New Photos of Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor

Lex raids the fortress of Solitude while Superman has been away. You might remember that he knows the location ever since Superman II. He strips all the technology that he can and tries to create his own Continent with Kryptonian technology which results in Earthquakes throughout the world.

Lois Lane has a kid and the father is Richard White, right? WRONG, the father is Superman. Remember that in Superman II after he loses his powers he has sex with Lois. Bingo! You might remember that it already has been confirmed that Supes has been gone for six years, how old is the kid? Exactly, the same age.

I'll try to remain, like Thom Yorke, optimistic, but I don't know how long I can hold out.

I didn't like the idea of not rebooting the whole thing and missing the chance of showing "the birth of a hero" and all that lovely crap, but I have grown to like this take. It opens the door to many potentially great dramatic scenes. I mean, I've been looking to those pics of Brandon Routh disguised as Superman and I can't help thinking of how much I'm gonna cry the moment I see Superman coming back from space while hearing the Superman theme. God, I'm so pathetic I frighten myself.

I've developed some kind of theory to back up my optimism. You see, DC's adaptations seem to be going the same way the Marvel ones did; it goes like this:

1- The first one is always a hollywoodesque horror-thriller starring a not that well known character: Marvel's "Blade", DC's "Constantine"
2- The next step would be an austere, serious, "no kiddie stuff" but still blockbuster enough to sell some merchandise flick directed by a well known semi-indie talent: Marvel's "X-Men", DC's "Batman Begins"
3- And we finally get what we deserve: the perfect adaptation that nails the essence of a classic character in every possible way and at the same time manages to make it pop and translates it into nowness while not being afraid of its inherent colourfulness: it happened with Marvel's "Spider-Man" and I really want it to happen again with this one

I didn't like the idea of not rebooting the whole thing and missing the chance of showing "the birth of a hero" and all that lovely crap, but I have grown to like this take. It opens the door to many potentially great dramatic scenes. I mean, I've been looking to those pics of Brandon Routh disguised as Superman and I can't help thinking of how much I'm gonna cry the moment I see Superman coming back from space while hearing the Superman theme. God, I'm so pathetic I frighten myself.

I've developed some kind of theory to back up my optimism. You see, DC's adaptations seem to be going the same way the Marvel ones did; it goes like this:

1- The first one is always a hollywoodesque horror-thriller starring a not that well known character: Marvel's "Blade", DC's "Constantine"
2- The next step would be an austere, serious, "no kiddie stuff" but still blockbuster enough to sell some merchandise flick directed by a well known semi-indie talent: Marvel's "X-Men", DC's "Batman Begins"
3- And we finally get what we deserve: the perfect adaptation that nails the essence of a classic character in every possible way and at the same time manages to make it pop and translate it into nowness while not being afraid of its inherent colourfulness: it happened with Marvel's "Spider-Man" and I really want it to happen again with this one

Yeah, well, I'm not sure if this will make the movie less accessible. So many people have seen the "Superman" that it's not like no one is goinna know what's going on.

That's one of the problems "Batman Begins" had with some of the mainstream audience, the fact that it wasn't coherent with the Burton version. All of my non-comic reader friends were puzzled by the fact that Martha and Thomas Wayne weren't killed by the Joker.

But I really don't mind it having mainstream appeal or not as long as it is a nice movie, so what do I care.

Still, I liked X-Men, but not that much as Spiderman. Maybe I found the portrayal of the characters a bit dull and I could never truly relate with Rogue, which I think was the one the audience was supposed to engage with, being the newbie and all that crap.