New Supes is...(part 2)

[gruntcast]

I love Zak, it'll will be great.

[Jmacq1]

Add to that the sense of "ownership" that the most fervent fans feel over the characters they're passionate about, and it often becomes nearly a no-win situation where the "hardcore" fanbase is concerned. That's why movies are geared towards general audiences, who will normally be happy with "good enough" as opposed to segments of the entrenched fandom who demand absolute perfection and decry any decision that does not mirror what THEY would have done if they controlled the property as "crap" sight-unseen.

 

That "sense of ownership" thing has always puzzled me. Ownership implies that something will be DONE with the thing....not just holding in place or crystallizing it.

Fandom doesn't do anything with creations like Superman--all they do is consume them--which I suppose is where the hallucination comes into play.

Even as a creator working on stuff like Superman, I don't feel like I have ownership of the characters.

If anything, I get to play with them for a bit, but they are NOT mine. Most pros are like that.

 

Maybe its a sense of custodianship there, but its certainly a step up from just fannish consumption.

I think that is why most fans are simply ignored in the process (which incenses them, of course) but that is how it is.

 

To that end, I don't have a problem with this new casting. I think the guy looks the part.........we'll see in time if he can act the part. I don't think he has to step into Chris Reeve's boots--because there's been several different Supermen since Reeves so there's freedom for his own interpretation.

 

I confess I don't fully understand it myself, but I think it's something to the effect of feeling like they've "invested" so much in the character that they feel they should be catered to almost exclusively. Or something. Like I said, I don't really know.

[yojoebro82]

Well, this was almost bound to happen

http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=19589

 

Lindsay Lohan in the new Superman movie.

 

Yeah.

 

Right.

[Dragon66]

Well, this was almost bound to happen

http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=19589

 

Lindsay Lohan in the new Superman movie.

 

Yeah.

 

Right.

I am trying to think of Superman villians, and I can't think of any drugged-out jewelry theives, so what role could she possibly be up for? With all of the drama that is attached to her, I don't think the studio would want to take the risk of putting her in any kind of key role. But what do I know, maybe Charlie Sheen could be cast in a major role as well and filming could be scheduled around rehab.

[yojoebro82]

Well, this was almost bound to happen

http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=19589

 

Lindsay Lohan in the new Superman movie.

 

Yeah.

 

Right.

I am trying to think of Superman villians, and I can't think of any drugged-out jewelry theives, so what role could she possibly be up for? With all of the drama that is attached to her, I don't think the studio would want to take the risk of putting her in any kind of key role. But what do I know, maybe Charlie Sheen could be cast in a major role as well and filming could be scheduled around rehab.

 

No, it's someone's job in hollywood to throw out random stuff like this. To keep the attention on celebs. Even the rehab rejects.

[Dragon66]

Well, this was almost bound to happen

http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=19589

 

Lindsay Lohan in the new Superman movie.

 

Yeah.

 

Right.

I am trying to think of Superman villians, and I can't think of any drugged-out jewelry theives, so what role could she possibly be up for? With all of the drama that is attached to her, I don't think the studio would want to take the risk of putting her in any kind of key role. But what do I know, maybe Charlie Sheen could be cast in a major role as well and filming could be scheduled around rehab.

 

No, it's someone's job in hollywood to throw out random stuff like this. To keep the attention on celebs. Even the rehab rejects.

It's pretty good work if you can get it.

[yojoebro82]

In any case, this all reminds me of the months before Attack of the Clones came out. It seemed like every couple of days a new celebrity was rumored to appear as a Jedi.

 

That's just another of many examples. And Megan Fox was rummored as Catwoman.....and Twilight guy was rummored as the next Peter Parker.....

 

High profile movie coming out? Start a rummor that the flavor of the month celeb is in it.

[Jmacq1]

Well, this was almost bound to happen

http://enewsi.com/ne...90&itemid=19589

 

Lindsay Lohan in the new Superman movie.

 

Yeah.

 

Right.

I am trying to think of Superman villians, and I can't think of any drugged-out jewelry theives, so what role could she possibly be up for? With all of the drama that is attached to her, I don't think the studio would want to take the risk of putting her in any kind of key role. But what do I know, maybe Charlie Sheen could be cast in a major role as well and filming could be scheduled around rehab.

 

http://www.comicvine.com/magpie/29-20999/

 

(Though I'm quite sure the Lindsay Lohan rumor is bogus unless it's the bittiest of bit parts).