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Brandon Routh Talks Superman's Future

by | July 03, 2009

Summary

Whatever happens next for the "Superman" franchise, it appears that Brandon Routh won't be wearing that big "S" and cape -- in a new interview, he says his contract with Warner Bros. has expired. Back to Article

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The Vile writes:
on Jul 03 2009 05:36 PM

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JUDGE DREDD,

Sam Worthington is a brilliant idea. He looks the part more than anyone else I can think of & damned if he wasn't likable in T4. Although, It's thought of as career suicide playing Superman, so I doubt he would do it when he's on the verge of stardome.

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woundedmakers writes:
on Jul 03 2009 06:00 PM

This is great news, maybe now they will cast someone who can play SuperMAN and not SuperBOY! I don't get the Routh love, he looks too young and his "take" on Supes was a poor Reeves impression (although I'm sure thats what he was directed to do.) The biggest problem in SR is that it was a lame homage to the Donner films, when it SHOULD have been a fresh take on Superman the character. It seems that WB has realized this. If WB really wanted a sequel to SR, they would have made it by now. They wouldn't have waited for the STAR of the film's contract to expire! Yea, the movie made lots of money, but something didn't click with fans and general audiences. The people that defend SR must have a hard time moving on from Donner's classic. If they had never seen the original I doubt they could find one redeeming quality about Returns. Baby's Daddy Superman? Lex Luthor Space Crystal Real Estate Scheme? Is Parker Posey supposed to be funny? Wtf IS this?

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Jon J. writes:
on Jul 03 2009 06:43 PM

Give Bryan Singer another shot at it. X1 was merely average from my point of view, and he followed it up with a stellar X2. Maybe SR was like X1, he was just laying the groundwork and getting his feet wet. I do agree with what has been said numerous times on these posts that Luthor needs to be more sinister and less hokey. The bottom line for me is that Bryan Singer deserves one more shot at it. SR was merely ok, but I'll gladly sit through it again over the likes of Spiderman 3 and Transformers 1 and 2.

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Jon J. writes:
on Jul 03 2009 06:45 PM

I wouldn't want a Superman movie though that is like Transformers 2 which sacrificed story for wall to wall action that pretty much became indulgent.

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Glenn W. writes:
on Jul 03 2009 07:11 PM

i agree with the opinion that they should gravitate toward different threats than Lex Luthor and Kryptonite, and using the 90's animated series episodes featuring Darkseid as a template. hae Earth getting invaded by the forces of Apokalips and Darkseid and his Furies kicking the crap outta Superman. and make Lex the underlying puppet master threat he has been since the Superman storyline was revamped in the 80's. have Lex act as an opposing voice to Superman's affect and influence on humanity. does he make humanity weak by giving them a blue-and-red babysitter they can expect to pull their butts out of the fire? or does he inspire humanity to become better through his dedication and determination to put his life on the line time and time again for a world he wasn't born to?

in short, make him VULNERABLE, RELEVANT, and KICKA$$.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jul 03 2009 08:07 PM

Matanuki as I've always said he wasn't touching the rock straight on he took a ton of the bedrock with it. Several feet of solid stone has to have at least part of the effect of a lead lined box. At least enough to make it plausible that he got it off the ground and hurled it before it almost killed him.

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Matanuki writes:
on Jul 03 2009 09:05 PM

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My problem with that is that there was far too much of it for him to overcome. Sure, the lead box theory has latitude. But placing that against the fact that a pebble's weight in kryptonite is enough to put Supe's on his a$$ in any normal cannon related context makes it stand to reason that a continent's weight in kryptonite will require a hell of a lot more lead box lining for him to achieve such a tremendous feat.

Believe me, the "his will power to overcome" theory is not without latitude. It's wonderful to assume and hope that he could do it. But breaking the rules inherent to the created world is far different from bending them.

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Magic is Might writes:
on Jul 03 2009 09:19 PM

What is funny about this constant attack on Transformers 2 is that the plot makes no sense but everyone forgets about the GIANT plot holes in Superman Returns, the kryptonite island is much much much bigger issue than anything in Transformers 2.

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Paints Hz Shirt Red writes:
on Jul 03 2009 09:26 PM

i think singer would make a great sequel. he did with the xmen films. SR was not bad at all. i think singer and routh both deserve another shot.

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Paints Hz Shirt Red writes:
on Jul 03 2009 09:28 PM

In reply to this comment (#2520922)
nothing going for him!? havent you seen valkerie yet?

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Matanuki writes:
on Jul 03 2009 10:13 PM

In reply to this comment (#2521070)
Transformers 2 was and is a piece of sh.it. Get over it.

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ZigBallistic writes:
on Jul 03 2009 10:35 PM

I agree with the people saying bring in a supervillian that can go toe to toe. Darkseid and Mongul tops that list, get some badass who can destroy the city with a snap of his fingers. The best part about the Donner movies was the fight in Metropolis between supes and Zod and company. Get rid of Luthor ffs, I am tired of seeing him in every damn movie.

Seriously, get a badass mofo who can go toe to toe with supes and you can make it gritty or not, I WILL pay to watch it. A good story would be nice also. :)

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Ramsey R. writes:
on Jul 03 2009 11:44 PM

I loved Superman Returns the one thing that was missing was a real villain... if you watch the movie close Superman doesn't even get to throw one punch. The best villain ever would be DOOMSDAY... and not done with CGI so that it looks like supes is fighting a cartoon charter. I think getting ride of Brandon Routh would be a huge mistake!!! Not only does he look the part but his acting was great! This is one of my favorite movies and I hope they don't replace him.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jul 03 2009 11:55 PM

In reply to this comment (#2521069)
I don't know I always thought of kryptonite sickness as being caused by the radiation from it, so technically being larger wouldn't increase the amount of radiation and would just spread the same amount of radiation over a larger area. The big mistake in thee movie was having the K punch thru the bedrock after he was airborne, but I guess you could say it was at considerable enough distance that the effect was limited. Either way it was a cool visual, although I liked the catching the Dailey Planet globe better.

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Darnell H. writes:
on Jul 04 2009 06:20 AM

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I think Spacey did a pretty good job as Lex Luthor (better than Gene Hackman) BUT I think Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum closer catches the essence of Lex Luthor than the both of them. Nevertheless, Superman is such a gigantic name in comics that a mediocre script would not suffice. Superman Returns didn't have that intriguing script, BUT was still worthy of a second chance...Heck, Superman 2 far surpassed the original Superman film.

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Matanuki writes:
on Jul 04 2009 07:00 AM

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Here's my problem with that. If it were a form of radiation, it would probably have some kind of effect on us as well. Wouldn't put us on our knees like it does Superman, but I imagine it would have some sort of long term side effects to prolonged exposure. To date, if my information is right, that idea hasn't been introduced into the mythology. (again, I could be wrong) What we have seen is Superman's pain experience being correlative to the amount of kryptonite in his presence. He may be able to crawl away from a rock of kryptonite. But lying in the open doorway of a room full of it, he'd be lucky if he got twelve inches trying to get out.

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Magic is Might writes:
on Jul 04 2009 08:14 AM

Matanuki in your OPINION Transformers 2 is ****, but from the looks of it not many people agree with you. Get over it.

Keep debating about how the plot of the movie was so bad and then talk about how Transformers 2 sucked. Good thing Matanuki you are not consitant. I am going to pull one of your quotes, "Anybody who liked this movie must be 12 years old."

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jul 04 2009 09:27 AM

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Meh, I'll yield to your superior knowledge on this one. Superman is probably on the outside of my top ten list of Super Heroes so I don't know as much about him as you obviously do. If I had to go with a current list...because I know you're wondering:

1. Green Lantern
2. Daredevil
3. Batman
4. Captain America
5. Wolverine
6. The Flash
7. The Joker
8. X-Men
9. Spiderman
10. Superman (I guess he did make the top ten)
6.

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FURY.UK writes:
on Jul 04 2009 12:16 PM

Doomsday would be good - The animated film with him in was pretty good.

Superman is a difficult superhero to fight against. I'm sick to death of kryptonite being in every film, but how else do you defeat him? He has far fewer weaknesses than any other hero. I think thats always been the difficulty in writing decent scripts.

I enjoyed the old Superman 1 and 2 films, but 3 and 4 gradually got weaker.

Superman Returns was a glossy return for the hero but it was boring. I didn't find Lex Luther very convincing as a superbaddy. The whole krypton island thing was weak. I didn't think Routh was bad as Superman, I just think the material was poor.

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ZigBallistic writes:
on Jul 04 2009 03:10 PM

In reply to this comment (#2521116)
Lex Luthor got cancer once from prolonged exposure to kryptonite I believe.

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