor was my favorite character in that show. He was really interesting and believable, and whoever provided his voice did a GREAT job.

By: The Beat

The Beat — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:09:08 +0000

Jeff: Calling the Siegel heirs “greedy” shows a shocking level of ignorance.

By: KM

KM — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:05:20 +0000

@Jeff
The flipside of your statement is of course that it’s pathetic that the current management of DC Entertainment gets to control Superman… you know, considering not a single one of them had anything whatsoever to do with making Superman a “mega character” either. Everyone who did is either retired or dead.

By: Jeff DeWitt

Jeff DeWitt — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:48:58 +0000

I just find it pathetic that the heirs of creators get to sue to reclaim any rights. They didn’t do anything but happen to be related to the guy(s) who did.

If the heirs want money, let them create something. In the meantime, it was DC Comics that shepherded Superman to the mega character he is today.

Stupid, pathetic greed from people who should have no right to claim anything.

By: jacob lyon goddard

jacob lyon goddard — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:36:04 +0000

the Siegels and the Schusters are finally getting all right?

that’s amazing!
i’ll believe it when i see it, but that is super cool.

By: James Van Hise

James Van Hise — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:52:04 +0000

Now that an official decision has finally been made about a new Superman film, maybe Warner Home Video will finally issue the expanded Superman Returns which was first announced for 2007. Although the dvd has some very minor deleted scenes, a year after Superman Returns was released there was going to be a dvd with about 20 minutes more, including Superman visiting the remains of Krypton from the beginning of the film which had originally been finished but cut due to time contraints. This expanded dvd was canceled after Brian Singer decided to include the footage in his planned sequel, but that’s all dust now, but the footage still exists, waiting to be exploited in an expanded dvd. Superman Returns wasn’t great but has its moments. I just wish it hadn’t peeked early with the airplane rescue because it set us up to expect the rest of the film to be just as good, and it wasn’t. And using the old 1978 version of Lex Luthor still running bizarre real estate scams was boring. Imagine if Superman had returned to Earth after 5 years only to find that Lex Luthor was one of the most powerful industrialists in the world. Superman the Animated Series had a much more interesting version of Luthor than the throwback in the film.

By: rich

rich — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:53:28 +0000

I’d love to see a GOOD Superman movie. Try that.

I enjoyed the Christopher Reeve films, but we need a top-notch SUPERMAN script. Let’s move beyond Lois Lane, and let’s see a villain other than Lex Luthor.

If Warner is having so much difficulty finding a decent script, then perhaps they should just turn the scripting chores over to John Byrne or Louis Simonson. They had no trouble writing exciting Superman stories for several years.

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:17:13 +0000

The best superhero movie I have seen is “Krrish”, from Bollywood.

For Superman, make it epic. Alien invaders. Inspiration to the masses. Ramp up the Messiah theme. And have Bruce Timm direct a Beppo cartoon short to precede the movie.

By: Peter Krause

Peter Krause — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:03:21 +0000

Point well taken, KM and Steven Taylor.

I’ll fess up to liking the Batman and X-Men movies more. Supes is probably my favorite DC character, and even the first two Christopher Reeves movies have some rough spots IMO.

Just tough to please when it comes to Superman.

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:08:53 +0000

Three.
Three people who liked Superman Returns and one who hated The Dark Knight and Batman Begins,…who is also, not happy about the prospect of Christopher Nolan getting the opportunity to screw up another of his favorite comic book heroes.

By: KM

KM — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:06:21 +0000

@Peter
A lot of people with taste liked SUPERMAN RETURNS. According to Metacritic, it was more critically acclaimed than ALL the X-MEN films, as well as BATMAN BEGINS.

By: Peter Krause

Peter Krause — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:18:01 +0000

Well, I guess there are at least two people who liked “Superman Returns”.