Crap on a stick, no less. Anyone who’s seen the cover up close and personal, and has even the slightest ability to be objective about it has to be feeling at least a twinge of worry for the movie at this point. The photo looks like the victim of a bad Photoshop job, but the WB guys signed off on it so they must have thought it did the trick. From the “S”-curl that looks like a shaved piece of plastic glued to his forehead to the fabric that’s trying so hard to mimic the subtle pattern in Spider-Man’s costume (but ends up looking more like a wool jumpsuit), to the horribly amateurish blurring around the plastic-coated cape, this images only manages to show how weak and laughable Routh looks in the costume. I want to like the movie, but I’ve doubted all along that I would. If this is what the head guys at Warner Brothers feel is how they should be selling it to the masses, I’m even more convinced that they’ve got a mess on their hands.
Look, up in the sky!….
It’s a Gaussian blur, it’s a dodge-and-burn, IT”S….
Shit-tastic Photoshop man!!
It’s a fucking EW cover.
You will hate this movie, not due to ANY factor other than you wanting to hate this movie..
The trailer on the big screen gives me chills. I can’t wait.
Drink your hater-aid
I loved the trailer, and I think Routh looks great. Why do you think he looks bad in the costume? I loved the first 2 Superman flicks, but Routh looks just as good, if not better, in this costume as Christopher Reeves did (armpit stains and all!).
Maybe if it had some amazingly annoying little British fuckers…
Have you seen the cover, Tae? It’s laughably bad – like the worst fan art you could find. It may just be an EW cover, but whoever greenlit it should be ashamed of themselves.
I did not want to hate this movie. Quite the opposite – I was stoked when Singer was announced as in charge, and I was looking forward to it right up until they started releasing the promo photos.
I even like the “S” beltbuckle.
T Unit is Tae? Word. Steve, you’d love the cover if Grant Morrison’s name was attached.
Cover == bad. However, I’m pumped for the film b/c the trailer had Brando voice over. Brando – BEST ever candidate.
Brando rules from beyond the grave!
I hear that in Island of Dr. Moreau 2, they’re using unused Brando footage from part 1 so that he can be in it!
Daniel…don’t diss Brando – that’s just wrong! The man is an icon!
Best Brando Superman story – and there’s lots of them – either that he showed up on set and had not even read a word of the script OR that after he did he suggested that Jor-El should be a giant green *thing*. Still, smarter than anybody else b/c I think he got an Alec Guiness Star Wars type deal for Superman, but way more – I remember hearing he got like 10% of the gross!
My favorite Brando may-or-may-not-be-true story: on the set of that crappy heist movie he did with De Niro and Ed Norton, Brando refused to wear pants and kept getting into fights with the director about it.
I wonder if, as the plane hurtles towards the side of the mountain, there’s passengers on board who insist it’ll all be fine and say “our flightpath gives me chills. I can’t wait.”
It’s a fucking EW cover. End of story. If you base what you think thr movie is going to be on the cover of a shit rag like EW, YES, you want to hate this movie.
I assure you Brian Singer had NOTHING to do with this cover. The promo pictures, while not perfect, were WAAAAAAY batter than the promo pics for Bale as Batman. Remember those from EW? Him in a poorly lit costume against a while background. Retarded looking. And that turned out to be possibly the best comic adaptaion of all time. Right up there with X2, directed by Bryan Singer. The guy who is doing Superman.
Take a deep breath and realize this cover doesn’t mean dick.
Watch the trailer in the theater. Just because Morrison isn’t attached (and fwiw, I think Allstar is full of awesomeness) and even if there isn’t a really good CGI lion holding up a poorly directed hunk of ice crap doesn’t mean it won’t be a good movie.
X2 is crap.
Pantsless Brando!
X2 is the Wealth. Even without Brando.
X2 is the goods. If they’d gotten an aged Brando to play an older Fred J. Dukes or perhaps a lethargic Juggernaut, it may well now be regarded as the best film ever, Citizen Kane/Godfather II style.
Even without Brando’s pants is what you mean.
Brando as FJ Dukes would’ve been amazing!
Disclaimer: To this day, I honestly believe I saw a different cut of X2 than everyone else. I honestly thought it was garbage.
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I’ll rewatch Hulk with Tams if u watch X2 with me.
T, I’ve already made that offer. I’m still waiting for the Duncans to make it happen.
When I got this issue in the mail a couple of weeks ago, I thought of a couple of things:
1 – Is it me or does Routh look like a reject from a bad pop emo-band? and 2 – Why does the S chest logo have mini S logos on it? That’s just stupid
And Murr, it looks like I might be heading up to the Great White North for a few days. And I was wondering if you wanted to grab a bite somewhere, if you can. So, send me an email since your old 4CR one is no longer working, eh?