News: Mark Millar on his shadow 'Superman' movie

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[SavageHenryLee]

I just don't understand how a man whose career is based around writing comics about Marvel characters can say that writing a Superman Movie is his only real ambition.

Shouldn't writing great comics be his ambition? Shouldn't creating new characters and new stories be his ambition, you know, as a storyteller?

It's so pathetic that one of the top selling writers in comics would rather write movies. It's even more sad that one of Marvel's top writers would rather be writing DC movies.

[Newseditor]

Actually, I've always said that comic writers should be writing these movies, since they know the characters a lot better than some Hollywood executive.

I say we should give Millar a shot, since he wants to do an orgininal Superman movie, as long as he stays true to the character.

And personally, that's what I want, an orgininal Superman movie. Superman Returns was very confusing to some comic fans and most general movie goers. And it rode on Donner's coat tails.

But if Millar is going to do this, then he must stay true to the Superman character. Too many people want to see a dark Superman and that isn't who he is.

In fact, I even wrote a column about how many people consider Superman to be unbelievable.

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[Newseditor]

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[ciNe-taRium]

There is a good reason Superman will NOT appear in a Nolan Batman movie...
He IS too unbelievable!
The thing I NEVER got was the fltying, and this goes back to my childhood, I just didn't get how he flew, this is why he JUMPED in the original comic, i mean he can float, sure, but where does the forward thrust come from?
Can he manipulate the atoms in the air, or something?

[perplexigon]

Who cares how he flies... the thing is, he does. He's Superman!

[Lawless]

Comic book writers "should" be involved but just with the story, save the rest for a screenwriter or use source material. It needs collaboration, hence why Dark Knight was so successful.

Besides, if Millar is suddenly the Superman expert and best writer, there are way better Superman writers than him. Come on, seriously.

And to a comment above, you're right, he is selling out. I don't buy anything he's selling.

Lastly, give Singer a CHANCE!!!! X-Men was just okay, right, nothing spectacular? X2 was insane with action... and I think Man of Steel could be that film.

[sammo21]

Here's an idea: A superman movie that doesn't bore me to tears and actually has action scenes. If he gives an action packed Superman, it could be worth it.

[Blind Justice]

I've been a Superman film ever since I watched the original in the theater as a kid. Now, those were not all action-packed, but at least they didn't bore the audience... it was just we as an audience had not been exposed to the action and special effects of the present-day comic book movies. So why would Brian Singer take us all the way back to the type of Superman we grew up with, splashed with new effects? Perhaps he got a bit too carried-away with the fact he didn't want Christopher Reeve's wife and family to be offended. Who knows? The point is you have the technology to create a bigger and "badder" Superman movie where you can actually have him doing all these things and it looks believable too. So why not use that technology to it's fullest? I think all of us left the theater asking ourselves that same question.

If Millar can give us that type of movie I say go for it. I'm sure WB can build enough hype to sell plenty of tickets. Right Speed-Racer fans?

[grs9769]

I was bored to tears with Superman Returns, I'd love to see something different. I'm also sick to death of Lex Luthor.