ptown_trojans_1;1490753 wrote:Sounds pretty much like the Frank Miller comic, The Dark Knight Returns. There Superman was pretty much a puppet of the U.S. Government.
So, I wonder if Batman will set off a nuke, get in a big suit, and beat Superman to a pulp?
I don't like this at all, but we'll see how it goes.

That's what I was thinking too. A movie based off that would be, at least, interesting to see, since it was (to my memory, it was a good number of years ago that I read it) a pretty dark portrayal of things.

Heretic;1491496 wrote:That's what I was thinking too. A movie based off that would be, at least, interesting to see, since it was (to my memory, it was a good number of years ago that I read it) a pretty dark portrayal of things.

Very dark, and a little more "sci-fi" than DC has done recently.

Will be interesting

[h=1]Bryan Cranston reportedly cast as Lex Luthor[/h]

I think why "grown" men resonate with superhero movies is that they relate to the revenge/justice part strongly.
Also that the superheroes are "regular" people that can do extraordinary things.
Then there is simply the entertainment value they have: Good vs Evil never fails as it is part of our earthbound nature.
Here in the US we are almost born with a need for an external enemy of some sort.
There is something quite primitive/savage about the whole fascination.

Never liked any of the Batman, Spiderman or Superman movies myself.

Peace from Dayton.

Abu the skateboarding sloth should make a cameo.

said_aouita;1492681 wrote:Abu the skateboarding sloth should make a cameo.

C. G. Jung a few times referred to the hypocrisy of people who are not aware of the dark or shadow-side of their nature.

It is under all circumstances an advantage to be in full possession of one's personality, otherwise the repressed elements will only crop up as a hindrance elsewhere, not just at some unimportant point, but at the very spot where we are most sensitive. If people can be educated to see the shadow-side of their nature clearly, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more self-knowledge can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures (Jung, 1966: par. 28).