Superman Returns

[DrSpengler]

Saw it when I went to see Harry Potter on a whim the other day.

A very pleasant surprise, indeed, and a very good teaser as well. I particularly liked the part with all the people in the street staring at the sky with their mouths hanging open.

Good teaser. We'll see if the movie lives up to it.

[Barkworm]

I loved the mood of this trailer. Nothing spectacular happens in it but the whole atmosphere is great.

[ZariusTwo]

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superherohype just posted the promotional schedule for the film. a few intersting things: Kelly Clarkson and Foo Fighters have the main songs for the soundtrack, a second teaser is suppose to hit next month, and what i'm lookign for ward to, character posters featuring Superman, Clark Kent, Lois, Lex and Jimmy. what the hell here is the whole list:

-November 2005:
*Teaser poster relased to theaters
*Teaser trailer #1 airs with HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

-January 2006:
*Teaser trialer #2 airs with GLORY ROAD.

-February 2006:
*Televised trailer with SUPER BOWL(U.S.)
*Tie in with Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy
*Teaser Poster #2 and Cinema Cardboard cutout of Superman Returns official logo in cinemas across the World

-March 2006:
*4 Televised trailers air with NCAA basketball playoffs
*Theatrical Trailer #1 airs with ICE AGE 2: THE MELDOWN

-April 2006:
*Theatrical banners released.
*Character posters for SUPERMAN, CLARK KENT, LOIS LANE, LEX LUTHOR, and JIMMY OLSEN released.

-May 2006:
*TIME MAGAZINE front cover
*Advertisements for CHRYSLER,LAYS POTATO CHIPS,_______, VERIZON WIRELESS, NESTLE, GATORADE, and PANATRONICS ELECTRONICS begin to air on television.
*Picture advertisments with GATORADE, LAYS,______,and NESTLE are attatched to products
*Music videos and singles from KELLY CLARKSON and THE FOO FIGHTERS in endorsment for the movie are relased.
*60 MINUTES "making-of" special
*Kate Bosworth REVELON HAIR PRODUCTS ADVERTISEMENTS air
*MTV MOVIE AWARDS 2006 spoof
*12 televised trailers begin airing on prime time channels
*Brandon Routh interview with BARBRA WALTERS
*Merchandise release
*Theatrical Poster relased
*World wide billboard campaign with posters
*Theatrical trailer #2 airs with POSIEDON

-JUNE 2006(RELEASE)
*BRANDON ROUTH People magazine cover
*Advertisments from BURGER KING air on television.
*USA TODAY "MAN OF STEEL RETURNS" cover article
*12 televised trailers air on all stations beginning 6/13/06.
*Cast begins talk show appearences
*Toy and merchandise advertisements air on television.
*MTV making the movie special including SAVE SUPERMAN special
*FX inside look at the FX(special effects) in SUPERMAN RETURNS
*WORLD PREMIERE
*NBA FINALS 2006 tie ins air on television.
*TODAY SHOW - KELLY CLARKSON conecert and coundown to the film
*SUPERMAN RETURNS : THE VIDEO GAME release

[Barkworm]

Routh just doesn't look right as Superman to me...

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

Routh just doesn't look right as Superman to me...

I agree. Something's off. In a couple of photos he almost looks puny.

[zkarlette]

Maybe the problem are those weird really obvious contacts he's wearing

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Voltron

I agree. Something's off. In a couple of photos he almost looks puny.

That's my major beef with him. He does look very puny.

[CyberCubed]

Watched this, it wasn't too bad. I wonder why Brandon Routh was so blacklisted by Hollywood when his performance as Clark was the best part of the movie.

Other thoughts:

- Superman's son is named Jason

- Kevin Spacey places Luthor much more serious than Gene Hackman

- Lois is terribly miscast

- The plane scene was nice and the baseball stadium

- Only one action scene in the middle with the gun burgler

- Seeing Jimmy as a white red head and Perry White as a white old guy reminds you of what Hollywood was like back in 2006 before they started race swapping everyone.

Also it's so weird to a sequel to an old movie continuity literally two decades later that ignores the other sequels and picks up where it left off...only we're in 2006 now and not the 80's or 90's.

[Leo656]

The craziest thing is when you realize that Perry White was also Skeletor in the 1987 "Masters of the Universe" movie.

Frank Langella is a national treasure.

[sdp]

The craziest thing is that Superman Returns is almost as old as the last Christopher Reeve's Superman movie was when Superman Returns came out.

The actual movie was a mistake, especially after coming out after the amazing grounded modern batman, why release a movie that felt from another era. I kinda liked it, it was a bit long and got to watch it for free twice in theaters, I think the DCAU Justice League DVDs came with free passes or something of the like.

[CyberCubed]

Brandon Routh aged terribly when he appeared in the CW shows, he's only 41...I don't know why he looks 50+ already.

Also forgot Cyclops actor was in this movie which is why in X-men III his role as Cyclops was killed off at the beginning of the movie. I remember how pissed people were in 2006...haha.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Also forgot Cyclops actor was in this movie which is why in X-men III his role as Cyclops was killed off at the beginning of the movie. I remember how pissed people were in 2006...haha.

It's funny, too, because at the time people were like, "What a bonehead, giving up a sure thing in X-Men 3 to go be in such a risky project like a Superman movie."

At the time, that almost seemed legit, since X-Men 3 was initially a big hit and Superman Returns was a bit divisive. In hindsight, though, most peoples' attitudes on SR have softened considerably while X-Men 3 is considered by many people to be terrible.

It probably wasn't the wisest choice for him from a financial standpoint, but in hindsight he picked the better movie to be in. It's not like his part in SR couldn't have just as well have been played by anyone, but at the same time I doubt him being in more of X-Men 3 would have saved that particular movie.

[sdp]

If someone had told Brandon Routh back in 2005 that "You'll still be Superman i15 years from now" I'm guessing he wouldn't have thought he would be demoted to TV Superman.

He doesn't look like superman the older he got, but in some ways the TV suit looked better.

[Leo656]

It's because the Returns suit made the S too small and the trunks too low. The TV suit corrected both of those things and the entire thing immediately looks better.

I'm guessing the tiny Speedo trunks were a Singer decision. I've always suspected that he had a tiny (or not-so-tiny) crush on Routh and that's why they cast him. I like Routh a lot, but Cavill was the other "finalist" for the part and Routh got picked over him, despite Cavill looking much more like Superman in general. In hindsight, that was a mistake, but I think it came down to Routh looking more "metrosexual" and that trickled into the costume design.

It's kinda funny to me in some of these older posts how some people say Routh looked "puny". If you've ever seen pictures of him with no shirt on (especially back then), the dude was a legit beast. He just happens to be really lanky at a legit 6'3 or 6'4 (most Superman actors are a lot shorter) and the suit itself wasn't as padded with fake muscles as these suits usually are, but the guy was super jacked underneath it. Cavill's the only Superman actor who was more buff than Routh. And that guy's just a freak of nature anyways.

Compared to everyone's favorite guy, Reeve, who hardly worked out (he worked out Zero for Superman IV, literally never picked up a weight) and had a ton of foam rubber in his suit. People see whatever they wanna see. I just find it amusing.

[Sumac]

Superman Returns was just boring.
Which is probably worse, than if it was bad, because, I can wax poetics about why Batman & Robin was bad, but all I can say about Superman Returns "it is boring".

It had some nice scenes, but overall left no impression whatsoever.

[Andrew NDB]

Terrible movie. Terrible director.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Terrible movie. Terrible director.

^^^ Likes X-Men 3, argument invalid

[CyberCubed]

It's weird that Brandon Routh still has Superman Return's "failure" (even though it did well, it has a 75% on rottentomatoes), hang over his head for all eternity.

It goes to show you that you make one movie that the general public doesn't care for, and the actor unfairly gets deemed a failure for the rest of his life. When the problems with movies come down to the script and director, the actors can only play the material that's handed to them. I really don't know why he's so hated.

[The Deadman]

This movie was better than Man of Steel

[oldmanwinters]

I remember Warner Bros hyped this movie like crazy, way more than Batman Begins. I had wanted to see it in "3D" back when that crazy was just catching steam, but I don't think I got around to watching it until it started airing on cable TV. Then I learned I wasn't missing much. I always thought Kate Bosworth was miscast as Lois... even the "look" just didn't seem right... maybe even like a female Jimmy Olsen?

The Brian Singer/Kevin Spacey factor just makes it weird to go back to, knowing what we know now. It makes "stalker Superman" even creepier, if that was possible.