You haven't liked any of the Superman movies, Scott? I thought "Superman: The Movie" was a masterpiece. Chris Reeve was an immensely likable, natural Superman, the FX were groundbreaking and John Williams' score sends shiver down my spine every time I hear it. Plus Gene Hackman was a riot as Lex Luthor.

I am really excited about this project. I wanted to like Singer's version because he did such a great job with the X-Men movies and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor was brilliant, but it recycled too much of the plot of the first movie, Brandon Routh had the look but not the acting chops and the 'super-child' plotline was superfluous and silly. So I can't want to see what Nolan does with this. I just hope he understands the difference in tone between the worlds of Batman and Superman and we don't get "The Dark Superknight"!

I'm completely in the minority on this, I know, but I thought Brian Singer's take on Superman was incredible. In fact, I found the whole thing quite moving and epic in scope and eye popping... Thought it was a complex and necessary take on the Superman mythology and how it relates to our jaded, cynical times.

But, as I said, I was pretty much the lone member of this fan club. People seemed to reeeeally hate the thing when it came out.

Jeff, I'll defend Superman Returns with you any day. I'd disagree with you that people hated it when it came out. The reviews were largely favorable and I remember that the negative buzz really only developed on it when Warners took their time announcing a sequel. I know a few people who really enjoyed it in the theatres who six months later were saying, "It sucked because it didn't make enough money" which was a really stupid arguement. I've always felt that if Warners had just gotten the train moving rather than burning two years hemming and hawing about if a reboot was necessary, the fans would have gotten behind it.

(That, and if relations between Singer and Warners didn't take a sharp decline soon after SR came out. I think studio politics is as much to blame for no Singer sequel as anything else.)

Knowing that Singer tends to be better on sequels once he's gotten the groundwork laid, I'm really sorry we won't get to see where he would have taken the story.

Having said that, I'm eager to see what Team Nolan does with it. He seems to get what it takes to make a good superhero film.

I agree with Scott. I don't like Superman too for a simple reason. I don't empathize him. Why should I care about a man who fly and carry ship or a plane with his little pinkie?

I don't feel he's vulnerable man.
And yeah that Krypton thing isn't enough for me to care for him.

Look at Spiderman, Batman, or DareDevil and Hulk. They have powers. They're superheroes. But they're human and vulnerable.

Do u agree guys?

Tom Mankiewicz saved Superman The Movie from being a disaster. A writer that has been forgotten.

The biggest problem with Superman movies is that the villain is ALWAYS Lex Luthor.
He's the worst villain for Superman as he has no powers. I always thought the way to handle Supes is to have him get fed up with degradation and becomes a vigilante.

The world then has to figure out how to "defeat" him.