MAN OF STEEL....OK, I'm excited now! :)

[Everett]

So trav are you gonna camp out like a week ahead of time so you can be the first one to see it?

[YoungJRNY]

So trav are you gonna camp out like a week ahead of time so you can be the first one to see it?

Funny you say that because I will LITERALLY be one of the first ones to see it I woke up early morning last Saturday, 8:00a.m and drove to my local Wal-Mart for limited sales only for pre-screening tickets. Stood in line with other Superman fans bright and early but instead of seeing it for the first time opening night on June 14th, I'll be seeing it 7:00pm at my local theater with other Supes fans who got up early on the 13th I plan on seeing this about 4-5 times in theaters or so.

Love the ticket itself as well. AWESOME collector's piece. Got 4 for my crew.

[Melissa]

Saw a preview when the other half and I saw Iron Man 3, looks great! His exact whispered words after the preview.. "That looks fucking awesome."

[brywool]

I keep getting the vibe that they're are going to F this up... I hope not.
For me, ALL the Superman movies have been pretty subpar with the exception of II. I hope they get it right this time. The first preview looked great. I'm kind of annoyed that they've trotted out Zod again, but we'll see how it goes.

You want to REALLY be annoyed? Go see Star Trek Into Darkness.

HOLY CRAP!!! You're not kidding V! I saw it last night (didn't see your post till just now). I was PISSED.
REALLY? We're going to use old plot lines and even SCRIPT LINES??? I was really annoyed with that.
I always liked the Star Trek movies with Shatner, etc. (sue me) and while the new cast members do a credible job of walking in the shoes of Nimoy, Shatner, Kelley, etc.- the scripts have just sucked and have offered nothing original.

The last one used time travel (AGAIN) I guess to make it so history was changed just enough that the reboot didn't have to follow the timeline of the classic show.
But the new one... MY GOD- can we not come up with ANYTHING new here? If we were just going to rehash old scripts (albeit good ones) then what's the freaking point??? I was SO pissed about that.

[YoungJRNY]

Saw a preview when the other half and I saw Iron Man 3, looks great! His exact whispered words after the preview.. "That looks fucking awesome."

Ah, great news! That's what all Super-fans want to hear

[YoungJRNY]

Yep, STID is the Star Trek movie to the Star Trek franchise as was Superman Returns (PUKE!) was to the Superman franchise. Same dialogue, same reference, same poses, same story, same everything. Way to usher in a new generation! Pitiful. STID didn't learn ANYTHING from one of the most disappointing movies from 2006!

[brywool]

Yep, STID is the Star Trek movie to the Star Trek franchise as was Superman Returns (PUKE!) was to the Superman franchise. Same dialogue, same reference, same poses, same story, same everything. Way to usher in a new generation! Pitiful. STID didn't learn ANYTHING from one of the most disappointing movies from 2006!

The best part was the deal at the beginning. Totally different storyline, etc. Why didn't they make THAT the movie rather than the terrorism, let's all swap lines, junk. Cost my wife and I 30.00 to see it in 3d and man, I was annoyed.

[YoungJRNY]

Yep, STID is the Star Trek movie to the Star Trek franchise as was Superman Returns (PUKE!) was to the Superman franchise. Same dialogue, same reference, same poses, same story, same everything. Way to usher in a new generation! Pitiful. STID didn't learn ANYTHING from one of the most disappointing movies from 2006!

The best part was the deal at the beginning. Totally different storyline, etc. Why didn't they make THAT the movie rather than the terrorism, let's all swap lines, junk. Cost my wife and I 30.00 to see it in 3d and man, I was annoyed.

It's okay, brah! Man of Steel will wipe that stank out of your pupils

[brywool]

It's okay, brah! Man of Steel will wipe that stank out of your pupils

Let's hope.

[YoungJRNY]

It's okay, brah! Man of Steel will wipe that stank out of your pupils

Let's hope.

Cut the Reel: Man of Steel restores hope in Superman’s ideals

Everyone knows Superman. He is a symbol of hope, the strongest fictional character in comics, and even if he isn’t the most popular, he is the most recognizable. The new film will establish something that is overlooked a lot: Superman isn’t the greatest because of his powers, but because of what he stands for.

http://www.thestylus.net/campus-talk/cu ... Z6C3obiT6M

[verslibre]

I keep getting the vibe that they're are going to F this up... I hope not.
For me, ALL the Superman movies have been pretty subpar with the exception of II. I hope they get it right this time. The first preview looked great. I'm kind of annoyed that they've trotted out Zod again, but we'll see how it goes.

You want to REALLY be annoyed? Go see Star Trek Into Darkness.

HOLY CRAP!!! You're not kidding V! I saw it last night (didn't see your post till just now). I was PISSED.
REALLY? We're going to use old plot lines and even SCRIPT LINES??? I was really annoyed with that.
I always liked the Star Trek movies with Shatner, etc. (sue me) and while the new cast members do a credible job of walking in the shoes of Nimoy, Shatner, Kelley, etc.- the scripts have just sucked and have offered nothing original.

The last one used time travel (AGAIN) I guess to make it so history was changed just enough that the reboot didn't have to follow the timeline of the classic show.
But the new one... MY GOD- can we not come up with ANYTHING new here? If we were just going to rehash old scripts (albeit good ones) then what's the freaking point??? I was SO pissed about that.

The movie was entertaining (yet predictable) up till the moment Cumberbatch (whose Sherlock series is brilliant, btw) spat out "My...name...is...KHAN!!!" (They should have had a brass cue for that one...it needed to be punctuated with a trumpety flatulence.) After that, it was a matter of everyone (and two ships) chasing each other. Biggest fucking cop-out ever as far as a script goes. If Harrison had been anyone else, it wouldn't have been so bad (at least till the lame Spock-Khan chase and showdown, which sucked). What makes Khan interesting is his personal beef with Kirk, and there was none of that in this movie. Khan's beef was with Admiral Robocop.

But when Kirk died, there was no emotion there. The scene didn't compare at all to Spock's sacrifice. And nuSpock screaming "KHAAAAAN!!!" was the biggest piece of monkey doo that got flung at us. It was shameless, gratuitous, condescending and just fucking stupid.

And then when you realize the guys who wrote this movie wrote the Transformers flicks, it all makes sense.

I'll say this..the FX in Star Trick You Into Buying A Ticket ARE badass.

[Everett]

Thanks for the spoilers

[YoungJRNY]

Critics are making their way into the pre-screening views of Man of Steel and reviews will be coming in for the next couple days. Earlier reviews are claiming "Man of Steel is the best comic-book movie ever."

[verslibre]

No way is it gonna be better than The Dark Knight.

[verslibre]

How Iron Man 3 should have ended.

http://youtu.be/OUYW0JyzydA

[YoungJRNY]

Hype at an all-time limit right now. Massively over-whelming reviews from movie-goers on the twitter and social media feeds, all in major favor of all-things positive. Action and the style of camera work done by Zack Snyder is something to be rewarded and many audiences have never seen before.

I guess I live life dangerously and have been exposed to an ENORMOUS spoiler, so expect the chatter to be humungous!




1 week away! It's only just begun

[verslibre]

Dude. Why do you spoilerfy yourself like that? Tsk, tsk.

[YoungJRNY]

Dude. Why do you spoilerfy yourself like that? Tsk, tsk.

I know man. I wasn't even looking for it. Thought I was safe on a Supes forum before somebody accidentally didn't use the spoilery tag correctly for all to see ( right now, it's a war-zone of spoilers everywhere. I literally army-crawled to my computer today when loging on to a website.)

The spoiler has been confirmed. Very close of my sources who have seen MOS in advanced screening said it to be true . In a weird way, I'm glad I've seen it because we've ALL been debating it and it's B-I-G. Oh.......IT'S BIG! It's going to really add a new dimension to the Superman character we've never seen before moving forward into this world he lives in. I'm even MORE excited to see how it plays out. That's ALL I'm saying

[verslibre]

Dude. Why do you spoilerfy yourself like that? Tsk, tsk.

I know man. I wasn't even looking for it. Thought I was safe on a Supes forum before somebody accidentally didn't use the spoilery tag correctly for all to see ( right now, it's a war-zone of spoilers everywhere. I literally army-crawled to my computer today when loging on to a website.)

The spoiler has been confirmed. Very close of my sources who have seen MOS in advanced screening said it to be true . In a weird way, I'm glad I've seen it because we've ALL been debating it and it's B-I-G. Oh.......IT'S BIG! It's going to really add a new dimension to the Superman character we've never seen before moving forward into this world he lives in. I'm even MORE excited to see how it plays out. That's ALL I'm saying

Fuck. I wasn't even thinking about it, and then you say it's confirmed and "B-I-G"...and my mind races towards one thing and ONE thing only. That's why I'm avoiding the comics forums this week and next week. If it's what I think it is, that's badass.

Just for that, I'm going to force you to watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovnUj8zR3lM

[YoungJRNY]

Dude. Why do you spoilerfy yourself like that? Tsk, tsk.

I know man. I wasn't even looking for it. Thought I was safe on a Supes forum before somebody accidentally didn't use the spoilery tag correctly for all to see ( right now, it's a war-zone of spoilers everywhere. I literally army-crawled to my computer today when loging on to a website.)

The spoiler has been confirmed. Very close of my sources who have seen MOS in advanced screening said it to be true . In a weird way, I'm glad I've seen it because we've ALL been debating it and it's B-I-G. Oh.......IT'S BIG! It's going to really add a new dimension to the Superman character we've never seen before moving forward into this world he lives in. I'm even MORE excited to see how it plays out. That's ALL I'm saying

Fuck. I wasn't even thinking about it, and then you say it's confirmed and "B-I-G"...and my mind races towards one thing and ONE thing only. That's why I'm avoiding the comics forums this week and next week. If it's what I think it is, that's badass.

Just for that, I'm going to force you to watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovnUj8zR3lM

0:22 of that video has been consumed and now.....I am left disturbed. Nonetheless, the spoiler COULD be multiple things since there's a TON of 'stuff' going on that most say this is a movie you HAVE to see atleast 3 times just to have a full understanding of the creative nature that was engulfed in this movie when thinking sequels. We should exchange cell numbers and you can text me your INITIAL reactions when you're walking out of the theater. I'd be curious.

[verslibre]

0:22 of that video has been consumed and now.....I am left disturbed. Nonetheless, the spoiler COULD be multiple things since there's a TON of 'stuff' going on that most say this is a movie you HAVE to see atleast 3 times just to have a full understanding of the creative nature that was engulfed in this movie when thinking sequels. We should exchange cell numbers and you can text me your INITIAL reactions when you're walking out of the theater. I'd be curious.

I expect nothing less from Goyer and Nolan. Nobody else has a hand in writing it, right? Nolan deliberately tries to avoid and discourage cheesy stuff, too. That's what I like about him. He was criticized for not liking Batman and being "embarrassed" he was doing Batman movies (which made no sense), but he was just trying to treat the character somewhat seriously. I'm not sure if I'll see Fri/Sat/Sun, but I'll see it opening weekend for sure. I'm not watching these two last trailers because they keep revealing stuff and the trailer three trailers ago was puh-lenty. To see somebody already rate it better than Avengers means something because while that movie's story was laid out face value-style, it was the first of its kind to be done that well and on a big budget.

[YoungJRNY]

0:22 of that video has been consumed and now.....I am left disturbed. Nonetheless, the spoiler COULD be multiple things since there's a TON of 'stuff' going on that most say this is a movie you HAVE to see atleast 3 times just to have a full understanding of the creative nature that was engulfed in this movie when thinking sequels. We should exchange cell numbers and you can text me your INITIAL reactions when you're walking out of the theater. I'd be curious.

I expect nothing less from Goyer and Nolan. Nobody else has a hand in writing it, right? Nolan deliberately tries to avoid and discourage cheesy stuff, too. That's what I like about him. He was criticized for not liking Batman and being "embarrassed" he was doing Batman movies (which made no sense), but he was just trying to treat the character somewhat seriously. I'm not sure if I'll see Fri/Sat/Sun, but I'll see it opening weekend for sure. I'm not watching these two last trailers because they keep revealing stuff and the trailer three trailers ago was puh-lenty. To see somebody already rate it better than Avengers means something because while that movie's story was laid out face value-style, it was the first of its kind to be done that well and on a big budget.

It's funny how Man of Steel came about. The pitch and idea of MOS actually started when Goyer was feeling pressured to finish the last half of the script to TDKR. He was feeling burnt out and needed time away because he ate, slept and breathed Batman. Goyer went away and wanted ease his mind and indulge into some DIFFERENT literature other than Batman that shined a different light on any givin character.

If you want different (but the same) then why not read Superman?

He started reading multiple Superman stories and it was then where he started getting these insane ideas as to how he would tackle Superman and make him relevant again if he ever wrote him into a movie.

Nolan called Goyer and asked how things were coming with the final touch to TDKR script because WB was eager to read the finished product. He replied to Nolan (and I'm paraphrasing) "I'll get it done, don't worry...but I've been reading a lot of Superman in between and I know how to make him relevant again.."

He passed along his story to Nolan as to how his Superman would work. Nolan loved it so much, that he called WB right away. Though what he was calling for wasn't the finished TDKR script, he urged WB to hear them out about Goyers Superman idea.

Sure enough, since Nolan is a legend (they obviously trust him enough as a God-like status) WB set up a meeting. They were so impressed, they gave a Superman project a green-light and eventually hired Goyer to write the script once Nolan signed on to oversee the project.

It's weird that the Superman franchise was on the back-burner but resurrected during the last installment of Batman.

Most think MOS is going to be as dark as the TDK Trilogy and that ISN'T the case at all and so untrue. I do believe Goyer was the only one involved in the script and it's Snyder's visual baby. Nolan had nothing to do with it other than lifting it off the ground and overseeing some creative progress.

Other than that, Zack Snyder deserves 100% credit as far as the movie goes and how its visually directed (though you'll hear a lot of praise for Nolan from pure marketing and guaranteed ticket sales.)

[verslibre]

It's weird that the Superman franchise was on the back-burner but resurrected during the last installment of Batman.

Superman will forever owe The Bat.

[YoungJRNY]

It's weird that the Superman franchise was on the back-burner but resurrected during the last installment of Batman.

Superman will forever owe The Bat.

Yeaaayeaa, we'll see in Worlds Finest

[verslibre]

It's weird that the Superman franchise was on the back-burner but resurrected during the last installment of Batman.

Superman will forever owe The Bat.

Yeaaayeaa, we'll see in Worlds Finest

Now why do you gotta go and do that?

[YoungJRNY]

Now why do you gotta go and do that?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/27235/ ... -potential

[verslibre]

NOT clicking on it.

[YoungJRNY]

NOT clicking on it.

I wouldn't do anything to spoil anything for you, v. You know that! I'd feel like Planet Houston's biggest pile of dung if I ever did. That's not how I roll haha. (If you would ask me, that link is safe! )

For the record, though I DO know a big spoiler in MOS, I have avoided the other in-depth ones at ALL COST and only know a lot about so little of the actual happenings of the film and the contexts in the grand-scheme of this set universe. In the scope of things, I know the same as you do when it comes to everything else we're all waiting to find out as a DC fanbase....

[verslibre]

Sequel already greenlit.


And in other not-so-interesting news, the next Star Wars movie is allegedly centered around the Solo twins (boy/girl), Jaina and Jacen, who are 17 and trained by Luke (yes, Mark Hamill). Jacen is emo and turns to the Dark Side, absolutely convinced he's doing the right thing. Wait, didn't they already tell this story?

[Don]

Sequel already greenlit.


And in other not-so-interesting news, the next Star Wars movie is allegedly centered around the Solo twins (boy/girl), Jaina and Jacen, who are 17 and trained by Luke (yes, Mark Hamill). Jacen is emo and turns to the Dark Side, absolutely convinced he's doing the right thing. Wait, didn't they already tell this story?

Was Harrison Ford the only guy from Star Wars to make bank after the first trilogy? (Not counting Alec Guinness, who made a killing from the first film because he was paid a percentage of box office profit).