I've Seen Superman Returns

Woah... what an incredible experience. I vaguely remember Superman as a kid... never a big fan, but boy, did this movie transport me back in time. Loved the retro titles, the overall look of the film strongly reminds me of Burton's Batman... a vague suggestion of the time period. I must admit, the start of the film was a bit rough, it did take awhile to really capture me, but the last half really sucked me into this universe. Some of the story twists shocked me and the end went on a tiny bit long.... (didn't help that I needed a toilet break) So glad the original music is in the movie... its so iconic, that when it was played over those last images before the credits, I broke out into goosebumps.
I kept myself in the dark for this one.... no spoilers for me, and I was suprised on the journey the movie takes... nothing from the last half of the movie is even in the trailers. Awesome movie, can't wait to see it again!!

Superman the Hunk

These are outtakes of a Vanity Fair photoshoot of the new Superman, Brandon Routh. Gawd, he can make a grey singlet look very nice.... hopefully we'll see alot more photoshoots of him very soon....

Below is what director Bryan Singer thinks of his casting choice....

Superman is Gay?

Warner Brothers really, really, really doesn't want you to think Superman is gay. Which is rather strange, I think (apart from the costume), Superman is probably the straightest of all the superheros... he has a girl and just doesn't seem like the sensitive type. Unlike for example... Batman, has a young boy following him around, dresses in rubber and can't keep a girlfriend. I think Warner Brothers are more worried that Superman is a gay man fantasty... A straight, wholesome, country boy just waiting to be corrupted.

The main thing they are worried about is that the film has a gay director (that claims that this is the straightest character he's created), Kevin Spacey (still think he's queer and his over-the-top, camp performance in the trailers add to that), all those rumours about the size of Brandon Routh's dick and how it bulged in the skin tight costume.... of course it would, anything would in that costume. And no, I don't believe they had to make it look smaller with CGI.

Another gay connection is the casting of Ian Roberts (pictured below) as one of Lex Luthor's evil henchman. For those who don't know, Ian was a high profile, Aussie football player in the nineties, when at the pinnacle of his career, he identified as gay. He now has a boyfriend, hung up his boots, studied acting and this could well be his breakthrough role.

Anything would be better than his appearance on Blue Heelers, an Aussie cop drama, or Dancing With The Stars. I was quite suprised he was cast in Superman, I hadn't heard anything about it. Obviously its a small role that they could keep it a bit quiet.

Lex Luthor and his Sidekicks

Ian Roberts in character

New Superman Trailer

Really looking forward to this... has to be better than X-men III and Mission Impossible III.

Please!
The two aforementioned movies were good... but not great. Superman deserves to be great and I have alot of confidence in director Bryan Singer... plus he's gay :)

Click Here for The Latest Superman trailer!

Superman Returns

This is looking pretty damn fine.... should be interesting how well Brian Singer pulls this off. If nothing else, it definately looks spectacular, especially since it was filmed digitally. Hopefully it won't suffer the same as the first two in the Starwars prequels. They ended up a little video gamey and you can definately tell how much technology had improved by the third movie. Regardless of how good this new Superman movie is, I think it'll be a big hit... might even have a bigger opening than Spiderman....

See the trailer HERE