What I missed
DarkHorizons gives a nice little report on all the movie panels I skipped, including "Superman Returns": "A film like 'Batman Begins' took great pains to put its hero in a dark, realistic and modern day setting. This 'Superman' is the complete opposite - a total fantasy film in practically every way."
Color me totally excited for that. The more I think about it the more it was the "realistic" setting/origin that turned me off to Begins. I like my myths mythic, thank you, and every incarnation of Batman I've really loved - the Burton movies, TAS, Dark Knight Returns - has taken place in something of a fantasy world.
That same article also confirms that they'll be doing exactly what I think they should, and having Ottman create new music but retaining the John Williams theme. Thank goodness.
Color me totally excited for that. The more I think about it the more it was the "realistic" setting/origin that turned me off to Begins. I like my myths mythic, thank you, and every incarnation of Batman I've really loved - the Burton movies, TAS, Dark Knight Returns - has taken place in something of a fantasy world.
That same article also confirms that they'll be doing exactly what I think they should, and having Ottman create new music but retaining the John Williams theme. Thank goodness.
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Yeah, really, SR is going to be so awesome.
Brando is still Jor-El!
Williams music is still the overture!
Kryptonian spaceships still look like X-Mas ornaments! (lame design, but cool attention to continuity)
I even read on some message board that when Clark goes back to Smallville, there's a pic of Glen Ford up on his living room wall because he died of the heart attack in 1 and all.
"The more I think about it the more it was the "realistic" setting/origin that turned me off to Begins. I like my myths mythic, thank you, and every incarnation of Batman I've really loved - the Burton movies, TAS, Dark Knight Returns - has taken place in something of a fantasy world."
This is clearly where our paths diverge. The "reality" of that Gotham is very much what drew me into the film.
However, that is not to say that I'm not looking forward to Superman.
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