That's right. Superman is Communist. This is a 'What if?' story. The story of what the world would be like if Superman had crash landed in Soviet Russia, instead of Smallville USA. And it serves for a great story. Though Superman is not a villain, her is percieved as one by the other nations of the world. He is seen as a threat, and the other nations work to protect themselves. Superman becomes the ruler of Russia and thats when the story takes off. As Superman struggles to run Russia, save the people of his country and the world from peril, and spread his ideals to other nations, Lex Luthor is hard at work trying to bring his empire down. But this is a differnent Lex. He is now a top scientist, and probably the smartest in the world, working for the US government developing creatures and weapons to destroy Superman before he can invade and take over America. The story is about Lex Luthor as much as it is about Superman (you'll find out in the end), and its just as much a psychological battle as it is a physical one between the two. As long as people can be open minded and accept this as a 'What if' story instead of a 'we're going to throw out the traditional origin' story, it could be quite the film to see on the big screen. Its a fresh story that people arent familiar yet, so the twists and turns will wont be expected. It keeps enough of the main Superman mythos so that people wont feel distanced from the Superman they know. Check out the graphic novel yourselves and see if the story doesn't instantly compell you all the way until the end.
Monday, November 17, 2008
SOMETHING I READ, AND HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY WATCH.
SUPERMAN RETURNS came out a few years ago and the WARNER BROS. hoped that it would reignite the franchise and spawn sequels. But the film didn't make as much money as WB had hoped, and the reviews were mixed with critics and fan alike. Personally, I liked the film but not for what I saw, but for what I WANTED to see. The movie had potential that it didnt get to fully realize. The one main problem? The villian was Lex Luthor. Again. After 3 movies of Superman fighting Lex Luthor they needed a bigger, stronger, and more monstrous villain. If they wanted to keep Luthor as the villain they should have taken inspiration from the comics to mold him into something audiences and SUPERMAN hasn't seen yet. That being said, I think the next SUPERMAN movie should be...
That's right. Superman is Communist. This is a 'What if?' story. The story of what the world would be like if Superman had crash landed in Soviet Russia, instead of Smallville USA. And it serves for a great story. Though Superman is not a villain, her is percieved as one by the other nations of the world. He is seen as a threat, and the other nations work to protect themselves. Superman becomes the ruler of Russia and thats when the story takes off. As Superman struggles to run Russia, save the people of his country and the world from peril, and spread his ideals to other nations, Lex Luthor is hard at work trying to bring his empire down. But this is a differnent Lex. He is now a top scientist, and probably the smartest in the world, working for the US government developing creatures and weapons to destroy Superman before he can invade and take over America. The story is about Lex Luthor as much as it is about Superman (you'll find out in the end), and its just as much a psychological battle as it is a physical one between the two. As long as people can be open minded and accept this as a 'What if' story instead of a 'we're going to throw out the traditional origin' story, it could be quite the film to see on the big screen. Its a fresh story that people arent familiar yet, so the twists and turns will wont be expected. It keeps enough of the main Superman mythos so that people wont feel distanced from the Superman they know. Check out the graphic novel yourselves and see if the story doesn't instantly compell you all the way until the end.
That's right. Superman is Communist. This is a 'What if?' story. The story of what the world would be like if Superman had crash landed in Soviet Russia, instead of Smallville USA. And it serves for a great story. Though Superman is not a villain, her is percieved as one by the other nations of the world. He is seen as a threat, and the other nations work to protect themselves. Superman becomes the ruler of Russia and thats when the story takes off. As Superman struggles to run Russia, save the people of his country and the world from peril, and spread his ideals to other nations, Lex Luthor is hard at work trying to bring his empire down. But this is a differnent Lex. He is now a top scientist, and probably the smartest in the world, working for the US government developing creatures and weapons to destroy Superman before he can invade and take over America. The story is about Lex Luthor as much as it is about Superman (you'll find out in the end), and its just as much a psychological battle as it is a physical one between the two. As long as people can be open minded and accept this as a 'What if' story instead of a 'we're going to throw out the traditional origin' story, it could be quite the film to see on the big screen. Its a fresh story that people arent familiar yet, so the twists and turns will wont be expected. It keeps enough of the main Superman mythos so that people wont feel distanced from the Superman they know. Check out the graphic novel yourselves and see if the story doesn't instantly compell you all the way until the end.
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superman as a communist would be amazing.
Helen Keller was a red...she's kinda like superman. anyway, it's interesting that they went with Russia and not Germany. i don't think that would have worked out to well for obvious reasons.i don't think that would have worked out to well for obvious reasons.
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