I finally saw the teaser trailer for this today, although I think it’s been out for a while. As a big comic book (and specifically Superman) fan, I’m really looking forward to this one.
Thumbs up from me for getting an unknown actor for the role instead of someone like Nicholas Cage, who was being considered before it got canceled the first time; if they had done that I would probably still watch it, but reluctantly.
Also, this one will take place (chronologically) after the original Superman 2 movie, so everything that happened in the first two movies (the good ones) is still part of the history, whereas numbers 3 and 4 are wiped out, which is great because they sucked (4 much more than 3, because at least 3 had Richard Pryor, as well as the money rounding scheme that they copied in Office Space). I really think this will work well, whereas with the recent Batman picture they pretty much had to scrap all the previous movies and start over because they were so bad.
For those who found the Christian symbology in the recent Narnia movie, I think you may find it in this one as well. The Superman story has always had some parallels of that nature in it, and the trailer definitely emphasizes one in particular.
The story (or what I’ve heard so far) is interesting as well (Don’t read this next part if you don’t want to know a little about the plot; nothing major, but still…)
Apparently there is a long period of time after the Superman 2 story in which Superman is away from the earth, and finds upon his return that the world has learned to live without him, and even is somewhat resentful towards him for not being there, kind of like the kid that grows up without a dad, etc.
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interesting…
yeah…right.