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WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS, then!!!
Seriously, here they come....
from Blue Tights.net:
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The King has returned. This morning in Hall H at the Comic Con International, Bryan Singer answered a ton of questions about Superman Returns. The biggest news, however was the footage he brought with him, the fans first substantial glimpse at film he and his team are crafting.
The footage starts out with a montage of Smallville that's absolutely beautiful. Then we get some shots of young Clark busting through the barn roof, and examining his baby ship. We then jump to Martha Kent and Ben Hubbard in the house staring out the window in horror, apparently looking at Clark's crashing ship. Then there's the shots of Martha approaching the ship. We cut to a shot Singer described in an the Kent Farm blog about Brandon sitting up into the frame in front of the window. We then cut to Metropolis with a lot of shots that look into the relationships between the characters.
Superman's return has prompted Perry to tell Lois to write an article about Superman, though she's very opposed to it. Richard White, her current boyfriend also is shown being a bit jealous of Lois having Superman back in her life. We got several shots of Superman and Superman with Lois, and they look absolutely FANTASTIC together. One great quote from Brandon in the clip was "That place was a graveyard. I'm the only one left." One presumes he was talking about Krypton, but we shall all see.
Near the end we got some very cool, yet brief shots of Spacey as Luthor holding a Kryptonian crystal in his hand. The big finale was an animated live shot of the storyboard picture that showed Superman hovering over the clouds, but with the added bonus of him streaking down toward the earth, creating a sonic boom on the way. It was amazing.
First impresions were that this film is going to be absolutely huge, and both strong in story and visually stunning. The whole thing had a very nostalgic feel to it, harkening back to the 30's and 40's - the Fleischer influence was very apparent, which makes me a happy SuperFan.
Fan reactions were astounding. After viewing the footage the first time, Singer got a standing ovation, and played it again. It was just as stunning.
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Back to Finder now - other articles I read mention that Lois now has a child with her boyfriend, played by James Mardsen, and Singer said in an interview that they are not married (he joked 'I know, it's really scandalous, they have a child out of wedlock'). This plot point might be there to show that Clark/Supes is not a homewrecker - i.e. it might be more palatable that he might be breaking up a boyfriend/girlfriend as opposed to breaking up a marriage. Apparently some online fans were upset at the notion that Clar/Supes would try to break up a couple. Because clearly there's romantic tension with Clark/Supes/Lois and we're all rooting for him to get back together with Lois.
In the movie, Supes gets a cold response when he returns and the press starts writing articles about why we don't need a Superman. Lois gets pissed off about these articles, and Frank Langella as Perry White has the memorable line "Lois, three things sell papers: tragedy, sex, and Superman!"
Singer also talked about possibly using some of the old unused Marlon Brando footage - he will probably use some of it, or unused Brando dialogue from the first films, but he has to work things out with Brando's estate.
He says that Brandon Routh really is delivering as Clark/Supes - he mentioned that Routh is doing the 'goofy' Clark as did Christopher Reeve, although he added that even Clark is not the naive farmboy he once was. Most fans absolutely loved Routh's perfomance in the few scenes they saw, from several accounts/reviews of the clip I've read.
Some fans have commented on how the movie seems to be lacking a super-powered villain - all we know about is Spacey as a bald Luthor and the fact that the people of Earth are turned against Superman (they especially didn't appreciate him leaving them for a few years). |
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