As most readers are aware , Zack Snyder ’s directingthe next Superman celluloid . The Superman dealership has had a stony history , but there are certain boo-boo the celluloid can avoid . Here ’s what we want to see from Snyder ’s Kryptonian smash hit .
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1 . ) DO Give Superman a superpowered menace .
Superman is the saint of superheroic might . We want to see him duke it out with forces humanity could never surmount . We ’ve attend Lex Luthor conspire against the hero for four films ; let ’s see Clark struggle someone in his system of weights year .
2 . ) DO NOT invent the villain for the film .
Historically , this has not gone well . to boot , Superman has seen only a fraction of his rogues gallery on the openhanded blind . There ’s a reason Zod and Gene Hackman ’s Lex are in the pantheon of great cinema villains , whereasthe Nuclear Manand the she - borg from Superman III are punchlines .
3 . ) likewise , DO NOT resort to Kryptonite for his Achilles ’ heel .
In Superman Returns , it was downright atrocious watching Lex ’s lackeys ( Kumar ! ) kick the sustenance crap out of him . We have the cinematic technology to watch him juggle nebulae using his ear lobe . Please spare us the inevitable scene where Superman just did n’t see the Kryptonite do . Because everyone in the audience did .
4 . ) DON’T make up powers that no one knew Superman had prior to the plastic film .
See : the memory - erasing candy kiss from Superman II , “ throwing the S. ”
5 . ) DO give Superman some boundlessly repeatable ancestry .
All too often Clark is portray as the stoical , dumb , 100 % emotionally balanced protector of humankind . He ’s not known as a wordsmith , but Kal - El is n’t Lennie from Of Mice and Men either . He deserves a galvanizing speech communication or two and a handful of zingers . He should also skin “ Merciful Rao ! ” every now and again .
For example , in Alan Moore ’s famed story “ For The Man Who Has Everything , ” Superman burns ( literally ) the unknown overlord Mongul and then proceeds to ream him out for being an evil S.O.B. It ’s fantastic .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoJ2Bd41zsw
6 . ) Also , DO allow him to get nettle .
Extraterrestrial authoritarian and bald megalomaniac baron hellbent on globose domination are annoying . This is a fact . It ’s understandable that Clark would drop the Big Blue Boy Scout routine . In fact , it stimulate him seem more human . Just follow the cartridge holder , at left .
7 . ) DO NOT let Clark to navel - regard on how “ alien ” he feel vis - à - vis the rest of humanity .
He ’s the most sinewy being on Earth . He ’s immortal , invincible , and has a haircut that never , ever becomes mussed . He can take the air around in public wear pyjama with impunity . Nobody feels sorry that you begrudge our ability not to breathe in the vacuum of space , Clark .
8 . ) Similarly , DO NOT allow him to lose his powers for most of the movie .
We ’re paying to see him soar , not marvel at the heretofore unknown joys of a Lazy Sunday .
9 . ) DO give him a picture where he ’s floating above the ground with his arm interbreed .
C’m on , everyone loves that .
10 . ) DO NOT allow Superman to get neutralise .
It ’s laughable , but it ’s been done before .
11 . ) DO station Superbaby to a preschool in the Phantom Zone .
Because a Superman moving picture about past due minor support defrayment would be depressing .
12 . ) DO give Jimmy Olsen something , anything to do .
Hanging out with a Dapper Dan demigod can be absolutely befuddling sometimes . Jimmy is our window to Superman ’s world — he allow us mere mortals to experience being best chums with a superhero . And if you were Silver Age Jimmy Olsen , it was frequently a demeaning , confusing , and hilarious experience .
13 . ) DO NOT make saving Lois the focus of the celluloid .
Superman should be saving the planet — the audience ’s mind ’s center should be bleary with terrible visual sensation of Braniac , Zod , or Darkseid enslave man . By circumscribe the crisis to Lois , we lose that cosmic sense of danger that makes Superman so intoxicate . Also , she ’s a savvy investigatory newsman who ’s perfectly capable of take care of herself . Give her some mention .
14 . ) DO use humour meagrely .
A Superman film should be pop but not bubblegum . Superman ’s a dry guy , and his humour is best used for the episodic bon mot . Jimmy should be occasionally hapless , but not slapstick . Unless he ’s marrying a Gorilla gorilla , of course .
15 . ) DO NOT score Superman with pounding rock guitars .
Superman is many thing , but he ’s not rock and bowl . He already hasa perfectly purple sexual conquest . If anything , Superman ’s musical tastes should be 20 years behind the sentence . He ’s too busy campaign crime to keep up with musical movement . If anything , there should be a scene where Superman discovers rap music for the first prison term .
16 . ) DO NOT show Lois and Clark mid - coitus .
This is not Mallrats . This is not the Owl Ship . A discreet make - out session will suffice . “ Hallelujah ” should not be played .
17 . ) If Zod retort , DO something novel with him .
Indeed , that seems to bethe directionthings are run low . Terrence Stamp madea tremendous Zod . allow ’s see a new twisting on him , rather than draw those around him to do knee callisthenics under the menace of death .
18 . ) likewise , DO NOT slavishly emulate Richard Donner .
300 and Watchmen were very much Snyder ’s tributes to Frank Miller and Alan Moore . We ’ve already seen Richard Donner verbatim Superman . countenance ’s see Snyder put his own imprimatur on the grinder .
19 . ) Conversely , DO draw inspiration from fan favorite Superman tale .
There ’s so much great textile to mine . How about Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely ’s All - Star Superman , Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen ’s Superman : Secret Identity , Max Fleischer ’s Superman serials , or John Byrne ’s 1980s run ?
20 . ) DO NOT get backElectric Superman .
His power was to control AOL with his mind or something .
Thanks to Alasdair Wilkins for the input .
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