Superman V: The Sordid Story

ThePuceGuardian writes "With Superman Returning from development hell next summer, perhaps Slashdot's readership would appreciate this summary of the 10+ years spent in development, and the sequel that never quite was. Years of stupidity and outright seething contempt for the fans who were expected to shell out for the franchise are detailed, from the Kevin Smith era, through Tim Burton and including 'McG's short but not short enough association with the project. The summary ends in mid-2004, which is about a decade after the whole sordid affair should have been capped off, and right before the current production started up.I just have to include this quote: "Michael Bay was offered to direct the film again, but he felt the script violated the essence of Superman and refused the offer." WhenMichael Bay declines your project for reasons of artistic integrity, I think it's time to consider a new line of work.."

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Pathetic Superhero

[MightyMartian]

Superman has to be THE most pathetic superhero out there. He's just not very interesting. No major character foibles, obnoxiously patriotic and really a leftover from the pre-Stan Lee era. I can't imagine anyone really wanting to bring him back for another movie. I mean, what sort of artistic merit do you expect out of a Superman flick?

That being said, the first two movies were rather good, the first having some dramatic merits and the second because the bad guys were just so damn kewl. After that I think the franchise had run out of steam, and the fact that they made a bad third movie and then found a way to make an even worse fourth movie indicates to me that this particular franchise ought to be consigned to history.