714722, there's this false notion that Superman can't be done on film.
Posted by Tiger Woods, Tue Aug-09-16 11:10 AM
>DC in films mirrors DC Comics in that they always come off so
>lame when they try to match Marvel in something. I just wish
>we could've received a solid Superman trilogy.
Just use the All-Star Superman concept as a template and build off of that.
Work on the premise that everyone already knows who this guy is. Layer in the idea that he's suddenly not immortal and now he's vulnerable.
Make Ma Kent sick, so despite having all the power in the universe this guy can't tell his mom he's dying because SHE's dying (who couldn't sympathize with someone watching his mom struggle?)A little actual pathos.
Movie 1:
Introduce the "Superman is more powerful than ever but also slowly dying" construct. Supes goes home to tell Ma Kent he's sick, but she tells him she's sick and he doesn't make the reveal.He beats some lacky villain like Metallo, but a Trump-like Luthor is rearing his head (preferably Ed Harris as Luthor)
Movie 2:
Supes first goes home to Smallville. Ma Kent dies. Brainiac comes to earth in search of some rare mineral to stop a spreading epidemic on his home planet. Brainiac meets Luthor and Luthor promises to deliver the mineral if Brainiac can kill Superman. Superman vs Brainiac. Superman defeats but spares Brainiac, but Luthor kills Brainiac instead. Exhausted from the fight, dying, and ashamed by Luthor calling him weak to the public, Superman flees to the Fortress of Solitude. Setting up...
Movie 3:
Luthor runs for Mayor of Metropolis and wins because he had the nerve to do what Superman couldn't do and that's defeat the evil alien invader. While Superman is away Luthor institutes a police state. Superman returns to confront Luthor the demagogue. Now Superman is weaker than ever, closer to the mortal man than he's ever been. Superman vs Luthor. Superman puts up a fight but Luthor is kicking his ass. Facing death, Superman is saved by Brainiac's people who land on earth. They arrest Luthor for the murder of Brainiac. Superman, now a mortal man, moves to Smallville with Lois. In the end, a now powerless Superman is content to trust the Universe to its people who have proven that good will always overcome evil.
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