Warner Bros. still thinks Superman needs to be darker?
Oh no. Not this again. Warner Bros. is still on target to make the next Superman movie a darker, edgier version.
Yikes…
Do they seriously not get the Superman property? With Superman you have to go boy scout, you have to go pure, you have to go traditional. Stop telling me that people don’t want to watch a Superman movie with morals and a “good vs. evil attitude”. I don’t buy it. Didn’t they try this “edgy” version of Supes in the last movie?
“Superman Returns” gave us a real S.O.B. of a character when we find out he knocked up Lois and then took off. We see that he’s a really creepy dude when he’s spying on Lois all night. I mean that took the cake right there, what all 13 boys fantasize about, being able to see through walls in order to watch a gal you have a crush on, happens in a Superman movie!?
In “Superman Returns" we all rejoiced to see Superman saving a crashing airplane. We loved that scene! And then everything went down hill from there. With Superman taking a back seat to Lex Luther for the last half of the film and then the whole Kryptonite-makes-Superman-weak crap which has been played out so many times.
So, what does WB do? They talk about making him even edgier. Darker. Oh c’mon! What’s next for ol’ Supes, stealing children, killing people, drinking in a bar to get over an ex-girlfriend he knocked up? Oh wait, that happened in “Superman Returns.” Damn!
Give us what we really want. Give us Good vs. Evil. Give us Superman saving the day. Saving the day in Metropolis. Where people can see it happen, can see themselves being saved. Can cheer! Not out on some ice cap. 
Give us romance, but traditional romance, don’t have any three ways with Lois and Lana (although that would be edgier). Give us a villain worth fighting. And by this I mean, if you want to go edgier and darker, have some bad sh!t happen in the beginning of the film. Have the villain kill lots of people. Stack up traditional Superman against today’s mentality of bad guys.
And have Superman get in to some power slugfests! I want to see him kicking ass, not on his knees for half the movie!
Just keep my Superman pure man!
Labels: Commentary, DC Comics, Movies, News
Contact Us
Review Request
Podcast