(March 12, 2017 at 4:23 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: "The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened?"
Behind the scenes look at the Tim Burton/Kevin Smith/ Nic Cage Superman movie that was never made. Interesting and compelling story as to what was happening and the minutia involved in launching a $300,000,000 movie project.
I do note, despite all the comments in the movie about the intense curiosity and potential profitability of the project, I think the odds of it being a disaster were significant. Laughable however, that Warner Bros. took the resources planned for Superman Lives and put them towards Wild Wild West, which, while maybe not a 'BOMB' as Ebert would say, was still a turkey.
I'd say Burton could have made a visually stunning Superman movie with Nic Cage, but the contrivances that were being pooped into the storyline would have made the movie either incomprehensible, or unintentionally funny.
I saw that one a couple of years ago. My takeaway was that if Tony Stark stopped working out and then discovered the joy of carbohydrates, he'd look like Kevin Smith.
Boru
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