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Congratulations to whichever executive at Warner Bros. was smart enough to get everyone talking about Superman off the strength of an offhand comment. Top-tier media manipulation, my guy. https://twitter.com/GeekTyrant/status/1271966846678372353">https://twitter.com/GeekTyran...
Of course a Superman movie would be successful! Very successful--if you make the kind of Superman movie that provides audiences with what they so desperately need right now. Hope, unity, empathy, pride, and justice.
I know everyone loves Cavill. And he IS great. But I want to see a movie about Superman figuring out how to BE Superman. I want something akin to what Reeves& #39; Batman will be. No origin. Give me the second year.
Give me a Clark Kent who is working 4 different jobs--including one completely garbage media job--trying to cover an insane Metropolis rent. While stopping to help people the entire time.
Give me a Clark Kent who realizes that it& #39;s unfair. That it& #39;s deeply unfair as his coworkers (in service and hard labor) break down around him--physically, financially, emotionally. And that& #39;s when he decides to really do something big.
Clark Kent has ALWAYS helped people. But he becomes Superman and a damn good reporter when he starts following the problems he sees to their origin points and starts fixing things higher up the food chain.
And what& #39;s higher up the food chain in the DC universe? Lex Luthor. Maxwell Lord. Institutional corruption that funnels money into their pockets while seeding hatred amongst the populace.
I& #39;m not done. While I said I want a year-two Superman, I want WB to understand that Superman is NOT Batman and Metropolis is NOT Gotham. Corruption physically manifests in entirely different ways between the two cities. A Superman movie should NOT be visually dark!
Metropolis is bright and colorful--even the seedier areas. It& #39;s a city where it is GREAT to be rich and you do not live in fear one iota unless you live in the worst regions. It does not operate under a film of grime and despair like Gotham does.
That doesn& #39;t mean it& #39;s perfect, but that does mean it& #39;s pretty. And a director should be able to show that while also making the beauty of Metropolis unsettling and artificial. It& #39;s not a city that is truly healthy or just. Not yet.
NOW I& #39;m done. And I want to write a Superman story.
