This movie will be worthless without Nicolas Cage as Superman.

I've watched about 150 episodes of Smallville in the past two months, and I, for one, have no desire to see a Superman Reboot. If they insist on doing comics, how about a live-action Scrooge McDuck?

Donald_McRonald: This movie will be worthless without Nicolas Cage as Superman.

I would get pretty tired of hearing "how'd it get burned!?" every time he uses his heat vision.

Donald_McRonald: This movie will be worthless without Nicolas Cage as Superman.

There's a really good hair bird joke in there, but I'm just to lazy to find it today.

oldebayer: I've watched about 150 episodes of Smallville in the past two months

Dear god, why?

Great. Will they make him darker and grittier?

The Stealth Hippopotamus: Superman Returns was the worst comicbook movie of all times. And yes it's worst than that one.

Howard the Duck? Catwoman? Elektra?

Pshhhh...Superman Returns, regardless of how bad it was, has nothing on the sheer amount of sucktitude that those sucky movies sucked.

Still the best portrayal of Superman, or the entire DC catalog for that matter. Would love to see more of it, honestly.

I hope they show his parents putting him into an escape pod as Krypton is crumbling, and Lex Luthor is the villain. Also, Bryan Singer was really onto something with Superman having a kid with Lois Lane, why not run with that story line a little?

oldebayer: I've watched about 150 episodes of Smallville in the past two months, and I, for one, have no desire to see a Superman Reboot. If they insist on doing comics, how about a live-action Scrooge McDuck?

Who forced you to watch 150 episodes of Smallville? The only way I could imagine that happening is that you've fallen in with a fringe religious group that is currently trapped in their compound and holding off government agents--agents that have cut the cable and replaced it with nothing but Smallville episodes in an effort to drive you out.

Cndn Bacon: The Stealth Hippopotamus: Superman Returns was the worst comicbook movie of all times. And yes it's worst than that one.

Howard the Duck? Catwoman? Elektra?

Pshhhh...Superman Returns, regardless of how bad it was, has nothing on the sheer amount of sucktitude that those sucky movies sucked.

Am I the only one that actually LIKED Superman Returns? Sure, it had it's issues. But Spacey did a great job at Lex, even if it was just another real estate deal he was concocting. And they did a great job of finding someone that captured the Reeve's superman perfectly.

I would like to see more super-being on super-being action, but come on, it was a pretty cool flick. I was happy with the movie based on the airplane/space shuttle crash scene alone. It just looked slick on the big screen.

Perhaps he could have a gun and a beard

Cagey B: Donald_McRonald: This movie will be worthless without Nicolas Cage as Superman.

I would get pretty tired of hearing "how'd it get burned!?" every time he uses his heat vision.

"OH, NO! NOT THE KRYPTONITE! NOT THE KRYPTONITE! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, IT'S IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AAAAHHHHH! AAAAAGGHHH!"

Cagey B: Donald_McRonald: This movie will be worthless without Nicolas Cage as Superman.

I would get pretty tired of hearing "how'd it get burned!?" every time he uses his heat vision.

oh god, you just made people in the office look at me funny.

Problems with superbating.

Fark needs a NERDGASM tag.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: CanadianCommie: If Nolan can 'fix' superman then...god damn.

Grant Morrison's All Star Superman

that is all.

Superman Returns was the worst comicbook movie of all times. And yes it's worst than that one.

The worst? Really? It was an average movie, made worse by the high expectations for it, sure. For sheer shiat, it is hard to beat either of the Fantastic Four movies. Lets not forget Ghost Rider, The Spirit, The Phantom, CatWoman, and Steel.

And of course, Batman and Robin.

I liked Superman Returns. Lois lane was really the only problem. I think most fanboys didn't want a Richard Donner reboot which is what it was.

If you want Superman to succeed on film you need to play down the love story between Supes and Lois and play up the love story between Superman and the planet Earth.

Superman loses steam when it's just him versus Lex or even Zod and his super friends. You know that he'll be able to dispatch them since he's freaking Superman. What he can't do is be everywhere at once. Showcase this and give him more difficult choices. Stack the deck against him and put the audience on the edge of their seats.

there4igraham: I liked Superman Returns. Lois lane was really the only problem. I think most fanboys didn't want a Richard Donner reboot which is what it was.

I can agree with that. I liked the movie, but I want to see a more comic inspired film. I want to see the big, barrel chested boyscout battle it out with insurmountable odds.

Darth_Lukecash: And the fact the plot made no goddamn sense if it WAS tied into the first two movies.

I think it took place after the first movie, didn't it? It's been a while since I saw the old ones, so I can't say for sure.

Darth_Lukecash: Actually, you need to play up the fact that Lois and Clark and Superman as a romantic love triangle in the first movie. Lois is far important to Superman mythos as an equal partner. In fact Superman Comics have been so much better after they got married. Lois doing a fair amount of detective work while Clark handles the heroics.

I've always disliked Lois as a character. Damn ungrateful biatch, who just willy nilly tosses herself into danger constantly because she knows her super-stalker will be there to save her.

Anyone planning to make a Superman movie should read the first three Dune novels, with an emphasis on Messiah.

The key to humanizing Superman isn't making him mope around over Lois Lane for two hours. It's placing him in the real world and letting him deal with real problems.

What would Superman have done on 9/11? What could he have done? Chances are the first plane would have hit while Clark Kent was just getting into the office. Then what about the other planes? Could he find them all and slowly lower them to the ground? Maybe he would have had to destroy the planes in mid-air to keep them from hitting buildings.

And what about everything since then? How would Superman help fight the war on terror? Would he go to the Middle East and start rooting out terrorist groups? Would he help the government with domestic surveillance?

These things would have been infinitely more interesting than Lex Luthor making a giant island out of kryptonite.

CowboyNinjaD: Anyone planning to make a Superman movie should read the first three Dune novels, with an emphasis on Messiah.

The key to humanizing Superman isn't making him mope around over Lois Lane for two hours. It's placing him in the real world and letting him deal with real problems.

What would Superman have done on 9/11? What could he have done? Chances are the first plane would have hit while Clark Kent was just getting into the office. Then what about the other planes? Could he find them all and slowly lower them to the ground? Maybe he would have had to destroy the planes in mid-air to keep them from hitting buildings.

And what about everything since then? How would Superman help fight the war on terror? Would he go to the Middle East and start rooting out terrorist groups? Would he help the government with domestic surveillance?

These things would have been infinitely more interesting than Lex Luthor making a giant island out of kryptonite.

It sure didn't make Superman IV an interesting movie.

CowboyNinjaD: And what about everything since then? How would Superman help fight the war on terror? Would he go to the Middle East and start rooting out terrorist groups? Would he help the government with domestic surveillance?

You're looking for comics where the heroes are challenged in real world situations.

Wrong building sir, Marvel is down the street and to your right.

Is this where I point out that Superman is a flat, boring archetype more than a real character and any attempt at making a "good" Superman story pivots entirely around nostalgia and feel-goodism?

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