I sure hope I agree when it comes out. Fingers crossed. The animated "My Adventures with Superman" showed me there are still people that get the big blue boy scout. I sure hope this team does too.
SameOptimistic, but low expectations.
Though the casting seems spot on, so, maybe.
I don't think they're going that direction. Not saying I trust Gunn implicitly, but I think he gets it.Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I still prefer the Donner/Reeve production design. No textured de-saturated costumes, no oddball logos, etc.
'Superman Returns' needed work but it did a lot of things right.
There are other superheroes who benefit from the modern-dark-gritty treatment. Supes isn't one of them.
We’ll never go back to the Donner era, and though I love that screen version, I don’t need it again.
Nor do I need a 60’s version of Batman.
Things change and superheroes are meeting new expectations.
As long as they capture the spirit of Superman and skip the dark brooding, destroy half a city fighting Zod, I’m cool.
I don't need Supes to be living in the Donner movie world. But I want him to be that guy. The MCU's Captain America was that guy in a modern setting and it worked. At the costume level, I just don't think de-saturated colors and an overly stylized logo is how Supes would want to present himself. He's straightforward. Let him be.
I was just having this conversation today with a friend of mine concerning how characters are written, specifically Superman. One criticism I hear a lot is that Superman isn't relatable (I know you weren't necessarily referencing Superman in particular but rather characters in general to which I agree). Being relatable is fine but I don't need to find them relatable. I just to need to understand them. I should also say there's plenty of things relatable about Superman or more specifically Clark Kent but I digress. I would hope Gunn doesn't go down the path of making Superman as equally fallible as your average person. The character still has to be a paragon of virtue. In that way, I shouldn't be able to relate to him. I should aspire to be him. I'm not sure Gunn feels the same about the character or...maybe he does. I'll be happy to be surprised if he does. I have to say though his opinion of Burton's Batman greatly soured my interest in what he has to offer.I have faith in Gunn telling emotionally genuine stories with relatable well-written characters. Marvel's loss is DC's gain.
I have to say though his opinion of Burton's Batman greatly soured my interest in what he has to offer.
I hope that the we see the return of the greatest of the Super Powers…
The Awesome Colossal Cellophane “S”!!!
I hope that the we see the return of the greatest of the Super Powers:
“The Awesome Colossal Cellophane ‘S’”!!!
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I love the 1989 Batman flick but most of JG's criticisms were valid.
I don't agree about the whole movie being TERRIBLE on the whole. (The batsuit? The soundtrack? Really?) But IMO it was the right movie for 1989. It wouldn't be the right movie to make today. At that time everybody was so desperately relieved that it wasn't the cornball 1960s TV show approach. Michael Keaton wasn't hamming it up. The public was okay with them erring a few steps too far in other directions.
As for Nicholson playing his 'Shining' character . . . Umm, yeah. It was a great idea. Too bad Nicholson didn't look the same in 1989. They should have given him the Joker role on the condition that he lose some weight.
IMO 'Batman Returns' is the one that deserves criticism. When Hollywood does something like that today, the fans (rightly) call it out for being a bait-and-switch.