SUPERMAN LIVES (1998) poster
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mercureyx
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That is correct. I had forgotten to add that over the course of my research, I discovered the "high quality" image contained in this thread of the silver/black poster, is in fact a high quality reconstruction of the original that someone is trying to pass off as genuine. There are a number of different tells, including the ones you pointed out.
The only surviving image of the official Superman Lives (1998) poster, is the second smaller photograph contained in my original post. The official artwork was completed by conceptual illustrator Sylvain Despretz. The bright shift on the right of the poster is indeed glare from a camera flash. The original official poster has a Warner Bros. copyright logo on the bottom right corner (which you can barely make out).
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Smith only rewrote the script - JJ Abrams had hi hands on it before Smith and two other writers before him. And just to clear things up - the exo suit was used at the end when Supes plugged into the Fortress for more power to defeat the bad guy - this was after Superman was killed and came back.
I LOVE that rerelease poster up there - how rare are those things?
I LOVE that rerelease poster up there - how rare are those things?
IndyFanChuck
Sr Member
JJ Abrams? I don't think so - in the late 90's? That doesn't make any sense.
JD
Master Member
Thanagarian.It wasn't a giant spider... it was a Tarakian snare beast!
Could not agree more; the casting alone would have sunk the film. Casting like that FORCES things to go (too far) in a non-traditional direction.
As for the Smith backstory, I knew he'd been telling it for years but I never caught up with it before. Good lord, that is insane stuff.
Now we know what Superman would look like if he came back as one of the Borg...........
d_osborn
Sr Member
it's totally possible... abrams was writing professionally in the mid/late-90s. WB should publish a coffee table book about the film... scripts, concept art, storyboards, costume test shots, etc. same for all of the stalled batman films. somebody get j.w. rinzler on the horn!
as for the poster, i've been working on a replica on and off for a while. it wouldn't take long at all if i could just devote some time to it.
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I know so. School is now is session
Armageddon (screenplay)
1997 Gone Fishin' (written by / as Jeffrey Abrams)
1992 Forever Young (written by / as Jeffrey Abrams)
1991 Regarding Henry (written by / as Jeffrey Abrams)
1990 Taking Care of Business (written by / as Jeffrey Abrams)
He's been writing for a long time - He penned one of the version of Superman Lives.
there's the bell
Sorry - now back to the poster.
mercureyx
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Paul Andrew
Master Member
It wasn't a giant spider... it was a Tarakian snare beast!
Actually it was a Thanagarian snare beast.
:lol I'm such a geek.
JD
Master Member
See post #25 of this thread! :lolActually it was a Thanagarian snare beast.
I'm such a geek.
Jack Knight1979
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I could run these.
mercureyx
Sr Member
That'd be awesome!
What we really need next is someone who feels comfortable with accurately rendering the infinity "S."
d_osborn
Sr Member
i'll have to dig up the file at work. i have the shield pathed out--i started playing around with the airbrush "chrome" work when i last worked on it. it's been ages since i touched it.Any chance of seeing where you're at right now
flinkazoid
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Let me know when the art is finalized. I can get these printed for us all.
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