silverbackhoney
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You think American audiences would flock to see boy scout superman? Using your knowledge of pop culture would you invest millions of dollars into that?and they came to this realization based on what exactly?
A lot of valid points
they dont realize, they think. the writers think that old-timey superman wont work and under these writers who have shown to be terrible at writing superman, they are probably right.
however, take a different (not even better) writer who loves the character and has a good concept of how superman can fit into the "real" world and it can totally work.
superman is not only a shining beacon of morality, but he also personally needs to be seen by the public as a good person. that is what makes the character interesting, that because he is so powerful, he constantly needs to maintain his relationship with the general public to make sure they trust him to be the great person that he is. This is why lex is the perfect foil to him, lex is someone who superman knows is "evil" yet he can't do anything about lex because to the rest of the world lex is a business owner who has done a lot of good for the world. The world would turn on superman if he flew in and beat up lex luthor. lex who is a genius takes advantage of this in this "battles" with superman.
if you focus on what he is physically capable of doing then yeah, he can do anything and its boring. but superman's limits are not physical, they are sociocultural. He can't do whatever he wants with his powers because he needs to maintain a positive image and be that shining beacon of mortality.
so yes, under the right director and writing team I totally believe that it's possible to make a good superman movie that focuses on the complexities of superman's relationship with the "real world" while maintaining the "boy scout" persona. in fact making him undoubtably good is the only way to make this work.
but 100% good guy superman all the time would fail to draw tons of audiences to the theatre because people aren't interested in 100% positive energy and happiness all the time anymore