Man Of Steel (2013 Superman reboot directed by Zack Snyder)

[Jay 46,245]

Yes.

[Wojo 2,458]

We live in very different worlds.

[Jay 46,245]

It's not like the characters are supposed to be drastically different in age. Plus Amy Adams could still pass for a 28 year old

[JoeinAR 1,957]

Margot was a Cougar compared to Chris.

[Jay 46,245]

She's only 4 years older than him.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

4 or 8 it's still older.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,390]

Older women are good for the soul!

[Wojo 2,458]

Maybe for a fling. Not for a LTR.

[Jay 46,245]

I've dated a woman 11 years older than me. It was fun.

My current GF is 7 years younger than me.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

what if they age well?

[A24 5,156]

Most don't.

[Ollie 1,375]

Younger women are good for the soul!

That's better.

[Brónach 1,330]

Women are good for the soul!

I quite like Amy Adams. Her current age wouldn't make me bat an eye!

[Jay 46,245]

yea, seriously. She looks 10 years younger than Angelina Jolie, who is actually 1 year younger than Amy!

[JoeinAR 1,957]

anyone going to buy their Man of Steel Advance screening ticket from Walmart Saturday when they go on sale.

[Quintus 6,499]

I was very surprised to learn Angelina Jolie is only a year older than I. I'd always just assumed she'd already hit forty. Sophisticated looks aren't always the most youthful I guess.

[Ollie 1,375]

No, I'll wait for some of you to see it first and review it before I waste money.

[Jay 46,245]

I'm in no rush to see it. Movie theater near my and my friends has cheaper tickets on Tuesdays, I'll see it then.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

No, I'll wait for some of you to see it first and review it before I waste money.

make sure you post your star trek into darkness thoughts before I see it Sat. night. I suspect I will be wasting my sisters money.

[Ollie 1,375]

I don't know when I'll be seeing it yet. But I'll be honest and say you aren't going to like it.

Given how you view the 2009 film, you aren't going to be thrilled with this one. I know the entire plot and story line.

[Quintus 6,499]

I have my reservations about MoS, but I'm still keen to see it and will watch it at the cinema.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

I do too and I aint happy.

I think Lindelof should suffer the most painful of deaths, worse than poor boba fett, Orci and Kurtzman too. I'm pretty sure the bible says thou shall not suffer hacks to live.

[Jay 46,245]

Since I enjoyed Watchmen and Sucker Punch so much, there's no way I won't be seeing Snyder's next film in the cinema, but I don't need to tackle with opening weekend crowds for it.

All the newest TV Spots have left me really cold though. I have a feeling the story won't engage me at all. Hopefully the visuals will.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

Since I enjoyed Watchmen and Sucker Punch so much, there's no way I won't be seeing Snyder's next film in the cinema, but I don't need to tackle with opening weekend crowds for it.

All the newest TV Spots have left me really cold though. I have a feeling the story won't engage me at all. Hopefully the visuals will.

I need to find the newest tv spots.

[Jay 46,245]

They are all posted in this thread.

[Quintus 6,499]

Since I enjoyed Watchmen and Sucker Punch so much, there's no way I won't be seeing Snyder's next film in the cinema, but I don't need to tackle with opening weekend crowds for it.

All the newest TV Spots have left me really cold though. I have a feeling the story won't engage me at all. Hopefully the visuals will.

I need to find the newest tv spots.

Better to save some surprises.

[crocodile 9,724]

Karol

[Jay 46,245]

Some of the things they are saying in this video rub me the wrong way

"Superman is the most powerful but also the most vulnerable superhero you can imagine" - um, NO! Being vulnerable was never part of Superman's story. That's Spider-man territory.

"One of the unique things that I don't think has really been delved in in the past is that he's an alien" - Um, yes, yes it has, many many times.

Action scenes looks pretty good though

[A24 5,156]

"Superman is the most powerful but also the most vulnerable superhero you can imagine" -

True, even Donner knew that.

[Wojo 2,458]

Superman is just as vulnerable as Spiderman. When you have so much power, you try to do everything and save everybody, but can't. Spiderman wore his heart on his sleeve, and Mary Jane was the way to his heart. Superman has the same problem with Lois Lane. Superman cares too much about us mortals, which makes him vulnerable. An angry, vengeful, unstoppable l Superman would be a fascinating study, but no filmmaker wants to kill Lois Lane, so Zod and friends offer that angle. Ok, sure, Superman's kryptonite is just that, but a rock is boring.

[Jay 46,245]

I hope kryptonite isn't even mentioned in this movie. It's been done to death!

[Quintus 6,499]

Just so long as there are no scenes with Superman sitting at the end of a pier with Katie Holmes, opening his heart to the husky strains of Sheryl Crow. While that guy with the big forehead watches intently from afar, reflecting on his own mistakes.

[Wojo 2,458]

I watched the one you're referring to last week on HBO. Not terrible but not great. Very pretentious. I don't need a sequel. Van Wilder as a superhero is hard to accept. Blake Lively sure is pretty, though.

[Wycket 36]

I hope kryptonite isn't even mentioned in this movie. It's been done to death!

I believe they've said they purposefully did not mention it in the movie.

[Jay 46,245]

Good.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

well lets be honest why would Zod use something that harms Superman when he is just as vulnerable.

[Brónach 1,330]

He's got more Kryptonians and machines and combat experience.

[Jay 46,245]

And Lex Luthor isn't in this film at all either, right?

[Wojo 2,458]

well lets be honest why would Zod use something that harms Superman when he is just as vulnerable.

Well let's be honest, why do a select few governments possess biotoxins and nuclear weapons? A few milligrams of ricin or anthrax or non-curable virus or uranium is all it takes. The difference is in the deployment. The deliverer protects himself while the victim suffers.

The comics and other sources are not always consistent with just how kryptonite robs Superman of his powers. The rocks of Krypton could not all have been fatal to Kal-El's brethren or else they would have gone extinct. Two possibilities here. First, whatever calamity caused Krypton to go Ka-Blooey chemically altered the rocks of the planet to become fatal to the planet's inhabitants, but not radioactive enough to cause harm to Earth's native humans (at least, no more than a banana, beer, or smoke detector).

The second and more likely explanation is this. On Krypton, Kal-El is a normal mortal man, with no special powers. The red Krypton sun does to him what our yellow sun does to us. Sunburn and skin cancer over time. But expose Superman to our yellow sun, and he absorbsits powers and becomes (basically) invincible. (It's unclear what a red Kryptonian sun would do to us; there's not enough Krypton left to stand on.) Exposing Superman to kryptonite cancels out the benefits of Earth's yellow sun -- absorbs his powers, blocks his absorption, whatever -- and makes him as mortal as he would have been on his home world. Worse, actually, as it's a painful crippling process because he has a lot of solar energy to burn.

Let's be honest. How would Zod figure all that out? Well, he couldn't, not without a lot of planning from Kryptonian scientists who planned for such off-world superman conquests, or Earth men he "encouraged" to turn kryptonite into a weapon that he could still handle (lead casing, solar power, mini-sun, etc.). LexCorp, anyone?

Bah. It's too cockamamie. Superman is better by leaving kryptonite out of it.

And Lex Luthor isn't in this film at all either, right?

The key is you said "at all." I wouldn't rule out a cameo of at least somebody from the Luthor family, along the lines of Joker's drop in Batman Begins. Or Norman Osborn's behind-the-scenes role in the Spider-Man reboot.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

The second and more likely explanation is this. On Krypton, Kal-El is a normal mortal man, with no special powers. The red Krypton sun does to him what our yellow sun does to us. Sunburn and skin cancer over time. But expose Superman to our yellow sun, and he absorbsits powers and becomes (basically) invincible. (It's unclear what a red Kryptonian sun would do to us; there's not enough Krypton left to stand on.) Exposing Superman to kryptonite cancels out the benefits of Earth's yellow sun -- absorbs his powers, blocks his absorption, whatever -- and makes him as mortal as he would have been on his home world. Worse, actually, as it's a painful crippling process because he has a lot of solar energy to burn.

Let's be honest. How would Zod figure all that out? Well, he couldn't, not without a lot of planning from Kryptonian scientists who planned for such off-world superman conquests, or Earth men he "encouraged" to turn kryptonite into a weapon that he could still handle (lead casing, solar power, mini-sun, etc.). LexCorp, anyone?

Bah. It's too cockamamie. Superman is better by leaving kryptonite out of it.

Let's be honest, you're rambling.

[Red 75]

And Lex Luthor isn't in this film at all either, right?

There's a LexCorp building in one of the trailers, but beyond that nothing's confirmed.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

And Lex Luthor isn't in this film at all either, right?

if you really want to know Jason

Yes rumor has it he's in the film, actor Mackenzie Gray who also portray Lex in Smallville will be in the film, he's listed in IMDB

[Wojo 2,458]

Um, only as a clone. Michael Rosenbaum was the main guy, but he'd be too young for this movie. But I believe your point is correct.

Don't forget. Harvey Dent was in Burton's original, but in a blink and you miss him role. He had not been converted into his alter ego yet, but also never would.

[Jay 46,245]

Played by Billy Dee Williams!

[JoeinAR 1,957]

Um, only as a clone. Michael Rosenbaum was the main guy, but he'd be too young for this movie. But I believe your point is correct.

Don't forget. Harvey Dent was in Burton's original, but in a blink and you miss him role. He had not been converted into his alter ego yet, but also never would.

of course I'm correct

[crocodile 9,724]

And Lex Luthor isn't in this film at all either, right?

"We never said he's not" - that's the official answer to this question.

Karol

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[crocodile 9,724]

About that...

Karol

[gkgyver 1,647]

Having heard the incredibly dull soundtrack samples (seriously, is Zimmer aiming for a record in "score with the fewest notes ever"?), I doubt I will go an see MoS. A horrid score can put me off big time.

[A24 5,156]

Not defending Zimmer, but the more notes, the better? And I haven't listened to the samples but surely the fast ostinato strings are back again, right?