Superman Reboot (Man of Steel)

[WillEagle]

I agree, That was cool.

[Rico]

New poster...

[WillEagle]

Just made that my background!

[Praxis]

Badass poster. ICONIC.  :thumbsup

[ChrisMC]

I agree. Feelin good about this movie. Little over a month to go.

[ChrisMC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=66IlpP3LIHE#!

17 minutes of score samples...some crazy drums in there!

AND WB has put the excellent Trailer 3 music online: https://soundcloud.com/watertowermusic/mos_poster/s-LYFjd

[Praxis]

Giving it a listen right now. Sounds great! Zimmer is so amazing... I don't own that many soundtracks, but two of them are Zimmer: Gladiator and Thin Red Line. Might end up with this one too. That drum section you're talking about is sweet, reminds me of taiko drumming which I love. The quiet piano samples in this are powerful.  :thumbsup

[Rico]

Tie in to National Guard ads with footage from the movie mixed in.  Nice idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIR6DlCKqyo#ws

[WillEagle]

Cool music.

[Rico]

TV spot from the UK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LcpERalJ50#ws

[Leighgion]

You need to humanize the character so he's relatable. A super powerful guy who always knows the right thing to do isn't that relatable to an audience.

Well I don't know about that! Christ has been attracting audiences for around 2000 years now with no sign of let up!

I have always rejected comparisons of Superman and Christ. The two are entirely too different. Even leaving aside that one is the messiah of a major real religion that is and remains a driving force in western civilization, their character arcs are very different.

JC starts out with the semblance of an ordinary life, but once the calling comes he leaves it behind and he's clear on where he's going and how it has to end: ascension back to his celestial state. No hanging around to fight crime and certainly no love triangle conundrums. (No, I am not a Christian).

Superman on the other hand, is really in the Hercules mold; a hero of partly otherworldly origins who might one day leave Earth behind, for in the interim chooses to live among humanity and use his godly power as a champion. He can do big things, but he also shares a lot of the same cares that the ordinary folk do and more. Hercules had a rather sad life in many ways and I think the better versions of Superman's story have reflected the same issues. Superman can fly, but much of the mundane happiness that ordinary people can have is hard, perhaps impossible, for him to attain.

A character doesn't necessarily have to be relatable, but does need to be believable. I think that's the real issue with versions of Superman that get too powerful. When he reaches island-lifting, planet juggling levels, it rings false that he'd still be spending the bulk of his week pretending to be Clark Kent, doing a regular job and putting up with the headache-inducing task of juggling the impact of his secrets on the people around him. If you're the one man who can lift islands, you're wasting your time by insisting on holding down a grunt-level job in journalism. Let one of the millions of people who can't lift islands do that job while you get on with doing island-lifting level things.

[Geekyfanboy]

WB just released a new poster.. it's pretty awesome...

[Rico]

Yeah - that's a great poster!  :)

[fatfather_2005]

that poster looks awesome.

[Rico]

Another image...