Henry Cavill to Play Superman

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Looks good. My biggest fear was which Zack Snyder we get, the highly stylized slo-mo/CGI one (which is fine in its own right but would be completely wrong for Superman imo) or his attempt to combine that style with realism (which we got in Watchmen, and to me that simply didn't work). This one seems to look more like a straightforward realistic style, though it's hard to judge by this footage alone. I can already invision a slo-mo Superman doing slo-mo CGI punches :p

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Well, Watchmen was pretty complex and dark, so story-wise I'll wait and see, but visually Snyder tends to over-stylize things which doesn't always work. Watchmen suffered from it as there was a huge gap between the real and the stylized and CGI.

Speaking of overdoing things, the cam in the trailer is way too shaky, I hope that's not his new thing. Makes the trailer look like one of the videos you'd see on YouTube of people posting random footage from their Canon cameras.

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Emember that Christopher Nolan is the Executive Producer / overseer of this film. Expect darker.

there should be no "grounded" or "dark" superman. what worked for batman "which i didn't like" will not work for superman. ive never had faith in this and the teaser confirms my fears of a "superman begins" and we did not need that. ill reserve full judgment when we get a full trailer but i have not been impressed since day 1. i guess the studio feels because nolan is involved that means this will make bank and i strongly disagree with that. if this tanks you can forget seeing sups on the big screen again. and before i get bashed im a HUGE superman fan but this film worries me. i also think having to wait until next june is ridiculous.

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Kinda mixed on the trailer... On one side, it doesn't seem to fit the character (a fisherman huh?), not the traditional farm boy, turned big city blue collar type...

On the other hand, it is a welcome change up after 500 seasons of smallville lol. To be honest some of my favorite parts in the Superman Movies, comics were when Superman got a little "Dark" or angry... (when Lois Died and he circled the earth to reverse time, or near the end of Superman vs. The Elite), he would still always not cross that line though. But still the best part of Superman character is his "goodness", always doing the "right" thing no matter what. I'm pretty sure they aren't going to mess that part up.

Bottom line, anything is better than the last Superman Returns movie, so I'll be happy with whatever they put out. It most likely will NEVER live up to our "EPIC" expectations however, Nolan is involved so that is a huge bonus IMO.

I've yet to see the latest Batman movie, but the Dark Knight was pretty amazing, if they can pull off a Superman movie that is, that good... I will be very happy since I am a much bigger fan of the Superman character.

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Obviously doesn't know he can fly yet.

Never watched Smallville, I take it.

I'm pretty sure it's also in the comics somewhere that he learns how to fly last, and maybe when he's 18 or a bit older?

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Kinda mixed on the trailer... On one side, it doesn't seem to fit the character (a fisherman huh?), not the traditional farm boy, turned big city blue collar type...

In the Superman: Birthright he's quite the traveler before going to the Daily Planet - even ends up in Africa. In the recent reboot comics he also loses his red briefs, which is reflected in his new uniform in this film.

Bottom line, anything is better than the last Superman Returns movie, so I'll be happy with whatever they put out. It most likely will NEVER live up to our "EPIC" expectations however, Nolan is involved so that is a huge bonus IMO.

I've yet to see the latest Batman movie, but the Dark Knight was pretty amazing, if they can pull off a Superman movie that is, that good... I will be very happy since I am a much bigger fan of the Superman character.

Nolan's involvement is an instant attention getter for me, and if he really does get angry that too. There is a comic series called Pocket Universe where Superman actually executes General Zod, Faora and another Kryptonian by using gold Kryptonite to get rid of their powers then green kryptonite to kill them, so that would be really dark.

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I'm pretty sure it's also in the comics somewhere that he learns how to fly last, and maybe when he's 18 or a bit older?

Yes, he's more or less sent to the Arctic by a crystal and we get the Fotress of Solitude and Jor'El the ghost is there to teach him his background etc, he disappears for like 10 Earth years or something, and when he comes back, he's Superman and can fly. They more or less followed that to a T in the original film back in the 70's.

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I love the nod to the original film with him hitch hiking up north (to I assume his destiny to become Superman), at least that's what it looks like :)

Also, I really wonder who's gonna be the villain. If it's a reboot/origin story it has to be Lex plain and simple. They can't start off with Doomsday or Darksied or something like that lol Then again, General Zod is in the movie, so they could use him I suppose or at least set him up for a sequel.

Plus, they announced at SDCC that Man of Steel is officially setting up the live action Justice League movie finally! W00T!

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I love the nod to the original film with him hitch hiking up north (to I assume his destiny to become Superman), at least that's what it looks like :)

Also, I really wonder who's gonna be the villain. If it's a reboot/origin story it has to be Lex plain and simple. They can't start off with Doomsday or Darksied or something like that lol Then again, General Zod is in the movie, so they could use him I suppose or at least set him up for a sequel.

Plus, they announced at SDCC that Man of Steel is officially setting up the live action Justice League movie finally! W00T!

Ohh, Justice League! Sweet!

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Can't believe they ditched the iconic Superman score though!

Hans Zimmer is doing the score for the film. Whether that means they dropped the original theme song or not, who knows. I would love to hear a Hans Zimmer version of the original John Williams piece to be honest. Also, Hans Zimmer.

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Very dissapointed after watching the teaser. There was nothing in there that iconically Superman, except the last shot of him flying. I dont know, Im not convinced this is what I want from a Superman movie yet.

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Yeah but it's only a teaser. They didn't show much in the teaser trailer for TDKR etc either, that's the point.

And I don't know, hearing Russel Crowe as Jor'El and see him hitch hiking up north is pretty iconic to me. Of course, seeing him on an episode of Alaskan Fisherman wasn't....

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