The Next Superman Movie Should Also Skip The Origin Story
Superhero origins can be a tricky thing to adapt. On the one hand, they’re often crucial parts of a character’s story — however, the more popular superheroes have had their origins told and retold so many times over the decades that audiences just want to hurry up and get to the good stuff already.
Such is the case with Batman, whose latest cinematic outing — The Batman starring Robert Pattinson — seems to be skipping the origin story and jumping straight to Bruce Wayne’s early days as a crimefighter. By now, anyone who’s interested in Batman already knows the story of how Bruce Wayne lost his parents and became a superhero, just as everyone knows how Superman is an alien who was sent to Earth as a baby to escape his homeworld’s destruction. As such, the next time Superman gets a movie adaptation, it would be best for it not to dwell on his backstory.
Every Opening Scene In A Superman Live-Action Movie, Ranked
Although Superman has been a pop culture icon since 1938, his career in film has been surprisingly short. Aside from some obscure film serials in the 40s and 50s, there have only been three portrayals of Superman in modern film. First, there is of course Christopher Reeve, who appeared in four Superman films between 1978 and 1987. The original 1978 Superman has become the archetypical iteration of the Man of Tomorrow’s origin story, covering everything from the destruction of Krypton to Clark Kent’s childhood in Smallville, from Superman's arrival in Metropolis to the start of his rivalry with Lex Luthor. Superman then disappeared from the silver screen until 2006’s Superman Returns. Though it featured Brandon Routh in the lead role, the film was intended to be a continuation of Superman II, offering an alternate
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