Saturday, August 23, 2008

Rebooting the Man of Steel.

This will be tough. Check this out.

Superman, being the iconic hero that he is, has the reputation of a wholesome boy scout. Very different from Batman. That's no longer working in this day and age. The Christopher Reeve movies were stellar for its time, but it hardly made use of Superman's rich history. Superman Returns was indeed a jumping point for bringing Clark Kent back (excluding Smallville), but it turned into a sloppy, sappy lovefest. I loved Brandon Routh as Clark Kent/Superman, but I was disappointed in everyone else. Especially Kevin Spacey's interpretation of Lex Luthor (the Justice League animated series had it down!). The writing was just bad. Plain and simple. No wonder the movie tanked. It was a joke and a slap in the face for Superman fans, who had high hopes in a movie that does Kal-El justice.

Don't even get me started on Kal-El Jr. DUMB!

So will a reboot work? It did for the Hulk. Batman Begins was technically a reboot of the Batman movie franchise. So I don't why not. It couldn't hurt. It might even succeed. Superman does indeed need some of his other enemies making an appearance and leveraging the Man of Steel.

The same can be said for Wonder Woman.

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