Gibbons: 'Superman needs to be reimagined' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

waichingliu81 · 07-29-2009, 04:37 PM

Wednesday, July 29 2009, 19:29 BST
By Simon Reynolds, Movies Editor and Mark Langshaw, Gaming/Comics Reporter

Dave Gibbons has suggested that Warner Bros should "reimagine" their Superman film franchise.

The Watchmen co-creator, who provided art for the classic Superman comic story For The Man Who Has Everything, told DS that he found Superman Returns "a little bit unsatisfactory".

"This is my ten cents worth: perhaps it would be a good idea to reimagine it the way that the Batman man franchise was reimagined," he said. "That is the direction I'd take Superman in; I'd go back to basic potentials and start from the beginning."

Gibbons stressed that he felt it would be unwise to make the next Superman dark like Christopher Nolan's reconceived Batman series.

"I've always thought of Superman and Batman as yin and yang. One is dark and mysterious and the other is bright and adventurous," he explained.

"Again, my personal view is that they should make it lighter, with that sense of wonder that Superman has always had. Not to make it childish or puerile but to make it something that has a bright sense of adventure and possibility."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a...eimagined.html

TJL · 07-29-2009, 05:20 PM

Oh please.

Leave Superman alone for a while.

07-29-2009, 04:37 PM	#1
waichingliu81 debbie allen Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 28, 2006 Location: london, england, UK Posts: 4,347	Gibbons: 'Superman needs to be reimagined' Wednesday, July 29 2009, 19:29 BST By Simon Reynolds, Movies Editor and Mark Langshaw, Gaming/Comics Reporter Dave Gibbons has suggested that Warner Bros should "reimagine" their Superman film franchise. The Watchmen co-creator, who provided art for the classic Superman comic story For The Man Who Has Everything, told DS that he found Superman Returns "a little bit unsatisfactory". "This is my ten cents worth: perhaps it would be a good idea to reimagine it the way that the Batman man franchise was reimagined," he said. "That is the direction I'd take Superman in; I'd go back to basic potentials and start from the beginning." Gibbons stressed that he felt it would be unwise to make the next Superman dark like Christopher Nolan's reconceived Batman series. "I've always thought of Superman and Batman as yin and yang. One is dark and mysterious and the other is bright and adventurous," he explained. "Again, my personal view is that they should make it lighter, with that sense of wonder that Superman has always had. Not to make it childish or puerile but to make it something that has a bright sense of adventure and possibility." http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a...eimagined.html

07-29-2009, 05:20 PM	#2
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,588	Oh please. Leave Superman alone for a while.
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