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In this installment, we look at one of the first comic book films based on the Man of Steel himself, Superman.
Originally uploaded on October 1, 2011.
Originally uploaded on October 1, 2011.
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01:40It all began with the first issue of Action Comics published on April 15th, 1938, which
01:46is historical for introducing the world's first superhero, Superman.
01:51Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, this all-powerful being devotes his life for fighting
01:57a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way.
02:01For a while, he was depicted in a number of ways, such as radio, animated shorts, film
02:08serials, and television.
02:10It wasn't long until December 10th, 1978 saw the release of Superman the Movie, a film that
02:16was the first of his kind to make a successful leap from the pages of DC Comics to the big
02:21screen.
02:22Before then, no one had a clear idea how most comic book adaptations should be treated, but
02:28thanks to this one, it proves just how far one can go to bring a classic superhero to life.
02:34I was first introduced to Superman by watching the old Fletcher cartoons in the 1940s, and
02:41when I first saw it, I was just amazed.
02:44I mean, it was a cartoon, I loved cartoons as a kid, but also, it was a man, one man who
02:54can fix all these problems, crime, a giant monster, an asteroid coming to hit the earth,
03:02he can fix all these problems by himself, and within a matter of minutes or seconds, and
03:08I felt that was pretty damn cool.
03:10The idea of adapting comic books into live action is nothing new, even in the 70s.
03:15Prior to the Richard Donner film, audiences had seen Superman as played by Kirk Allen in
03:19the old serial, and by George Reeves in the classic television series.
03:23And while those interpretations were good, they were still very much products at the time,
03:28limited by budget, limited by technology, limited by the people in charge of production.
03:33When I first saw Superman the movie, I was even more amazed, because it was real people,
03:42and not a cartoon.
03:43I mean, I loved cartoons as a kid, but seeing a real person doing all this stuff was amazing
03:49as well.
03:50And when I got older, I looked at the movie in a different perspective.
03:58I think Superman the movie was important for being the first comic book adaptation to take
04:05itself seriously, and not be a parody or a mockery like the 1960s Adam West Batman TV series was.
04:13I mean, yes it did have some comedy because of some of the actors and some of the gags written
04:20into it, but the rest of the tone was serious.
04:23I hold Superman with the utmost respect, because without Superman we wouldn't have this current
04:32boom of superhero movies.
04:35And it took a while before they got consistent, but Superman started all in so many ways.
04:47I mean, before Superman, superheroes on the screen, on the silver screen, were low budget serials,
04:58or animated shorts like the classic Fleischer ones, which are brilliant in my opinion.
05:04But Superman is what led the way to all the current superhero blockbusters we have today.
05:12I mean, again, it took a while.
05:14I mean, after the first Superman and Superman 2, there was a large gap, and then Tim Burton's
05:19Batman came out, which was terrific, and continued in the tradition of Donner's Superman, and then
05:24there was a long break, and then X-Men, and then since X-Men it's been very consistent in
05:30a series of really great superhero movies that are currently playing at the multiplex.
05:36And Superman, how do I explain it?
05:40Superman, also, what was very important that Richard Donner did was he took the material seriously.
05:48He understood he was directing a comic book, and he created an appropriate comic book universe.
05:54But he didn't go the Adam West Batman route.
05:58He took it seriously.
06:00He portrayed Superman with respect.
06:04When Donner and the Sulkans came together to make the movie, they saw the grand potential
06:09that this mythology had, and they rose to take on the challenge, setting up standard that
06:14all comic book movies since then have been trying to reach.
06:16The fact that Superman was the first full-length comic book adaptation doesn't really surprise
06:23me.
06:24And frankly, I am glad that it was the first, because, you know, the comic, or the character,
06:30I should say, of Superman himself is quite iconic.
06:33And I think it's fitting that, you know, it was the Superman movie that kind of was the
06:38stepping stone for movies that, you know, my generation is more familiar with today.
06:44Like the newer Batman movies, the Iron Man movies, the Spider-Man movies, 300, Watchmen,
06:53the list goes on.
06:54I mean, if you didn't have Superman, you probably wouldn't have had those movies.
07:01It all begins a long time ago on a distant planet Krypton.
07:05Jor-El, the planet's leading scientist, believes that within a matter of days, their planet
07:10will explode due to their dying red sun.
07:13However, the ruling council does not believe in his theory and dismisses it as an act of treason.
07:19To save his infant son, Kal-El, Jor-El launches a spacecraft containing the child towards Earth,
07:25a distant planet with a suitable atmosphere and where Kal-El's dense molecular structure
07:30will give him superhuman powers.
07:32Shortly after the launch, Krypton is destroyed.
07:36Three years later, the ship crash lands near an American farming town, Smallville,
07:42where Kal-El is found by Jonathan and Martha Kent and raised as their own son, Clark.
07:47Eighteen years later, he discovers a green crystal from the remnants of his ship
07:52and compels him to the attic in a psychic matter.
07:55After the device created a building close to Krypton's architecture, dubbed the Fortress of Solitude,
08:01a vision of his father appears and explains everything about Clark's origins
08:05and teaching him of his powers and responsibilities.
08:08After twelve years, with his powers fully developed, Clark leaves the fortress
08:13and becomes a reporter at the Daily Planet in Metropolis.
08:17There, he meets and develops a romantic attraction to co-worker Lois Lane,
08:22but she sees him as awkward and unsophisticated.
08:25Lois later becomes involved in a helicopter accident where conventional means of rescue are impossible,
08:31requiring Clark to use his powers in public for the first time to save her.
08:36Soon after that, other heroic deeds make the mysterious caped wonder of Celebrity,
08:42as he is dubbed Superman by the people of Metropolis.
08:46Meanwhile, criminal genius Lex Luthor creates a diabolical plan to make a fortune in real estate
08:52by purchasing a huge amount of barren desert land and then diverting a nuclear missile test flight
08:57to the San Andreas Fault, causing California to sink and leave Luthor's desert as the New West Coast of the United States,
09:04greatly increasing its value.
09:07And it's all up to Superman to stop this evil plot before it's too late.
09:11For the first of its kind comic book adaptation, a lot of precautions were taken to create a movie of a superhero
09:17that would be taken seriously and not as campy as previous encounters.
09:22The film was directed by Richard Donner, who had previously helmed the acclaimed horror classic The Omen,
09:27written by Mario Puzo, most famous for adapting his novel The Godfather for the screen,
09:33and produced by the father-son team Alexander and Ilya Salkind.
09:38Interestingly enough, the casting call for Superman is considered to be the most famous in history
09:43with actors ranging from Robert Redford to Bruce Jenner to don the cape at one time or another.
09:49But when Donner came onto the project, he felt that a character as iconic as the Man of Steel would be better portrayed by an unknown,
09:56and soon enough, he had found the man he was looking for.
10:01Christopher Reeve only had one film credit at the time, but his casting proved to be a good choice.
10:07No one could ever guess how this skinny young actor could greatly portray a hero of muscle and heart.
10:13From beginning to end, it was proven that this actor was the true Man of Steel and not just another big name looking for a role,
10:20as viewers cheered on for Superman's choice of saving the people he cared for and sympathizing with choices to disturb the courses of human history.
10:29Christopher Reeve was not the most muscular actor around, but he did have the most important quality when it comes to playing an icon like Superman.
10:38Presence. Every time he's in front of the camera, Christopher Reeve controls that movie.
10:45Depending on which comics you read, Superman is powerful enough to push a planet out of orbit.
10:51And when you see Christopher Reeve in that uniform standing tall, you believe he could.
10:56And more importantly, when you saw Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent, you believe he couldn't.
11:02Christopher Reeve is no doubt the best actor to have ever donned the red cape and play Superman.
11:11I mean, there's just something about his face.
11:17The way his eyes look at a person, the way he smiles, the way he acts as the character.
11:26Old portrayals, like in the Fleischer cartoons, the Kirk Allen movie shorts, the George Reeves Telfin series of the 50s,
11:35always portrayed Superman as a big, powerful, muscular man with a tough voice.
11:41Always be there to defend you.
11:43Like the scene where Superman comes to Lois Lane for an interview at her apartment.
11:49He doesn't go, good evening, Miss Lane.
11:52He goes, good evening, Miss Lane.
11:54I mean, the way he says that line and the way he just moves in the suit is just so casual.
12:02It's like you put the costume on just a normal human being.
12:08And I think that was very realistic.
12:10If you would ever portray Superman in a movie, you wouldn't portray him as this muscular man with a powerful voice.
12:17You're just playing him as just a normal character.
12:20A normal person who has superpowers.
12:23I also like the portrayal he did as Clark Kent.
12:26And like I said before, when Superman was portrayed, it seemed like an act.
12:31Whereas Clark Kent was the normal person.
12:33I didn't disrupt you the wrong way.
12:36But the way Christopher Reeve portrayed both Clark Kent and Superman,
12:41Superman is portrayed as the normal, casual person.
12:46That is the real person.
12:48Whereas Clark Kent is the act.
12:50I mean, when he's Clark Kent, the way he has his hair combed differently,
12:55he has his shoulders shrugged, he's always fumbling, he stutters when he talks.
13:01And that's pretty clever how to differentiate Clark from Superman.
13:05Clark is clumsy, he stutters, Superman is calm and casual and talks straightforward.
13:12But they're all the same person.
13:16But you don't notice that by the way they're both being portrayed.
13:21I think that's pretty clever.
13:22I don't think people quite appreciate how tricky a role Superman is.
13:26Because the most ridiculous thing about Superman, the most ridiculous concept surrounding him,
13:31is not the fact that he can fly or that he, you know, wears his underpants outside his suit.
13:38That is really ridiculous.
13:39No.
13:40The most ridiculous thing about Superman is the fact that he just needs to put on a pair of glasses
13:43and suddenly, you know, people see him as somebody else.
13:47And it would have taken a really good actor to make it believable.
13:52And, my goodness, Reeve made it believable.
13:56I mean, he has a difficult task of playing Clark Kent and Superman who are essentially the same person
14:02but wildly different.
14:04And he handles it perfectly.
14:06I mean, when I'm watching Clark Kent in his scene when he's bumbling around the Daily Planet,
14:12I don't, you know, think, I don't think, oh hey, it's Superman.
14:16No, I think that's Clark Kent.
14:19And then, of course, when he domes the suit, it's like Superman.
14:22And then, you know, he just embodied those two roles.
14:27He looks like him, how you would picture him.
14:29He has, like, the eyes, the hair, the build.
14:33And he was great as Clark Kent.
14:35He was good at pulling off both the roles of Superman and Clark Kent.
14:41And I noticed that, you know, in some of the later adaptations to Superman,
14:46that, you know, they tried to choose people who kind of resemble Christopher Reeve.
14:52I mean, take a look at the show Smallville, for example.
14:55The kid who plays Clark Kent in that, he looks like Christopher Reeve.
14:58He looks a lot like him.
14:59He looks like he could be his son.
15:01And for the Superman reboot, I thought the guy that they cast to play Superman
15:05kind of resembled Christopher Reeve a little bit.
15:08In the early 2000s, I don't know when, there was a comic book series called Superman's Secret Origins,
15:13which is basically a retelling of the origin and story of Superman.
15:18And the way Superman was drawn, he looked exactly like Christopher Reeve.
15:23I mean, of course, because Christopher Reeve defined the role of Superman.
15:32He was Superman, and he will always be Superman.
15:36I mean, sure, there aren't going to be actors over the years who will portray Superman,
15:42but Chris is the one who portrayed the Man of Steel perfectly.
15:48Aside from a great casting choice, Superman the movie has other great picks as well,
15:55which range from Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, the legendary Marlon Brando as Darrell,
16:00and the comical Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor.
16:03Without these characters, there would be no story or conflict to inflict upon the Man of Steel.
16:09They appear to be more than just Hollywood actors, but go beyond that and successfully bring the comic book characters to life.
16:18Although it's been ages since I've seen the original Superman movie, I'd say my favorite character would have to be Superman.
16:26Yeah, I know it's kind of obvious that it's Superman, but like I said before, it's been ages since I've seen the movie.
16:35But the reason why I liked Superman was it wasn't because he was like the main character.
16:40I mean, you could like feel bad for him in some parts.
16:44And I liked how he was as Clark Kent.
16:46I mean, you could kind of feel bad for him too.
16:48She's trying to get Lois Lane to like him and she, you know, I wouldn't say that she hates him, but she has her reasons.
16:54She is not like attracted to him and like once when he's Superman, she is different when he's like Superman.
17:01So, I like his character and I thought that, you know, he wasn't like perfect either, which is true to how people are in reality.
17:12No one's perfect and everyone has their flaws.
17:15My favorite character in Superman, aside from, you know, her title character, is Lois Lane.
17:23Because, first of all, they could have portrayed her as this incredibly stunning, wonderful woman, is perfect in every way.
17:33But no, she's, you know, not that Marvel Kidder isn't an attractive woman.
17:37You know, she was, but, you know, she was human.
17:41She was human. She was human. She was bad at spelling.
17:45You know, she smoked.
17:47She, in many ways, it seems like an odd sort of pairing, meaning like this good, pure person like Superman to someone, you know, sarcastic and, again, smoking and all these attributes on Lois.
18:02But, yet the two combined so well together and Margot Kidder played her so well and gave her the right sense of humor and the right sense of worry.
18:14And there's that just amazing scene between the two on her rooftop where she's conducted an interview, but she's kind of nervous and she's kind of back to being, you know, a little school girl crushing on a high school jock or, you know, quarterback or what have you.
18:32And she's just nervous, you know, completely different from how she is, like, earlier The Daily Planet where she's kind of strong and then she meets Superman and she's kind of bumbling over her words and not sure what to say and she's, and Kidder just, the transition is just so well played by her.
18:51Superman has one of the most entertaining ensembles of any movie I've seen. Whether it's the moments between Jor-El and Zod, Lois and Jimmy, Superman and Luthor, all the performances are fun to watch, always walking the line between campy and dramatic. And while Christopher Reeve is the star, it is the supporting cast that completes the experience.
19:15Another key element is the musical score, provided by famed film composer John Williams, well known for conducting and creating the scores for such films as Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Wars, and many more.
19:33What makes this score unique is the powerful and upbeat tone that is added throughout the film and even down to the theme that makes it completely unforgettable and a milestone to moviegoers everywhere.
19:46John Williams is my favorite film composer and I think Superman is one of his best scores. It's so rousing and triumphant and it just suits the character so well.
19:59Any film score that John Williams does is always going to be memorable. I mean, Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Hulk, Schindler's List, there isn't a single one of his film scores that is not memorable.
20:22And Superman is probably the most iconic score he has ever done next to Indiana Jones, Jaws, and Star Wars.
20:32I mean, you can tell that the people who composed it put a lot of time and effort in it, that they weren't messing around either.
20:40And it captured the essence of the character of Superman.
20:43That's probably why my favorite track for the Superman music would have to be, you know, his introduction track, if you know what I mean.
20:50It's that kind of score you stick through the end credits for.
21:09You know, I mean, when I watch something on DVD, I don't tend to sit through the end credits, but I'm actually recording it right after watching it again.
21:21And I stuck through the end credits listening to that score because it's so good and it's so triumphant and I haven't seen Superman on the big screen.
21:30You could film two and a half hours of grass growing and John Williams could turn it into the most epic thing ever.
21:37The movie would have been good without the theme, but when you hear it for the first time, it just raises the movie into an entirely different level.
21:47The Superman theme is arguably John Williams' greatest work.
21:51It's grand, it's epic, it's heroic, it's romantic.
21:56Rarely does a piece of music so perfectly embody a character.
22:00I mean, the music is kind of simplistic for that track, but I like it.
22:06Because, you know, when I hear it, I think Superman.
22:08I mean, they used the theme in Superman Returns, they used it at the final episode of Smallville.
22:16It is Superman's theme.
22:20And of course, it's a classic in every way.
22:25And I wouldn't be surprised if it'll probably be used in the new film coming up.
22:31Who knows?
22:32The other piece of music that stands out to me is General Zod's theme.
22:36It's only briefly in the movie, but like Terrence Stamp's performance, it gets a lot out of a little.
22:42It really establishes the tension of the scene and the potential threat of the character.
22:47You will bow down before me, Jor-El.
22:50I swear it.
22:51No matter that it takes an eternity,
22:53you will bow down before me!
22:56Both you, and then one day, your heirs!
23:00I think one of my other favorite themes that John Williams did for the movie was
23:09when we first see Krypton, Superman's home planet when he was born on.
23:15I mean, after the main titles and the fantastic main theme,
23:18you're just in space,
23:20the music is low and quiet,
23:23you pass through a red sun,
23:25and all of a sudden the music goes.
23:35And then, you see this little planet,
23:38and when you enter the planet,
23:39it looks like you're in the Antarctic,
23:41and the music gets louder and louder.
23:44You're amazed, because what you're looking at,
24:08they're not ice glaciers,
24:09they're buildings,
24:11they're structures that are thousands of years more advanced than the ones on Earth.
24:17And the music just built up,
24:19it's like,
24:19you're not looking at an alien society,
24:22you're like on Mount Olympus,
24:25or on Asgard.
24:27You're like the home of the gods.
24:31Beautiful, man.
24:33Beautiful.
24:36Superman the Movie has a variety of moments to offer,
24:39ranging from being action-packed,
24:41comical,
24:42romantic,
24:43and even suspenseful.
24:45This array of memorable scenes can be a sight to wonder at,
24:48or feel like an iconic moment to them.
24:52I have two favorite scenes in the movie.
24:54The first is where Clark Kent
24:57dons the Superman outfit for the first time.
25:01It's after he's created the Fortress of Solitude,
25:04found out about his birth,
25:06and is trained to become Superman.
25:08Jor-El,
25:09his father,
25:10played by Marlon Brando,
25:13says,
25:14They can be a great people,
25:15Kal-El,
25:15they wish to be.
25:18They only lack the light to show the way.
25:22For this reason,
25:23above all,
25:24their capacity for good,
25:26I have sent them you,
25:30my only son.
25:31And then,
25:35you hear this fanfare,
25:37and you see him,
25:38you see this tiny speck in the Fortress of Solitude,
25:42this blue and red speck,
25:44and you know it's Superman.
25:46He's just standing there as the fanfare gets louder and louder,
25:49and he's flying.
25:51He's flying right towards the screen,
25:54and swoops out of the screen.
25:57And that was an amazing scene,
25:59not just for me,
25:59but for everyone,
26:00because it was the first time you actually see him flying.
26:05You look at it,
26:06and he is flying.
26:07He's not on strings.
26:09He's not in front of a green screen.
26:13He is flying.
26:16And of course,
26:18the movie's tagline on the poster was,
26:20You will believe a man can fly.
26:24And after that scene,
26:26everyone believed that a man could fly.
26:29My favorite scene is probably the one where,
26:37you know,
26:37it's an obvious choice,
26:39I know,
26:40but when Superman and Lois Lane are flying over Metropolis,
26:44because it combines two great things about Superman.
26:49First,
26:50that you can believe a man can fly,
26:52and the effects still hold up really well today.
26:57Just absolutely,
26:59stunning.
27:01And you do believe a man can fly.
27:03That was a perfect tagline for the film,
27:05because you do believe a man can fly.
27:07And that scene was a huge part of that,
27:09because he's flying,
27:10and with Lois,
27:11and they're going,
27:13and, you know,
27:14she's slowly falling for him,
27:16and it's,
27:17the music,
27:18of course,
27:19and everything,
27:20and it's so touching.
27:22It's just so touching,
27:23and it was great to have Richard Donner kind of,
27:26you know,
27:27not stop the film,
27:28but kind of have that moment.
27:29with you too,
27:30because it's so wonderful,
27:32and so fantastic.
27:33My other favorite scene was when Lois Lane is getting into a helicopter on top of the Daily Planet,
27:42and she was about to do like a traffic report or something,
27:44and all of a sudden things go wrong,
27:46and the helicopter starts swerving out of control,
27:48and crashed on this side of the building,
27:50and Lois falls out of the helicopter,
27:53and is dangling for her life.
27:55And below,
27:56Clark Kent sees her in trouble,
27:58and he tries,
28:00and he knows he has to go be Superman,
28:02and then he runs across the sidewalk,
28:05and crosses the street over to a hotel to change into the swerving doors.
28:09Hey, Jim,
28:16whoo!
28:16Excuse me.
28:17That's a bad idea!
28:18Oh, God!
28:27God, look up there!
28:31What the hell is that?
28:34Easy, miss.
28:35I've got you.
28:36You've got me?
28:38Who's got you?
28:40Oh, I can't believe it.
28:42I just cannot believe it.
28:44He got her.
28:55And it's so brilliantly edited in that scene.
28:59The score matches perfectly,
29:00and you find yourself cheering with the crowd in the scene.
29:05You don't see Superman for a good 50 minutes in.
29:08You don't see Christopher Reeve until 50 minutes in.
29:11And, you know, you see him.
29:13He's in the sea when he flies,
29:14and that's great.
29:14But this is the moment where you're like,
29:17yes, Superman is here.
29:19He's ready to sit today,
29:20and then begins that great montage of him,
29:22you know,
29:23saving the world and everything,
29:25and, of course,
29:26leading up to him just...
29:28and, of course,
29:28with all that great ending
29:30when he flies up in the sky,
29:32and he smiles at the camera,
29:34and then...
29:35off to save somebody else.
29:38It's brilliant.
29:40The actions,
29:41the dialogue,
29:43the gag,
29:44and, of course,
29:45John Williams' amazing score
29:47makes...
29:48is the reason why
29:50this is my...
29:52one of my favorite scenes
29:53in the whole movie.
29:55Superman was released
29:59on December 10th, 1978,
30:01to a massive gross
30:02of $134 million in North America,
30:06making it a financial success
30:07and welcome to plenty of critical praise.
30:10It was also the sixth highest-grossing film,
30:13as well as Warner Bros.'s most successful feature
30:16at the time of its release.
30:17As one might have expected,
30:19the movie would produce three sequels
30:21that would be released in the 1980s
30:23and would be met with either a mixed
30:25or negative reaction.
30:27It wasn't long until 2006
30:29saw the release of Superman Returns
30:31by X-Men director Bryan Singer,
30:34which offered a glimmer of hope
30:35to a possible revival.
30:37But those plans were cancelled
30:39after Warner Bros.'s reaction
30:40to the box office gross,
30:42which they felt didn't meet
30:43their expectations.
30:45Instead,
30:46they turned their attention
30:47to rebooting Superman
30:48into The Man of Steel,
30:50which is currently in production
30:52with Christopher Nolan of Batman Begins,
30:54The Dark Knight,
30:55and Inception producing,
30:56along with Zack Snyder of 300
30:58and Watchmen
30:59in the director's chair.
31:01Only time will tell
31:03if this new film
31:04will recapture the lighthearted
31:05and grand feel of the original
31:07or follow in the footsteps
31:09of today's superhero movies
31:10that surrounds themselves
31:12in darkness.
31:14Between comic books,
31:16TV, animation,
31:17I've seen so many versions
31:19of Superman
31:20that the idea of rebooting
31:21the film franchise
31:22is not that big a deal to me.
31:24And it's probably for the better.
31:27The problem that I had
31:29with Bryan Singer
31:29and Superman Returns
31:31was that
31:31they were so in love
31:33with the Richard Donner film,
31:34they were so in love
31:35with being connected to it,
31:37that the film never really
31:38got a chance
31:39to find its own legs.
31:41So if Zack Snyder
31:43and Christopher Nolan
31:43want to completely
31:45sever themselves
31:46from the Richard Donner film,
31:47I'm all for it.
31:49Personally,
31:50I liked Superman Returns
31:52when it first came out.
31:54I loved it
31:54when it first came out
31:55because
31:55when I wanted to see
31:57a Superman movie,
31:58I always wanted it
31:59to be like,
31:59I wanted it to be like
32:00the Richard Donner movies
32:01because that defies Superman!
32:04But over time,
32:06I just think of it
32:07as an okay movie.
32:08It's good,
32:08but it's not great.
32:10I mean,
32:10there are a lot of things
32:11to complain about.
32:13Like,
32:13the costume
32:15being too dark,
32:17Superman acting
32:17like an emo stalker,
32:20Lex Luthor acting
32:21all campy,
32:23even though
32:24his character
32:26in the comic books
32:26has evolved
32:27into an evil
32:28billionaire
32:30industrial tycoon,
32:33the plot
32:34with the kryptonite island,
32:36and, of course,
32:37what everyone complains
32:38about,
32:38him having a son.
32:39Now,
32:42on the context of the film,
32:44the film is a metaphor
32:46for Superman
32:47being out
32:48of the public eye
32:50for years.
32:51I mean,
32:51ever since
32:52Superman movies
32:54of the 70s and 80s
32:56stopped,
32:59Superman
32:59was like the last
33:01superhero on everyone's mind.
33:02Everyone was thinking about
33:03Spider-Man,
33:04Batman,
33:05the X-Men.
33:06when people
33:08think about Superman,
33:08it's like,
33:09eh, he's too powerful.
33:10You have to understand
33:11that Superman was
33:12the first superhero
33:14I ever created
33:15if it wasn't for him.
33:15We wouldn't have
33:16Spider-Man,
33:17X-Men,
33:18Hulk,
33:19Thor,
33:20Daredevil,
33:20Batman,
33:21Wonder Woman.
33:23We wouldn't have all
33:23the superheroes
33:24if it wasn't for him.
33:25But I can understand
33:26why some people
33:27don't like him.
33:28You know,
33:28I was disappointed.
33:30I mean,
33:30I'm actually disappointed
33:31that we're not seeing
33:32the continuation
33:33of Superman Returns
33:35because I actually
33:36like Superman Returns.
33:37I thought it was
33:38a good kind of
33:38continuation
33:39from where Superman 1
33:40and Superman 2
33:41left off.
33:43And, you know,
33:44I wanted to see
33:45where they were going
33:45to go in that story
33:46and I'm disappointed
33:47we're not going to find out.
33:49Maybe Bryan Singer
33:50will reveal that one day.
33:51Maybe he will do a comic book
33:53based on his original plans.
33:54When I heard about
33:55the new Superman movie,
33:57The Man of Steel,
33:57being directed by
33:58Zack Snyder and
33:59Christopher Nolan,
34:01I'm excited now.
34:01But when I first heard
34:02that Christopher Nolan
34:03was producing it,
34:04I was like,
34:05oh no,
34:06it's going to be all
34:06dark and gritty.
34:08He's going to treat
34:08Superman all wrong.
34:11I think I was feeling
34:12like the fans were
34:14when Tim Burton
34:16was originally going
34:16to make a Superman movie
34:17during the 90s.
34:19I mean,
34:20his version of Superman
34:21was dark and gritty.
34:22He had a black costume.
34:24With a silver metal ass.
34:28It just didn't seem
34:28like Superman at all.
34:30But,
34:31I think Christopher Nolan
34:32knows what he's doing.
34:34Because I have seen
34:35recent pictures
34:37and it looks fine.
34:39And Zack Snyder directing,
34:40I think it was pretty damn cool.
34:42I mean,
34:42Zack Snyder did
34:43the remake of
34:44Dawn of the Dead.
34:45He did 300.
34:46Watchmen,
34:47which was a
34:47terrific superhero film
34:49in my opinion.
34:50And he did
34:51The Guardian of Cahoules,
34:52which is also
34:52an awesome film.
34:53A lot of people
34:54are also worried
34:55because Zack Snyder
34:57in his films,
34:57he always uses
34:58slow motion.
35:01And,
35:01that's what he's best known for,
35:02using slow motion
35:03in some of the action scenes
35:04of his movies.
35:06Maybe he'll cut back
35:07on some of the
35:08slow motion.
35:09Who knows?
35:10I've seen the photo
35:12of the suit
35:12and the suit looks great.
35:14I haven't seen anything
35:16this actor has done
35:17who's been hired
35:19to play Superman,
35:20but we'll see
35:20how he does.
35:22I mean,
35:23my only really major
35:24disappointment
35:24from
35:25what they've announced
35:27of it
35:27is
35:29the choice
35:31of villain.
35:32You know,
35:32nothing against
35:33General Zod,
35:34who's a great villain
35:34in Superman 2,
35:35but I feel like
35:37they should do
35:39a new villain.
35:40They should,
35:40you know,
35:40tackle a new villain
35:41because we had
35:42Alexa and Thor
35:43in four of the films.
35:45You know,
35:45Zod was in the first
35:46and second one
35:47and the other villains
35:48we've gotten
35:49were kind of weak.
35:50I mean,
35:50Meteor Man,
35:52yeah,
35:52what was that about?
35:53but
35:54so I think
35:57I think
35:58Brainiac
35:59would be such
35:59a terrific villain
36:01for Superman
36:02to go up against
36:03and in this
36:04day and age
36:05when we're so
36:06reliant to technology
36:07he would be
36:08so great to use
36:10but they're going
36:12inside again.
36:13I mean,
36:14I'm happy they're not
36:14going with Lex Luthor.
36:16I mean,
36:16they probably thought,
36:16okay,
36:17we've used him a million times,
36:18let's take a break
36:19from him
36:20even though he is
36:20kind of
36:21the Joker
36:22to Superman
36:23to Batman
36:23but Zod
36:25sounds good villain.
36:26I would just
36:27want to see
36:28someone new.
36:29You know,
36:30like I said,
36:31Brainiac
36:31I think would be
36:32perfect
36:33for Superman
36:33to face off against.
36:36I haven't seen
36:37the reboot
36:39so the most
36:41I can judge off of it
36:42is from the trailers
36:43and when I saw
36:44the trailers
36:45I thought it looked okay
36:47but I
36:49highly doubt
36:50it's as good
36:51as, you know,
36:53the original
36:53Superman.
36:55Can I say
36:56it's horrible though?
36:57Well, no,
36:58not really
36:58because I haven't
36:59seen it for myself.
37:01But I don't think
37:02the reboot
37:03is like, you know,
37:05trying to copy
37:06everything from
37:07the original movie.
37:08I think the purpose
37:08of the reboot
37:09is to reintroduce
37:12the story
37:13to a younger generation.
37:15And, you know,
37:18technically they could
37:18get away with
37:19doing this reboot
37:20seeing the
37:21first movie
37:22of Superman
37:23was like
37:24done in like
37:241979
37:25so
37:26a reboot
37:28is kind of
37:29expected at this
37:30point in time
37:30especially seeing
37:31how Hollywood's
37:32been doing a lot
37:33of reboots lately.
37:35I mean,
37:35heck,
37:36they're even
37:36rebooting
37:37Spider-Man
37:38which the
37:38Spider-Man movies
37:39themselves aren't
37:40even really that old
37:41but they're rebooting
37:42them
37:42so if they are
37:43to reboot
37:44Superman
37:44then I'm not
37:45surprised.
37:46I'm skeptical
37:47but
37:48I am gonna
37:50watch the movie
37:50when it comes out
37:51because
37:51I love Superman
37:53I love
37:55DC comic books
37:56I'm
37:59I think I'm
38:00gonna enjoy it
38:00I'm not sure
38:01I think it's
38:03gonna lead
38:03into a new
38:04series of
38:05Superman films
38:06we're gonna
38:07finally get
38:07introduced to
38:08other villains
38:08like Brainiac
38:10Metallo
38:10or even
38:11Darkseid
38:12who knows
38:13Zack
38:14Chris
38:15please don't
38:16let us down
38:17we're counting
38:18on you both
38:18and if it's good
38:20wonderful
38:20and if not
38:21it doesn't matter
38:22because eventually
38:23someone else
38:24will try again
38:25in the times
38:27since the original
38:27movie
38:28there have been
38:29at least a dozen
38:30animated shows
38:31three live action
38:32TV shows
38:33and
38:34countless comic books
38:36that have featured
38:37Superman in some
38:38capacity
38:38the character
38:40there is an icon
38:42and he's
38:43not going anywhere
38:44anytime soon
38:45whatever the future
38:49holds for everyone's
38:50beloved hero
38:50Superman the movie
38:52is not just notable
38:53for being the first
38:53full-length comic book
38:55adaptation
38:55but shows how close
38:57it could capture
38:57the magic
38:58and spirit
38:59that makes the
38:59original comic book
39:00issues so enjoyable
39:01and exciting to read
39:03with a perfect cast
39:04and a timeless feel
39:05to it
39:05you will believe
39:07a man can fly
39:08and a
39:24bugger
39:25and a
39:27basically
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