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"In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Cavill) is a young twentysomething journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone's imagination. Transported to Earth years ago from Krypton, an advanced alien planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question - Why am I here? Shaped by the values of his adoptive parents Martha (Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Costner), Clark soon discovers that having super abilities means making very difficult decisions. But when the world needs stability the most, it comes under attack. Will his abilities be used to maintain peace or ultimately used to divide and conquer? Clark must become the hero known as "Superman," not only to shine as the world's last beacon of hope but to protect the ones he loves."Yes, ladies, and gentlemen, we're getting Smallville: The Movie. Not content to just retell Superman's origin for nth time, the whole fucking movie is apparently now his origin, as if 80% OF THE GODDAMN PLANET DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW WHAT HIS DEAL WAS. So we've gone from Superman as mopey, absentee dad to Superman as mopey, unsure boy trying to find his place in the world he doesn't belong. Forget the fact that we've just had 10 fucking seasons of Smallville starring Superman as just that, why on god's green earth won't DC give us a Superman movie where Superman is... Superman? You know, a guy who will always do the right thing, will always try, without question or hesitation? A guy who feels he does belong on Earth, because it's his fucking home, adopted or not?
Some heroes are made to be tortured and cursing their powers, like the X-Men and Spider-Man. But not Superman. He should be like Captain America, a hero from start to finish -- except unlike Cap, he's never a 98 lbs. weakling. At what point did DC just stop understanding their own characters? Seriously, they can't do Superman, Green Lantern or Wonder Woman anymore, apparently. Thanks god they have Chris Nolan and Batman, or they'd be batting .000% at this point. (Via /Film)
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This is one of the most stupid things I ever read on internet. This article is a piece of crap, and this Rob Bricken should not be allowed to write anything ever.
I suspect that this is going to be an attempt to recreate "Superman: Earth One," by J. Michael Straczynski, since it's still on the bestseller list from last November, and since JMS did parts of the story for the Thor movie. I suspect it'll be a sorry-ass attempt to mimic the graphic novel
I'm not sure the whole world really knows Superman's origin. Plus, this blurb doesn't say anything about Krypton or him coming as a baby. I think it's more about how he becomes Superman, which we haven't really seen in good cinema form. Smallville tried and failed, but if this movie bridges the gap between when he leaves as Clark and learns how to be Superman in a believable and Supermana-ly way, I'll be happy. But there are kids and people between the ages of say, five and 30 who never saw the original films and never watched Smallville (because it was on a channel for tweens and geared mostly toward young girls and also... not very good) and don't read comics. So while they may know that Clark is Superman and while they may know that he came from a dying planet, the may not know all the specifics.
That's right, we've seen part of a posible synopsis and a posed still. That's more than enough reason to dis the entire movie, everone involved in it, and the tasteless louts that might enjoy it. After all, Nolan was such a hack for retelling the Batman origin because William Dozier covered it back in the Sixties. :) Why waste to energy to dis something before you see it? Ideas are cheap, it's the execution of them that counts.
Why not Superman beating the crap out of some alien invading force? Why not Superman going toe to toe with Doomsday and there being slug-fest after ass-kicking! Why all this touchy-feely crap with the Man of Steel? Why not just throw in a session with Dr. Phil while they're at it...
I think you should take anything from "/Film" with a grain of salt since several times they have had guys make up shit to create rumors about what some show or movie is about before they actually have anything to report about it.
To those asking why we think it's another fucking origin movie, how we know they won't deal with it in the first fifteen minutes and move on:How about because they have Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as the Kents and fucking Russel Crowe as Jor-El. Think they're bringing them in to shoot cameos?
DC should put the people doing their animated movies on the live action projects. Too bad Dwayne McDuffie passed away. Best modern movie Wonder Woman: ANIMATED. Best movie Green Lantern: ANIMATED. TWICE! Best JLA movie: ANIMATED. Best teamup Superman/Batman: ANIMATED TWICE AGAIN! I'm a Marvel guy, but a good superhero movie (in any format) is a good superhero movie! Even the DC shorts are good.
Can somebody please string snyder up by his nuts and beat him till he understands that he should not reinvent the goddamn wheel! Holy Christ! What is DC doing. Granted the big boy blue scout is not my favorite character but do I need another origin story? Survey Says: HELL NO!
While I don't doubt the movie will suck (thanks to the "talent" of Zak Snyder), I don't know if the synopsis is a reason to hate it. Sounds like he's doing Birthright, which is one of my favorite Superman books. It's not nearly as emo as the above description makes is sound, mostly because Clark works on this "Why am I here?" question by kicking lots of ass.
Typical fan-boy "know it all" reaction. Remember, fan-boy, most people didn't watch Smallville. I certainly didn't.
I want to agree with you, I really do. But you're missing a crucial point here.
Smallville wasn't entirely a bad show- it had it's low points, but it was entertaining. And yes, while we're getting "Smallville: the Movie", more importantly we're getting "Smallville: the Movie- directed by ZACK SNYDER".
This means that if Superman fights Doomsday, he will most certainly kick Doomsday's ass and will most certainly look awesome doing it (unlike the tv version, where superman- at the climax of the entire season- just ran real fast into Doomsday and pushed him into a wall.)
Actually speaking, I always hate watching this kind of movie, I think it is boring and old-fashioned
Don't hate it, sorry.
It might suck and it might not. Smallville only became shit because they started stretching out the concept to sustain more and more seasons. The concept itself, however, is great.
That sounds like a Superman move,not specifically Smallville. At least try to keep an open mind until the film is actually out.
Wasn't the reason they started pushing this through development so quickly, was because they were in danger of losing the film rights to Superman if a movie wasn't in production before a certain date? If so, is it possible that the reason we are getting another origin story is because they are in danger of losing the rights to yet more material regarding Superman's origins?
Also, it fine to say that using Superman's more cosmic foes (Brainiac, Darkseid, etc.) would make for a better, or at least more original, movie. But, I have to imagine that DC/WB is looking at what a mess Green Lantern turned out to be. I can see how the executives would be a little leery of any space-centric stories.
All I know is that if there isn't any punching of objects and people through buildings and total chaos then I can't be bothered to see someone else's vision of a boring origin story...the Christ metaphor is getting a little old, especially when they add moping and "tough life choices" to the mix.
You know that scene at the end of the Matrix Trilogy where Neo and Agent Smith are flying around and fighting like they're both Superman? Put that in a Superman movie and stretch it our for an hour and thirty minutes.
So sick of Super Hero origin movies. Enough. Just give us a movie where they drop us right into the action, people will love it.
Everytime I read a movie pre-release/pre-production complaint by some geek instead of their words I imagine Baron Harkonnen from Lynch's Dune, where upon learning Paul Atreides is Muad'did, he screams "Aaaah! Aaaaaah!!"
That's Catwoman's costume? "Aaaaah! Aaaaaah!!!"
Superman is gonna be like SMALLVILLE? "Aaaaah! Aaaaah!!!"
Hate to say it but....your an idiot for expecting anything else in a Superman reboot movie, Rob. I for one don't care at all about this film. I'm pretty clear about Superman's origin to want to see this. Now if the movie tackled immigration going after Supes and how he handles that, I could watch that.
A twentysomething is not a boy, he is an adult. He can vote and die in military service and probably buy alcohol. If that's unclear, it just means you're old.
Why doesn't the studio give us a Superman movie instead of the character from "Smallville", which we've seen for the past 10 years? I think you answered your own question. ;)According to ComicsAlliance, "Smallville" is the most successful comic-book adaptation ever, so it would stand to reason that the new movie should be similar to something that many people are familiar with. It's the same as the argument for "Batman & Robin": would you rather make a movie that appeals to 1 million Batman fans or 10 million Arnold Schwarzenegger fans?
If I ever made a Superman movie, I'd cover his origin in about thirty seconds. Superman narrates: "You know the story. A doomed planet. Desperate scientists. A last hope. A kindly couple. Smallville. Clark Kent. Metropolis. Superman. Lex Luthor..."
I can understand how logistically, All-Star Superman can probably never be made into a movie, but the way his character is handled in it is the only way to keep him "relevant" in modern times. All of this moping around, wondering "why am I here" (like what they're doing in this new movie) is not the way to take the character.
A) All Star Superman used one page to recap Superman's origin story. One page. B) All Star Superman is the best Superman story ever told. C) DC isn't above reusing tried-and-true good ideas (Superman is an 80-year-old character afterall).
A + B + C = Something I might actually watch
A. Who says they won't recap his origin in the opening credits, as other flicks have done. B. That's your opinion. C. Because you're basing your entire opinion on a small synopsis, your math is about as useful as the math used in those Netflix radio ads.
Throw in Lex Luthor acting like a homicidal Donald Trump and we'll have another major suckage Superman movie
Life action Luthor is one of the main reasons the older Movies suck so much. He's such a crappy villain. Witch is extra tragic if you look at what the DCAU and recent story lines did with him.
BOOOO! All effing superhero flicks should cover backstory in an opening montage or NOT AT ALL. Hades forbid the freaking audience could be trusted to figure out what's going on by watching an interesting story unfold. Kneel before this (wild crotchy gesticulations), Snyder!
I am so glad that I have only, at best, been a lukewarm fan of Superman. Enough with the origin of Mr. Kent. Show something novel for once!
Oh, HELL no. I want to punch this plot synopsis right in the face and knock its goddamned teeth out.
So it's basically Smallville, but with the actual costume... written by better writers, and probably have lots more action???
What's the problem here???
The fact that we ALREADY FUCKING KNOW the origin story. We know it back to front. We know dozens of different variations on it. There is no one who has managed to live this long without encountering it in some form.
I'm personally pretty ready to start seeing superman movies about more than just how he got to put on the cape. After awhile it's like, 'okay, he put it on. Why should we fucking care?' if we never see the story progress any further.
Seriously. There is a dude right now reading this in the Congo thinking "wtf, this shit again?!"
where does it say the movie is redoing his origin? that is just the set up maybe with Zod in this they will be doing a set up for Brainiac.
Whats the big deal? Its superman's origin. Its the start of the new franchise of course they were gonna do an origin. We all praise Nolan and he did the origin too. What did you guys expect? The movie execs are thinking about a one off movie they are thinking in trilogies. They got to stretch it out to make their money.
Except Batman's origin hasn't been covered before in seven thousand different versions and mediums.
