Loved that teaser. No idea why someone would think of using Lord of the Rings music, but it works. I've always wanted a much darker interpretation of the character. Like James said above, he's too indestructible and too incorruptible, so no Superman movie has ever actually delivered an interesting version of him. Looks like that's what they're doing here, although I still think his outfit looks dumb. Red boots? C'mon, would it kill him to read a copy of GQ?

Great teaser, thanks for the share, Steve. Snyder is one of my favourite directors.

Just hoping that they don't shoot the action scenes in hand held like they did with everything in the teaser.

I couldn't find anything in those teasers to excite me even at gunpoint.
Honestly, I think Warner jumped the gun when they signed Snyder...

And when they figured that out... they brought in Nolan to save the day.
Snyder and Nolan, feels like it's gonna be a pseudo dark cornball fiasco to me.

E.D.

Quoted from Electric Dreamer I couldn't find anything in those teasers to excite me even at gunpoint. Honestly, I think Warner jumped the gun when they signed Snyder... And when they figured that out... they brought in Nolan to save the day. Snyder and Nolan, feels like it's gonna be a pseudo dark cornball fiasco to me. E.D.

Actually, Nolan had been working on this for more than six months before Snyder was hired. It was his idea.

Quoted from Matt Chisholm Actually, Nolan had been working on this for more than six months before Snyder was hired. It was his idea.

Yeah Nolan stepped out of the director's chair in early 2010.
Warner made the deal with Snyder later that year.
But, my point is that after Sucker Punch tanked...
Suddenly, Nolan is doing all the press for almost a year.
It's like they lost all faith in the guy. I don't blame them.

Regards,
E.D.

Sucker Punch was just TERRIBLE. Haven't read the script, but the story was WOEFUL, what am I saying, there was no story. It seems as if this was just pure geek fantasy stuff that they wrongly assumed would sell. Hot girls and weapons, fantasy world, violence, CGI - but all incredibly pointless. It was a computer game plot, not a film.

I know I'm asking for disappointment, but I guess I'm still interested in seeing a Zack Snyder-directed, Hans Zimmer-scored, John Williams-less Superman movie. Snyder's going off a Nolan script, the teaser isn't nearly as stylized as '300' or 'Sucker Punch,' Zimmer found the right sound for Nolan's 'Batman' movies, and the old Williams stuff is still some of my favorite music of all time but it's not really fitting with the Nolan approach. So I'll let myself enjoy it if it's enjoyable, but I will be the first to say, "I told you so, world!" if it sucks.

The Donner/Mankiewicz approach is one of the best examples of entertainment to ever hit the silver screen in all of film history, in my book. Despite its flaws. That's because Tom and Dick (and wth...Harry Andrews) knew how to have fun with it by using mostly normal, everyday situations to exploit the character and flesh him out. Sure, there were a few scenes/sequences that were over-the-top and bended some rules, but a comic book movie all but needs to do that at some point. Doesn't mean the rest of the movie has to suck. My favorite material comes out of the scenes at the Daily Planet or when Superman performs the simple rescues, like the elevator gag or getting the cat out of the tree. A lot of superhero movies--or just movies in general--don't bother to use the mundane to explain the extraordinary and a recipe for mediocrity that creates, methinks.

Quoted from DanBall Hans Zimmer-scored, John Williams-less Superman movie. Snyder's going off a Nolan script, the teaser isn't nearly as stylized as '300' or 'Sucker Punch,' Zimmer found the right sound for Nolan's 'Batman' movies, and the old Williams stuff is still some of my favorite music of all time but it's not really fitting with the Nolan approach. So I'll let myself enjoy it if it's enjoyable, but I will be the first to say, "I told you so, world!" if it sucks.

They actually ripped that score from Lord of the Rings. It was Howard Shore.



Which means to me, this was a pretty quickly tossed together trailer just in order to create a buzz. I always trust in Hans Zimmer to write a knockout soundtrack, but this isn't his music in the trailer.

James

Quoted from jwent6688 They actually ripped that score from Lord of the Rings. It was Howard Shore. Which means to me, this was a pretty quickly tossed together trailer just in order to create a buzz. I always trust in Hans Zimmer to write a knockout soundtrack, but this isn't his music in the trailer. James

Oh, I wasn't talking about the score in the teaser. Just the film's score in general. I was just naming off reasons why I'm giving "Man of Steel" the benefit of the doubt. I brought up the teaser because it seemed like Snyder's reined in the visuals a bit more, compared to his last outings. Then, on a separate note from the teaser, Hans Zimmer will probably find the right sound for the movie that he did for Batman. It's taken me years to admit this, but Zimmer's good at what he does. I just don't like him nearly as much as composers from the generation before his.

And here's the latest slice of the new moody Superman...



Thoughts?

I liked it. I'm becoming much more interested in this than GSAF II: The Rerun of Khan.

The trailer looked good.  Wouldn't mind seeing this one.

I've got my cape on standby.

I liked it, loving the dark undertone but would have liked to have seen more of Zod in the trailer.

Certainly looking forward to this new take on the famous hero. Fingers crossed.

Both the teaser and the new trailer have impressed me. It appears there will be an interesting dynamic, with both Costner and Crowe playing off one another - thematically - to help Clark Kent become Superman. The Costner line in the trailer re: 'the man you choose to be will change the world' resonated with me.

Definitely excited to see this one.

Did they really have to crib the score to Gladiator for that extra doom and gloom?
There's so much Smallville angst, I can't tell if this is an origin tale or a soap opera.

And is it just me, or are the filmmakers playing the Jesus card with Cavill?
The beard. The poses. The exile. The resurrection as a superhero.
The imagery and choreography reeked of those overtones to me.

Final thoughts on this trailer... I'll quote the Joker.
Why so serious?

E.D.