That Almost Happened!
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Gaah, that, what, I can't even... Agh! There's just so much idiocy there. How could anyone even come up with something that ridiculously generic and cliched?! The list of links to TVTropes alone would be longer than MovieBob's writeup! I barely know anything about Superman beyond the general stuff, but even I can tell that script is a terrible abomination.
I think I'd be busy lobotomizing myself right now if reading that hadn't already done the job for me.
No offence, but when the original concept for the Superman movie makes the actual piece-of-shit homage movie look Oscar worthy, you need to rethink the writing process for these things...
Wow, that Superman film sounds awful. What is it about Superman that attracts that kind of rubbish? I've never understood the mentality of these people who go to the trouble of getting the rights to something like Superman and then change just about everything about it! If you think your superhero/sci-fi story idea has merit, let it stand on it's own and become the next Superman. Superman himself is popular for a reason and his mythology is really well known because of that. People will come to a Superman film because they want to see that, so make a film based on that.
I liked the Terminator idea, then I read that..Now I want both ideas..because the first one would have been "OH SHIT WTF! That's awesome John Conner was a douche anyways!" Then the second one would have been more "I see, so that's what happens."foxlovingfreak said:
I 100% agree with you on this maybe if more people did this we wouldn't have so many bad superman moviesmarscentral said:
There's a reason why the first 2 superman movies are still popular today people
Wow, the Terminator idea actually sounds like the kind of awesome, tearing out chunks of your own hair, twist ending that would've made the otherwise bland T:Salvation an actually noteworthy movie. Beyond the Sean Connor thing, having skynet revealed to be a well intentioned extremist would've made for a much more compelling conflict.
its a sad thing when stories have to be changed like that. its like having your script torn up in front of you.
Can't really speak to the other ones (except to say that the Superman one boggles the mind), but I actually really like the Spidey costume one; note that it would have necessarily been a larger part of the character than just a gag at the end: it evokes DIY culture vs. commercialization, even including marketing of hero worship, and image being a very different thing than reality. It actually sounds pretty dang neat. (I mean, sure, someone in Hollywood could probably botch the entire idea, but it's far from inherently bad.)
If they had actually made that Superman movie, I would have died. I'm serious. My brain would have exploded in the theater. It would have been oozing out of my ears and eye sockets. I mean...what, the fuck was Abrams thinking? Jesus, just thinking about it is giving me a headache. I...gah...arrrrrgh.
...The Spider-Man and Terminator: Salvation things would have been cool, though. Actually, now I'm kinda disappointed that they didn't do the Spidey suit thing. That would've been brilliant.
...The Spider-Man and Terminator: Salvation things would have been cool, though. Actually, now I'm kinda disappointed that they didn't do the Spidey suit thing. That would've been brilliant.
Good god, that Superman movie sounds terrible. That sort of thing might work for a one shot mini-series, but not a movie.
By the way, I read through that Ain't It Cool article on the Superman script, and I found some of these 2002-isms quite funny. "Daredevil looks like another homerun! Ang Lee's Hulk sounds awesome!" But the real kicker is among the fan reactions to the script:
"Give it to Shyamalon!" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
By the way, I read through that Ain't It Cool article on the Superman script, and I found some of these 2002-isms quite funny. "Daredevil looks like another homerun! Ang Lee's Hulk sounds awesome!" But the real kicker is among the fan reactions to the script:
"Give it to Shyamalon!" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That whole part about Skynet secretly keeping the human race alive actually makes sense. He saw the world as it was and said No. So he kills off most of the population in order to guide the carefully selected survivors down a path where there would be no hostility, racial hatreds or wars. Skynet is the hero and humans are just dicks.
Thought provoking stuff.
Also JJ's Superman? No, atleast he has his hands full with Star Trek 90210 now. You know, the plot for His Trek makes about as much sense as His Superman.
Thought provoking stuff.
Also JJ's Superman? No, atleast he has his hands full with Star Trek 90210 now. You know, the plot for His Trek makes about as much sense as His Superman.
I'm actually quite disappointed the changes to Spider-man and X-men didn't go through. Those would have made the movies at least a bit better.
The other two though were just terrible. They're completely ridiculous, and I am quite glad I never had to see it.
The other two though were just terrible. They're completely ridiculous, and I am quite glad I never had to see it.
I think the one for X3 could've worked: have Mystique, disguised as a random shlub, play a quick game of chess with Magneto. The game ends, or Mystique is called away, and she leaves. The camera focuses on the disguised Mystique's face, and she twists her eyes back to that creepy yellow similar to how the X-Men realized that she had replaced Senator Kelly. The movie ends.
Sounds like something, yes?
Sounds like something, yes?