You Want Superman Revamp? [Also the Man of Steel (2013) thread]

I don't think Snyder's technically incompetent at all. His movies are visually coherent and have a pretty definable aesthetic, it just happens to be a flashy and dumb one. Like, the problems with Watchmen or 300 aren't with the visuals or shot composition.

This actually looks pretty good for what it's supposed to be. Certainly the trailer is already better than the 2006 movie.

the 2006 movie

Let us cease speaking of this.

hahahaha

Like, the problems with Watchmen or 300 aren't with the visuals or shot composition

I have serious problems with his visuals. shot composition = eh okay. editing and storytelling-wise the guy is a disaster.

JF otm. we need to make a pact

editing and storytelling-wise the guy is a disaster.

I intensely dislike the movie, but how is 300 a storytelling disaster? It tells the story it wants to tell coherently. It's dumb, fascist and flashy, but it's not incompetent.

re: 300 you couldn't pay me to watch the whole thing. the fact that he treats comic books sources like storyboards is a huge problem imho. it signals a fundamental misunderstanding of how films work.

I forgot about Sucker Punch tho haha

tbh I don't think "because I don't like it" is sufficient evidence for dude being a storytelling disaster

"Sucker Punch" hahahahahaha I really cannot laugh enough at that movie

the fact that he treats comic books sources like storyboards is a huge problem imho. it signals a fundamental misunderstanding of how films work.

I don't think that's the problem with 300 since it's a simple story anyway. With a dense work like Watchmen it's a huge problem.

^ x 10000

the problem with 300 is that it wasn't just "THIS... IS... SPARTA! *kick*" on a 45 minute loop

Will this do?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSTJMdgVRj0

I don't want to watch some Nolanized miseryguts Superman.

so glad (some of) you guys are happy to keep encouraging this idiot's career. plz sir may I have another etc.

I'm gonna rewire all the media outlets in your house so that they play nothing but Snyder movies

Yes, we're all huge Snyder fans here (we call ourselves the the Ruff Snyders)

welcome to our Snyder web

have a glass of apple Snyder

personally I can't wait for Zach Snyder's "The Yellow Wallpaper"

shakey relax

Hey guys just got back from finishing my SNYDE OR DIE tattoo what's up

i have a pair of google glasses that play nothing but snyder movies 24-7 it's the best u guys

snyde or die loooooooooooool

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I was supposed to go get lunch 14 minutes ago and instead I am listening to the audio of this video Ned posted while clicking over to its tab every now and then to see if the visuals have changed

this movie looks cool as heck

Yes, we're all huge Snyder fans here (we call ourselves the the Ruff Snyders)

― lego maniac cop (latebloomer), Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:22 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol

Shakey Morbz Collier

this is the first trailer to make this look possibly good

http://www.spscriptorium.com/Season12/bodysnatchers.jpg

They got to you too. :(

How many people can be pissed off in how many different ways by one quote? Let's find out!

And producer Christopher Nolan acknowledges the irony that Snyder is making a movie about the original superhero after making a movie adaptation of the ultimate superhero deconstruction in Watchmen:

"It’s ironic but it’s a very productive irony. You’re dealing with a filmmaker who has deconstructed this mythology and now has to reconstruct it. That’s a fascinating challenge for him... [Zack has an] innate aptitude for dealing with superheroes as real characters. That was what a new approach to Superman required. He understands the power of iconic images, but he also understands the people behind them."

hey wait, are we going to get slomo shots of young angsty Superman pulling limbs off of people, because I fully endorse that

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THIS... IS... SMALLVILLE! *tears mugger in half*

hey dan does your ILX mail work

(if you are just ignoring me nbd)

sorry it does, it's just an account I rarely check

http://rhetoricsuperhero.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/quitely4.jpg

Superman needs to be more like Black Adam imo

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/123659/2423284-crisis6p3.gif

yo sic

Boston -- Classic or Dirty Water?

innate aptitude

just gonna assume he meant ineptitude here

It's only Nolan, he thought that last Batman film actually made sense

Sad we're not going to get that movie with Batman and Superman chilling together, but I wouldn't want to see these guys hang out anyway

First review by Glenn Kenny is a good one:

http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-critic-reviews/man-of-steel.2/

Shakey-bait: directed by admittedly somewhat audacious blockbuster engineer Zack Snyder

at least he doesn't make the mistake of calling him a filmmaker

http://manofsteelresources.com/

lol touché

The thing that bothers me most about this movie is the color palette, to be honest. Not nearly bold and comic-y enough.

i feel like that font is intended to remind us that nolan is involved. also, you have to have eagle vision to read the title.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o4ZmF_PjQxE/UalCGYQXLDI/AAAAAAABGXU/5TR8hxk986U/s800/man+steel+billboard.jpg