Movie News (8/19/2008): With The Dark Knight breaking every record known to man, and the fact that it’s a sequel of a franchise “reboot” (Batman Begins being the poster child), the executives at Warner Bros. are in turmoil of what to do with their other famous superhero, Superman. Superman Returns was highly regarded as a noble misfire with very mixed reactions and only moderate box-office numbers and the rush to put out a sequel has long since been delayed and while the studios are hard at work figuring out what the next move will be, one exec at Warner Bros. was quoted as saying, “…it might be better to start from scratch…”
I remember seeing Superman Returns and enjoying myself, but not being totally blown away. The fan boy in me was willing to give it an automatic 4 stars just because I wanted to see the man in the red cape again, but the movie itself with its topsy-turvy script and an underwhelming performance by Superman himself, was nothing to write home about.
Are you eagerly awaiting a sequel? Does it deserve a sequel or a franchise reboot? What would a franchise reboot look like? Who would re-play Superman?
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Goo. Superman Returns? He can go back to Krypton for all I care.
I thought that movie was a horrible waste of money and a waste of Kevin Spacey’s talent.
You know what I am interested in seeing? The Doomsday animated movie.
DONT TRY AGAIN…It failed! I didnt think that Superman Returns was a great movie either, but I have seen worse. I think that they could have made this cast of characters work with a better script.
Superman is a classic superhero. I think that every generation should have an adaptation of the character. Batman succeeded because it looked at the years that led up to Batman becoming…Batman.
Superman Returns brought him back after years of being gone and that didnt work! How did everyone get younger after being gone for that long of time? If that would have made the movie more like Smallville, then you might have something, but even Smallville has is quirks that dont work for me!
If they want to do another Superman movie…I’d think they should wait a few years and let this one die, then try again!
Here’s an idea. Let Smallville run it’s course and then take those actors and build a new movie around them (a couple of years later). It’s not the greatest show ever, but it definitely connects better than Superman Returns did.
I think that with a big budget, they could make something of that show and perhaps launch a franchise off of it.