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ORIGINAL: Dirk Miggler

Cavill really does look the part doesn't he.

I couldn't care less for a JLA movie or to see Batman in MoS, I don't mind hints of Batman's existence in Superman's world but I really can't see it working with them sharing the same screen, it might work on the page of a comic but these guys are too big of a name to share screen time. IMO they don't need a team up film especially if MoS is a financial success.

And Wonder Woman, lets face it, that's going to be a hard sell if ever there was one.

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Cavill really does look the part doesn't he.

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Cavill really does look the part doesn't he.

I think its the jawline, but all in all he looks awesome and i love love LOVE the big swishy cape. Looking awesome so far, I really enjoyed the trailer.

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ORIGINAL: The Puddled Duck

Teaser looks good, but I don't care for another reboot, what's the point, second reboot and the original film was still very good, even today.

Not to put too fine a point on it… but that would be Superman Returns

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One of the things I'm interested in seeing in The Man Of Steel is the construction of how Snyder is going to differentiate Supermans appearance to that of Clark Kent.
Maybe it'll be a out in the open?,who knows.

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One of the things I'm interested in seeing in The Man Of Steel is the construction of how Snyder is going to differentiate Supermans appearance to that of Clark Kent.
Maybe it'll be a out in the open?,who knows.

Wasn’t in the final trailer but the CC reel showed him walking into the Daily Planet foyer and as he enters a lift he turns to face camera and dons the classes. Doesn't look like they’ll be straying too far from tradition with regards to his disguise.

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I know its early days but I have yet to spot anything that hasn't already been see before in a Superman movie! Is it too much to ask for something we haven't seen on before?.

I kinda wished they had dropped the whole newspaper reporter identity and gone for something slightly different

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ORIGINAL: Dannybohy

I know its early days but I have yet to spot anything that hasn't already been see before in a Superman movie! Is it too much to ask for something we haven't seen on before?.

I kinda wished they had dropped the whole newspaper reporter identity and gone for something slightly different

I know what your saying but it's like them dropping the fact Bruce Wayne is a Billionaire. Its so much in teh character history you can't drop it.

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ORIGINAL: Dannybohy

I know its early days but I have yet to spot anything that hasn't already been see before in a Superman movie! Is it too much to ask for something we haven't seen on before?.

I kinda wished they had dropped the whole newspaper reporter identity and gone for something slightly different

I know what your saying but it's like them dropping the fact Bruce Wayne is a Billionaire. Its so much in teh character history you can't drop it.

Maybe dropped was the wrong word. They should change Clarks job! even just a slight tweak. I just dont think the whole glasses and suit wearing journalist thing washes these days. Perhaps an undercover reporter? so his job requires him to be under the radar! not parading about an open plan office clearly looking just like Superman, in glasses. I dunno, would be nice to think they will do something different but I don't think for a minute this is going to be any more original than Superman Returns was!

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ORIGINAL: Titanm21

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ORIGINAL: Dannybohy

I know its early days but I have yet to spot anything that hasn't already been see before in a Superman movie! Is it too much to ask for something we haven't seen on before?.

I kinda wished they had dropped the whole newspaper reporter identity and gone for something slightly different

I know what your saying but it's like them dropping the fact Bruce Wayne is a Billionaire. Its so much in teh character history you can't drop it.

Maybe dropped was the wrong word. They should change Clarks job! even just a slight tweak. I just dont think the whole glasses and suit wearing journalist thing washes these days. Perhaps an undercover reporter? so his job requires him to be under the radar! not parading about an open plan office clearly looking just like Superman, in glasses. I dunno, would be nice to think they will do something different but I don't think for a minute this is going to be any more original than Superman Returns was!

No suit. Well, from the CC reel anyway. The Clark shot had him looking rather casual going into the DP. Jeans, check shirt and a blazer if I remember correctly. Looks more like a freelance, roving reporter than a suited and booted reporter. So he could be in more of an investigatory role. So think they have altered it in this respect. Which is good, as I agree with you that the stiff suit look seems a little outdated.
 
With regards to the earlier comment on things we've not yet seen. The trailer hints heavily at a full blown Kryptonian invasion of Earth, with a all the ships and destruction shots. We've not been treated to anything like that in a Superman film yet.

Drawing parallels with Superman Returns regarding originality is a little surprising though. Returns was simply a continuation of the Donner take on the character. Essentially, not original in the slightest… merely a homage. So while tweaked in places the visual aesthetic and characters remain largely intact from before. This has already shown a radically different direction in terms of tone and visuals. Their take on the Kryptonian elements of the story alone point to a very original take there as far as I can see.

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I know its early days but I have yet to spot anything that hasn't already been see before in a Superman movie! Is it too much to ask for something we haven't seen on before?.

I kinda wished they had dropped the whole newspaper reporter identity and gone for something slightly different

I know what your saying but it's like them dropping the fact Bruce Wayne is a Billionaire. Its so much in teh character history you can't drop it.

Maybe dropped was the wrong word. They should change Clarks job! even just a slight tweak. I just dont think the whole glasses and suit wearing journalist thing washes these days. Perhaps an undercover reporter? so his job requires him to be under the radar! not parading about an open plan office clearly looking just like Superman, in glasses. I dunno, would be nice to think they will do something different but I don't think for a minute this is going to be any more original than Superman Returns was!

No suit. Well, from the CC reel anyway. The Clark shot had him looking rather casual going into the DP. Jeans, check shirt and a blazer if I remember correctly. Looks more like a freelance, roving reporter than a suited and booted reporter. So he could be in more of an investigatory role. So think they have altered it in this respect. Which is good, as I agree with you that the stiff suit look seems a little outdated.
 
With regards to the earlier comment on things we've not yet seen. The trailer hints heavily at a full blown Kryptonian invasion of Earth, with a all the ships and destruction shots. We've not been treated to anything like that in a Superman film yet.

Drawing parallels with Superman Returns regarding originality is a little surprising though. Returns was simply a continuation of the Donner take on the character. Essentially, not original in the slightest… merely a homage. So while tweaked in places the visual aesthetic and characters remain largely intact from before. This has already shown a radically different direction in terms of tone and visuals. Their take on the Kryptonian elements of the story alone point to a very original take there as far as I can see.

I hope you are correct about the suit. I remember early script rumours that Clark would be a global reporter, possibly stuck reporting in the middle of a war zone, not knowing if he should get involved. This would have been potentially excellent both emotionally and visually. If I see a shot of him in a full suit pushing his glasses up I really do think I will cringe into my own ass and then down the crack of the cinema seat.

I am very wary of a full blown invasion due to seeing this already in Avengers and previously in Transformers. Plus, how can there be a really full blown invasion if Kal , Zod and co are the last survivors? . My hope was that most of those massive destruction scenes are actually flashbacks of Kryptonian wars and destruction and at most only three Krytonians inc Zod come to earth. Although this would still be too similar to Superman 2 for me to be too excited. Perhaps its just the three of them and the ships are drones controlled centrally by Brainiac ? Supes does away with Zod and Co but Brainiac hides himself on earth for part 2 ?. hmmm still sounds to similar to Avengers alien invasion and defeat!...

I was thinking more very similar Superman checklist visuals used in previous movies and TV, like Yellow School bus( or car/train ) in peril, Jesus Christ Poses, Superman blast off from the trailer which is the same and not nearly as impressive as the first lift off in Smallville (season 4 I think). Trailers are very tricky these days and I hope there is enough changes and new visuals to make it great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG4DCpA28Ko

This is the second time I typed this reply as my work PC crashed! Arrghh

Can I ask your opinion on the new suit and Louis?

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As far as the Clark/Superman thing goes, I've got the impression (quite why I don't know) that they won't be following the traditional way it has been seen in the comics and previous films. I reckon he'll come to Metropolis simply as Clark (no glasses) as there's no 'Superman' at that point, so to speak. I mean, he has all the powers obviously, but I don't think he'll have fully taken on his Kryptonian heritage at that point (and probably won't need to until Zod arrives). So, no reason for a disguise, so to speak. Clark is Superman, Superman is Clark. I think that events in the film will force him to finally become 'Superman', as the public know him. This is guesswork.

From the trailers it is clear that as a youngster Clark saves a bus-load of kids and his dad (Costner) tries to desuade him from using his powers, out of fear that he would be ostracized. Maybe at some point later Pa Kent will die and this is when Clark leaves Smallville and becomes a fisherman in order to get away from all that stuff back at home and 'find himself'. He returns perhaps a stronger man (mentally) willing to seek answers to his many questions. After he's come to terms with his origins I think this is when he tries to take on a fairly normal life in Metropolis, which is buggered up completely when Zod and his cronies turn up out of the blue. Then, Clark must embrace his Kryptonian origins and become Kal El, son of Jor El. He proudly wears his family's emblem and sets out to stop Zod and save Earth.

What's particularly poignant about the Superman story to me is that Jor El knew his son would have extraordinary powers on Earth, and he knew that his son would face great difficulty in dealing with it because of the way human society is (some humans can't even accept a different race of their own kind, nevermind a super-powered alien). This is what makes Clark's acceptance of finally wearing the suit so powerful. He's kind of saying "Well dad, here I am." It's a very interesting take on the character I think - Goyer/Nolan/Snyder are asking the question: How would an individual, who had no choice in the matter, deal with the knowledge that they are a god on Earth? Clark was a perfectly ordinary being on his own planet, just like one of us. But on Earth he is a god. That's pretty heavy. Even though he is an alien he is more human than most on Earth.

Some people say that Superman isn't a very interesting superhero. I disagree. In many ways he's the most interesting superhero, it just depends on the angle of the story. I admire Goyer/Nolan/Snyder for taking this route, because it's never been covered before and it's fantastic. We're going to get quite a bit of 'moody Clark' trying to find himself and who he is but don't overlook the fact that this film is going to contain some amazing looking action. Once Clark gets over the moody stuff he is then Superman and that means...being chucked through buildings, nuclear-powered eyeball flames, proudly flying at incredible speeds, etc, etc, etc :)

I don't want a light and comical Superman film. Times have changed, and those who say this looks a bit too edgy for Superman then they really need to look at why Superman Returns failed to grab people's imagination. It was old fashioned and didn't really work to be perfectly honest. Man of Steel on the other hand looks pretty great to me. The tone feels like an Alex Ross painting brought to life, and that's a good thing. But most of all, this film looks relevant. As relevant as a film about a flying alien-man can get anyway.

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As far as the Clark/Superman thing goes, I've got the impression (quite why I don't know) that they won't be following the traditional way it has been seen in the comics and previous films. I reckon he'll come to Metropolis simply as Clark (no glasses) as there's no 'Superman' at that point, so to speak. I mean, he has all the powers obviously, but I don't think he'll have fully taken on his Kryptonian heritage at that point (and probably won't need to until Zod arrives). So, no reason for a disguise, so to speak. Clark is Superman, Superman is Clark. I think that events in the film will force him to finally become 'Superman', as the public know him. This is guesswork.

From the trailers it is clear that as a youngster Clark saves a bus-load of kids and his dad (Costner) tries to desuade him from using his powers, out of fear that he would be ostracized. Maybe at some point later Pa Kent will die and this is when Clark leaves Smallville and becomes a fisherman in order to get away from all that stuff back at home and 'find himself'. He returns perhaps a stronger man (mentally) willing to seek answers to his many questions. After he's come to terms with his origins I think this is when he tries to take on a fairly normal life in Metropolis, which is buggered up completely when Zod and his cronies turn up out of the blue. Then, Clark must embrace his Kryptonian origins and become Kal El, son of Jor El. He proudly wears his family's emblem and sets out to stop Zod and save Earth.

What's particularly poignant about the Superman story to me is that Jor El knew his son would have extraordinary powers on Earth, and he knew that his son would face great difficulty in dealing with it because of the way human society is (some humans can't even accept a different race of their own kind, nevermind a super-powered alien). This is what makes Clark's acceptance of finally wearing the suit so powerful. He's kind of saying "Well dad, here I am." It's a very interesting take on the character I think - Goyer/Nolan/Snyder are asking the question: How would an individual, who had no choice in the matter, deal with the knowledge that they are a god on Earth? Clark was a perfectly ordinary being on his own planet, just like one of us. But on Earth he is a god. That's pretty heavy. Even though he is an alien he is more human than most on Earth.

Some people say that Superman isn't a very interesting superhero. I disagree. In many ways he's the most interesting superhero, it just depends on the angle of the story. I admire Goyer/Nolan/Snyder for taking this route, because it's never been covered before and it's fantastic. We're going to get quite a bit of 'moody Clark' trying to find himself and who he is but don't overlook the fact that this film is going to contain some amazing looking action. Once Clark gets over the moody stuff he is then Superman and that means...being chucked through buildings, nuclear-powered eyeball flames, proudly flying at incredible speeds, etc, etc, etc :)

I don't want a light and comical Superman film. Times have changed, and those who say this looks a bit too edgy for Superman then they really need to look at why Superman Returns failed to grab people's imagination. It was old fashioned and didn't really work to be perfectly honest. Man of Steel on the other hand looks pretty great to me. The tone feels like an Alex Ross painting brought to life, and that's a good thing. But most of all, this film looks relevant. As relevant as a film about a flying alien-man can get anyway.

I wish Empire had a 'Like' button. Because this, i definitely like!

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ORIGINAL: Nexus Wookie

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ORIGINAL: Alistair

As far as the Clark/Superman thing goes, I've got the impression (quite why I don't know) that they won't be following the traditional way it has been seen in the comics and previous films. I reckon he'll come to Metropolis simply as Clark (no glasses) as there's no 'Superman' at that point, so to speak. I mean, he has all the powers obviously, but I don't think he'll have fully taken on his Kryptonian heritage at that point (and probably won't need to until Zod arrives). So, no reason for a disguise, so to speak. Clark is Superman, Superman is Clark. I think that events in the film will force him to finally become 'Superman', as the public know him. This is guesswork.

From the trailers it is clear that as a youngster Clark saves a bus-load of kids and his dad (Costner) tries to desuade him from using his powers, out of fear that he would be ostracized. Maybe at some point later Pa Kent will die and this is when Clark leaves Smallville and becomes a fisherman in order to get away from all that stuff back at home and 'find himself'. He returns perhaps a stronger man (mentally) willing to seek answers to his many questions. After he's come to terms with his origins I think this is when he tries to take on a fairly normal life in Metropolis, which is buggered up completely when Zod and his cronies turn up out of the blue. Then, Clark must embrace his Kryptonian origins and become Kal El, son of Jor El. He proudly wears his family's emblem and sets out to stop Zod and save Earth.

What's particularly poignant about the Superman story to me is that Jor El knew his son would have extraordinary powers on Earth, and he knew that his son would face great difficulty in dealing with it because of the way human society is (some humans can't even accept a different race of their own kind, nevermind a super-powered alien). This is what makes Clark's acceptance of finally wearing the suit so powerful. He's kind of saying "Well dad, here I am." It's a very interesting take on the character I think - Goyer/Nolan/Snyder are asking the question: How would an individual, who had no choice in the matter, deal with the knowledge that they are a god on Earth? Clark was a perfectly ordinary being on his own planet, just like one of us. But on Earth he is a god. That's pretty heavy. Even though he is an alien he is more human than most on Earth.

Some people say that Superman isn't a very interesting superhero. I disagree. In many ways he's the most interesting superhero, it just depends on the angle of the story. I admire Goyer/Nolan/Snyder for taking this route, because it's never been covered before and it's fantastic. We're going to get quite a bit of 'moody Clark' trying to find himself and who he is but don't overlook the fact that this film is going to contain some amazing looking action. Once Clark gets over the moody stuff he is then Superman and that means...being chucked through buildings, nuclear-powered eyeball flames, proudly flying at incredible speeds, etc, etc, etc :)

I don't want a light and comical Superman film. Times have changed, and those who say this looks a bit too edgy for Superman then they really need to look at why Superman Returns failed to grab people's imagination. It was old fashioned and didn't really work to be perfectly honest. Man of Steel on the other hand looks pretty great to me. The tone feels like an Alex Ross painting brought to life, and that's a good thing. But most of all, this film looks relevant. As relevant as a film about a flying alien-man can get anyway.

I wish Empire had a 'Like' button. Because this, i definitely like!

Yep, Alistair knows.