| For those who haven't seen them, some pics. Blimey, I have to admit, the actor they picked does look like a young Christopher Reeve. Hopefully he can play the part as well as Reeve did. |
Amazing how little it takes to get me excited... • Page 2
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RubyRed 4,303 posts
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CaptainBinky 2,243 posts
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Registered 17 years agoSpanky wrote:
Teeheehee - 's'not actually possible to sing the Superman theme without transmogrifying into Star Wars.
Doo Do Doo D... shit i've just went into star wars! :T
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoFPS IS THE SUCK!!!!
Gawd, the resemblance is bloody scary.
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Registered 17 years agoFurbs wrote:
Elektra = shite?
IF Batman = Begins
Superman = Returns
Spiderman = 2
Fantastic = 4
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MikeD 10,063 posts
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Registered 18 years agoLooking at those pictures....
Yes, the cape is too dark. And a bit odd looking (though I guess that's because it's a cape)
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CaptainBinky 2,243 posts
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Registered 17 years agoRubyRed wrote:
He does, 'tis true. However, let's be honest, red underpants over a blue lycra suite = extremely gay indeed.
Blimey, I have to admit, the actor they picked does look like a young Christopher Reeve. -
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Registered 18 years agomartyngates wrote:
anyone seen the first epiosde of Smallville Season5?
best thing ive seen in a long time after the cliffhanger at the end of last season
I watched it last night. Smallville is one of fave TV progs from the last few years. This series looks like it'll be a corker, and probably the last.
What is it with the US and the 'fall' season, new Smallville, new Lost, new CSI. Torrent-tastic! -
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Registered 19 years agoCaptainBinky wrote:
Really?
RubyRed wrote:
He does, 'tis true. However, let's be honest, red underpants over a blue lycra suite = extremely gay indeed.
Blimey, I have to admit, the actor they picked does look like a young Christopher Reeve.
/changes back into suit
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Chtulie 809 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThese photos are all pre-grading, keep in mind. Plus red is a very tricky colour in film.
Have a look at Hellboy, pre-grading he's a sort of a brown, post he's the proper sort of red.
And the logo size, keep in mind that unlike the comic, in the film you can't adjust the logo size whenever the character is in a distant shot or in a close-up to make it look best, you've got to find a middle road so it looks allright in both sorts of framing. -
Derblington 35,161 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThey've still got it wrong. The suit looks crap and it's the details like that that piss me off with these projects. You can't change the look of Supes' costume in order to fit the current trends, especially not the shield. It looks wank.
And the actor who plays Supes is scrawny (how they're going to explain him getting younger is another problem). In the piccy above look at the size of his arms compared to his head - he's a runt. Superman should look 'super' and imposing. Even Robin looks harder than this Superman.
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MetalDog 24,076 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI'll probably go and see this one, just because of how happy the first two made me when I saw them at the cinema. They look kind of cheesy now, but at the time, hell, woo, feelgood flicks!
I'll probably come out horribly disillusioned, but hey, you never know. Maybe it's possible to still suspend cynisism. -
Hmmm, I do agree he looks a little scrawny, although I'll wait to see him in full motion before I decide on him.
Still, I don't agree about the "super and imposing" thing. On Krypton he would be a normal "man", its the earth's sun that gives him his strength, not his muscle size. -
pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoMetalDog wrote:
I'll probably go and see this one, just because of how happy the first two made me when I saw them at the cinema. They look kind of cheesy now, but at the time, hell, woo, feelgood flicks!
I'll probably come out horribly disillusioned, but hey, you never know. Maybe it's possible to still suspend cynisism.
I thought the first two were incredibly cheesy, yet there I am, every time they're repeated on telly I watch 'em.
"Hey Jim, Whoah! That is a BAAAAAD out fit!"
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Derblington 35,161 posts
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Registered 17 years agokalel wrote:
Yeah, but he's still a superhero - not an average man. He's never looked normal in the comics.
Still, I don't agree about the "super and imposing" thing. On Krypton he would be a normal "man", its the earth's sun that gives him his strength, not his muscle size.
Christoper Reeve, although just a puny human, just became Supes through the acting. There will never be a better Man of Steel on screen.
I don't think this new guy can do it. I'm sure the movie will be enjoyable but I don't approve of the cast. -
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Registered 17 years agoRubyRed wrote:
For those who haven't seen them, some pics. Blimey, I have to admit, the actor they picked does look like a young Christopher Reeve. Hopefully he can play the part as well as Reeve did.
He lokos gh3y and I hope in Superman 2, Batman whoops heez ass!! Yehaa! -
MetalDog 24,076 posts
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Registered 20 years agopjmaybe wrote:
I thought the first two were incredibly cheesy, yet there I am, every time they're repeated on telly I watch 'em.
"Hey Jim, Whoah! That is a BAAAAAD out fit!"
Peej
Oh, hell yes, but when you're eight, that's the epitome of comedic genius, bested ONLY by the man rollerskating backwards when Ursula blows down the street. -
Spanky 15,037 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThey ain't cheesy, they're fun! Although the fun went overboard in the 3rd one(I still like it anyway, just for the opening comedy sequence, well and Robert Vaughn, he even made Battle Beyond the Stars seem classy... in a unclassy sort of way 
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Anyhoo bring it on! When's it out, next summer?
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoOK I admit it, I love the third one as well. Specially when Supes turns bad-ass!
The scrap in the scrapyard was excellent, as were the comedy Atari 2600 sound effects the "supercomputer" made (a mixture between pacman and Star Raiders...)
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pjmaybe wrote:
OK I admit it, I love the third one as well. Specially when Supes turns bad-ass!
The scrap in the scrapyard was excellent, as were the comedy Atari 2600 sound effects the "supercomputer" made (a mixture between pacman and Star Raiders...)
Peej
3rd one is not bad at all. Will always have a place in my heart, especially the opening sequence, and its 1000 times better than the fourth.
@derbs - I think it's way too easy to be writing this guy off. Everything that has come out of Singer's mouth so far on this project show the love and respect he had for the orginal movies and for Chris Reeve. When it sounds like he's been getting everything else right, why would he get the most important bit of casting wrong? I have faith that when we see it, it will make sense.
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agokalel wrote:
Did I mention they've got a CG'ed Marlon Brando for Jor-El?
Now THAT I can't wait to see...
I wonder if EA loaned 'em the character model from The Godfather.
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Spanky 15,037 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI read in SFX magazine the other day that part of Superman 4 was filmed in Milton Keynes, explains a lot
They should've put braniac in the 3rd one, it was all set up for it, in a not really his origin sort of way, never stopped them before. But i remember at the time expecting the woman at the end who gets 'borg'ed to sprout some tendrills from her chin and her to head to fly off. Well there's always next time. -
pjmaybe wrote:
kalel wrote:
Did I mention they've got a CG'ed Marlon Brando for Jor-El?
Now THAT I can't wait to see...
I wonder if EA loaned 'em the character model from The Godfather.
Peej
I think they’ve done it using the hours of cut footage from Superman 2, which apparently included a very long Kal-El and Jor-El scene. -
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Registered 18 years agoHow much of the new film will be used on origin... I hope they keep it to a minimum. -
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I wonder if it'll have a giant spider and polar bears?
\o/
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Freek wrote:
Neither of those are insects, you know ;p
rhythm wrote:
Well obviously, I mean it is the fearest creature in the insect kingdom after all.
Tiger_Walts wrote:
I wonder if it'll have a giant spider and polar bears?
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Registered 17 years agoDerblington wrote:
Yeah, but he's still a superhero - not an average man. He's never looked normal in the comics.
http://www.italycomics.it/previews/supermanbirthright12.jpg
Indeed, he doesn't even look even remotely normal in the comics, he often looks like a 'will-somebody-give-this-illustrator-a-book-on-basic-human-anatomy' sort of person.
Superman has to look fit, which this actor does, not like the Hulk in lycra. -
Derblington 35,161 posts
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Registered 17 years agoChtulie wrote:
That is a basic understanding of human anatomy but it's drawn to a style - you can't do that so much in the movies as it has to have a universal appeal and a realistic look.
http://www.italycomics.it/previews/supermanbirthright12.jpg
Indeed, he doesn't even look even remotely normal in the comics, he often looks like a 'will-somebody-give-this-illustrator-a-book-on-basic-human-anatomy' sort of person.
Superman has to look fit, which this actor does, not like the Hulk in lycra.
I never said he should look like the Hulk but he should still be bigger than the actor they're using, imo. Supes should be muscled but not ripped but this guy looks weedy.
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Spanky 15,037 posts
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Registered 18 years agoHe's meant to be young in this one isn't he? How many twenty somethings do you know who can pass for normal with muscles the size of a superheroes, that's right... none! All the women would be chasing him around if he was built as large as the comics, no matter whether he had glasses or not. I think they've done fine, just enough muscle to be disguised under lose clothes.
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MikeD wrote:
How much of the new film will be used on origin... I hope they keep it to a minimum.
None, or at least very little. It's the real Superman 3. It's called Superman Returns and is set after Superman 2, and he has been away from Earth for 6 years, and is now returning. He come back to discover a world that has learnt to cope without him, and also Lois Lane has moved on..OR HAS SHE?? -
Spanky wrote:
All the women would be chasing him around if he was built as large as the comics...
Anyhoo the face is more important than the muscles imo.
How many women actually /like/ bulging muscles on a guy? I suspect not so many... anyone forumwomen disagree? Is it mostly guys that like that look?
I don't remember Reeve being ripped either and he looked fine.
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