New Superman is a Wanker, and 7 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: The Francis Ford Coppola/Val Kilmer collaboration you've longed for is finally happening... Ang Lee finds his Life of Pi lead... Seth MacFarlane wants Mark Wahlberg... Star Trek 2 won't have Khan to kick around any longer... Kentucky is officially out of control... and more. Let's discuss.
· Sorry to come to this story so late (there was breaking emoticon news taking priority... you know how it is), but: Have you seen the new version of Superman being pushed by DC Comics? The one its publisher describes as upholding its interest in a "hip, sexy and moody" Man of Steel? "We wanted to show a younger Superman at the early stages of his career, struggling with his identity and his place. He realizes he doesn't belong anywhere and doesn't fit in." I'm sorry, that is not Superman. That is Twilight. And what's with the hood and the eyes? He looks like a Jawa. Anyway, not to get off on the wrong foot this morning or anything, but seriously, go to hell, DC. And take wanker Superman and strip-joint Wonder Woman with you. [NYP]
· Francis Ford Coppola has reportedly commenced work on a new thriller called Twixt Now and Sunrise, featuring Val Kilmer as a horror novelist. Production is underway on Coppola's California estate; Elle Fanning and Bruce Dern co-star. [Deadline]
· After a casting search through 3,000 hopefuls on multiple continents, Ang Lee has settled on Suraj Sharma as the lead in The Life of Pi, the director's adaptation of Yann Martel's award-winning novel about a boy and his tiger (and hyena and zebra and orangutan) adrift at sea. Cue the "Go for extra helping of Pi" or "This Pi is undercooked" review headlines in 3... 2... [Deadline]
· Louis warned us about this, and now it's too late: ABC has canceled its legal drama The Whole Truth. Womp wooommmp. [EW]
· The previously reported big-screen Seth MacFarlane comedy Ted -- about a teddy bear that comes to life, plaguing its owner as a foul-mouthed, womanizing, pot-smoking slacker -- might have found its live-action leading man in Mark Wahlberg. [Deadline]
· Breaking! Khan will not be the villain in Star Trek 2! Instead it will be... er... "Harry Mudd or Trelane or Gary Mitchell or the Talosians or the Horta." Helpful! [Badass]
· Were Michael Jackson alive over the last 12 months, he would have made $275 million. But it's because he's not that he tops Forbes's new list of top-earning dead celebrities. Elvis Presley, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Schulz and John Lennon follow. [THR]
· Well, it had to happen eventually: Some Tea Party asshole went stepping on a female MoveOn volunteer's head at last night's Senate debate in Kentucky. Whatever happened to the good old-fashioned armed-and-dangerous days, guys? [Gawker]
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Emo Superman (Superboy?) is really going all-out with the eye shadow. He's DEEP and TORTURED and YOU JUST DON'T GET IT, MAN! But he still has fantastic cleavage!
Running around in tights and a cape would be an alienating experience for any teen. I just don't want to see Superman without a cause...
"...not to get off on the wrong foot this morning or anything, but seriously, go to hell, DC. And take wanker Superman and strip-joint Wonder Woman with you." Really? Was that language necessary?
I am not sure how old you are, but clearly too old to be doing reviews for Superman and Wonder Woman. First of all, it is just a comic ...so, calm down. Secondly, Superman has always historically transformed to fit into the generation it seeks to appeal to. Superman has been an American symbol since the U.S. joined the fight in World War II. Since then, he has transformed in order to fit the times and if the conflicted "Twilight" crowd can identify with the new sexy and moody Superman, then more power to him.
That NY-post Superman article you quote and base your whole view on was written by a totally clueless reporter, who clearly has no idea what the book is even about. So yeah, let's review a book based on that...
Yeah, obviously we all like to base reviews on books from their covers. Not to mention you forgot to point out that comic book big name Michael J. Straczynski is the author and it's his remake of the man of steel and DC has nothing to do with the story. It also has nothing to do with the current DC Universe story line. So, stop bitching about stuff you don't even know about.
at least give him long hair and mascara
Wow yet another comic related article written by a clueless IDIOT