Zack Snyder Directing Next Superman Movie
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Zack Snyder's films so far have all been about hurf durf ultraviolence and slowmo.
Neither of these things is appropriate for Superman.
I'm going to be optimistic and say that this is the second worst possible matchup of director and property (with first still, naturally, being Shyamalan and Avatar).
Neither of these things is appropriate for Superman.
I'm going to be optimistic and say that this is the second worst possible matchup of director and property (with first still, naturally, being Shyamalan and Avatar).
So apparently, Snyder's now responsible for rescuing every comic franchise from a terrible movie adaptation.
Sad, but good news, I suppose.
Sad, but good news, I suppose.
So we have a Christopher Nolan/Zack Snyder team-up? Alright, then. This seems incapable of being anything other than god-awful horrible or universe-destroyingly awesome. I'm not seeing much room as far as middle ground is concerned.
I'll reserve my judgement for this film until we know who is playing Superman. I approve of Zack Snyder though. At least the film will look very good if nothing else, he's a very talented visual director.
Hmmm, my first reaction was "I don't like Superman..." but then I saw 300!
I loved 300 and thought it was an incredible action flick. But then I saw Watchmen... I'm in the category of people who did not like Watchmen...
It will be hard to say how it will turn out. Personally though, I don't really like superheroes, only well-made movies that happen to feature superheroes. In that case, as long as the man of steel doesn't have the personality (or likability) of an ashtray, the plot characters are compelling, and it follows through with some good action, who knows?
I loved 300 and thought it was an incredible action flick. But then I saw Watchmen... I'm in the category of people who did not like Watchmen...
It will be hard to say how it will turn out. Personally though, I don't really like superheroes, only well-made movies that happen to feature superheroes. In that case, as long as the man of steel doesn't have the personality (or likability) of an ashtray, the plot characters are compelling, and it follows through with some good action, who knows?
Thank you. That was very informative, and I appreciate the effort that went into it. I'm sorry if I'm a little pretentious, but I much prefer a strong explanation for motives over random hatred.David Bray said:
I saw a longer version of Watchmen recently which I felt worked better with some of the scenes being given room to breath instead of being rushed through but yeah I don't think he really understood the book and some bits did'nt make sense like
why the comedian was crying when all Ozymandias plan in the movie was to blow shit up and blame Dr Manhattan whereas in the book it was a plan to trick the world and change it for the better which shook his world view or not getting the joke that it was supposed to be Robert Redford running for president not Ronald Reagan
I have no problem with that direcotr, but truthfully I was kind of hoping they would use someone from the Superman rogue's gallery that we hadn't seen much of in movies.
We already had Zod, and tons of Lex Luthor (though honestly nobody managed to ever capture the essence of the character in the films though, especially in the last Superman movie he seemed like a Dweeb rather than a galactic class inventor and genius). While we DID have Brainiac (well a version of it) show up in Smallville I think that character has yet to receive the justice it deserves via a big screen treatment. Darkseid would also be another good choice, though to be fair he's more a villain for the entire Justice League rather than a solo Superman foe (though Supes has given him plenty of trouble on his own).
If it looks decent I'll definatly want to see it of course, but I'm not going to get all that pscyhed up for Zod.
We already had Zod, and tons of Lex Luthor (though honestly nobody managed to ever capture the essence of the character in the films though, especially in the last Superman movie he seemed like a Dweeb rather than a galactic class inventor and genius). While we DID have Brainiac (well a version of it) show up in Smallville I think that character has yet to receive the justice it deserves via a big screen treatment. Darkseid would also be another good choice, though to be fair he's more a villain for the entire Justice League rather than a solo Superman foe (though Supes has given him plenty of trouble on his own).
If it looks decent I'll definatly want to see it of course, but I'm not going to get all that pscyhed up for Zod.
Wow. I didn't realise so many people hate Snyder. The slow motion can get annoying I guess but I still appreciate it as his style. I loved watchmen and I still like to go back and watch 300 just because of the sheer ridiculousness of it all. I found Superman Returns to be terrible and boring, so this really can't be worse.
I just want this:
I mean seriously. Come on guys. Work on your cross-series-inter-continuity!
Also, I'd much prefer Mogul, Braniac, or Darkseid to Zod.
EDIT: Don't really care about the Snyder thing. He's proved himself with a handful of movies. I actually liked Watchmen, so... yeah. It could be worse. It could suffer the same fate as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I bet, right here and now, the army gets called in in that movie.
I mean seriously. Come on guys. Work on your cross-series-inter-continuity!
Also, I'd much prefer Mogul, Braniac, or Darkseid to Zod.
EDIT: Don't really care about the Snyder thing. He's proved himself with a handful of movies. I actually liked Watchmen, so... yeah. It could be worse. It could suffer the same fate as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I bet, right here and now, the army gets called in in that movie.
The DCAU only comes around once in a lifetime, I suppose.Zeromaeus said:I just want this:
I mean seriously. Come on guys. Work on your cross-series-inter-continuity!
Also, I'd much prefer Mogul, Braniac, or Darkseid to Zod.
EDIT: Don't really care about the Snyder thing. He's proved himself with a handful of movies. I actually liked Watchmen, so... yeah. It could be worse. It could suffer the same fate as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I bet, right here and now, the army gets called in in that movie.
And I did enjoy Watchmen, 300, and Dawn of the Dead. So I'm actually ok with it. I'm glad Luthor isn't the badguy this time around and with the pens at the helm, I think it could finally turn out to be a big Superman movie like the Christopher Reeves ones, but following the story closer.
Too true. Still, if Marvel can weave its largely different parts into what's looking to be the realization of many a comic-book nerd's wet dream, what's stopping the people behind the DC movies? Hell, why doesn't DC have its own movie studio yet (like Marvel)? Those big stories, like Superman and Batman, are left to the wayside for seemingly no reason.Vohn_exel said:The DCAU only comes around once in a lifetime, I suppose.Zeromaeus said:I just want this:
I mean seriously. Come on guys. Work on your cross-series-inter-continuity!
Also, I'd much prefer Mogul, Braniac, or Darkseid to Zod.
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More characters I'd prefer to Zod: Bizarro, Doomsday, Cyborg-Superman, and Mister Mxyzptlk. The last and first ones are personal favorites.