I would hate it if Chris Nolan, the man that killed Batman for me, got his hands on the Man of Steel. Nolan has a terrible habit of making EVERYTHING darker and edgier. Superman is inherently not Dark or Edgy. Superman is the antithesis of Batman, who Nolan made even DARKER. Batman was inititally dark and edgy, but he became more well rounded as time went on, especially with the addition of his sidekicks. Nolan vehemently refuses to admit the existence of Robin or Batgirl or even Batwoman. Nolan wants to keep the initial image of Batman as the permanent image of Batman. Even in Batman's REAL origin story from the comics, he got kinda broody, but only to the same extent as Anakin in Star Wars episode 2. However Nolan's Batman went completely off the Sasuke scale. He broke the chart at around 4 super-emos, well over the Sasuke limit. Now back to Superman. Superman since his inception has always been inherently a force for good, and never became brooding, even after his "death" during comics Dark Ages. Superman is always good in a 1950s utopian way, and always defeats Lex Luthor and whatnot without breaking his rock solid morals, unlike Batman who has taken up beating up people for eating ice cream and carrying a Bat-handgun. If Nolan does end up getting his hands on Superman for a reboot of the series he has to do the following:
1. Nolan must re-present Superman's origin story. If he is doing a proper reboot of the Superman franchise, he is going to open up Superman to a whole new batch of fans, kinda like Abrams did with Star Trek. In order for these people who statistically don't read comic books to comprehend the character of Superman, he needs to have his origin story retold.
2. Superman must fight Lex Luthor. Luthor has ALWAYS been the only legitimate enemy Superman has. True, Superman has other villains like Brainiac and Bizarro, but none of them were particularly a challenge, with the exception of Doomsday. But Luthor, a mere mortal, is consistently a challenge to defeat in the comics due to his genius level intellect.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Christopher Nolan Reboots Superman?: A Hammer Rant on Batman and Superman
Posted by Master of Puppets at 1:43 PM
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