Man of Steel - Official Trailer #2

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realism heh. Can't wait for them to give a very logical scientific explanation on how Superman gained his powers...if he even has them in this movie. Hancock 2

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Weta's Joe Letteri on Zack Snyder's Man of Steel
Didn't know Weta was doing the CGI should be great.

Yep, along with Double Negative, MPC etc. Considering MOS was scheduled to release in December 2012 but pushed back to this June they've had plenty of time in post for the FX work and some of the artists commented this helped a great deal as the studio pretty much left them alone and had a better pipeline to work with.

realism heh. Can't wait for them to give a very logical scientific explanation on how Superman gained his powers...if he even has them in this movie. Hancock 2

Eh..I always took the "realism" quote as not a way to explain or ground Superman's powers but putting the fantastical in every day life, like say opening your door tomorrow morning and seeing a red and blue clad alien soaring through the sky....how exactly would you react?

I guess kind of how the book Superman: Secret Identity approach was.
 
Eh..I always took the "realism" quote as not a way to explain or ground Superman's powers but putting the fantastical in every day life, like say opening your door tomorrow morning and seeing a red and blue clad alien soaring through the sky....how exactly would you react?

I guess kind of how the book Superman: Secret Identity approach was.

Secret Identity is a good template for a realistic take on Superman this movie is sounds like a mix between that and Birthright. Honestly I'm not worried about this movie anymore I'm convinced its going to be at least a good movie.
 

Count me as one of the people who doesn't get this post. Hancock 2?

"If you look at what Zack [Snyder] has done you’ll see that they’ve abandoned a lot of the pretense that was in the comics and asked “Can we still make this work?”
They’re sticking to realism as much as possible. Fantastic elements are still there but a lot of it that been trimmed back to make it feel as though this actually happened."
How you interpret that with Nolan
 
How you interpret that with Nolan

That seems like selective criticism, given everything else the creators of the film have said in the past month. The effects, even in the early trailers, don't exactly look cheap, boring, or silly like Hancock (still confused by the comparison).

Also, rereading your previous post ("powers, if he even has them") makes me wonder: have you even watched the trailers? There's a man flying above Earth, covered in flames without even blinking, and planets being destroyed. Seems pretty fantastic.
 

The pertinent quote:

Sonically, this treatment of America comes across via a grouping of pedal steel guitars (instead of the usual string section), banging titanium and steel sculptures, and organizing “a who’s who of drummers” in a 12-member drum circle, including Jason Bonham, Sheila E. and Pharrell Williams.

The fact he's using pedal steel guitars and loud drums? Maybe my wish for something that was closer to Explosions in the Sky than anything else will come true!
 
Yeah, I think the only bit of on-screen effects work Weta did in District 9 were the shots of the mothership? I remember there being a breakdown online awhile ago, but while WETA designed the aliens and some other aspects of the show, Image Engine actually did most of the effects work, with Zoic helping out too.
 
That seems like selective criticism, given everything else the creators of the film have said in the past month. The effects, even in the early trailers, don't exactly look cheap, boring, or silly like Hancock (still confused by the comparison).

Also, rereading your previous post ("powers, if he even has them") makes me wonder: have you even watched the trailers? There's a man flying above Earth, covered in flames without even blinking, and planets being destroyed. Seems pretty fantastic.

I think the Hancock comparison is pretty obvious...Hancock is a "realistic" superhero movie. A seemingly normal person struggling with super powers. It's stupid to assume MoS will be similar though.
 
I think the Hancock comparison is pretty obvious...Hancock is a "realistic" superhero movie. A seemingly normal person struggling with super powers. It's stupid to assume MoS will be similar though.

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... Yeah, comparisons to that movie are poorly-attempted pejoratives.

The motto for "Superman: The Movie" was "Verisimilitude."

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That it was. Donner pulled it off in spades, too. You can have a forward-thinking, good-guy Superman with amazing abilities in a realistic world. In fact, that's easily the best way to go about it.
 
Man, you know me - you know my McCreary love. If he comes up with a score that blends Loud Drums with Explosions in the Sky? I'm pretty much ENGINEERED to fall in love with that.
 
I am personally not too fond of the drums. I think Zimmer's Batman score was for the worse because of the constant loud music. I was hoping we'd get something more along the lines of the thin red line. Heck, why just use that score again. I'd be perfectly happy with that.
Batman Begins' soundtrack was great and I wish JNH got another go at the batman films. But who knows, this might turn out to be all kinds of great.
 
They're saving that reveal for the sequel.

haha

"He is a fantastic character actor. Boardwalk Empire, Revolutionary Road, and Take Shelter. He is truly great. "

100% truth
 
He hammed up his role so much in Premium Rush. It was the only redeemable quality of the movie.

I actually thought his 'Bug' performance was decent too for a movie with such odd pacing.
 
He hammed up his role so much in Premium Rush. It was the only redeemable quality of the movie.

I actually thought his 'Bug' performance was decent too for a movie with such odd pacing.

I'm not familiar with his acting so I just thought he was a bad actor lol. I'll take your guys word for it
 
Not sure if it's been posted or not, but the first Man of Steel TV spot was posted on the official FB page a few minutes ago:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10102200268840426

While I like it, it almost seems like they're trying to hide that it's actually Superman. No real establishing shot of him other than the quick glimpse above the Earth, no shield at the end like the other promotional material, etc. But some great visuals nonetheless.
 
Not sure if it's been posted or not, but the first Man of Steel TV spot was posted on the official FB page a few minutes ago:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10102200268840426

While I like it, it almost seems like they're trying to hide that it's actually Superman. No real establishing shot of him other than the quick glimpse above the Earth, no shield at the end like the other promotional material, etc. But some great visuals nonetheless.

You kidding right? Dude in blue, red cape, symbol, clark kent, flyin.

Nobody is gonna be like "what the hell? who is this guy? new super hero?"
 
You kidding right? Dude in blue, red cape, symbol, clark kent, flyin.

Nobody is gonna be like "what the hell? who is this guy? new super hero?"

I'm not saying people are going to be confused. I'm just saying it seems that the TV spot doesn't really go out of its way to show this is a Superman film, for whatever reason. Either way, it's just one of many and there will be more that really hammer the Superman motif in. I just hope we don't have any promotional material with god awful pop music like Superman Returns.
 
I'm not saying people are going to be confused. I'm just saying it seems that the TV spot doesn't really go out of its way to show this is a Superman film, for whatever reason. Either way, it's just one of many and there will be more that really hammer the Superman motif in. I just hope we don't have any promotional material with god awful pop music like Superman Returns.

There were maybe 2 Returns ads with pop songs.

The rest had the score.
 
Not sure if it's been posted or not, but the first Man of Steel TV spot was posted on the official FB page a few minutes ago:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10102200268840426

While I like it, it almost seems like they're trying to hide that it's actually Superman. No real establishing shot of him other than the quick glimpse above the Earth, no shield at the end like the other promotional material, etc. But some great visuals nonetheless.

That editing of the score is brutal
 
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